As the world burns, how climate-change talks fell apart

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<p class="p1">Negotiations over climate action are falling apart in Congress, but it seems unlikely Biden will declare a national climate emergency when he delivers a speech about the crisis today. The <a href="https://apple.news/AMiMY152rTqmtoO0cKMDS7Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span class="s1">Washington Post</span></a> reports.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="https://apple.news/AwYtuVmfAR9OyCq6Cdef9vA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a></span> reports how the Secret Service is coming under fire after it revealed it lost text messages sent around the days of the January 6 attack at the Capitol.</p> <p class="p1">During the war in Ukraine, there have been multiple reports of women and girls being raped by Russian soldiers. The <a href="https://apple.news/AhJqmwRw_TReuYl_k_2piFg"><span class="s1">New Yorker</span></a> spoke with psychologists who say the victims are suffering unimaginable trauma.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="p1">The <a href="https://apple.news/AqmEK0ILUSmGTcaNePKTt7g"><span class="s1">Wall Street Journal</span></a> explains how the new BA.5 Omicron subvariant is forcing doctors and researchers to reevaluate how long immunity lasts after a COVID infection.</p>