Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as Hamas response awaited, US officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli company NSO Group is accused in lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of spying on 1,400 users over a two-week period.
‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
Israel reportedly close to accepting six-week Gaza ceasefire, US official says (www.theguardian.com)
Israel is reported to be close to accepting a six-week ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior Biden administration official told several US news outlets on Saturday, two days after more than 100 Palestinians died while attempting to access aid trucks in the territory....
What Alabama’s IVF ruling reveals about the ascendant Christian nationalist movement (www.theguardian.com)
Supporters of the idea that the US should be a Christian country have a foothold in politics – and are growing bolder...
‘It’s greed, that’s what it’s about’: documenting the UK’s cost of living crisis – photo essay (www.theguardian.com)
Photographer Kirsty Mackay’s project The Magic Money Tree explores the impact of poverty in the Black Country, South Shields and Bristol...
Joe Biden’s disapproval rating reaches new high, according to new poll (www.theguardian.com)
The survey found that just one in four voters (24%) think the country is moving in the right direction – a key question in the run-up to a national election – and more than twice as many voters said that Biden’s policies had personally hurt them than those who said they had helped....
Macron has fired his bazooka again – and Russia isn’t the only target (www.theguardian.com)
Emmanuel Macron sure knows how to make a headline....
Oregon undoes groundbreaking drug decriminalization law (www.theguardian.com)
Measure 110, an experiment approved in 2020, gets overhauled as state grapples with fentanyl crisis and growing public drug use...
Single orca seen killing great white shark off South African coast (www.theguardian.com)
Attack on juvenile is thought to be first known time a lone orca has hunted down a great white...
Colorado paramedic sentenced to five years in prison over killing of Elijah McClain (www.theguardian.com)
Peter Cichuniec one of two paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide for roles in 23-year-old’s death after police stop...
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp | WhatsApp | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Israel faces mounting pressure to investigate Gaza food aid deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Scientist fed classified information to China, says Canada intelligence report (www.theguardian.com)
Report says Xiangguo Qiu secretly worked with Wuhan Institute for Virology and posed a ‘threat to Canada’s economic security’...
A young woman’s killing in Georgia stokes a familiar rightwing war (www.theguardian.com)
The death of a college student is causing a political reaction – from the right, led by Trump – for all the wrong reasons...
Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock (www.theguardian.com)
A Texas county has launched a first-of-its-kind criminal investigation into waste management giant Synagro over PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge it is selling to Texas farmers as a cheap alternative to fertilizer....
Boeing agrees to pay $51m over export violations in China and other countries (www.theguardian.com)
Company accused of violations including Chinese employees improperly downloading files relating to Pentagon programs...
More than a billion people worldwide are obese, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Over past three decades. obesity rates increased fourfold among children and doubled among adults...
Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’ (www.theguardian.com)
Decision by premier Danielle Smith further pits Canadian province against environmental groups pushing green energy...
Shell must clean up pollution before it leaves Niger delta, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Firm told it must take responsibility for toxic legacy of pollution and safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure...
Trump gave top US firms staggering tax cuts, with some paying $0 or less – report (www.theguardian.com)
Among lowest taxpayers were companies whose CEOs have become high-profile advocates for corporate social responsibility...
Group linked to anti-abortion mega-donors pours money into Alabama supreme court race (www.theguardian.com)
Organization affiliated with Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein spends half a million on candidate who believes life begins at fertilization...
German town votes against Tesla plans to expand ‘gigafactory’ (www.theguardian.com)
The people of a small German town where Elon Musk has built a Tesla factory have thrown a spanner in the works by rejecting plans to expand the complex....