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Polish foreign minister calls for long-term rearmament of Europe (www.theguardian.com)

Radosław Sikorski also says he favours deepest possible inclusion of UK in EU defence structures...

Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans (www.theguardian.com)

WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’...

Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours (www.theguardian.com)

Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....

Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp (www.theguardian.com)

Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....

Secure cages and Swat teams: Arizona county’s drastic steps to protect the vote (www.theguardian.com)

Extraordinary measures turn Maricopa county elections office into fortress ahead of 2024 vote to protect staff and ballots...

The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? (www.theguardian.com)

UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over Gaza aid (www.theguardian.com)

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has warned of “apocalyptic” consequences due to aid shortages in Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive in the southern city of Rafah has blocked desperately needed food....

Graduate workers in California to strike over treatment of Gaza protesters (www.theguardian.com)

Graduate workers in California to strike over treatment of Gaza protesters. Widespread disruption expected after workers vote to hold series of strikes, starting Monday with UC Santa Cruz. California’s huge university system is facing widespread disruption after workers voted to hold a series of strikes in protest of its...

At least eight Israeli strikes on Gaza aid groups since October, says report (www.theguardian.com)

Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since October, even after aid organisations provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch....

Israel deepens offensive in Rafah and re-enters northern areas of Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

Israeli troops have continued their offensives across Gaza, deploying tank fire, artillery bombardment and airstrikes against Hamas militants in the most intensive round of fighting for weeks....

‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters? (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20917977...

Western military trainers could go to Ukraine, Lithuania minister says (www.theguardian.com)

Gabrielius Landsbergis also backs David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron on standing up to Putin...

‘Inside an oven’: Sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)

US repatriates two dozen westerners from Islamic State camp in Syria (www.theguardian.com)

The Kurdish fighters are holding more than 56,000 detainees with alleged or perceived links to the Islamic State group....

Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/31296101...

Italy can reclaim 2,000-year-old Greek statue from Getty Museum, ECHR rules (www.theguardian.com)

First case of walrus dying from bird flu recorded in Arctic (www.theguardian.com)

Virus has already killed other mammals including sea lions and seals, while also taking toll on farm animals...

New Orleans police accused of excessive force as Gaza protesters arrested (www.theguardian.com)

Officers used batons and tasers against protesters in the square, including some who had not entered the park at all. At least three people were tased, according to witnesses and video of the protest....

Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ work (www.theguardian.com)

Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases...

Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front (www.theguardian.com)

Fifteen miles east of the garrison town of Lyman, a desperate fight has been taking place on Ukraine’s eastern front for months. The once verdant Serebryansky pine forest has been reduced to burnt-out stumps, reminiscent of images from the Somme, destroyed amid Russian attacks aimed at eliminating Ukrainian foxholes....

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president (www.theguardian.com)

Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11416930...

Ukraine foreign minister says west must boost defence as ‘era of peace is over’ (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed $61bn military aid package for Ukraine, but said western allies needed to recognise that “the era of peace in Europe is over” and that Kyiv would inevitably need more help to fight off Russia....