Israeli military investigating after Gaza officials say foreign aid workers killed in IDF strike (www.theguardian.com)
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped (www.theguardian.com)
Scientist who gene-edited babies is back in lab and ‘proud’ of past work despite jailing (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli airstrike on Iran consulate in Syria kills six reportedly including IRGC commander (www.theguardian.com)
England A&E [accident and emergency department] wait times led to needless deaths of up to 14,000, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
RCEM calculates 268 people are likely to have died each week in 2023 while waiting up to 12 hours for a bed...
Total solar eclipse to sweep across Mexico, the US and Canada (www.theguardian.com)
The moon will pass directly in front of the sun, exposing ghostly traces of the sun’s atmosphere...
Remains of missing French toddler Emile Soleil found in French Alps (www.theguardian.com)
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023...
RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms (www.theguardian.com)
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee...
An attack of the vapours: Tennessee bill endorses chemtrails conspiracy theory (www.theguardian.com)
Legislation targeting baseless concept to keep state’s skies clear essentially futile given politicians cannot control sky and wind...
Video game firms found to have broken own UK industry rules on loot boxes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources....
Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources....
Russia demands extradition of Ukraine security chief and others for ‘terrorism’ (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has demanded that Ukraine extradite a number of people, including the head of the country’s SBU security service, over claims they are connected with “terrorist” acts....
Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources....
ExxonMobil accused of ‘greenwashing’ over carbon capture plan it failed to invest in (www.theguardian.com)
Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace UK, said carbon capture and storage was hailed by the oil industry as a “miraculous silver bullet”, but had failed to deliver. “Carbon capture and storage does not appear to be much closer to reducing carbon emissions, or being affordable, than it did 20 years ago,” he said....
Congressman rebuked for call to bomb Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ (www.theguardian.com)
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime? (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the area unlivable
US telecoms firm AT&T notifying millions of customers over data breach (www.theguardian.com)
ExxonMobil accused of ‘greenwashing’ over carbon capture plan it failed to invest in (www.theguardian.com)
Investigation reveals project oil giant promoted may never leave drawing board and has received no licence or government support...
Bacteria that cause meningitis on the rise, CDC warns (www.theguardian.com)
An invasive meningococcal disease – which can be deadly to infected people – is on the rise, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned....
Ex-Trump adviser says former president ‘hasn’t got the brains’ for dictatorship (www.theguardian.com)
A former national security adviser in the Donald Trump White House has said that the ex-president “hasn’t got the brains” to helm a dictatorship, despite his admiration for such rulers....
Slovakia’s brain drain picks up pace under populist leader Robert Fico (www.theguardian.com)
Although Marek Mikič spent a few years studying and working abroad, he never expected to leave his native Slovakia permanently. He had a group of close friends and a music festival to run in the eastern town of Košice....
Niagara region declares emergency to prepare for eclipse viewers (www.theguardian.com)
Total solar eclipse on 8 April will be first to touch province since 1979, and Niagara Falls is declared one of the best places to view...
UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording (www.theguardian.com)