The Guardian – Revealed: Rich western countries lead global gas and oil expansion
The world’s richest countries – including the UK – are looking to award a series of new oil and gas licences which could release 12bn tonnes of emissions, The Guardian reports. A surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, in spite of their climate commitments, new data shared exclusively with the paper. Elsewhere, thousands of protesters demonstrated around Capitol Hill voicing opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu who addressed a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, the front page also has a report on new data showing families hit by the two-child benefit cap are much more likely to go hungry, skip meals or be unable to afford to eat healthily.
Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion
A surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a stampede of fossil fuel expansion in spite of their climate commitments, new data shared exclusively with the Guardian reveals.
The new oil and gas field licences forecast to be awarded across the world this year are on track to generate the highest level of emissions since those issued in 2018, as heatwaves, wildfires, drought and floods cause death and destruction globally, according to analysis of industry data by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Netanyahu tells Congress Israel’s ‘fight is your fight’ amid boycotts and protests
Benjamin Netanyahu lauded US support for Israel’s war in Gaza but offered few details on ceasefire negotiations as he addressed a raucous joint session of US Congress that was boycotted by dozens of Democratic lawmakers and protested by thousands outside the US Capitol.
In a fiery speech in the House chamber, Netanyahu called for “total victory” in the nine-month-old war, dashing hopes among some that he would announce progress toward a ceasefire and the return of Israeli hostages before his meetings with Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.
“We’re not only protecting ourselves. We’re protecting you … Our enemies are your enemy, our fight is your fight, and our victory will be your victory,” Netanyahu shouted, as House and Senate Republicans rose to their feet to applaud the Israeli prime minister.
Families affected by two-child benefit limit ‘more likely to skip meals’
Families hit by the two-child benefit cap are much more likely to go hungry, skip meals or be unable to afford to eat healthily, according to new data which shows about one in four low-income families with three or more children are suffering food insecurity.
The Food Foundation thinktank called on the government to scrap the two-child limit as part of a package of measures that it argued would cut child poverty and reduce hunger.
Overall, 14% of UK households – comprising 7.2 million adults and 2.7 million children – experienced food insecurity last month, meaning they could not afford food, skipped meals or did not eat for a whole day, the foundation’s latest survey found.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 25 July 2024.
Thursday’s front pages offer a variety of headlines, mostly domestic stories, with no single lead story dominating the front splashes. Several papers report on the stabbing of a soldier in Gillingham in Kent, while the ongoing bullying scandal on the popular TV series Strictly Come Dancing continues to be heavily covered by the tabloids. There’s a handful of UK political stories and a look at the UK’s energy plans.
The back pages report Ben White is considering playing for England again now Gareth Southgate and Steve Holland have departed. Olympics 2024 is also covered on the back – with Morocco’s win over Argentina a popular story.