Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with creative

friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe.

And thanks to The Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

Ready to spark something? Download the Sims 4 and play for free.

Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck. With the five things you need to know for Wednesday, September 6th.

Our climate is imploding faster than we can cope.

That's the warning from the UN Secretary General, who's urging leaders to take immediate action, after a new report found

that 2023 was far and away the hottest summer on record for our planets.

The conclusion comes from the World Meteorological Organization and Copernicus, and it found

that June, July, and August all beat their own monthly temperature records. The report also

says ocean temperatures around the world reached new highs last month, something

which is helping major hurricanes to strengthen in the Atlantic and super typhoons in the Pacific.

Experts say last week's Hurricane Idalia was made more destructive because of climate change,

and the season is only just approaching its typical early September peak.

And the National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Lee is expected to rapidly intensify into an extremely dangerous hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean by this weekend, with winds that could reach up to 150 miles per hour.

This is not going to reflect well on North Korea and they will pay a price for this

in the international community.

That was White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,

warning North Korea about the consequences of a potential arms deal with Russia.

The White House says negotiations are, quote, advancing between the two nations. Sullivan didn't elaborate

on what those consequences might be for North Korea though, which is already under UN and

...