Millions in US face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections (www.theguardian.com)
Recommendations include heat forecasts and outdoor-worker safeguards to prevent thousands of deaths and injuries...
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy calls on world leaders to attend Ukraine ‘peace summit’ after deadly Kharkiv strike (www.theguardian.com)
Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’ (www.theguardian.com)
Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss issue and seek Alito’s recusal on January 6 cases...
Israel-Gaza war live: ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling (www.theguardian.com)
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (www.theguardian.com)
Eight taken to hospital after turbulence on flight from Doha to Dublin (www.theguardian.com)
Eight people have been taken to hospital after a flight from Doha to Dublin experienced turbulence....
$150m paid in police misconduct claims shows violent response to 2020 protests, experts say (www.theguardian.com)
In the four years since mass protests broke out over the killing of George Floyd, cities across the US have settled more than 130 lawsuits involving police misconduct with payouts totaling nearly $150m to protesters, journalists, legal observers and bystanders, according to an analysis of the lawsuits published this week....
‘Psychologically tortured’: California city pays man nearly $1m after 17-hour police interrogation (www.theguardian.com)
A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive....
China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Four US daycare workers charged with spiking children’s food with melatonin (www.theguardian.com)
Four New Hampshire daycare employees allegedly spiked children’s food with the sleep supplement melatonin and were arrested on Thursday....
Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee (www.theguardian.com)
British climber and Nepali guide feared dead after reaching Everest summit (www.theguardian.com)
A British man and his Nepali guide are believed to be dead after reaching the summit of Mount Everest on Tuesday, a guiding company said....
Six newborn babies die after fire tears through Delhi hospital (www.theguardian.com)
Bystanders ran in to rescue 12 newborns from fire at children’s hospital as PM Narendra Modi says deaths are ‘heart-rending’...
Revealed: how Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy (www.theguardian.com)
Lambeth Palace documents show purchase of enslaved people in 18th century approved by Anglican archbishop...
Arizona secretary of state calls threats to election officials ‘domestic terrorism’ (www.theguardian.com)
At least 66 members of far-right group in rural Oregon standing for office (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: anti-government People’s Rights Network, founded by Ammon Bundy, appearing to follow ‘entryism’ strategy...
US and UK to back Israel over ICJ ruling after blurring their Rafah red lines (www.theguardian.com)
In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar (www.theguardian.com)
In Fort Mohave, Arizona, even Republican voters are fighting gas power plants as utilities try to lock in fossil fuels...
Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)
Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority....
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
Nigel Farage says he will not stand in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
Nigel Farage has said he will not stand in the UK general election, instead focusing his efforts on getting Donald Trump re-elected in the US....
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans (www.theguardian.com)
WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’...
Senate Democrats to force second vote on border bill that Republicans blocked (www.theguardian.com)
Legislation has next to no chance of passing but Democrats hope to show Republicans are not serious about solving border issue...
Revealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies (www.theguardian.com)
Documents show the Conservative Partnership Institute is pushing its far-right agenda at events involving GOP members...
