WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U S Justice Department that will allow him to walk free; police in Malaysia have detained eight people with suspected links to the Islamic State militant group; with the removal of oil from the sea and oil-soaked sand from affected beaches largely completed, the authorities are moving to the next phase of the cleanup of a 400-tonne spill.

Synopsis: A round up of global headlines to start your day by The Business Times.

Written by: Lee Kim Siang / Claressa Monteiro (claremb@sph.com.sg)

Recording engineer: Joann Chai Pei Chieh

Produced and edited by: Lee Kim Siang & Claressa Monteiro

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In international news, Russian authorities said four people died and over a hundred were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks. In Saudi Arabia more than a thousand people died during Haj this year, due to extreme heat. And in Singapore, coral bleaching has worsened amid high sea-surface temperatures.

Synopsis: A round up of global headlines to start your day by The Business Times.

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Within less than a decade, despite the repeated warnings of climate scientists, global warming has exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold committed to in the 2015 Paris Agreement. What is the impact of climate change on sea levels? Claressa Monteiro explores how this is affecting various parts of the world.

Synopsis: A monthly podcast series from The Business Times on current affairs, societal issues and government policies explored through the lens of how it impacts us in Singapore and in the region.

Highlights of the conversation:

01:21 Singapore's Antarctica expedition

04:18 The Maldives: A nation at risk

10:54 The Netherlands: Masters of water management

14:53 Singapore's climate adaptation efforts

24:16 The urgency of global climate action

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With Shauna Aminath, Maldives activist, board member of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance; Professor Benjamin Horton, director, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University; Vera Konings, water safety advisor for the municipality of Rotterdam; and Hazel Khoo, director of coastal protection, PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency.

Edited by: Claressa Monteiro & Emily Liu

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