China’s carbon emissions set for structural decline from next year | Energy industry | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Hong Kong’s multimillion dollar cliffside mansions on brink of collapse after record rains (www.theguardian.com)
Heat from extinct volcano could be piped into Dutch homes (www.theguardian.com)
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
US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction (www.theguardian.com)
Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how a bear escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport, leaving passengers disgruntled over the delay and causing a stir on social media....
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)
Russian ‘double tap’ missile strike kills seven near hotel used by journalists (www.theguardian.com)
Hong Kong judge defies government’s bid to ban pro-democracy protest song, saying it could undermine freedom of expression (www.theguardian.com)
The government had sought the injunction banning online publication or distribution of the song, arguing it insulted China’s national anthem and could give people the impression that Hong Kong was an independent country.
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...
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
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....
