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Deaths surge in the US’s hottest city as governor declares statewide ‘heat emergency’ (www.theguardian.com)

Mark Zuckerberg shuts door on cage fight, saying Elon Musk ‘isn’t serious’ (www.theguardian.com)

Meta boss says ‘time to move on’ after Twitter owner fails to name date and says he needs surgery

Hawaii fires: tourists warned against travelling to Maui in wake of disaster (www.theguardian.com)

Officials say hotel rooms needed to house thousands of displaced residents

Kenya launches inquiry into claims of abuse by British soldiers at training unit (www.theguardian.com)

The Kenyan government has launched an inquiry into allegations of abuse by the British army, which MPs say could have implications for the future role of UK troops in the country....

‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine desperate for help clearing mines, says defence minister (www.theguardian.com)

Nearly 4m fewer UK working days in past year due to strike action, study says (www.theguardian.com)

Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms pay

Ukraine: baby among seven people killed in Russian shelling of Kherson (www.theguardian.com)

Seven people including a 23-day-old girl were killed in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Sunday, the country’s internal affairs ministry has said.

‘Stressed beyond her limits’: co-owner of Kansas newspaper dies after police raid (www.theguardian.com)

Police served a search warrant to the Marion County Record’s Joan Meyer, 98, after the paper’s investigation into local restaurateur

Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying porter on K2 (www.theguardian.com)

Fellow climbers say video footage shows Kristin Harila’s team walking over body of frostbitten man during record ascent

China vows ‘vigorous’ response to US visit by Taiwan vice president (www.theguardian.com)

China’s foreign ministry has criticised a brief US visit by Taiwan vice president William Lai, saying he was a separatist and “troublemaker through and through” and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty.

‘Into brain and the heart’: how China is using apps to woo Taiwan’s teenagers (www.theguardian.com)

China has made clear that it wants to take control of Taiwan, by force if necessary; and the two share a common language. That makes Chinese apps, music and drama particularly attractive and accessible to the Taiwanese and Taiwanese users a particularly important audience for Beijing. “The similarities in language make the...

News Corp profits dive 75% as Rupert Murdoch-owned company hints at AI future (www.theguardian.com)

Andrea González picked to replace Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate (www.theguardian.com)

Villavicencio’s Build party, or Construye in Spanish, announced on social media that Andrea González was replacing the 59-year-old as its presidential candidate in the 20 August vote.

Eritrean diaspora vow to continue disrupting festivals that ‘promote dictatorship’ (www.theguardian.com)

After opponents of the Eritrean government stormed a festival in Stockholm that was allegedly promoting the east African country’s regime earlier this month, setting light to cars and throwing stones, the Swedish government tried to distance itself from it all. The justice minister, Gunnar Strömmer, said it was “not...

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