Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
Mac and cheese for life! Philippines’ heartfelt gifts to Carlos Yulo after double Olympic gold (www.theguardian.com)
Belgium withdraw from mixed relay after Seine swimmer falls ill (www.theguardian.com)
‘Deep moral deterioration’ being normalised in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (www.theguardian.com)
Australian government raises terrorism threat level to ‘probable’ (www.theguardian.com)
The Australian government has raised the country’s terrorism threat level from “possible” to “probable”, reversing a change made nearly two years ago....
Palestinian prisoners describe widespread abuse in Israel’s jails (www.theguardian.com)
Torture, abuse and humiliation: Palestinians on Israeli prison ‘hell’ (www.theguardian.com)
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‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year (www.theguardian.com)
Trump claims he’s pro-worker. Project 2025 will gut labor rights (www.theguardian.com)
Far-right plan for a Republican presidency would undercut unions, strip child labor laws and boost corporate profits...
Sofa so bad for JD Vance as Trump’s VP pick faces swirling speculation (www.theguardian.com)
It all started with a tweet about a couch. Within hours of Donald Trump announcing the Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate in the presidential race, a rather lurid accusation cropped up on social media....
Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East? (www.theguardian.com)
If Iran’s newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, was hoping for a honeymoon period after his inauguration last week, he must be sadly disappointed. Less than 12 hours after Pezeshkian was sworn in, an explosion, reportedly caused by a remotely controlled bomb, shook an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound in...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)
This Texas border city is tired of being a ‘pawn’ in Trump’s ‘political games’ (www.theguardian.com)
Eagle Pass residents watch as their city becomes an arena for convoys – and policies fail to address their real concerns...
Conservatives left UK wide open to far-right violence, says former adviser (www.theguardian.com)
The Conservative government left the UK wide open to the far-right violence erupting across parts of the country by ignoring red flags and stoking fires with a culture war agenda, a senior adviser on extremism to Tory prime ministers has said....
Donald Trump: judge rejects efforts to dismiss election subversion case against ex-president (www.theguardian.com)
A federal judge presiding over the election subversion case against Donald Trump has rejected efforts from his legal team to dismiss the indictment on grounds that the former president was prosecuted for vindictive and political purposes....
Democratic primary in Arizona’s third district remains too close to call (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills four as US and Israel hold ‘heated’ ceasefire talks (www.theguardian.com)
‘I’m trying to make it’: Jimmy Carter’s goal is to vote for Kamala Harris (www.theguardian.com)
Nearing his 100th birthday and in hospice care since February 2023, the former president Jimmy Carter reportedly has one goal: voting for Kamala Harris against Donald Trump....
OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)
Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of medicines in Africa could be substandard or fake, according to a major research project, raising the alarm over a problem that could be contributing to the deaths of countless patients....
Inside the Maga mind: Trump’s most dedicated fans explain their fervor (www.theguardian.com)
Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on (www.theguardian.com)
Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor (www.theguardian.com)
Alice Guo was a mayor like no other, say her supporters. At Christmas, she would hand out gifts of ham and spaghetti to local people. When school term started, she would give notebooks and bags to children. She wasn’t from a prominent political family, as is often the case in the Philippines, yet she rose to become the first...
US-Israeli soldier posted videos showing detonation of Gaza homes and mosque (www.theguardian.com)
Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)
Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said it was ironic the new prime minister was suggesting a greater use of facial matching on the same day that an EU-wide law largely banning real-time surveillance technology came into force....
