In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements

Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave

Andy Burnham will announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea when he becomes prime minister on Monday, the BBC has been told. The announcement will form part of a flurry of policy m...

As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot

Kemi Badenoch, who joined US anti-abortion activists and European far-right parties at ARC, described energy secretary as a ‘villain’

The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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A dramatic rise in the number of managed beehives is negatively impacting wild pollinating insects

Cross-party group wants environment secretary to urgently examine moving the birds to a facility ‘better aligned with their needs’

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.

Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise

Officers drove away the advertising van showing an image of the US President with the convicted paedophile as nearby activists and journalists were questioned

The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.

Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we r...

Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%

The Irish-language rap trio play to a packed crowd, despite calls for their performance to be banned.

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

Eating low-carbon foods helps reduce emissions, but some foods actually suck up carbon from the atmosphere for good, leaving the climate in a better place. Could we eat more of them?

High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warn

Muddled laws give them wide discretion