Pope Francis in Vatican City today. Andrew Medichini / AP
Climate threat Climate meeting COP28
The Pope to world leaders: Our response has not been enough
Pope Francis sounds the alarm about the climate. In an exclamation before the UN climate meeting in Dubai at the end of the year, he calls on the participating countries to see the seriousness, the news agencies report.
- Over time, I have realized that our response has not been enough, this while the world we live in is collapsing and may be close to the breaking point, says the Pope.
Eight years ago, the Pope made a similar statement, where he particularly emphasized that it will be the poor and weakest who risk being hit the hardest.
- Now it is impossible to stop the enormous damage we have created. We barely have time to even prevent a worsening condition, says the Pope according to AP.
Rishi Sunak. Jon Super / AP
Britain wants to stop cigarettes for young people
The British government wants to ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2009, writes Sky News.
- This means that a 14-year-old today will never legally buy a cigarette and that their generation can grow up smoke-free, says Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
He adds that the government is also reviewing the rules for the sale of e-cigarettes.
Bloomberg calls the proposal one of the world's most aggressive tobacco laws. In the past, New Zealand, among others, has banned people born after 2008 from buying cigarettes.
Law enforcement
Finnish
police sound the alarm: Swedish gangs are expanding their domains
Finnish police have busted a Swedish criminal network believed to have smuggled hundreds of kilos of narcotics into Finland, reports Hufvudstadsbladet.
About 30 people have been arrested on the Finnish side alone. Finnish police state that it is a new trend that Swedish gangs are interested in their drug market.
- The direct connection to Swedish organized crime is worrying for Finland. Drug crime includes violence and firearms as an important part. At the moment, the threshold to use such is very low in Sweden, says Detective Inspector Kimmo Sainio to the newspaper.
Illustration image. Markus Schreiber / AP
Jamaican school children to hospital - ate laced candy
Over 60 children in Jamaica have been taken to hospital after ingesting sweets containing cannabis, the BBC reports.
Some of them have vomited and experienced hallucinations, but the situation is said to be stable for all. The candy bars allegedly contained as much as 100 milligrams of THC, which is a psychoactive component of cannabis.
According to the BBC, it is considered a high dose for adults.
According to the country's education minister, the children are between seven and twelve years old, writes the Evening Standard.
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