US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year (www.theguardian.com)
Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020...
Only half of required number of trainee secondary teachers in England recruited (www.theguardian.com)
Figures show government is well short of 26,360 target amid crisis in teacher recruitment and retention
Chinese state media censors itself after highlighting poem about corrupt leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades (www.theguardian.com)
The justice department has accused Google of using its market power to unfairly lock out rivals and position itself as a gatekeeper of the web. The case marks the first brought by the government against Google to go to trial. The justice department has also joined a separate case against Google brought by the attorneys general...
Why are women turning to TikTok for advice about the pill? Because doctors won’t listen to us (www.theguardian.com)
Why are women turning to TikTok for advice about the pill? Because doctors won’t listen to us::To counter social-media conspiracy theories, we need more honest information about contraception and its side-effects, says writer Kate Muir
Russian minister says G20 summit a success after criticism over war blocked (www.theguardian.com)
Caribbean nations set to demand royal family makes reparations for slave trade (www.theguardian.com)
Lloyd’s of London and Church of England also to be approached over role in past exploitation
What Modi won’t show the G20: Muslims killed, harassed by the police and abused in school (www.theguardian.com)
The PM is keen to show India as the ‘mother of democracy’, but this is one of the most undemocratic periods in its history, says the journalist Rana Ayyub
What Modi won’t show the G20: Muslims killed, harassed by the police and abused in school (www.theguardian.com)
The PM is keen to show India as the ‘mother of democracy’, but this is one of the most undemocratic periods in its history, says the journalist Rana Ayyub
UK Parliamentary researcher ‘who spied for China’ arrested (www.theguardian.com)
Two men have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act amid allegations that a parliamentary researcher spied for China....
Brazil launches biggest ever operation against illegal cattle farms in Amazon (www.theguardian.com)
The Brazilian government has launched its biggest ever operation to remove thousands of cows owned by illegal land grabbers from indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest....
Phoenix breaks heat record as city hits 110F for the 54th consecutive day (www.theguardian.com)
Saturday’s temperature had triggered an excessive heat warning across Arizona as lows were expected to range between 80F and 86F...
New Mexico officials call for governor’s impeachment after firearms restriction (www.theguardian.com)
New Mexico state representatives Stefani Lord and John Block are calling for the impeachment of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham after Grisham issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque, the state’s largest city....
India, US and Saudi Arabia in talks on rail and ports deal linking Gulf and south Asia (www.theguardian.com)
Talks include Europe and UAE as Joe Biden flies to Delhi with aim of rivalling China’s Belt and Road...
Wicked Little Letters review – foul-mouthed farce wastes Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley (www.theguardian.com)
Somehow this one star review from The Guardian makes me want to see it more.
EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power (www.theguardian.com)
EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power::Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps
Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection (www.theguardian.com)
Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list (www.theguardian.com)
US climate scientist risks felony by chaining herself to pipeline drill (www.theguardian.com)
Rose Abramoff was one of two protesters who helped temporarily shut down construction of Mountain Valley pipeline
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
Unity is good 👍 (www.theguardian.com)
A working group will lay out fuller plans over the next 60 days, including a timeline for building the infrastructure....
The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20 (www.theguardian.com)
Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats
The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20 (www.theguardian.com)
Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats
Elon Musk ‘committed evil’ with Starlink order, says Ukrainian official (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’...
