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The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC.

The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is "cautiously optimistic" that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday.

The AI can accomplish this task within one-hundredth of a second, a speed markedly superior to manual delineation.

The UK government has signed a series of sci-tech deals with South Korea to foster cooperation in AI, semiconductors, engineering biology, space tech and other areas during the South Korean PM's state visit to the UK.

The UK has pledged millions to support the development of space technology that tackles global issues like weather prediction, climate-change monitoring and space debris removal.

Countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges put Earth on track for warming far beyond key limits, potentially up to a catastrophic 2.9 degrees Celsius this century, the UN said Monday, warning "we are out of road".

The MHRA has approved Casgevy gene therapy for sickle cell anaemia and β-thalassemia treatment, making the UK the first country to approve a gene editing tool as a treatment procedure after considerable success in trials.

Microplastics have even been discovered even inside human hearts, lungs, and blood.

The report comes ahead of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts warned on Wednesday, adding that without action on climate change the "health of humanity is at grave risk".

More than 3,000 residents have been evacuated from Grindavik as the construction of lava barriers at the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant continues.

While the IDF accuse Hamas of prohibiting the Al Shifa Hospital from acquiring 300 litres of fuel, heavy rainfall is contributing to several power cuts in hospitals across the Strip.

The air pollution level in some parts of Delhi was 30 times the prescribed WHO limit.

The trial involves a surgical procedure in which a robot will insert electrodes and extremely thin wires into the brains of the participants.

The European Space Agency's ambitious mission, valued at €1 billion (equivalent to £850 million), has a primary focus on unravelling the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

Scientists reportedly believe that the effects of El Niño have also contributed to the increase in heat.

The stunning scene created a storm on social media, with people taking to various platforms to share images.