BBC.com: Unable to back down, Israel and Hezbollah move closer to all-out war (www.bbc.com)
Farage doubles down on Ukraine comments after Sunak and Starmer condemned Reform UK leader (www.lbc.co.uk)
New Drug Provides Total Protection From H.I.V. in Trial of Young African Women (www.nytimes.com)
Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down (www.theguardian.com)
As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign (apnews.com)
Europe and Australia both back down on CSAM scanning (9to5mac.com)
Spanish police arrest 10 after discovery of ‘highly sophisticated’ meth lab (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish police have arrested 10 people and seized 70kg of methamphetamine after discovering a “highly sophisticated” synthetic drug laboratory capable of producing up to 10kg of meth a day....
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years (www.theguardian.com)
Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war...
[US Rep] Raskin: Only a two-state solution can end 'nightmare' of Israeli-Palestinian conflict (www.rawstory.com)
Ukrainian intelligence 'hacks Russian websites, replaces homepages with pig head pictures' (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) claimed on July 16 that it had hacked nearly 100 Russian websites that support the Kremlin’s war effort, taking them offline and replacing their homepages with a picture of a bloody pig’s head....
Case of man who falsely claimed to be bitcoin inventor referred to CPS (www.theguardian.com)
The case of Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed to be the creator of bitcoin, has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service over a potential prosecution for perjury and forgery....
Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
US blocks British court from British territory (www.bbc.com)
Greece defends new six-day working week legislation, says it's an 'exceptional measure' (www.cnbc.com)
The Greek government has defended its new six-day working week policy, saying it is an “exceptional measure” that would only be applied in “specific circumstances.”...
Russian court finds playwright and director duo guilty over Isis wives play (www.independent.co.uk)
A military court in Moscow convicted a Russian playwright and a theatre director for “justifying terrorism” in a play about Isis brides and sentenced them to six years in prison each....
A study finds Indonesia’s deforested land is often left idle. But some see potential in that (apnews.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia’s old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it’s most often for new palm oil plantations, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas (apnews.com)
Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town....
Russia forces adult content creator & hook-up app user to help entrap gay men (www.lgbtqnation.com)
China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm (electrek.co)
State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project.
Israeli Generals, Low on Munitions, Want a Truce in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Israel’s top generals want to begin a cease-fire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power for the time being, widening a rift between the military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has opposed a truce that would allow Hamas to survive the war....
Ukraine war briefing: Thousands of Ukrainian convicts join fight against Russian forces (www.theguardian.com)
Squatters take London’s housing crisis into their own hands (www.reuters.com)
In the shopping streets and housing estates of the south London town of Croydon, some once-derelict buildings are slowly coming back to life....
FT: Ukraine, US, Israel in talks to send up to 8 Patriot systems to Kyiv (kyivindependent.com)
Turkey attacked Kurdistan Region over 800 times this year: Monitor (www.rudaw.net)
Norway starts stockpiling grain again, citing the pandemic, war and climate change (apnews.com)
The Norwegian government on Tuesday signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary....
