London surgeon says he saw ‘massacre unfold’ while working in Gaza hospitals (www.theguardian.com)
Outgoing Netherlands PM’s party rules out Geert Wilders coalition (www.theguardian.com)
Talks begin with liberal leader warning people not to be fooled by Wilders’ ‘Mother Teresa’ act
Exposure to widely used insecticides decreases sperm concentration, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Study’s author says ‘we need to reduce exposure in order to ensure men who want to conceive are able to without interference’
Taiwan reports increased Chinese military drills nearby (www.theguardian.com)
Shocking scale of UK government files on critics revealed (www.theguardian.com)
Fifteen government departments have been monitoring the social media activity of potential critics and compiling “secret files” in order to block them from speaking at public events, the Observer can reveal....
Portugal PM Antonio Costa resigns amid corruption allegations. (www.theguardian.com)
Portugal’s socialist prime minister, António Costa, has resigned hours after prosecutors examining alleged corruption involving lithium and “green” hydrogen deals announced that he was under investigation and police searched dozens of addresses, including his official residence and the environment and infrastructure...
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Mokhiber, director of human rights body, accuses the US, UK and much of Europe as ‘wholly complicit in the horrific assault’
Sharp rise in bear attacks in Japan as they struggle to find food (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)
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Italian government to change rules after doctors fined for Covid overtime (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military discussing alternatives to full Gaza invasion with US, says Biden (www.theguardian.com)
Undiplomatic impunity: Chinese embassy leaves New Zealand landlord with $900 bill (www.theguardian.com)
AI chatbots could help plan bioweapon attacks, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
England’s Jewish schools heighten security as antisemitic incidents quadruple (www.theguardian.com)
Jewish schools across England are taking extra precautions to protect their staff and students after the attack on Israel, as the body that provides security advice to Jewish communities in the UK said it had recorded 89 antisemitic incidents between Saturday and Tuesday....
Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network (www.theguardian.com)
Shock and anger: Israelis search for loved ones after Hamas attack (www.theguardian.com)
At least 600 Israelis have been killed and around 100 taken hostage in the deadliest attack in the country’s history...
Vladimir Putin escalates nuclear rhetoric with threat to resume testing (www.theguardian.com)
British soldier took her own life after sexual harassment from boss, says army (www.theguardian.com)
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Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket (www.theguardian.com)
Travel website Booking.com has left many hotel operators and other partners across the globe thousands of dollars out of pocket for months on end, blaming the lack of payment on a “technical issue”....
Swiss glaciers lose 10% of their volume in two years (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of unusually hot summers and winters with very low snow volume, which have caused the accelerating melts. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990.
Interview - ‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money (www.theguardian.com)
This may be the only time you will ever see the phrase “Swedish gangster rap,” so enjoy it.
Hong Kong’s multimillion dollar cliffside mansions on brink of collapse after record rains (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK, or Canada....
