Italy’s far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office (www.theguardian.com)
India’s plan for untouched Nicobar isles will be ‘death sentence’ for isolated tribe (www.theguardian.com)
Wettest storm in southern California history leaves at least seven dead and causes hundreds of mudslides (www.theguardian.com)
Macron calls Hamas attacks ‘biggest antisemitic massacre of our century’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
‘Symbol of polarisation’: EU scraps plans to halve use of pesticides...
Gina Carano suing Disney and Lucasfilm over Mandalorian firing with help from Elon Musk (www.theguardian.com)
German firm BASF urged to quit Xinjiang over ‘gross abuses’ of Uyghurs (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal (www.theguardian.com)
A potential perjury deal with a key witness could shake up the verdict in Donald Trump’s $370m New York fraud trial, a new court document reveals....
Israel tells families of 31 hostages their relatives are dead as Hamas mulls truce deal (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of Palestinian prisoners for the...
Rumoured split in Hamas leadership as hope grows for ceasefire deal (www.theguardian.com)
When the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, launched his devastating assault on Israel on 7 October, the militant group’s exiled leadership, like the rest of the world, was apparently caught unawares....
Tucker Carlson confirms Russia trip and teases Putin interview (www.theguardian.com)
Far-right pundit and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson confirmed on Tuesday he was in Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin, and said he will air his conversation with Russia’s president to counter what he described as pro-Ukraine “fawning pep sessions” by western media covering the war....
At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report says (www.theguardian.com)
More than a fifth of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to available intelligence collated by the Israeli military....
Louisiana governor accused of using public records law to intimidate EPA and ‘Cancer Alley’ community (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana’s far-right government has quietly obtained hundreds of pages of communications between the Environmental Protection Agency and journalists, legal advocates and community groups focused on environmental justice. The rare use of public records law to target citizens is a new escalation in the state’s battle with the...
Smart TVs must showcase Australian free-to-air channels alongside streaming services under proposed legislation (www.theguardian.com)
Viral videos of Tesla drivers using VR headsets prompt US government alarm (www.theguardian.com)
US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said human drivers must pay attention at all times after videos emerged of people wearing what appeared to be Apple’s recently released Vision Pro headset while driving Teslas....
Yazidi woman held by IS for 10 years freed by Kurdish fighters in Syria (www.theguardian.com)
Iraqi, 24, rescued with her children from al-Hawl camp after being abducted then raped and forced into marriage...
Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers say extreme content being pushed on young people and becoming normalised
Protests as Atlanta council adopts new rules for referendum on Cop City (www.theguardian.com)
Orbán boycotts parliament session called to ratify Swedish Nato bid (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has boycotted a session of parliament called by the opposition to ratify Sweden’s Nato membership, even as a group of western ambassadors arrived in the building to urge a vote....
Ancient sea sponges at centre of controversial claim world has already warmed by 1.7C (www.theguardian.com)
Findings in leading scientific journal that globe has breached key warming milestone challenged by climate science experts...
Comments on Weibo giraffe post bemoan state of Chinese economy (www.theguardian.com)
Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs (www.theguardian.com)
Cern aims to build €20bn atom-smasher to unlock secrets of universe (www.theguardian.com)
Research lab submits plans for next-generation model at least three times size of Large Hadron Collider...
‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point (www.theguardian.com)
Last year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of scientific fraud....
State-of-the-art telescope in Chile to offer best view yet of universe (www.theguardian.com)
The futuristic $1.9bn Vera C Rubin Observatory took nine years to build and will survey the night sky in unprecedented detail...
