Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)
Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison (www.theguardian.com)
Pressure builds on Israel to ditch Rafah offensive as ministers gather in Munich (www.theguardian.com)
Australian PM Anthony Albanese supports vote calling on UK and US to free Julian Assange (www.theguardian.com)
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France mourns Robert Badinter, lawyer who fought to ban death penalty (www.theguardian.com)
Indonesia election: minister dogged by rights abuse claims ‘takes early lead’ (www.theguardian.com)
Pakistan: coalition agrees to form government and shut out Imran Khan’s party (www.theguardian.com)
A coalition including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PLM-N) and the Pakistan People’s party (PPP) have agreed to form the next government of Pakistan, ensuring that the party of former prime minister Imran Khan will not take power despite getting the most votes in the election....
Israel in breach of international law if it denies Gaza food and water, says Cameron (www.theguardian.com)
Killing of three women in a week sparks femicide protests in Somalia (www.theguardian.com)
Police name husbands as suspects in separate deaths of women, two of whom were pregnant
Beijing accused of using spying, threats and blackmail against Tibetan exiles (www.theguardian.com)
Russian drone attack on Kharkiv petrol station kills seven (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone attack on a petrol station in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Saturday....
Candidates supporting Imran Khan take unexpected early lead in Pakistan general elections (www.theguardian.com)
In 2022, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was removed from his position in what was alleged to be a military-backed coup, and the Pakistan Muslim League (PMLN) came to power. Following this, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had its party symbol banned and candidates were forced to run as independents. However, these...
Del Monte Kenya representatives accused of seeking to cover up circumstances of men’s deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Representatives of Del Monte Kenya have been accused of offering bribes in an attempt to cover up the circumstances in which four men died after going to steal pineapples from its farm in December....
EU to take action against Hungary’s ‘sovereignty’ law (www.theguardian.com)
The European Commission has announced it is taking the first step in legal action against Hungary over a new law that it says violates the principle of democracy, upping tensions with Budapest as the continent enters a fraught election season....
Wettest storm in southern California history leaves at least seven dead and causes hundreds of mudslides (www.theguardian.com)
‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides...
Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy (www.theguardian.com)
State-of-the-art telescope in Chile to offer best view yet of universe (www.theguardian.com)
The futuristic $1.9bn Vera C Rubin Observatory took nine years to build and will survey the night sky in unprecedented detail...
Eurostar may cap services due to post-Brexit passport checks, warns station owner (www.theguardian.com)
Polish president restates support for Ukraine after Crimea remarks (www.theguardian.com)
Andrzej Duda sparked row after saying he was unsure if Kyiv could regain control of Russian-occupied Crimea...
Rate of US babies born prematurely has grown 12%, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)
Report adds to evidence of a maternal and infant health crisis, which experts expect will be exacerbated by abortion bans...
Aid to Gaza and beyond at risk of collapse due to funding cuts, says UNRWA (www.theguardian.com)
Vital supplies of fuel and bread flour for Gaza risk running out, while schools, clinics and even rubbish collections in the West Bank and three countries across the Middle East could cease operating by the end of the month if funding cuts for UNRWA are not restored, the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees has warned....
Biden and Xi to announce deal cracking down on fentanyl export due to hunter's creeping addiction (www.theguardian.com)
Gunmen take seven staff hostage at Procter & Gamble factory in Turkey (www.theguardian.com)
Two gunmen have taken seven people hostage at a factory in Turkey owned by the US company Procter & Gamble, according to media reports, in an apparent protest over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza....
Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images (www.theguardian.com)
