Environment

With a hand-delivered letter, the US is the first nation to pull out of the deal. Agreement rules prevented any country from pulling out in the first three years after ratification on November 4 2016.

The missed target comes as an opinion poll revealed that most Brits say climate change will influence their general election.

Labour has also gone on the attack on Boris Johnson after the government failed to bring urgent plans to tackle the climate and environment emergency in time to meet the six month deadline set by parliament.

Labour said the Tories owed the communities whose wishes had been ignored an apology, and the public "an explanation of how much public money they wasted while ignoring the science."

Self-harm incidents behind bars reached a record 60,594 in the 12 months to June 2019, official figures show.

The 16-year-old had declined another award in 2018 because many of the finalists had to fly to Stockholm for the ceremony.

Researchers say the number of deaths due to conflict and rioting caused by food, water and fuel shortages is likely increase rapidly over the next 10 years

The Duchess of Sussex attended the One Young World conference opening ceremony on Tuesday.

Scientists have found a way to turn single use plastics into valuable liquids used in commercial products