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Blaze exploded on Friday and quickly grew to 11,900 acres in size as Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for Yosemite area The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency for an area close to Yosemite national park, mobilizing thousands to tackle a wildfire that exploded on Friday, quickly grew to more

More than 40 houses were destroyed by fires on Britain’s hottest day. Now there are calls for an urgent rethink on building safety laws Fires that burned in several parts of the UK last week spread in the same way as those that led to the great fire of London and would have been far

President speaks on climate ‘emergency’ in Massachusetts Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email Zelenska concluded her remarks by describing the Russian invasion as terrorism, and linking it to America’s experiences with such attacks. “America unfortunately knows from its own experience what terrorist attacks are and has always sought to

Manchin blunts Democrats’ hopes of passing climate bill Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email The board of American journalism’s highest honor, the Pulitzer Prizes, has put out a statement upholding its awarding of the 2018 prize in National Reporting to reporters from The New York Times and The Washington

Decision clears way for the state’s lone abortion clinic to re-open Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email Jody Hice, a Georgia congressman who believes the baseless theory that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, has been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating efforts to disrupt the results

Exclusive: Conservative leadership candidate sets out her views on climate change and the environment Politics live: latest updates Penny Mordaunt has told Conservative critics of net zero that “environmentalism and conservatism go hand in hand” as she vowed to create “millions of green jobs” if elected leader. The MP for Portsmouth North is the only