Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
CHINA is not famous for its elephants — but the famed wandering herd have been dominating animal media headlines for some while.
The whole herd of 15 animals originally left a wildlife reserve in the south-west of Yunnan province more than a year ago. They trekked over 300 miles (500km) north, arriving at the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kunming.
Last week the elephants were on the move again, heading south-west while a male who broke from the herd is 10 miles (16km) away, still on the outskirts of Kunming.
Rising temperatures and human activity are making life far harder for these vital pollinators. ALEX DITTRICH explains
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results



