‘All men 16 years and above, raise your hands’: how al-Shifa raid unfolded (www.theguardian.com)
The end of the article jumped out at me:...
Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged (www.theguardian.com)
Meta is now allowing Facebook and Instagram to run political advertising saying the 2020 election was rigged....
Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC (www.theguardian.com)
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US museum criticized for postponing Islamic art exhibit due to Israel-Hamas war (www.theguardian.com)
French couple take dealer to court for share of African mask’s €4.2m sale price (www.theguardian.com)
Far-right populist Javier Milei fails to win first round of Argentina’s presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
The eccentric far-right populist Javier Milei has failed to win the first round of Argentina’s presidential election, with the centrist finance minister Sergio Massa unexpectedly beating his radical challenger.
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money (www.theguardian.com)
Certificate to own car in Singapore rockets to $106,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Canada assassination claim sparks rare consensus in India’s polarised politics and media (www.theguardian.com)
Australia ‘better prepared’ for bushfires than ahead of black summer as government considers national community service (www.theguardian.com)
Emergency services minister says service would likely be voluntary as government ‘wouldn’t want to commit to obliging people or forcing them’
Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ after latest China comments (www.theguardian.com)
Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zone...
Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list (www.theguardian.com)
Wednesday briefing: How ‘anti-woke’ tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy shook up the Republican race (www.theguardian.com)
In today’s newsletter: the 38-year-old entrepreneur has emerged as the most potent threat to Donald Trump in the GOP’s bid for the White House. But what does he stand for?...
Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin on passenger list of plane in fatal crash, says Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Take the high road: the man who visited every country in the world – without boarding a plane (www.theguardian.com)
Fascinating story of a Danish traveler who visited every country on Earth, only by land and boat.
Bribes and hiding at home: the Ukrainian men trying to avoid conscription (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: neo-Nazi active club counts several of US military as members | California (www.theguardian.com)
A neo-Nazi “active club” counts several current and former members of the United States military as its members, the Guardian has learned, including a lance corporal machine gunner currently in detention on insubordination charges and a former US Marine Corps staff sergeant who was booted from the service for stealing large...
ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X. (www.theguardian.com)
The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts.
US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction (www.theguardian.com)
Meta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment law (www.theguardian.com)
Move comes in response to Canadian legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers
Former childcare worker charged with 1,623 sexual abuse offences against 91 children in Australia and overseas (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal police allege young girls, primarily in Brisbane and Sydney, were abused and raped over a 15-year period
France ready to back sanctions over ‘dangerous’ Niger coup, says Macron (www.theguardian.com)
The French president’s comments came as western powers scrambled to preserve a key ally in a region that has been destabilised by jihadist insurgencies, coups, and interventions by the Wagner mercenary group as Russian flags appeared at prominent sites around Niger’s capital, Niamey....
Decades of mercury exposure has been linked to the high youth suicide rates in an Indigenous community in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers who studied three generations of mothers and their children from the community of Grassy Narrows, Ontario, have concluded that sustained exposure to the toxic metal helped cause a suicide rate three times higher than any other First Nations community – which are already far higher than among the country’s general...
