‘Hidden in plain sight’: the European city tours of slavery and colonialism (www.theguardian.com)
From Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid to the Tuileries Garden in Paris, guides reshape stories continent tells about itself...
DWP warns carers they could face greater penalties if they appeal against fines (www.theguardian.com)
Officials at Department for Work and Pensions accused of ‘threatening and cruel’ tactics over repayment orders...
At least 17 dead after three Russian missiles hit Chernihiv (www.theguardian.com)
Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed Rafah offensive (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has reportedly deployed extra artillery and armoured personnel carriers to the Gaza Strip periphery, suggesting that the military is preparing for its long-threatened ground offensive on Rafah, the only place of relative safety for at least 1.4 million displaced Palestinian civilians....
Why Israel’s attack on Iranian consulate in Syria was a gamechanger (www.theguardian.com)
UN demands end to Israeli forces’ support of settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians (www.theguardian.com)
The United Nations has voiced grave concern over escalating violence in the West Bank, demanding that Israeli security forces “immediately” stop supporting settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territory....
Astronomers discover Milky Way’s biggest stellar black hole – 33 times size of sun (www.theguardian.com)
BH3 spotted when scientists chanced upon star in Aquila constellation ‘wobbling’ under its gravitational force...
‘Sympathy shifted to Israel’: many fear Iran attack has distracted aid effort (www.theguardian.com)
The US seems so preoccupied that officials are barely keeping track of shipments they last week said were a priority
Workers at California cannabis-delivery service threaten ‘unprecedented’ strike (www.theguardian.com)
After Eaze workers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers, company cut pay and wouldn’t address it in negotiations...
China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)
Top-ranking Chinese official Zhao Leji met Kim Jong-un during three-day visit to Pyongyang...
OJ Simpson, ex-NFL star who was acquitted of murder, dies aged 76 (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s security at core of German foreign policy due to Holocaust, ICJ hears (www.theguardian.com)
Nicaragua told the ICJ that it was “pathetic” for Germany to provide Palestinians with humanitarian aid while supplying the arms that killed them, and that Germany seemed “not to be able to differentiate between self-defence and genocide”.
Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand tightens visa rules after migration hits ‘unsustainable’ levels (www.theguardian.com)
Three boys to face trial over child’s murder in case that shocks China (www.theguardian.com)
Suspects, all under 14 at time, are accused of bullying classmate over long period before killing him in Hebei last month...
Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts (www.theguardian.com)
Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience...
Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse (www.theguardian.com)
Boom in mating calls of Britain’s loudest bird signals successful breeding year (www.theguardian.com)
Conservationists recorded 24% more male bitterns doing their mating ‘booming’ noise in 2023 than five years ago...
Pakistani judges say intelligence agency threatened them over Imran Khan (www.theguardian.com)
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
UK government under pressure from Tories to stop arming Israel (www.theguardian.com)
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13828038...
RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms (www.theguardian.com)
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee...
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording (www.theguardian.com)
Slovakia’s brain drain picks up pace under populist leader Robert Fico (www.theguardian.com)
Although Marek Mikič spent a few years studying and working abroad, he never expected to leave his native Slovakia permanently. He had a group of close friends and a music festival to run in the eastern town of Košice....
