Good morning, here are your #BadNewsOfTheDay:

1. "7 people have died in France in an extreme early-summer heat event that is affecting a swathe of western Europe, as France & the UK set record highs for May and temperatures were forecast to rise further."

#HeatKills. Watch out for yourselves.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/26/deaths-france-linked-record-high-temperatures

Seven deaths in France linked to record-high temperatures

Five of the deaths were by drowning while two people died competing in sporting events

The Guardian

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2. "We're going through a period of very rapid warming, particularly western Europe, so if the same weather events we had in, say, the 1970s happened again, it will not only be slightly warmer, but it will simply smash the record."

Smashed heat records as #TheNewNormal definitely sounds fun.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rrj66p3eo

Why temperature records are being not only broken but smashed

The combined effects of a heat dome and climate change have brought extreme warmth to western Europe.

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3. And who's at risk from excessive heat?

"Older people make up the bulk of heat-related deaths. Women are more likely to die from heat-related causes than men. Poorer people – who are less likely to have air conditioning – are also at greater risk."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/27/the-silent-killer-what-you-need-to-know-about-heatwaves

The ‘silent killer’: what you need to know about heatwaves

How spells of hot weather put us in danger and what measures we can take to protect ourselves

The Guardian

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4. This one's kinda fun:

"The climate crisis is accelerating a global increase in antibiotic resistance that poses a serious threat to human health, experts have said as figures show a rise in salmonella antibiotic resistant genes."

Yeay: more antibiotics resistance, can't wait.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/26/climate-crisis-accelerating-antibiotic-resistance-across-world-salmonella-study

Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says

Experts say climate change linked to 10% rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023

The Guardian

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5. "‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’

Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the last one in West Papua has lost almost all its ice."

Planetary destruction on fast-forward sounds right...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/witnessing-the-disappearance-of-indonesia-eternity-glaciers

‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’

Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining “eternal snow” in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice

The Guardian

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6. Slightly different kind of bad news, but bad news still:

"China is overhauling the world’s largest surveillance network with advanced AI, giving the state more powers to track people, analyse behaviour and predict potential unrest in real time."😬
https://www.ft.com/content/f8fa4739-4359-4720-af77-9be1e8370f82?syn-25a6b1a6=1

China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network with advanced AI

Local police forces are modernising the country’s ageing infrastructure with more powerful tracking systems

Financial Times

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7. #TheComingFossilistInsurrection:

"Growing signs of a UK consumer slowdown are adding to pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s government, as rising energy costs threaten a recovery in real wages."

https://www.ft.com/content/ed7da24c-2ea8-4dec-9c98-541fcc2bba0e?syn-25a6b1a6=1