UNITED NATIONS: The world is on a path to get 1.8°C warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating if countries do everything they promise to fight climate change, a UN report said today.

Under every scenario, apart from the “most optimistic,” the chance of curbing warming so it stays within the internationally agreed-upon limit “would be virtually zero,” the UN’s Environment Programme’s annual Emissions Gap Report said.

Instead, the world is on track to get 3.1°C warmer this century. 

FRANCE: Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that today’s Paris international conference for Lebanon raised the equivalent of £760 million in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support.

Mr Barrot said: “We have collectively raised $800 million (£617.1m) in humanitarian aid and $200 million (£154.2m) for the security forces, that’s about $1 billion (£777.1m),” in his closing speech at the conference, which gathered more than 70 nations and international organisations.

AFGHANISTAN: Helmand province has banned all media from showing images of living things to ensure compliance with the Taliban’s morality laws.

Today’s decision was announced by Information Ministry officials. Helmand is the latest province to crack down on broadcasting and photography of humans and animals.

SOUTH KOREA: President Yoon Suk Yeol today raised the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons while stressing that his government “won’t sit idle” as North Korea allegedly sends troops to support Russia’s invasion.

Speaking after a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the South Korean leader claims that about 3,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia.