‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
Putin says he tried but failed to oust Prigozhin after Wagner mutiny (www.theguardian.com)
Wagner boss met Vladimir Putin five days after mutiny, Kremlin says (www.theguardian.com)
French government could cut off social media during unrest, says Macron (www.theguardian.com)
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Vietnam bans Barbie film over disputed map of China’s South China Sea claims (www.theguardian.com)
BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
Finite Carbon, created in 2009 and bought by British multinational oil and gas giant BP in 2020, is responsible for more than a quarter of the US’s total carbon credits, which it says it generates from protecting more than 60 “high credibility, high integrity projects” across 1.6m hectares (4m acres)....
Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly 34 million people in those cities, or 15% of the US population, experiencing temperatures higher than in surrounding areas...
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought (www.theguardian.com)
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Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service (www.theguardian.com)
Book about book bans banned by Florida school board (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Solidarity over hatred’: the small band of Israelis stopping settlers obstructing aid trucks (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...
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...
Gaza ministry revises down figures for women and children confirmed killed (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza’s Hamas-run ministry of health has revised down figures for the number of women and children confirmed killed in the conflict in the coastal strip....
Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe...
Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ (www.theguardian.com)
More than half a million UniSuper fund members went a week with no access to their superannuation accounts after a “one-of-a-kind” Google Cloud “misconfiguration” led to the financial services provider’s private cloud account being deleted, Google and UniSuper have revealed.
Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds (www.theguardian.com)
Homelessness case before US supreme court could have far-reaching effects (www.theguardian.com)
Justices to consider constitutionality of punishing people for sleeping outside as western states seek to address encampments...
Hundreds could die if Boeing fails to handle quality issues, whistleblower says (www.theguardian.com)
China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)
Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started (www.theguardian.com)
A promised surge in aid into Gaza that Benjamin Netanyahu promised Joe Biden a week ago has so far failed to materialise, aid workers say, as the US aid chief confirmed that famine is beginning to take hold in parts of the besieged coastal strip....
Trump’s RNC takeover triggers strife and staff exits as purge partly backfires (www.theguardian.com)
Presumptive Republican nominee installed allies to run party but loyalty tests have led to weakening of certain areas, including data...
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
Several schools have brought in shorts for cheerleaders at baseball tournament while another positioned teachers between the cheerleaders and spectators...
New York police used stun gun on migrant holding toddler, video shows (www.theguardian.com)
US says no troops to Haiti as country reels from explosion of gang violence (www.theguardian.com)
