3/ 'You'd think we'd be smart by now. We have flooding across Germany, we are going into a heatwave in the UK, and we've just seen record temperatures across North America - and this is the most polite climate change will be to us' -
Dr @NachmanyMichal
4/ Where has been hit by flooding in Europe? 👇
One of the worst affected areas is the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, where many are thought to have died in flash floods
5/ 📍 Erftstadt-Blessem, Germany
Houses collapsed here leaving several people missing
A trailer was spotted floating down the Meuse River
9/ 📍 Pepinster, Belgium
An interview with the mayor of Pepinster was interrupted by the sight of a flooded building collapsing and people escaping on the roof
10/ "There's been untold misery caused."
Sky's @hannahtpsky reports from the scene of flooding in Pepinster, Belgium and says there are questions "about the fingerprints of climate change on these extreme weather events".
11/ What do climate activists think?
@Luisamneubauer, known as the 'German Greta' told the #DailyClimateShow, "we would hope that people wouldn't have to be dying in floods for a government to acknowledge that we are in a climate breakdown"
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Would you want to live forever online? 💻 One technology entrepreneur has made this a reality.
Sky’s Arthi Nachiappan tries out the AI technology which reimagines our relationship with the dead 👇
When his father was diagnosed with cancer, tech entrepreneur Artur Sychov was inspired to create a virtual reality tool which would allow him to live forever online
Artur called it ‘live forever mode’.
It features digital avatars who can simulate a person’s voice, mannerisms and movements after just 30 minutes of the user being observed
Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK
This is what the big social media companies had to say about how they safeguard children on their platforms
Hearings have taken place today at the International Court of Justice, where Israel stands accused of committing genocide in Gaza.
But what is genocide and why is South Africa taking Israel to court? 🧵👇
South Africa is arguing Israel is breaching the UN convention on genocide by "killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction"
Israel has described the lawsuit as a "despicable and contemptuous exploitation" of the court
Israel said Gazans could flee to this neighbourhood - then it was hit.
Using on-the-ground footage, satellite imagery and mapping software, Sky News found that a building in Deir al Balah was hit on 5 December, one day after Israel told civilians they could flee to the city.
Responding to our findings, the IDF did not deny it was responsible for the blast.
Two independent experts told Sky that the extent of the damage, size of the rubble, lack of burn damage and apparent precision of the strike were consistent with an airstrike, not a misfired rocket.
Without access to the weapon remnants Sky News cannot say for sure who was behind the blast.
Israel has said it was striking military targets in Deir al Balah that day. Sky has not seen any reports of other groups firing rockets in the area at that time.
🇺🇦 When #Kherson was liberated in November 2022, people came out on the streets to celebrate. It was the most significant city to be recaptured by Ukraine.
But Sky News has uncovered some of the horrors revealed by liberation from the Russian occupation 👇
Olga Cherniak and Svitlana Shukailo are civil servants accused by the Russians of handing intelligence to the Ukrainian authorities
Along with many others, they were tortured in a network of detention centres set up across the city and the region