2025-10-07
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This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
Among criticizing the early hours of Tuesday, the 7th of October, these are our main stories.
Renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world's biggest source of electricity.
Exactly two years after the Hamas attack on Israel,
are the two sides any closer to reaching an agreement to end the war in Gaza.
We look at the massive contribution of the scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.
Also in this podcast, a rare insight into life in North Korea.
A study suggests people are hunting wild animals to the point of extinction due to food shortages.
And... I think it will be possible to bring back insects from the brink of extinction.
So the prior preservation approach, it will be another weapon in our armory.
Why scientists are freezing the eggs of an endangered butterfly.
Solar and wind power overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity for the first time in the first half of this year.
That's according to new data from the global energy think tank EMBA.
The growth in solar and wind was so strong it made 100% of the new global electricity demand even helping drive a slight decline in coal and gas use.
With more details, here's our climate editor, Justin Roelat.
Ember described this as a crucial turning point and said there is no stopping the transition to clean power now.
But the new data from the think tank shows the world is moving at different speeds.
Developing countries are now leading the charge,
with China's dominance of the global clean tech industry unchallenged.