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GuardianSep 30Preview

Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’

Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving lossesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAntarctica’s winter sea ice has peaked at its third-lowest level on record, falling a million square kilometres – or almost 400,000 square miles – short of the long-term average, scientists have confirmed.Confirmation of the peak meant the four lowest years on record for the continent’s sea ice – a vital component of the planet’s climate and critical for marine life – had all occurred in the past four years. Continue reading...

Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondentAntarcticaClimate crisis

GuardianSep 29Preview

Hundreds detained as student protests across France turn violent

More than 400 detained as police and students clash over class sizes, exhausting timetables and staff shortagesMore than 400 people, most of them children, have been detained in France on Tuesday after teenagers across the country blockaded their schools in protest at class sizes, teacher shortages and long timetables.Interior minister Laurent Nunez told BFM TV: “440 were detained across national territory. We don’t have the final tally yet, but I’m told two-thirds led to police custody.” Continue reading...

Kim Willsher in ParisFranceEurope

BBCSep 29Preview

More than 400 detained as France student protests escalate

Students have been protesting conditions and resources in high schools since last week.

BBCSep 29Preview

Fires and blockades as students stage school protests across France

More than 400 people, mainly minors, were arrested on Tuesday, the country's interior minister says.

Al JazeeraSep 29Preview

French students clash with police as protests over education cuts spread

French school students have blocked schools across France, demanding better learning conditions.

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Al JazeeraSep 29Preview

Spain protests: Evicted 87-year-old woman to return to Madrid home

The real estate firm backs down and restores her old rent after mass protests over Spain's housing crisis.

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GuardianSep 29Preview

Give BrewDog ‘second chance’ says new owner as it invests £50m

US cannabis and drinks firm Tilray, which took over in March, says it will improve beers, pubs and working conditionsBrewDog’s new owner has urged drinkers to give the ailing brand “a second chance” as it invests more than £50m in improving the company’s beers, pubs and working conditions.The US cannabis and drinks company Tilray bought BrewDog for £33m in March this year, after the company collapsed into administration after five years of losses and a series of controversies relating to the treatment of workers under the founder James Watt. Continue reading...

Sarah ButlerBrewDogFood & drink industry

GuardianSep 29Preview

Saudi Arabia urged to reconcile with UAE to drive back Houthi separatists in Yemen

Relations between two countries soured in January when a UAE-backed force was defeated by SaudisSaudi Arabia is being urged to reconcile with the United Arab Emirates over Yemen as the price Riyadh must pay to form a military alliance capable of driving the Houthis back.Relations between the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen, where both had backed anti-Houthi forces, plummeted in January this year when a force with which the UAE had been aligned – the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) – was attacked and defeated by Saudi Arabia in a move intended to squash its attempt to recreate a separate southern state. The UAE subsequently in effect quit Yemen. Continue reading...

Patrick WintourYemenHouthis

BBCSep 29Preview

Spain announces ban on evictions after protests over 87-year-old woman's removal from flat

The ban is part of a number of proposals that must be approved in parliament within 30 days.

GuardianSep 29Preview

Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alertA six-month trial of live facial recognition (LFR) technology in London’s railway stations that cost more than £320,000 and almost 100 hours of police officers’ time led to one false match against a watchlist of suspects and no arrests.More than half a million faces were scanned between February and July this year in some of the capital’s busiest transport hubs during the British Transport Police (BTP) trial of the surveillance technology, which aimed to help catch offenders and people breaching court orders. Continue reading...

Phoebe Davis and Daniel BoffeyFacial recognitionLondon

GuardianSep 29Preview

UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority The world faces a “narrowing window” to restore forests essential for food security and resistance to the climate emergency, a United Nations report has warned.More than 489m hectares (1.2bn acres) of forests have been cleared since 1990, while an even greater area is degraded, the world body said in a call for governments to make forest restoration a national priority. Continue reading...

Jonathan WattsTrees and forestsDeforestation