The Conservatives are trying to make these sort of environmental policies a big way of attacking the Labour Party. The party has been caught up with just stop oil and Extinction Rebellion, which are big protest groups here in the UK. So instead of a question of health or otherwise, this is a question of labour or conservative policies now. But actually, if you looked on the ground, the issue was much more about simple kind of costs,. And voters feel like they're going to have to pay these taxes, and they weren't prepared to do that.
Following years of military takeovers in the region, Niger is the West’s last solid ally in the Sahel. But with this coup, and growing alignment with Russia, these relations are in jeopardy. Why is a policy to decongest London proving such a politically divisive issue (10:49)? And, a deep dive into a Canadian lake shows that humanity may be entering a new epoch (17:01).
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