Afternoon Update: Global heating forecast to hit at least 1.8C, DNA tests to help identify Nepal flood victims, and shark drones

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterGood afternoon.Global heating will reach at least 1.8C under even the most optimistic future, well beyond the Paris agreement goal of 1.5C, according to a UN report that warns every fraction of temperature rise intensifies destructive extreme weather, ecosystem loss, and island and coastal city submersion.Jury in Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape trial may face q...

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