Months after deadly floods in Libya, migrants’ families still await news of the missing

Aid agencies say as many as 20,000 undocumented people were in Derna when Storm Daniel hit. Now their relatives, fear they may never know their fate

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Illegal bird of prey killings fall to lowest level in decade, but ‘true figure may be far higher’

Confirmed incidents of the illegal persecution of birds of prey have fallen to their lowest levels for more than a decade, according to the latest RSPB Birdcrime report.

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‘It was desolation’: why did 700 shags disappear from an island overnight?

Isle of May’s wildlife warden calls it ‘soul-destroying’ to discover birds he ringed as chicks washing up dead on the Scottish coast

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Must the show go on? Taylor Swift fan death highlights danger of live shows as Earth cooks

Temperatures reached 102F in Rio last Friday as 60,000 people packed into the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos for Swift’s concert

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Eucalyptus plantations are expanding – and being blamed for devastation

In 2017, 66 people died after fires ripped through eucalyptus stands around Pedrógão Grande. Restrictions on the highly flammable trees have provoked death threats, yet others feel they do not go far enough

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Toxic air killed more than 500,000 people in EU in 2021, data shows

European Environment Agency says half of deaths could have been avoided by cutting pollution to recommended limits

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