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From  BBC  News Edited by - Amal Udawatta, Image caption, Her stage performances were always energetic Tina Turner's husky contralto and raunchy stage presence made her one of the best-known singers of her generation. It was a long and often painful journey from a troubled childhood in rural Tennessee to global stardom. She was almost 40 before she broke free from an abusive relationship to establish herself as a solo artist. But she went on to record a string of best-selling albums, garner a host of awards, and become one of music's most popular live acts. Disrupted childhood Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on 26 November 1939 in the small rural town of Nutbush, Tennessee. Her father Floyd worked on a local farm. IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Ike Turner physically abused Tina and completely controlled her career She had a disrupted childhood. She and her elder sister Aillene were separated when her parents moved to work in a munitions factory, and the young A

  By Matt McGrath Environment Corraspondent BBC Edited by - Amal Udawatta Environment correspondent Related T IMAGE SOURCE, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Image caption, This is how El Niño brought heat to the surface of the Pacific in 2015 Our overheating world is likely to break a key temperature limit for the first time over the next few years, scientists predict. Researchers say there's now a 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global warming threshold between now and 2027. The chances are rising due to emissions from human activities and a likely El Niño weather pattern later this year. If the world passes the limit, scientists stress the breach, while worrying, will likely be temporary. Hitting the threshold would mean the world is 1.5C warmer than it was during the second half of the 19th Century, before fossil fuel emissions from industrialisation really began to ramp up. And breaking the limit even for just one year is a worrying sign that warming is accelerating and not slowing down.