Black student at Hawaii Mormon school says he’s fighting order to cut hair (www.theguardian.com)
Kanaan VyShonne Barton says he’s following all other school rules but shouldn’t have to cut his hair: ‘My locs represent strength’...
Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn | Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms (www.theguardian.com)
AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’ (www.theguardian.com)
AI-created child sexual abuse images ‘threaten to overwhelm internet’::Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law
Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ (www.theguardian.com)
She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women (www.theguardian.com)
The household was fast asleep when the six men broke in. They sought out Sobia Batool Shah, 22, and one of them attacked her with a hatchet, chopping at her limbs in an effort to sever her legs. “He was relentless and must have hit me at least 15 times,” she says....
Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer (www.theguardian.com)
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months (www.theguardian.com)
A Vermont lawmaker was compelled to apologize publicly after being caught on video pouring water into her colleague’s work bag multiple times across several months....
Israel-Gaza war live: ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Six-month-old baby shot repeatedly during Arizona standoff with child’s father (www.theguardian.com)
Police were able to rescue child, who is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, before house caught fire with father still in it...
Nike’s ‘hoo haa’ Olympic uniforms reveal everything, including sexism in sport (www.theguardian.com)
South Korea’s fertility rate sinks to record low despite $270bn in incentives (www.theguardian.com)
Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree (www.theguardian.com)
Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’ (www.theguardian.com)
Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her...
Roger Waters dropped by BMG over Israel comments (www.theguardian.com)
Turkish parliament approves Sweden’s membership of Nato (www.theguardian.com)
Derailed train sparks molten sulphur fire in Kentucky (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli airstrikes kill 80 in Palestinian refugee camp (www.theguardian.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
OceanGate suspends operations after Titan submersible implosion (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s torture’: brutal heat broils Texas prisons, killing dozens of inmates (www.theguardian.com)
Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist (www.theguardian.com)
UPFs should also be heavily taxed due to impact on health and mortality, says scientist who coined term...
Man changes name to Literally Anybody Else and announces US presidential run (www.theguardian.com)
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Israel accuses Australia of forgetting ‘Hamas’s culpability’ for Gaza war as ministers consider UNRWA funding (www.theguardian.com)
As an Australian, no we didn’t. We just had it put in context. Jews around the world are great people, the Israeli government and the hardline supporters are absolute monsters. I hope the Australian government tells them as much. Israel deserves no support and everything that may happen when it’s withdrawn.