Biden calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’ (www.theguardian.com)
The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti has warned the Caribbean country is rapidly moving towards becoming “like Somalia in the worst of its times” after a criminal uprising which has displaced tens of thousands of people and largely cut its capital city off from the world....
South Carolina mulls mystery $1.8bn in account: ‘We don’t know why it’s there’ (www.theguardian.com)
To put it mildly, the South Carolina state government faces an unusual problem: what to do about $1.8bn found in a state bank account when no one knows how it got there, how it should be spent or even whether it really exists....
Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim (www.theguardian.com)
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
Governments across region grappling for response as temperatures soar to unseasonable highs...
California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues (www.theguardian.com)
Boy, as yet unidentified, is third child killed by San Bernardino law enforcement in less than two years and second in under a month...
Global rainforest loss continues at rate of 10 football pitches a minute (www.theguardian.com)
Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming still cleared an area nearly equal to Switzerland...
US banks ‘sabotaging’ own net zero plans by livestock financing, report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Lending to meat, dairy and feed corporations led to ‘significant proportion’ of banks’ emissions, Friends of the Earth found...
‘I saw my sister forced to say she was a spy on Iranian TV. It was the worst day of my life’ (www.theguardian.com)
French teacher Cécile Kohler was on holiday in Iran when she became one of dozens of European nationals used as pawns by the regime. Her sister Noémie explains the ongoing fight for her release...
Amazon increased US plastic packaging despite global phase-out, report says (www.theguardian.com)
The same year, 2022, company replaced plastic sleeves in EU with paper and cardboard, and cut plastic packaging globally by 11.6%...
Greenlandic women sue Danish state for contraceptive ‘violation’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘No choice’: Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack (www.theguardian.com)
Third attack on Kerch bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea ‘inevitable’, say Ukraine’s military intelligence...
Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law (www.theguardian.com)
Three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady Hale, are among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel....
All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Surprise, surprise!