EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support (www.theguardian.com)
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote...
Canada to halt arms sales to Israel after non-binding vote in house of commons (www.theguardian.com)
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding (www.theguardian.com)
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
Stargazer’s paradise: Oregon area named world’s largest dark sky sanctuary (www.theguardian.com)
Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acres...
Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh (www.theguardian.com)
No crops, no brides: how rising seas are killing India’s coastal villages (www.theguardian.com)
As the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity as young women refuse to move to areas where they see no future...
The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman – explained | Technology (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza ceasefire talks appear to stall days before Ramadan (www.theguardian.com)
Negotiations aimed at brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war appear to have stalled, days before an unofficial deadline of the beginning of Ramadan....
‘We were constantly in terror’: Israeli hostage tells of captivity in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israel reportedly close to accepting six-week Gaza ceasefire, US official says (www.theguardian.com)
Israel is reported to be close to accepting a six-week ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior Biden administration official told several US news outlets on Saturday, two days after more than 100 Palestinians died while attempting to access aid trucks in the territory....
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp | WhatsApp | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Shell must clean up pollution before it leaves Niger delta, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Firm told it must take responsibility for toxic legacy of pollution and safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure...
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies (www.theguardian.com)
‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi (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
LA mayor ‘terrified’ of tragedy as half-built skyscraper becomes stunt magnet (www.theguardian.com)
Cheshire mechanic who ran child sexual abuse sites jailed for 16 years (www.theguardian.com)
Mississippi prison delayed woman’s cancer diagnosis until it was terminal, lawsuit says (www.theguardian.com)
Missing Turkish miners ‘swallowed by cyanide-laced landslide’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Now we are not safe’: Sweden’s Kurds fear Nato deal has sold them out (www.theguardian.com)
Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’ (www.theguardian.com)
Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’::The Guardian and Mission Local unravel ‘grey money’ network flooding the progressive city with conservative cash
Zelenskiy set to replace senior officials amid Ukraine leadership ‘reset’ (www.theguardian.com)
Comments come as speculation continues president is preparing to fire commander of armed forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi...
‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia senate passes bill curtailing charitable bail funds for protest groups (www.theguardian.com)
Bill passed by Republican-dominated state senate may exacerbate deadly overcrowding in Fulton county jail
Armenia formally joins international criminal court in snub to Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Armenia has formally joined the international criminal court (ICC), officials said, a move which traditional ally Moscow has denounced as unfriendly....
