This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Joliel and at 14 hours GMT on Thursday the 6th of February, these are our main stories.

Scientists say January was the hottest on record, raising fresh concerns about the pace of climate change.

After a storm of global criticism, Donald Trump says no US troops will be needed as part of

his plan to take over Gaza, as he'd earlier suggested, saying Israel would hand over the territory

instead. The Syrian embassy in Sweden says its citizens were among those killed in Tuesday's

mass shooting at an adult education center.

Also in this podcast, scientists in Australia create the first kangaroo embryo using IVF,

which could help in the efforts to save endangered marsupial species like koalis.

We can preserve the genetics of animals that they are dying,

that we can in the future use and transfer to reintroduce that genetic into the population.

European Union scientists say the world has just experienced the hottest January on record.

It had been expected that the weather phenomenon known as La Nina would have a cooling effect.

Instead, last month continued a run of record-breaking global temperatures over the past couple of years.

The Copernicus Climate Service says the average temperature was 1.75

Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That's above the internationally agreed target.

Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are still increasing, so scientists expect global

temperatures to keep rising. Professor Bob Watson led the international UN body,

the intergovernmental panel on climate change for five years. He's one of the world's most

eminent voices on this topic and he explained to Anna Foster what exactly the figures show us

and particularly why they confounded expectations.

There's no question.

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