• Annual Paris temperatures warmed by 1.8°C since 1924
• New report cites risks posed by extreme heat

The Paris Olympics could be the hottest Games on record, with leading athletes warning that the intense heat forecast for competition could lead to athletes collapsing or – in a worst-case scenario – dying in competition.

A new report, Rings of Fire: Heat Risks at the 2024 Paris Olympics, argues the 2021 games held in Tokyo “offered a window into an alarming, escalating norm for Summer Olympics”.

The number of asylum seekers at the centre has been slowly growing, with fears they will spend years trapped on the island

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“We don’t know how long we will be here, what will happen to us. Our situation is very difficult.”

Mohammad Bashir Anjum, a Pakistani asylum seeker held on Nauru for four months, is one of the few able to make contact outside the island.

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