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Halliburton equipment worth $7.1m imported into Russia in past year, customs records show (www.theguardian.com)

Letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew of mass gassings of Jews and Poles in 1942 (www.theguardian.com)

Letter from church source in anti-Hitler resistance reporting 6,000 daily killings undercuts Vatican’s claims of lack of knowledge...

Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert as rain turns site to mud (www.theguardian.com)

You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …

Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find (www.theguardian.com)

New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science (www.theguardian.com)

Executives privately sought to downplay link between fossil fuels and climate change despite public pronouncements, WSJ reports...

Kim Davis must pay $100,000 to US same-sex couple she denied marriage license (www.theguardian.com)

Sean Penn: Will Smith slap wouldn’t have happened if Oscars had let Zelenskiy speak (www.theguardian.com)

Police union leader said woman killed by Seattle officer ‘had limited value’ (www.theguardian.com)

Daniel Auderer denies wrongdoing, claiming he ‘intended the comment as a mockery of lawyers’

New Mexico officials call for governor’s impeachment after firearms restriction (www.theguardian.com)

New Mexico state representatives Stefani Lord and John Block are calling for the impeachment of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham after Grisham issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque, the state’s largest city....

Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money (www.theguardian.com)

This may be the only time you will ever see the phrase “Swedish gangster rap,” so enjoy it.

‘It is not possible to organise in Iran’: jailed activist warns of totalitarianism after Mahsa Amini protests (www.theguardian.com)

The majority of Iranians wish for a “normal life and for a government similar to the governments based on the liberal democratic system”, one of Iran’s most prominent political activists has said, as he prepares to start a six-year jail sentence, leaving his wife and three-year-old daughter behind....

In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)

TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts (www.theguardian.com)

TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for breaking EU data law in its handling of children’s accounts, including failing to shield underage users’ content from public view....

Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows (www.theguardian.com)

Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states...

Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate (www.theguardian.com)

US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins (www.theguardian.com)

US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung

Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling (www.theguardian.com)

Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest...

Sound of Freedom film producer plots long-shot bid for Mexican presidency (www.theguardian.com)

Just what Mexico needs, a QAnon, Maga nutjub.

Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ after latest China comments (www.theguardian.com)

Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zone...

Antisemitism definition used by UK universities leading to ‘unreasonable’ accusations (www.theguardian.com)

Younger people more likely to doubt merits of democracy – global poll (www.theguardian.com)

Democracy remains popular across the world, but faced with a global array of challenges from inequality to the climate crisis, young people are far less likely than their elders to believe it can deliver on what concerns them....