Police officers injured in Plymouth and disorder in Belfast as violence spreads (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s Truth Social network records second-worst audience decline (www.theguardian.com)
Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US (www.theguardian.com)
Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy review – a cheeky look at cinema’s wild sexploitation craze (www.theguardian.com)
Fond amusement is mostly the point (I think) of this clear-eyed look at a short-lived British phenomenon. Sexploitation films emerged from the burgeoning sexual revolution of the 1960s. Depending on who you ask, this revolution came about as a result of sex between men being decriminalised, or the liberating arrival of the pill...
Israel strikes Lebanon as diplomats try to prevent regional war (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli jets struck southern Lebanon overnight as diplomats worked frantically to prevent a regional war after a rocket strike that killed 12 young people in the occupied Golan Heights....
Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Russian leader says Washington risks triggering cold war-style missile crisis and promises to respond in kind...
‘Cliff edge’ deadline for UK digital visas still leaves 4m at risk of losing rights | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
‘A huge opportunity’: Quantum leap for UK as tech industry receives £100m boost (www.theguardian.com)
Britain’s plans to create advanced devices based on the mind-bending physics of the quantum world have received a £100m boost, in a move ministers hope will have a transformative impact on healthcare, transport and national security....
UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions (www.theguardian.com)
Israel tried to frustrate US lawsuit over Pegasus spyware, leak suggests (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli government took extraordinary measures to frustrate a high-stakes US lawsuit that threatened to reveal closely guarded secrets about one of the world’s most notorious hacking tools, leaked files suggest....
Australia imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers and youth group over violent attacks on Palestinians (www.theguardian.com)
Wealthy countries lead in new oil and gas expansion, threatening 12bn tonnes of emissions (www.theguardian.com)
The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges...
Most new HIV infections occurred outside sub-Saharan Africa for first time – UN report (www.theguardian.com)
Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of directing terrorist organisation (www.theguardian.com)
Choudary convicted of having ‘caretaker role’ in al-Muhajiroun and drumming up support online...
Judge vacates murder conviction of man who spent 30 years in Missouri prison (www.theguardian.com)
Christopher Dunn, 52, is latest person released from a Missouri prison due to evidence of wrongful conviction...
Genetic test could eradicate a type of inherited blindness in dogs (www.theguardian.com)
A mountain rescue dog whose duties ended after her eyesight failed has helped scientists create a test that could eradicate the genetic eye condition in her breed for good....
Bangladesh’s top court cuts job quotas that led to deadly student-led protests (www.theguardian.com)
He ‘redeems’ the trash New Yorkers throw away, finding value – and opportunity – in waste (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladesh Government Imposes Communications Blackout as Violence Against Student Protestors Mounts (www.theguardian.com)
Macron ally wins surprise re-election as national assembly speaker (www.theguardian.com)
Bernice Johnson Reagon, US civil rights activist and singer, dies aged 81 (www.theguardian.com)
US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region (www.theguardian.com)
US financial watchdog urged to investigate NDAs at OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI whistleblowers have urged the US financial watchdog to investigate non-disclosure agreements at the startup after claiming the contracts included restrictions such as requiring employees to seek permission before contacting regulators....
Deforestation in Colombia falls to lowest level in 23 years (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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