Ukraine war: Crimea airbase badly damaged, satellite images show
By Joshua Cheetham, Francesca Gillett & Erwan Rivault
BBC News
Satellite images appear to show major damage and a number of destroyed Russian warplanes at a Crimea airbase following explosions there this week.
The Saky base in the west of Russian-ruled Crimea was rocked by a string of blasts on Tuesday, killing one person.
The base's runways appear intact, but at least eight aircraft seem damaged or destroyed with several craters visible.
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility - but this new evidence suggests the possibility of a targeted attack.
French PM sounds climate crisis alarm as ‘ogre-like’ wildfire rages
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies
The French prime minister has said France must fight “more than ever” against climate breakdown but also learn to adapt to it, as she met authorities battling a huge wildfire that continued to burn through south-western pine forests and has forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 people.
As more than 1,000 firefighters battled the rampant Landiras fire south of Bordeaux, with hundreds of reinforcements expected, Élisabeth Borne said: “We must continue more than ever to fight against climate breakdown.” She added that from September, she would oversee a form of “environmental planning” to ensure France adapts to new climate situations, as well as planting new forests.
Fact check: Have the Taliban kept their promises?
A year ago, the Taliban retook Kabul. In their first press conference after seizing power in Afghanistan, they surprised the world with the announcement of moderate policies. A key pledge was to address women's rights.
Women's rights will be respected within the norms of Islamic law
Claim: The group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in his first press conference in August 2021: "Women are going to be very active in the society, but within the framework of Islam." Within those frameworks, they would be allowed to work and study.
DW fact check: False
When the Taliban took power, many feared a regime as harsh on women as under the group's last rule in the 1990s. One year on, the Taliban have implemented many restrictions on women's lives.
Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth: study
The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to research published Thursday that suggests climate models are underestimating the rate of polar heating.
The United Nations' climate science panel said in a special report in 2019 that the Arctic was warming "by more than double the global average" due to a process known as Arctic amplification.
This occurs when sea ice and snow, which naturally reflect the Sun's heat, melt into sea water, which absorbs it instead.
Japan's summer holidays in full swing with lack of COVID restrictions
Japan's summer holiday season started in full swing on Thursday, with reservations for domestic trains and flights leaving Tokyo reaching a peak as travelers took advantage of a lack of coronavirus restrictions for the first time in three years.
While more people headed abroad for their break, numbers are nevertheless far below the pre-COVID-19 era as new cases across the country remain elevated, hitting record highs in recent weeks.
Families flooded JR Tokyo Station, where Natsuki Kato, who was heading to the western prefecture of Hiroshima, said, "I want to avoid crowds for my three kids, and let them experience the country life as much as I can."
After rebranding in the West, many beauty companies are still offering to 'whiten' skin elsewhere
During the Black Lives Matter movement, many skincare giants, including Nivea, Pond's, Unilever and L'Oreal, promised to abandon terms like "whitening" and "fairness." While the companies lived up to this promise in the West, customers elsewhere are still being sold products equating beauty with whiteness.
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