Ex-meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas firms to shame them (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
Sleeping less than five hours a night can raise depression risk, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Consistently short sleep duration more likely to precede symptoms than inverse, genetic data reveal
Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s Georgia charges are a win for voting rights leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident (www.theguardian.com)
Las Vegas police arrest man in Tupac Shakur drive-by shooting case (www.theguardian.com)
US accuses China of pattern of ‘dangerous’ air force manoeuvres against military planes (www.theguardian.com)
Pentagon cites more than 180 incidents of aggression against US aircraft over the East and South China seas...
Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer (www.theguardian.com)
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia’s biggest offensive in months – involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka – is failing, as he admitted Kyiv’s own attempts to advance in the south were proving “difficult”....
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
DNA database to be used to crack down on dog faeces in French town (www.theguardian.com)
Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Putin says he tried but failed to oust Prigozhin after Wagner mutiny (www.theguardian.com)
Philippino Journalist shot dead during live broadcast (www.theguardian.com)
A radio anchor in the southern Philippines has been fatally shot in his studio in a brazen attack witnessed by people watching the programme live on Facebook....
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry
Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much (www.theguardian.com)
Some staff members were alerted on Wednesday they were “not currently meeting our expectation of joining your colleagues in the office at least three days a week”, according to emails shared with the Financial Times. The emails were also discussed on the anonymous corporate message board platform Blind.
California elementary school evacuated over bomb threat after rightwing harassment (www.theguardian.com)
Chabot elementary in Oakland received racist and threatening emails, forcing 50 students and staff to vacate the premises
Taiwan urges China to stop ‘destructive’ military activities as fighter jets cross median line (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan’s defence ministry has urged China to stop “destructive, unilateral action” after reporting a sharp rise in Chinese military activities near the island, warning such behaviour could lead to an increase in tensions....
Lucy Letby whistleblower says babies would have lived if hospital had acted sooner (www.theguardian.com)
MP stopped from boarding Air Canada flight as ‘his name was Mohammad’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Murdered in cold blood’: stories emerge of Israelis killed at Gaza border (www.theguardian.com)
Friends and relatives say Hamas killed a grandmother, parents protecting their children, and an entire family during raids...
El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up (www.theguardian.com)
Nayib Bukele’s government has already locked up 2% of El Salvador’s adult population and built the largest prison in the Americas to house the 70,000 alleged gang members he has imprisoned....