Yellowstone gunman told woman held at gunpoint he planned mass shooting, park officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Nato’s 2023 military spending produced about 233m metric tonnes of CO2 – report (www.theguardian.com)
Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of Palestinians flee amid heavy Israeli attack on Gaza City (www.theguardian.com)
At least 18 people killed in series of suicide attacks in Nigeria (www.theguardian.com)
Voter turnout in France’s parliamentary election at near-40-year high (www.theguardian.com)
Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29 (www.theguardian.com)
Western journalists were refused entry to an energy industry conference in Azerbaijan earlier this month, reigniting concerns over the state’s crackdown on the media ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Baku later this year....
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network (www.theguardian.com)
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal....
Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise (www.theguardian.com)
A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current projections....
‘The grey zone’: how IDF views some journalists in Gaza as legitimate targets (www.theguardian.com)
As Israel’s offensive in Gaza has become the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, its military has repeatedly said it is not deliberately targeting the media....
Eight-year-old pekingese Wild Thang wins World’s Ugliest Dog contest (www.theguardian.com)
The World’s Ugliest Dog annual contest may not render the most flattering title to its victor, but don’t tell that to Wild Thang....
Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii (www.theguardian.com)
State’s transport department given a 2045 deadline to fully decarbonize and achieve zero emissions under agreement...
US avocado inspectors stop work in Mexican state over ‘security situation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mango inspections also suspended ‘until further notice’ in state troubled by gang violence, but USDA says produce already in transit not affected...
Landmark California hotel, nearly 100 years old, destroyed by fire (www.theguardian.com)
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief (www.theguardian.com)
China’s maritime militia: the shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges (www.theguardian.com)
They look like simple fishing boats but are capable of swarming in huge numbers to help Beijing stake its territorial claims in the South China Sea...
Swiss lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders (www.theguardian.com)
Swiss lawmakers have rejected a landmark climate ruling from the European court of human rights, raising fears that other polluting countries may follow suit....
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest....
California police kept death in custody a secret for seven years, inquiry reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Darryl Mefferd’s death was labeled an ‘accident’, but a report questions a Vallejo police officer’s role in the fatal incident...
News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas (www.theguardian.com)
The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday speech by António Guterres...
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all fraud charges in Hewlett-Packard trial (www.theguardian.com)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
More than $100bn of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts
Millions were in germ war tests (www.theguardian.com)
Large Area Coverage Trials’, the MoD describes how between 1961 and 1968 more than a million people along the south coast of England, from Torquay to the New Forest, were exposed to bacteria including e.coli and bacillus globigii , which mimics anthrax. These releases came from a military ship, the Icewhale, anchored off the...
