Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand woman discovers surgical instrument ‘size of a dinner plate’ left in her body after operation (www.theguardian.com)
US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran | South Dakota (www.theguardian.com)
The Guardian has identified a trainee nurse and reported US air force reservist called Bailey Ross as the proprietor of a white nationalist publisher in South Dakota....
Andrea González picked to replace Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate (www.theguardian.com)
Villavicencio’s Build party, or Construye in Spanish, announced on social media that Andrea González was replacing the 59-year-old as its presidential candidate in the 20 August vote.
Israelis’ defiance of Netanyahu holds a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy | Jonathan Freedland (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s pillage’: thirsty Uruguayans decry Google’s plan to exploit water supply (www.theguardian.com)
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea (www.theguardian.com)
Israel shows footage of Hamas killings ‘to counter denial of atrocities' (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans (www.theguardian.com)
Major investigation shows local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize
UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain tankers with sea mines (www.theguardian.com)
Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports...
Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
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Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese (www.theguardian.com)
‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers (www.theguardian.com)
New Mexico officials call for governor’s impeachment after firearms restriction (www.theguardian.com)
New Mexico state representatives Stefani Lord and John Block are calling for the impeachment of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham after Grisham issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque, the state’s largest city....
Police called to yoga class mistaken for ‘mass killing’ (www.theguardian.com)
A member of the public in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, called emergency services to report people lying on the floor
‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians (www.theguardian.com)
Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair (www.theguardian.com)
Airline was forced to apologize to Rodney Hodgins who flew to Las Vegas with his wife to celebrate their anniversary in August
‘Nature needs money’: Lula tells rich countries to pay up and protect world’s rainforests (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists discover hidden landscape ‘frozen in time’ under Antarctic ice (www.theguardian.com)
Hills and valleys carved by ancient rivers in area the size of Belgium has remained untouched for more than 34m years...
Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network (www.theguardian.com)
SAS troops ‘executed Afghan males of fighting age’, inquiry hears (www.theguardian.com)
Fifty-seven swimmers fall sick and get diarrhea at world triathlon championship in Sunderland (www.theguardian.com)
They found extremely high levels of E coli in the waters due to sewage being released, but it wasn’t published until after the event.
A hidden universe of suffering’: the Palestinian children sent to jail (www.theguardian.com)
Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
New coal mine? Approved.
