LGBT event in Indonesia scrapped after security threats (www.reuters.com)
Israel Has Turned the Occupied Territories Into a Laboratory for State Terror (jacobin.com)
'Get used to a less sweet diet' - expert on aspartame (video) (www.youtube.com)
Is Turkey abandoning Russia to turn back toward the West? (www.juancole.com)
“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children (video) (www.democracynow.org)
France: Independent body needed to investigate policing after Nahel killing (www.amnesty.org.uk)
Severed finger mailed to French President Emmanuel Macron as protests raged (nypost.com)
78 whales killed in front of cruise ship passengers in the Faroe Islands (www.cbsnews.com)
Ilhan Omar to dodge Israel president’s Congress address (www.newarab.com)
How Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder in Canada fuelled tensions with India (www.bbc.com)
Stars leave Oppenheimer premiere as Hollywood actors' strike called (www.bbc.com)
Why South Africa Is In Crisis (video) (www.youtube.com)
How Chinese students’ aspiration for equality is reflected in the fictional Shanhe University (globalvoices.org)
Journalist who claimed Palestinian Authority arrests dissidents arrested by PA (www.timesofisrael.com)
Every hour European governments lose out on €4 million in aviation taxes (www.transportenvironment.org)
Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza: 9 years of terror & impunity (www.newarab.com)
Thailand's reformist leader fails to become PM (www.bbc.com)
BBC presenter at centre of sex photo scandal named as lead anchor Edwards (www.reuters.com)
Bangladesh: Spiraling Violence Against Rohingya Refugees (www.hrw.org)
Zelensky says he invited Netanyahu to visit Ukraine, but he didn’t come (www.timesofisrael.com)
Climate activists block runways at German airports (www.aa.com.tr)
Parts of Italy could see highs of 48°C in the coming days stoking fears of an increase in heat-related deaths. Croatia, France, Greece, Spain and Turkey could also face temperatures of around 40°C. (www.euronews.com)
NHS waiting lists hit record high in England. A record 7.47 million people are waiting to start routine hospital treatment, Figures for the end of May show - up from 7.42 million the previous month (www.bbc.com)
UN uncovers mass grave near Sudan's el-Geneina (www.middleeasteye.net)
Abu Dhabi Secrets: How the UAE Seeks to Leverage Its Influence in Europe (www.spiegel.de)
