2024-10-25
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In 1970, Gary Gygax was fired and that event, believe it or not, changed the gaming industry forever.
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In the 50 years since its release, the tabletop roleplay game has generated billions of dollars in sales and now boasts more than 50 million players worldwide.
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janat Jaleel and in the early hours of 25 October, these are our main stories.
The UN says the world is on track to miss global warming limits by a catastrophic margin unless there's a huge push to cut carbon emissions.
A US prosecutor recommends the re sentencing of two brothers, Eric and Lyle Menendez, who were jailed for life over the killing of their parents in 1989.
The Canadian government says it will sharply cut immigration targets as public support for new arrivals wanes.
Also in this podcast, would you kiss with the BBC please?
Yay.
But seriously, why did we humans start kissing in the first place?
We've had climate summit after summit, warning after warning, but the UN is now saying that the chances of limiting global warming to the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit pledged in 2015 are virtually zero unless huge cuts in carbon emissions are made.
Now.
The UN says without this world temperatures are now on course to rise to as much as 3 degrees Celsius.