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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: Landmark COP28 climate deal & Gary Lineker comments  Thursday’s front pages cover various stories – from the COP28 climate deal to comments made by sports pundit Gary Lineker. Landmark COP28 deal agreed The Guardian leads on the COP28 climate deal which was agreed in Dubai in the early hours of Wednesday. The paper calls the agreement a “landmark” one as the almost 200 countries present agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels. However, the paper notes that the agreement does not “include an explicit commitment to phase out or even phase down fossil fuels”.…

One unaccounted for after industrial estate ‘explosion’ Firefighters continue to battle with a significant fire at an industrial estate in south Wales, with one individual still unaccounted for.  The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is actively addressing the fire in various sections of Pontypridd. Although the police reported no serious injuries, the local MP mentioned the presence of “walking wounded.”  Social media images show a building engulfed in flames and smoke at Treforest Industrial Estate. Following a massive explosion at 19:00 GMT, at least one building was obliterated, prompting the declaration of a “major incident” for several hours. The…

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CCTV shows last-known movements of missing Norwich woman Gaynor Lord Police have released CCTV footage capturing the final movements of a missing woman, last seen in Norwich. Gaynor Lord, a 55-year-old mother of three, was reported missing after failing to return home from work. Authorities have used specialist divers to search the River Wensum. Norfolk police are working with Lancashire police due to parallels with the Nicola Bulley case. The footage shows Lord rushing through the city centre hours before her belongings, including, jewellery, phone, and glasses, were discovered scattered in Wensum Park – her coat was located in the…

Israel says Gaza war to continue ‘with or without’ international support Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will “go to the end, to victory” regardless of “international pressures.” His foreign minister says the war in the Gaza Strip will continue “with or without international support.” The comments came after US President Joe Biden said Israel was losing global support for the ongoing war in Gaza – something he appeared to walk back later. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is expected in Israel for talks with Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet. On Wednesday, Sullivan met Saudi…

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