The developing El Niño climate event is now the strongest on record, according to scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures.

The powerful natural climate phenomenon pushes up global temperatures and can increase the risks of extreme weather.

Added to the effects of human-induced climate change, the Met Office is warning that it is “very likely” to mean 2027 is the hottest year on record globally.

There is growing evidence that weather patterns around the world are already being affected, with below-average monsoon rains in India and suppressed hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean.

There is no clear evidence that climate change is making El Niño events more likely, but its weather impacts are likely to be more extreme in a warming world.

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Ukraine has fired its largest drone attack on the Moscow region, the mayor has said, hitting the city’s main oil refinery and a residential building.

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones heading for the capital had been shot down in what he called “the most massive” attack. The region’s governor said at least two people were killed and 20 injured.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Kyiv had hit a “key” Russian oil facility and a logistics site in the region with drones and missiles, representing “billions of dollars that sustain the war machine”.

Here’s what we know so far about the latest drone attacks.

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Russia has said it will intensify its strikes on Ukraine, after hundreds of drones struck Moscow, setting a major oil refinery ablaze and striking residential buildings and other targets.

The attack was the biggest on Moscow since the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive in 2022. Ukraine fired more than 1,500 drones, 450 of which were aimed directly at Moscow according to the city’s mayor.

The refinery supplies more than a third of the Moscow region’s fuel, according to the defence ministry in Kyiv, which said that some of its petrol, diesel and aviation fuel go to Russia’s military.

The attacks came on the final day of voting in parliamentary elections. Russia’s defence ministry accused Ukraine of attempting to “disrupt the democratic will of Russian citizens” and vowed a response.

Ukrainian officials also said that nine people, including three children, had been killed in Russian attacks in the Kyiv and Sumy regions at the weekend.

Russia and Ukraine have each been intensifying drone and missile strikes on the other’s territory, targeting energy and transport facilities, warehouses and logistics hubs.

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