Sky NewsIt's still 2024, but scientists are already confident 2025 will be in top three warmest on record
It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. Next year's global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record - going back to 1850 - after 2024 in the top spot and 2023 in second place, the Met Office said today. This year is on course to be at least 1.5C hotter than pre-industrial times, before humans started burning fossil fuels at scale, and 2023 was 1.45C warmer.
Sky NewsBritish businesses stop shipping to Northern Ireland due to updated rules
Small British businesses have stopped selling to Northern Ireland as well as Europe due to extra administrative hurdles posed by new EU customs rules coming into effect. Many small firms said they are unable to meet new requirements for paperwork and numbering of each product as well as the need to have an "authorised representative" in the EU or Northern Ireland. A conviction and the penalty of fines mean business owners without the resources to get legal advice are not risking getting something wrong, instead simply halting Northern Ireland and EU exports, one businesswoman told Sky News.
NewsWireAustralia’s huge tax threat to Meta over news
The belligerent owner of Facebook and Instagram could be slapped with huge tax charges if it walks away from paying news publishers.
