Lush paid managers £5m in bonuses after taking £5m in state support (www.theguardian.com)
Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy | Jonathan Freedland (www.theguardian.com)
‘We’re angry’: Israel tensions mount as army reservists threaten to refuse duty (www.theguardian.com)
Conflict over Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience – and potential security risks
‘The lowest I’ve ever been’: how playing Jar Jar Binks led to abuse, near death – and saving Baby Yoda | Television (www.theguardian.com)
Ahmed Best thought he’d made it big when cast as Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. But it turned into a nightmare of online abuse and accusations of racism. With a new podcast revisiting his story, the actor talks about why he’s still proud of his historic role
Houston school district to turn libraries into disciplinary centers (www.theguardian.com)
Critics condemn superintendent Mike Miles’s ‘new education system’ that removes students’ access to books
US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks (www.theguardian.com)
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US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks (www.theguardian.com)
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Tory plan to expand free childcare is ‘undeliverable’, nurseries in England warn (www.theguardian.com)
Survey reveals vast majority of childcare providers won’t increase capacity because of staff, cost or space concerns
US man who killed woman by driving car through BLM protest pleads guilty (www.theguardian.com)
Dawit Kelete, 30, pleads guilty to multiple charges after hitting two protesters, one fatally, during 2020 protest in Seattle
A Black prosecutor was elected in Georgia – so white Republicans made their own district (www.theguardian.com)
After Jared Williams was elected Augusta DA, a lawyer and state lawmaker made an unusual proposal: that the whitest county split from the circuit
‘Something weird is going on’: search for answers as Antarctic sea ice stays at historic lows (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s exciting, it’s powerful’: how translated fiction captured a new generation of readers (www.theguardian.com)
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out (www.theguardian.com)
Heat from extinct volcano could be piped into Dutch homes (www.theguardian.com)
Forgotten fantasy: after 11 years, Dragon’s Dogma makes an unlikely return (www.theguardian.com)
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France ready to back sanctions over ‘dangerous’ Niger coup, says Macron (www.theguardian.com)
The French president’s comments came as western powers scrambled to preserve a key ally in a region that has been destabilised by jihadist insurgencies, coups, and interventions by the Wagner mercenary group as Russian flags appeared at prominent sites around Niger’s capital, Niamey....
Hong Kong judge defies government’s bid to ban pro-democracy protest song, saying it could undermine freedom of expression (www.theguardian.com)
The government had sought the injunction banning online publication or distribution of the song, arguing it insulted China’s national anthem and could give people the impression that Hong Kong was an independent country.
Threads users decline significantly despite initial surge in sign-ups (www.theguardian.com)
‘Nature is being destroyed’: Russia’s arms buildup in Barents Sea creating toxic legacy (www.theguardian.com)
What will Spotify’s price rise mean for its recording artists and songwriters? (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up (www.theguardian.com)
Nayib Bukele’s government has already locked up 2% of El Salvador’s adult population and built the largest prison in the Americas to house the 70,000 alleged gang members he has imprisoned....
July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)