Andrew Grice

Blair hails 'major' agreement on climate change - yet still Bush refuses to commit

Prime Minister hails 'historic day' in the battle against climate change. By Andrew Grice

A new global agreement to tackle climate change may be scuppered by cumbersome international bodies and a lack of political will, David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, fears.

The Government is to set five-yearly targets for reducing Britain's carbon dioxide emissions in an attempt to head off the mounting pressure for a law to enforce year-on-year cuts.

Gordon Brown has given his strong support to plans for renewing Britain's Trident independent nuclear weapons system, dealing a hefty blow to the campaign to halt the project.

The Tories are to break ranks with Tony Blair in the war on terrorism by backing military action by the United States against Iraq.