'Countries are now forced to confront it’: Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Experts say the recent increase in arrests and investigations reflects a changing mood in Europe towards Chinese threats....
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France (www.theguardian.com)
US won’t guarantee Australia will have complete control of Aukus submarines (www.theguardian.com)
Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again (www.theguardian.com)
Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date...
Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists reclassify Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, after it melted faster than expected...
New Orleans man and woman accused of killing witness in insurance scheme (www.theguardian.com)
‘Red’ Harris and Jovanna Gardne allegedly involved in murder of person cooperating in inquiry into over 100 staged truck accidents...
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’ (www.theguardian.com)
Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests...
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target (www.theguardian.com)
Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds...
Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Nobody seems interested” in helping Rudy Giuliani meet accounting obligations in his ongoing bankruptcy case, lawyers for the former New York mayor, presidential hopeful and Trump attorney said in a court filing on Tuesday....
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’ (www.theguardian.com)
The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has rapidly backtracked on remarks she made on Monday after she came under a blizzard of criticism for saying that Black children in the Bronx did not know the word “computer”....
Florida ex-cop with ‘patterns of abuse and bias’ joins DeSantis’s state guard (www.theguardian.com)
A former Florida police captain with a long history of civilian complaints, including false arrests and harassment, has joined the state’s state guard under governor Ron DeSantis....
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....
US paused weapons shipment to Israel amid concern over Rafah, senior US official says (www.theguardian.com)
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that as Israeli leaders seemed to approach a decision on a Rafah incursion, “we began to carefully review proposed transfers of particular weapons to Israel that might be used in Rafah” beginning in April....
Israel launches Rafah offensive it says is start of mission to ‘eliminate’ Hamas (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has launched a major military offensive against Hamas forces in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, seizing control of a key border crossing and cutting off most aid into the territory a day before indirect talks on a ceasefire deal are due to restart....
US repatriates two dozen westerners from Islamic State camp in Syria (www.theguardian.com)
The Kurdish fighters are holding more than 56,000 detainees with alleged or perceived links to the Islamic State group....
Rikers Island jail ‘ready’ to receive Donald Trump, says Eric Adams (www.theguardian.com)
Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter (www.theguardian.com)
‘No safe place’: people in Rafah describe terror as Israeli assault begins (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces say they have control of Gaza side of Rafah crossing (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Israeli officials have said, in the first stage of what appears to be a wider offensive targeting Hamas in the southernmost parts of Gaza....
‘A colonial mindset’: why global aid agencies need to get out of the way (www.theguardian.com)
With the world’s humanitarian system in crisis, many NGOs now recognise that local charities can deliver much more at far less cost...
270,000 UK forces records thought to have been exposed to Chinese hackers (www.theguardian.com)
Payroll data at risk includes names, bank details and addresses of current and former force members, government sources suggest...
New York attorney general sues facilities promoting ‘abortion pill reversal’ (www.theguardian.com)
Heartbeat International, affiliated with more than 2,000 facilities, aims to convince people to continue their pregnancies...
EU restates readiness to launch trade war with China over cheap imports (www.theguardian.com)
The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”. But she said the “imbalances” caused by state support for Chinese industry leading to cut-cost products threatened jobs in Europe, and that was “a matter of great...
Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure (www.theguardian.com)
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