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Israel-Gaza war live: ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling (www.theguardian.com)

Gavin Newsom signs bill to help people in Arizona get abortions in California (www.theguardian.com)

Under new law, doctors licensed to perform the procedure in Arizona can provide abortion care for their patients in California...

EU’s far-right parties expel Germany’s AfD from their group (www.theguardian.com)

The far-right German party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has been expelled from its pan-European parliamentary group after a string of recent controversies over its policy choices and the conduct of some of its leaders....

Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans (www.theguardian.com)

WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’...

In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar (www.theguardian.com)

In Fort Mohave, Arizona, even Republican voters are fighting gas power plants as utilities try to lock in fossil fuels...

Senate Democrats to force second vote on border bill that Republicans blocked (www.theguardian.com)

Legislation has next to no chance of passing but Democrats hope to show Republicans are not serious about solving border issue...

Revealed: the extremist Maga lobbying group driving far-right Republican policies (www.theguardian.com)

Documents show the Conservative Partnership Institute is pushing its far-right agenda at events involving GOP members...

Alaskan rivers turning orange due to climate change, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

Dozens of rivers and streams in Alaska are turning rusty orange, a likely consequence of thawing permafrost, a new study finds....

Nigel Farage says he will not stand in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)

Nigel Farage has said he will not stand in the UK general election, instead focusing his efforts on getting Donald Trump re-elected in the US....

Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours (www.theguardian.com)

Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....

Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp (www.theguardian.com)

Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....

Ireland, Spain and Norway to recognise Palestinian state (www.theguardian.com)

Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which said it would retaliate by recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid and Oslo, and withholding vital funds from the Palestinian Authority....

Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp (www.theguardian.com)

Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....

France ‘investigating whether Russia behind’ graffiti on Holocaust memorial (www.theguardian.com)

France is investigating whether graffiti painted on the wall of Paris’s Holocaust memorial last week was a destabilisation operation coordinated from Russia, French media have reported....

‘It’s not vital to spend five days a week in the office’: the bank boss who works from home (www.theguardian.com)

Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)

Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park (www.theguardian.com)

Matthew Trickett, 37, who was charged with surveillance of activists, was found on Sunday evening in Maidenhead park...

More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds (www.theguardian.com)

Half the world’s population cannot freely speak their mind according to a new report on freedom of expression....

Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near Ukraine border (www.theguardian.com)

Russian forces have started military drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to what Moscow deems threats from western officials about increased involvement in the conflict....

Blinken willing to work with Congress on potential sanctions against ICC (www.theguardian.com)

Joe Biden and his political opponents have sharply criticized Khan’s announcement, arguing the court does not have jurisdiction over the Gaza conflict and raising concerns over process....

Israel calls on ‘civilised nations’ to boycott ICC arrest warrants against its leaders (www.theguardian.com)

Israel has urged what it called “nations of the civilised world” to refuse to implement any international criminal court arrest warrants issued against its leaders....