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Nepal's catastrophic flooding last month ‘was a warning to the world’ about the rising dangers of climate change, Prime Minister Balendra Shah told the UN on Thursday, urging countries to step up to help his country adapt.Addressing the General Assembly in sunglasses during its high-level week, Shah said a warming climate was ‘destabilising the fragile Himalayan ecology,’ melting permafrost and glaciers and accelerating hazards.The nation suffered one of the worst catastrophes in its history late last month when a tsunami-like flood, triggered by a high-altitude glacial mountain collapse along the Nepal-China border, cut a swathe of destruction.More than 1,400 people died, 6,000 are still missing, and the economic devastation runs in the billions of dollars.Scientists from the World Weather Attribution have described the event as a ‘compound crisis’ in which local geological instability combined with long-term warming has led to glacier retreat and permafrost thaw.’Nepal contributes less than 0.1 % of global greenhouse gas emission. We did not create this crisis, yet we are paying for it,’ he said.Shah urged the international community to help bear the cost of helping his country adapt to climate change, because ‘Nepal cannot build resilience alone against a crisis made worse by the failure of global governance.’He proposed to create what he called a ‘Himalaya Climate Resilience Mechanism,’ which would include Nepal and its neighbours India and China, and allow them to share satellite data and expertise, monitor glacial lakes and strengthen joint early warning systems.A 36-year-old ex-rapper, Shah swept to power six months ago on a wave of youth-led anti-corruption protests, buoyed by optimism for change.But the disaster has pushed climate diplomacy to the centre of his premiership, overshadowing the anti-corruption agenda.Nepal has asked the UN's Loss and Damage fund for $20mn in aid, the maximum allowed, but a tiny fraction of what it needs — a preliminary assessment by the government has placed the cost of the disaster at $5bn.The fund, established in 2022 in the aftermath of catastrophic floods in Pakistan, has yet to make even its first disbursement, and observers see Nepal as a key test of its credibility.Earlier this week, the US pledged an additional $31mn in new flood recovery support.Nepal's foreign minister Shisir Khanal told AFP that the G7 informally promised support at a meeting on Wednesday, and Britain has also vowed to help. Source link
Bradley Barcola made 152 appearances in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain. (AFP) France winger Bradley Barcola has become Liverpool’s second-most expensive signing after joining the Premier League giants from Paris Saint-Germain on Monday. A source close to PSG told AFP that Barcola’s transfer is worth “125mn euros (£107mn, $145mn) plus 20 million euros in easily achievable bonuses”.The total fee of £124 million is second only to the £125 million Liverpool paid Newcastle for Sweden star Alexander Isak.Barcola’s fee is the highest ever paid for a Ligue 1 player. It is also the 10th £100mn-plus transfer in Premier League history and the fourth such deal completed this summer.The 23-year-old is the third forward costing over £100mn that Liverpool have signed in two years. Isak arrived at Anfield last year and Liverpool also paid around £100mn to sign Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. Neither player has yet lived up to the hefty price tag, although Isak missed much of last season due to injury.Barcola, who signed what Liverpool said was a “long-term deal”, had yet to play for PSG this season amid the transfer speculation. “It’s a great pride to be able to play for Liverpool. I’m very happy,” he told his new club’s website on Monday.”It took a long time but I’m really happy today to be able to play for Liverpool and all I want is to be on the pitch and be able to play. I hope to achieve very big things. First of all, winning the Premier League – it’s one of my biggest dreams in my life. It is to do that and to stay in this team in the long term – that’s why I signed a long contract – and I hope I can do it.”Barcola, a member of the PSG squad which won back-to-back Champions League titles in the past two seasons, has long been a Liverpool target. He scored 39 goals in 152 appearances and won three successive Ligue 1 titles during his time in the French capital after joining PSG from domestic rivals Lyon in a £38.6mn deal in 2023.Barcola also scored three goals for France during their run to the semi-finals at the recent World Cup. Rebuilding the attackLiverpool have been looking to strengthen in wide areas since the departure of Mohamed Salah at the end of last season. Luis Diaz’s departure the season before left Liverpool’s forwards without service from the wings. They have already signed Spain World Cup-winning winger Victor Munoz from Osasuna in the current transfer window and he has made a bright start, scoring the equaliser in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, which followed the same scoreline in their Premier League opener at Newcastle on August 23.Barcola is expected to play on the left wing, with Cody Gakpo pushed down the pecking order and linked with a move to Manchester City. Barcola’s arrival at Anfield sees him reunited with former PSG team-mate and current fellow France international Hugo Ekitike, who is recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon. “I don’t know Jeremy (Jacquet), but I was able to talk to Hugo, who I met in the French team and in my old club,” said Barcola. “He was waiting for me to sign the contract, sending me messages often asking me if I was coming or not.”I can’t wait to get back together and be able to play with him. I already said (told him) that it is done.” Barcola was not always first-choice at PSG, with Ousmane Dembele, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Desire Doue providing stiff competition for places, but he still played a key part in their Champions League triumphs. Related Story Source link
