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Planet’s largest blanket bog is first peatland to be designated by Unesco after 40-year campaignThe Flow Country, a vast and unspoiled blanket bog that carpets the far north of Scotland, has been made a world heritage site by Unesco.The planet’s largest blanket bog, the Flow Country covers about 1,500 sq miles of Caithness and Sutherland, and is the first peatland in the world to be designated by Unesco, after a 40-year campaign by environmentalists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/scotland-flow-country-becomes-world-heritage-site-unesco Author : Severin Carrell and Lisa O'Carroll Publish date : 2024-07-26 15:02:53 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Ex-president gives backing in major boost for Democratic contender as her Republican rival set to meet Israeli PMFull story: Obama endorses Harris for president in 2024 US electionIn a fiery tirade on Truth Social, Donald Trump hit back at the FBI director, Christopher Wray, who raised questions on Thursday about whether Trump was actually shot by a bullet during his assassination attempt.Following Wray’s testimony at a Capitol Hill on Thursday during which he said: “There’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” Trump wrote:“FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress yesterday that he

Amid anger at US vice-president’s call to end Gaza war, many families of hostages held by Hamas agree with herSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageMembers of Israel’s rightwing government have hit back at Kamala Harris over her demands for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after she met Benjamin Netanyahu during his US visit.After a brief meeting with the Israeli prime minister, which Harris described as “frank and constructive”, the US vice-president and presidential candidate said it was “time for this war to end, and end in a way where Israel is secure, all the hostages are released, the suffering of