Israel’s endgame is to push Palestinians into Egypt – and the west is cheering it on | Sharif Abdel Kouddous (www.theguardian.com)
Russia halts circulation of new ruble note after complaints from priests | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
People diagnosed with ADHD as adults could be ‘at greater risk of dementia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Study does not establish cause and effect, and experts say it highlights need for further research...
Global electricity grid must be upgraded urgently to hit climate goals, says IEA (www.theguardian.com)
Ministers have been urged to “open their eyes” to the need to build a vast network of new electricity grids to allow countries to hit climate goals, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said....
Long-lost Star Wars X-Wing model auctioned for a record-breaking $3.1m (www.theguardian.com)
Spacecraft discovered in cardboard box belonging to late model-maker Greg Jein becomes the ‘most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction’...
Israel confirms 155 people being held hostage by Hamas (www.theguardian.com)
School surveillance tech does more harm than good, ACLU report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Key details behind Nord Stream pipeline blasts revealed by scientists (www.theguardian.com)
Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness (www.theguardian.com)
Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital...
Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian...
Letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew of mass gassings of Jews and Poles in 1942 (www.theguardian.com)
Letter from church source in anti-Hitler resistance reporting 6,000 daily killings undercuts Vatican’s claims of lack of knowledge...
Deadly humid heatwaves to spread rapidly as climate warms – study (www.theguardian.com)
Small rise in global temperatures would affect hundreds of millions of people and could cause a sharp rise in deaths
Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour (www.theguardian.com)
‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians (www.theguardian.com)
Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border
Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/4QzFt...
FBI arrest California police officers involved in racist text messages scandal (www.theguardian.com)
A grand jury had indicted officers from Antioch and Pittsburg for a wide range of offenses, including criminal conspiracy.
CEO regrets her firm took on Facebook moderation work after staff ‘traumatised’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania (www.theguardian.com)
Deaths surge in the US’s hottest city as governor declares statewide ‘heat emergency’ (www.theguardian.com)
Moon rocket blasts off, carrying Russia’s hope of first successful lunar landing since 1976 (www.theguardian.com)
The Luna-25 mission will seek to land near the south pole of the moon, collecting geological samples from the area, and sending back data for signs of water or its building blocks, which could raise the possibility of a future human colony on the moon.
Fifty-seven swimmers fall sick and get diarrhoea at world triathlon championship in Sunderland (www.theguardian.com)
About 2,000 people participated in the events last weekend, which included a swim off Sunderland’s blue flag Roker beach. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it would be testing samples from those who were ill to establish the cause of the illness and any common pathogens....
Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes (www.theguardian.com)
UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
I personally think that responsible smartphone use should be learned and practiced, rather than outright banning them....
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
