Swiss glaciers lose 10% of their volume in two years (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of unusually hot summers and winters with very low snow volume, which have caused the accelerating melts. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990.
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Why are women turning to TikTok for advice about the pill? Because doctors won’t listen to us (www.theguardian.com)
Why are women turning to TikTok for advice about the pill? Because doctors won’t listen to us::To counter social-media conspiracy theories, we need more honest information about contraception and its side-effects, says writer Kate Muir
Russia-Ukraine war: at least 51 people killed in Russian strike on village food shop (www.theguardian.com)
Senior officer behind Met drug strategy sacked over refusal to take drug test (www.theguardian.com)
Disciplinary panel had found Julian Bennett guilty of gross misconduct for refusing test when accused of smoking cannabis
Long-lost Star Wars X-Wing model auctioned for a record-breaking $3.1m (www.theguardian.com)
Spacecraft discovered in cardboard box belonging to late model-maker Greg Jein becomes the ‘most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction’...
Mobile roaming: EE prompts anger as it increases price by 150% | Mobile phones | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
School surveillance tech does more harm than good, ACLU report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Chicago police investigated over alleged sexual misconduct with asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)
Reports that an officer allegedly impregnated an 18-year-old and another had ‘sexual contact with an underage female migrant’
Ukrainian PoWs being sent to fight their own army, Russian news claims (www.theguardian.com)
Tory MP Crispin Blunt arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs (www.theguardian.com)
A senior Conservative MP, Crispin Blunt, has been arrested on suspicion of rape and possession of drugs....
Jenni Hermoso files criminal complaint against Luis Rubiales over kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Breeding breakthrough paves way for controversial tuna farming on land (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish research centre achieves first tank-bred Atlantic bluefin as NGOs warn of poor welfare, more antibiotic use and water pollution...
Students walk out of Hillary Clinton’s class to protest Columbia ‘shaming’ pro-Palestinian demonstrators (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s son Donald Jr to testify at real estate fraud trial in New York (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump’s eldest son will take the stand today at the New York civil fraud trial surrounding the former president’s business empire....
Ukrainian parliament votes to ban Orthodox Church over alleged links with Russia (www.theguardian.com)
England’s Jewish schools heighten security as antisemitic incidents quadruple (www.theguardian.com)
Jewish schools across England are taking extra precautions to protect their staff and students after the attack on Israel, as the body that provides security advice to Jewish communities in the UK said it had recorded 89 antisemitic incidents between Saturday and Tuesday....
TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for breaking EU data law in its handling of children’s accounts, including failing to shield underage users’ content from public view....
German state elections: voters turn to the right in rebuke to Scholz’s coalition (www.theguardian.com)
Worries about the economy and migration pushed up share for far-right AfD in Hesse and Bavaria, while coalition parties did worse...
It’s like a time capsule’: 19th-century shipwreck discovered in Lake Michigan (www.theguardian.com)
Cruise recalls all self-driving cars after grisly accident and California ban | All 950 of the General Motors subsidiary’s autonomous cars will be taken off roads for a software update (www.theguardian.com)
Cruise recalls all self-driving cars after grisly accident and California ban | All 950 of the General Motors subsidiary’s autonomous cars will be taken off roads for a software update::All 950 of the General Motors subsidiary’s autonomous cars will be taken off roads for a software update