South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities advise parents to keep children indoors during extreme heatwave, expected to last two weeks...
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine | Dogs | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls (www.theguardian.com)
2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 – but still far below their height in 1946...
Israel broke international law with tank shelling that killed journalist, UN finds (www.theguardian.com)
‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election? (www.theguardian.com)
‘Disinformation on steroids’: is the US prepared for AI’s influence on the election?::Robocalls of President Biden confused voters earlier this month – but measures to curb the technology could be too little too late
Cape Town hit by ‘unimaginable’ stench from 19,000 cattle on live export ship (www.theguardian.com)
Animal welfare groups say smell from the build-up of faeces and ammonia on the ship are indicative of the conditions animals endure...
‘It was an execution’: family mourns boy shot dead by Israeli forces (www.theguardian.com)
Nihal Abu Ayash, 16, was reportedly the 100th Palestinian child to be killed in the West Bank since Hamas’s 7 October attack...
Australian working in Rafah hospital says all staff are struggling: ‘We have victims caring for victims’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals | Recycling (www.theguardian.com)
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regar
‘It’s legalised robbery’: anger grows at China’s struggling shadow banks | Chinese economy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
New York vigilantes take down ‘migrant’ on live TV – but he was from the US (www.theguardian.com)
German firm BASF urged to quit Xinjiang over ‘gross abuses’ of Uyghurs (www.theguardian.com)
How Australian undercover police ‘fed’ an autistic 13-year-old’s fixation with Islamic State (www.theguardian.com)
Counter-terrorism police encouraged an autistic 13-year-old boy in his fixation on Islamic State in an undercover operation after his parents sought help from the authorities....
French move to make abortion a ‘guaranteed freedom’ gains big win in lower house (www.theguardian.com)
Constitutional change could face fight in Senate after national assembly approves measure by 493 votes to 30...
Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes (www.theguardian.com)
Taylor Swift AI images prompt US bill to tackle nonconsensual, sexual deepfakes::Bipartisan measure introduced in the US senate will allow victims in ‘digital forgeries’ to seek civil penalty against perpetrators
Argentinians stage nationwide strike against Javier Milei’s far-right agenda (www.theguardian.com)
‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining IDF (www.theguardian.com)
‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining Israel's military (www.theguardian.com)
On Tal Mitnick’s first morning inside an Israeli military prison last month, he was ordered into a small classroom. Pinned to its walls were various famous quotes. One caught his attention: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” The name beneath it: Nelson Mandela....
Trump lawyer tries to discredit E Jean Carroll in bizarre exchange during trial (www.theguardian.com)
E Jean Carroll’s New York defamation trial against Donald Trump resumed on Thursday with the ex-president’s lawyer trying to discredit her on cross-examination with a bizarre dialectic about genitals and by intimating that she has loose morals....
Amazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over pay (www.theguardian.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli airstrikes kill 100 people in one of war’s deadliest nights, say Gaza officials (www.theguardian.com)
Medics have now said that an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed 23 people, bringing total Palestinian fatalities overnight to more than 100, Reuters reports.
Hannah Arendt would not qualify for the Hannah Arendt prize in Germany today | Samantha Hill (www.theguardian.com)
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Taters the cat stars in Nasa’s first video streamed from deep space (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak considers curbing social media use for under-16s | Social media | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
