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Available for 33 daysAs the UK and Europe battles with extreme weather warnings, is it time for us to consider some more extreme tactics to tackle the heat? Tom Whipple is joined by Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science at University College London, to explore if solar geoengineering can help. Also on the show, science journalist Lizzie Gibney discusses the “Salah effect”, when exposure to celebrities from stigmatised groups can help increase tolerance. She also examines new research into how the atom nucleus contain energy which can be used for telling the time. Plus, how laughter in great apes…

The group stage is ending, who will teams face in the knockouts once they qualify? Jun 26, 2026 at 12:04 am ET • 2 min read The 2026 World Cup road to the final is gradually shaping as the 48 teams involved in the tournament are currently playing their last round of the group phase. After the group stage, the tournament will move into the knockout phase, featuring the 32 best teams from the initial round. The field will consist of the 12 group winners, the 12 runners-up, and the eight best third-placed teams across the 12 groups. As the…

Nollywood actor and parliamentarian Desmond Elliot has said that, unlike many politicians, he has neither stolen public funds nor enriched himself through public office despite spending over a decade in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Mr Elliot, who represents Surulere Constituency I, made the revelation during an appearance on The Morayo Show on Tuesday, where he spoke about his political journey, public service, electoral setbacks, and the challenges facing Nigeria’s democracy. The actor-turned-politician made the comments while responding to an appeal by Christian Widows & Widowers Empowered (CWWE), a non-profit organisation founded by Beatrice Yesufu, which featured on the…

At least eight people, including a baby, have died and 26 others have been rescued after a three-storey building collapsed in the Alakija area of Lagos State on Thursday, emergency authorities have said. The building, a shopping complex located on Old Ojo Road near Alakija Bus Stop in Satellite Town, collapsed around 11:40 a.m., trapping an unknown number of occupants beneath the rubble. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said emergency responders had recovered eight bodies and rescued 26 people from the debris as of 4:20 p.m. on Thursday. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA,  Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, stated that rescue…

‘Popovic is going to do it for us,’ says an optimistic Socceroos fan in Sydney’s inner westCaitlin CassidyAt the Golden Barley hotel in Sydney’s Enmore, some Australians are newer to football, continuing to call it soccer or turning out only during World Cups.Not so for Nick, Robyn, Alan and Jim, who have been sitting right in front of the television at the pub since it opened, Guinnesses in hand.Nick is fitted out in an authentic 1974 Socceroos jersey – marking the historic first year the Aussies qualified for a World Cup and scored their first ever point.Nick, Robyn, Alan and…

At its peak, Ethiopia was widely described by international financial institutions as one of Africa’s most promising frontier investment destinations. Between 2010 and 2019, Ethiopia was widely regarded as a frontier investment success story. According to the World Bank and IMF macroeconomic datasets, the country recorded average GDP growth of around 9% annually during the decade before COVID-19, driven largely by state-led infrastructure expansion and rising foreign direct investment (FDI). Between 2010 and 2019, the country experienced one of the fastest expansions of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan Africa, driven by state-led industrialisation, infrastructure megaprojects, and manufacturing zones. According…

Access Holdings Plc has announced the retirement of Bolaji Agbede as Executive Director, Business Support, effective 30 June, following the expiration of her term. Ms Agbede served the Access Group with distinction for over two decades, making significant contributions to its growth and transformation, the group stated in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Access Holdings said she also contributed to the institutional development of the group across various leadership capacities during her tenure. “The Board expresses its profound appreciation for her dedicated service and exemplary leadership,” the group stated. Access Holdings said Ms Agbede demonstrated exemplary leadership as Acting Group…

A beefy USB charger with half a dozen ports can be great for charging your laptop, phone and even USB bike light all at once, but the real heroes are the pocketable chargers small enough to always be around when you need them. That’s where the Anker 511 Nano 3 fits in.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.When I tested 22 different USB chargers to find the best, this little charger easily took the crown for best budget charger thanks to its strong power delivery, compact size and…

It was clear then, as we reported at the time, that this was unlikely to be the end of the matter – and so it proved. The elections in May solidified in the minds of countless MPs what many of them had long feared – their leader was deeply, deeply unpopular and costing their party support. The view of Labour MPs, channelling what they saw as the view of the electorate, calcified to a point where Sir Keir’s imminent departure became near inevitable. Against that backdrop, he was powerless to prevent Andy Burnham contesting the by-election triggered in Makerfield in…

Great apes and human children produce similar patterns of vocalization when laughing.Credit: Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via GettyTickling a chimpanzee, a gorilla and a human child causes similar rhythms of laughter, according to an analysis of primate behaviour.Laughter is a conserved vocalization in humans and their closest primate relatives. A study published in Communications Biology on 25 June1 found that their laughter followed consistent rhythmic patterns. When great apes and humans between six months and seven years old were tickled, they left evenly spaced intervals between successive laughing sounds.The authors suggest that these regular rhythms reflect how nuanced primate vocal motor control…