Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how a bear escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport, leaving passengers disgruntled over the delay and causing a stir on social media....
Macron accused of authoritarianism after threat to cut off social media (www.theguardian.com)
Élysée insists French president not advocating general blackout as ministers say rioters using platforms to organise violence
Dozens injured after protesters storm Eritrean festival in Stockholm (www.theguardian.com)
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Body caught in Rio Grande floating barrier, says Mexico (www.theguardian.com)
Texas government installed barrier to deter migrants – Mexican and US governments want it removed as dangerous and illegal
Sunak’s new oil and gas licences are ‘moral and economic madness’ (www.theguardian.com)
PM becomes ‘dangerous radical’, in words of UN chief, by backing fossil fuels incompatible with net zero goals
‘We’re angry’: Israel tensions mount as army reservists threaten to refuse duty (www.theguardian.com)
Conflict over Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience – and potential security risks
US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks (www.theguardian.com)
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Forgotten fantasy: after 11 years, Dragon’s Dogma makes an unlikely return (www.theguardian.com)
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July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
Tennessee toughens voting rules for people with felony convictions (www.theguardian.com)
TIL in New York you can apply to have a fire hydrant opened during hot weather (www.theguardian.com)
UN concern over disciplinary case against UK lawyer for ‘boys’ club’ remarks (www.theguardian.com)
In 2022, Proudman wrote on X she was troubled by Cohen referring in a judgment to the relationship between a woman and her part-time judge and barrister ex-husband as “tempestuous”, and his use of the word “reckless” to describe the alleged domestic violence....
US ‘pressuring UK to block ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant’ (www.theguardian.com)
Labour officials at the weekend told the Guardian that in opposition Labour had rejected the Conservative legal challenge to the ICC jurisdiction and its policy remained unchanged in government, but did not say if the claim was being withdrawn as a result.
Yellowstone gunman told woman held at gunpoint he planned mass shooting, park officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Nato’s 2023 military spending produced about 233m metric tonnes of CO2 – report (www.theguardian.com)
Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of Palestinians flee amid heavy Israeli attack on Gaza City (www.theguardian.com)
At least 18 people killed in series of suicide attacks in Nigeria (www.theguardian.com)
Voter turnout in France’s parliamentary election at near-40-year high (www.theguardian.com)
Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29 (www.theguardian.com)
Western journalists were refused entry to an energy industry conference in Azerbaijan earlier this month, reigniting concerns over the state’s crackdown on the media ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Baku later this year....
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network (www.theguardian.com)
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal....
