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The head of the World Meteorological Organization Petteri Taalas says levels of carbon dioxide, one of the most common greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, hit a record high last year. The WMO's main annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin listed the atmospheric concentration of CO2 in 2018 at 407.8 parts per million, up from 405.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2017. SOUNDBITE
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas says greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, in a stark warning to the COP26 summit about worsening global warming. COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, is being held in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. SOUNDBITE
The residents of Blendecques, a town in northern France, are trying to cope with further flooding caused by the 'exceptional flooding of the Aa', two months after the November floods. IMAGES
Protesters sing Uruguay's national anthem during an anti-government march in Montevideo over the high levels of salt in the drinking water. The country, crossed by numerous rivers, has had to resort to brackish water sources because of a drought that has lasted for more than three years. IMAGES
Images of a residential building in Kyiv that was hit by a Russian missile in the early hours of Saturday, destroying several flats. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI323Z3RF_EN
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