Thugs in El Cajon, California, say they shot and killed a black man because he pointed something at them in a "shooting stance".

He did not have a weapon, and there is no information on what it was the victim was pointing. But a witness said his hands were up when he was shot. Sounds like thugs fibbing again.

The UN may call for negotiations on a new nuclear disarmament treaty.

This would be a good idea. Mutually Assured Destruction could work between the US and the Soviet Union, but it doesn't work at all against underground groups.

Our atmosphere has permanently exceeded 400 parts per million of CO2, on the road to climate disaster.

Even if human industry stops, it would take millennia for the CO2 level to come back down to the safe level of 350 ppm.

The UK must put empty buildings to use as residences.

Residential property that has no primary residents, or too few, should be taxed very heavily. A few millionaires may still keep them, while supporting the treasury usefully. The rest will sell off their investment properties, and people will be able to live in them again.

The US drives destruction of the Amazon rain forest by importing oil extracted there.