World number one Scottie Scheffler produced a final day charge on Sunday to overhaul Viktor Hovland and win the PGA Tour Championship for the second time. Four-time major champion Scheffler, who also won the season-ending Tour Championship in 2024, carded a four-under-par 66 to finish on 16 under and seal a three-shot victory at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.Scheffler started the day three off the pace following Saturday's third round but chipped away at Hovland's advantage before pulling clear down the stretch to clinch the 22nd title of his PGA Tour career, and the $10 million winner's check.’Today was a day in which I was fortunate to get off to a good start and then was able to make some birdies to kind of seal the deal,’ Scheffler said afterwards. ‘Just continuing to battle, day in and day out is something that I'm very proud of… coming from behind and being able to win tournaments is a really cool feeling.’Hovland, who had been chasing his second Tour Championship win after lifting the 2023 title, saw his hopes evaporate with a closing two-over-par 72. He finished on 13 under. Earlier, Scheffler had launched his bid for the title with a brilliant birdie on the par-three second, his tee-shot finishing just an inch from the cup for a simple tap-in.Another birdie followed on the fourth when he rolled in a 23-foot putt for birdie. There was a hiccup on the seventh with a bogey, but he pulled that shot back with his third birdie of the day on the eighth. Birdies on the 10th and 13th left him at four under before a bogey checked his momentum on 15.But he dealt the decisive blow on the 16th, when a sensational second shot from the bunker left him with an 11-foot birdie putt which he duly rolled in for a two-shot advantage. Writing on the wall Hovland had a golden chance to pull a shot back on the 15th, but his putt lipped out to leave Scheffler in control. The Norwegian missed another birdie opportunity on the 16th, but his putt curled agonizingly wide of the hole to leave him trailing by two shots with two to play.The writing was on the wall on for Hovland after his third bogey of the day left him trailing by three shots to leave Scheffler untouchable. It was a frustrating final day for Hovland, who had rattled in putt after putt in Saturday's third round on his way to a five-under-par 65. His sure touch on the greens deserted him on Sunday, though, with only one birdie made.Ryan Gerard finished in third place on 12 under after a closing 72. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who had thrust himself into contention with a dazzling seven-under-par 63 on Saturday, found the going harder with a closing one-under-par 69. McIlroy finished in a cluster of seven players on 11 under, five off Scheffler's winning total. England's Tommy Fleetwood, the 2025 champion, was one shot back from McIlroy, tied for 11th on 10 under alongside Australia's Adam Scott and Cameron Young of the United States. Source link
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has recorded more than 6,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths from the country’s worst Ebola epidemic ever, according to the Congolese authorities’ latest toll .Since being declared in mid-May, the latest bout of the viral haemorrhagic fever has surpassed a 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the vast central African country’s history.The current epidemic is being caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which no approved vaccine nor specific treatment exists.It rapidly spread across six provinces in the DRC’s restive north and east, plagued by a plethora of armed groups fuelling long-running violence in the mineral-rich region.According to yesterday’s toll from the Congolese health authorities, 2,911 people have died, while 1,366 more have made a recovery out of the 6,041 cases confirmed since the epidemic began.The response to the epidemic, already underfinanced, has struggled to keep up with the explosion in cases.With the state having long been absent in many parts of the epidemic’s epicentre in the eastern DRC, health workers have also had to contend with the distrust of the authorities from some within the affected communities.According to the Congolese health authorities, the Bundibugyo variant often causes apparently mild symptoms in its initial stage, which complicates detection.Most of the DRC’s previous Ebola epidemics have been caused by the Zaire strain of the virus. Several vaccines and treatments are currently being tested to see if they are effective against the Bundibugyo strain. Source link
