Alex Ritson

While the world is now seeing cooler conditions under what's known as the La Niña effect, forecasters have recently warned that another warmer El Niño peak could be seen towards the end of 2026.

Celeste Saulo is the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization, which published the report.

Celeste Saulo of the World Meteorological Organisation.

Power supplies have been restored in Cuba a day after a nationwide blackout, the second in less than a week.

The country's problems with an ageing infrastructure are being made worse by a US-imposed oil blockade.

Our correspondent Will Grant, who's in Havana, spoke to Anne Soy about the situation there

and how people were managing?

Will Grant in Havana.

Researchers in Cambodia have discovered several new animal species living in a unique ecosystem within caves in the west of the country.

The area, which is highly protected, is made up of limestone hills and caverns.

It's known as a karst landscape where species are able to evolve separately in habitats which remain isolated from each other.

Pablo Sinovas, an expedition leader working with the charity Fauna and Flora, spoke to the BBC about what they found in the caves and what it was like to explore them.

Pablo Sinovas from the charity Fauna and Flora.

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This edition of the Global News Podcast was mixed by Derek Clark and the producer was Adrienne White.

The editor is Karen Martin.

I'm Alex Ritson.