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Lethal temperatures ​and wildfires have exposed a widening gulf between voters demanding ​action and politicians unwilling to confront the long-term choices global heating requires• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe climate crisis means “we’re going to have to change everything – the way we live, the way we produce, the way we trade,” France’s veteran radical-left firebrand, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, told the summer congress of his France Insoumise party last weekend.The term “climate change”, said Mélenchon – the most likely rival to Marine Le Pen in next year’s presidential run-off, according to one poll this week – may sound “almost reassuring”, but its actual impact will feel like “landing on another planet whenever we leave home”. Continue reading...

Prime minister sends video message to newlyweds instead after bride Sarah Burwin asked him not to ‘ruin’ vibe at Heron House weddingAndy Burnham fulfilled a bride’s wishes by not turning up for her wedding after she asked him not to spoil her big day as she got married at the building housing No 10 North.Sarah Burwin had pleaded on TikTok in July for Burnham not to work from the building in Manchester that day, which hosts the government’s northern headquarters and the city’s register office. Continue reading...

• Most Asian share indices are heading for weekly losses on Friday, August 21, driven by persistent stress in global bond markets and rising inflation risks. • The Nikkei slipped 0.8%, bringing its total losses for the week to 4%, while Chinese blue chips dipped 0.1% and markets in South Korea and Taiwan also trended downward. • Oil prices have reached one-month highs due to a diplomatic deadlock in the Gulf, further pressuring equity markets.

• Indian equity indices closed the week on a stagnant note as geopolitical tensions in West Asia and rising crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment. • Market activity saw a divergence in institutional flow, with foreign portfolio investors net selling ₹543 crore while domestic institutions bought ₹2,124 crore. • The Nifty is expected to remain rangebound in the near term unless significant new triggers emerge to break the current volatility.

British Museum’s £33 tickets sold out in a day but some slots have been reserved for guests at five-star One AldwychThose hoping to snare a glimpse of the Bayeux tapestry when it comes to the British Museum this September faced nine-hour online queues, with the £33 tickets sold out within a day.But the monied guests of a five-star hotel in Covent Garden have not had to go to such arduous lengths to get a view of the nearly 1,000-year-old depiction of William the Conqueror’s victory over King Harold II of England at Hastings in 1066. Continue reading...

• A coalition of 50 Canadian screen organizations is urging the Liberal Party government to maintain strict requirements for contributions from global streaming platforms. • The government claims recent policy shifts are intended to reduce financial burdens on families, denying that the changes are linked to trade negotiations with President Donald Trump’s administration. • CMPA chair Kyle Irving criticized the government's stance in June, arguing that federal officials have "sold out Canadian culture" to benefit large U.S. corporations.

High schoolers join university walkouts in major cities and several smaller locations amid urge to ‘stand up against the far right’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCalls for striking students to stay in school are unlikely to deter thousands across the country preparing to take part in a major walkout in protest against Pauline Hanson.High schoolers have begun joining the coordinated university union protests taking place in every major city and several smaller locations across the country on Thursday afternoon. Continue reading...