How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming (www.theguardian.com)
Protests at French prisons as search continues for gunmen who killed officers (www.theguardian.com)
Prison officers complain of overcrowding and violence after two guards killed and inmate freed from van...
I have worked in the world’s most dangerous combat zones. Never have I felt as unsafe as I did in Gaza | Amy Neilson (www.theguardian.com)
I have worked in medical humanitarian aid in Sierra Leone, Lebanon, South Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, Libya and Jordan throughout the last decade. Some of these jobs have been imbued with serious, tangible risk to life and limb, or of kidnap, but never have I felt as unsafe as I did in Gaza....
The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township (www.theguardian.com)
Russians try to break through Ukrainian defence lines north of Kharkiv (www.theguardian.com)
Russian forces have attacked across the Ukrainian border to the north of Kharkiv in a potential effort to open a new front in the war and intensify the pressure on Ukraine’s second city....
‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters? (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15236948...
Students across Europe hold Gaza war protests in run-up to UN vote on Palestinian statehood (www.theguardian.com)
Thirty-two people were arrested as Dutch police broke up a Gaza war protest at the University of Amsterdam, in a second day of unrest over the conflict. Police said the offences included public violence, vandalism and assault....
'Countries are now forced to confront it’: Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Experts say the recent increase in arrests and investigations reflects a changing mood in Europe towards Chinese threats....
Black mothers twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with perinatal mental illness (www.theguardian.com)
ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
The International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes to one....
Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors (www.theguardian.com)
Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian ally...
Red Cross decides against suspending Russian branch despite links to Kremlin war machine (www.theguardian.com)
The International Red Cross movement has decided not to suspend membership of the Russian Red Cross (RRC), despite potential breaches of neutrality regulations brought to light by an investigation by a group of international media outlets, including the Guardian....
They’re back: Cohen and Avenatti return to spotlight at Trump trial (www.theguardian.com)
As Donald Trump’s hush-money trial enters its second week, jurors will be asked to focus on the testimony of his former Mr Fixit – the disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen....
Senior figures acknowledge privately that mobilising more men to fight is becoming challenging, with some fleeing the country or considering it. (www.theguardian.com)
Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown: Video evidence shows multiple arrests after regime launched new draconian campaign against women and girls (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11417708...
'In the US, they think we're communists!' The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals (www.theguardian.com)
California readies itself as ‘abortion sanctuary’ while Arizona gears up for ban (www.theguardian.com)
Golden state expanded abortion access after Roe was repealed in 2022 while neighboring state is set to enact near-total ban...
Indonesia volcano eruption sparks tsunami fears (www.theguardian.com)
Mount Ruang has repeatedly erupted, and officials fear it could collapse and create a tsunami, with hundreds evacuated from the area...
Palestinian boy who survived airstrike dies during food aid drop (www.theguardian.com)
World Bank’s funding of ‘hog hotel’ factory farms under fire over climate effect (www.theguardian.com)
The private sector arm of the World Bank is facing claims that it contributes to global heating and the undermining of animal welfare by providing financial support for factory farming, including the building of pig farming tower blocks in China....
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
Rise in US executions masks deep divide between states on use of death penalty (www.theguardian.com)
Some of the 27 states that have the death penalty have not executed anyone in years but others still do – and the divide is rooted in history...
Ties with US and Japan will ‘change dynamic’ in South China Sea, Philippines president says after critics of China’s ‘dangerous and aggressive behaviour’ in the region (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13139560...
Blow for Myanmar’s military as rebels say hundreds have surrendered at key border town (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/19142552
