South African anti-migrant ‘vigilantes’ register as party for next year’s polls (www.theguardian.com)
Operation Dudula changes tactics from evictions and violence, with plans to fight elections on platform of expelling foreigners
Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal police using AI to analyse data obtained under surveillance warrants (www.theguardian.com)
The AFP’s use of AI has been limited so far but the agency hopes the technology will help police identify money laundering and potential fraud
Twitter ranks worst in climate change misinformation report (www.theguardian.com)
The Climate of Misinformation report by Climate Action Against Disinformation looked at Meta, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter for their content moderation policies and efforts to mitigate inaccurate information such as climate denialism. The group, which is made up of dozens of international climate and...
Ten years after tragedy, tiny Lampedusa at centre of migration crisis again (www.theguardian.com)
More than 11,000 people have landed on the island in recent days – a decade on from when hundreds were killed in a shipwreck...
Thousands protest in Armenia over military strike on Nagorno-Karabakh (www.theguardian.com)
Nagorno-Karabakh: death toll rises as latest violence condemned by Russia and US (www.theguardian.com)
Australia now in El Niño climate pattern, increasing bushfire risk, BOM says (www.theguardian.com)
BoM warns it’s likely ‘this summer will be hotter than average and certainly hotter than the last three years’
Libya protesters set fire to mayor’s home in anger over Derna flood deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Five Americans fly out of Iran in $6bn oil money prisoner swap (www.theguardian.com)
Conservationist Morad Tahbaz among US detainees released and on way to Qatar in first stage of journey to Washington...
Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest...
New federal charges filed against ex-police officers in Tyre Nichols killing (www.theguardian.com)
Five former Memphis police officers are now facing federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing....
Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean (www.theguardian.com)
Unity is good 👍 (www.theguardian.com)
A working group will lay out fuller plans over the next 60 days, including a timeline for building the infrastructure....
South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students (www.theguardian.com)
Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
New coal mine? Approved.
‘They’re big, bad bullies’: New York’s bitter fight over a 34,000-seat cricket stadium (www.theguardian.com)
The mayor wants to build a new international home for the sport. But local players and Bronx residents aren’t happy with the plan
British arms maker BAE Systems sets up in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
Hong Kong: Cantonese language group shuts down after targeting by national security police (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish football federation leaders demand resignation of its president Luis Rubiales (www.theguardian.com)
"After the latest events and the unacceptable behaviours that have seriously damaged the image of Spanish football, we request that Mr Luis Rubiales immediately present his resignation as president of the Spanish football federation,” the Spanish football federation’s regional presidents say in a joint statement.
Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid (www.theguardian.com)
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Families sue UK government over relatives’ deaths during Covid crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homes
US seeks to extend longstanding scientific research agreement with China (www.theguardian.com)
The US is seeking a six-month extension to a decades-old science and technology agreement with China so that it can undergo negotiations with Beijing to “strengthen” the pact, the state department has said....
Life on board a British nuclear submarine (2012) (www.theguardian.com)
