‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles....
Yacht sinks after latest incident involving orcas in strait of Gibraltar (www.theguardian.com)
An unknown number of orcas have sunk a yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the strait of Gibraltar, Spain’s maritime rescue service has said, in the latest in a series of similar incidents involving the animals....
UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down (www.theguardian.com)
The UN has denied that the estimated death toll of women and children in the war in Gaza has been revised downward, pointing towards a confusion between the total numbers of dead bodies recorded, and the number of those who have so far been fully identified....
Weight loss drug could reduce heart attack risk by 20%, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers say semaglutide, the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic, could be biggest medical breakthrough since statins...
US support for abortion rights up four points to 60% since fall of Roe v Wade (www.theguardian.com)
New polling data from Pew shows shift in Americans’ opinion since loss of constitutional right to abortion in June 2022...
Revealed: US university lecturer behind far-right Twitter account and publishing house (www.theguardian.com)
Guardian investigation identifies Jonathan Keeperman, a former lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, as ‘Lomez’...
Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions...
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways (www.theguardian.com)
Police officers in Britain could be armed with Ghostbusters-style devices that fire electromagnetic rays to shut down the engines of ebikes being used in a crime....
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
At least eight Israeli strikes on Gaza aid groups since October, says report (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since October, even after aid organisations provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch....
Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says | Former Irish president and Ban Ki-moon say fossil lobbying is hampering climate progress (www.theguardian.com)
Labour and unions reach agreement on workers’ rights proposals (www.theguardian.com)
In short, they’re sticking with the New Deal for Workers, the unions won, it’s great stuff.
Biden signs bipartisan bill banning imports of Russian uranium (www.theguardian.com)
Ban, to begin in about 90 days, is White House’s latest effort to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine...
Right-wing thugs who attacked anti-genocide protesters at UCLA appear to be same perps from violent anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine protests (www.theguardian.com)
… The demonstrations, part of a broader rightwing effort to sow unrest and undermine an alleged “liberal agenda” at US schools, have at times been marked by violence and drawn far-right participants from around the region, including people associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and...
David McBride: former army lawyer sentenced to five years for stealing and leaking Afghanistan war documents (www.theguardian.com)
Complete bullshit. Regimes that punish whistleblowers harder than war criminals reveal themselves as dreaming of tyranny....
‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
University of North Carolina to divert $2.3m DEI budget to safety and policing (www.theguardian.com)
Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money (www.theguardian.com)
Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatening to keep device indefinitely (www.theguardian.com)
Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Kamala Harris drops F-bomb as she urges young people to break barriers (www.theguardian.com)
Yacht sinks after latest incident involving orcas in strait of Gibraltar (www.theguardian.com)
Russia directing hackers to attack UK and west, says director of GCHQ (www.theguardian.com)
Anne Keast-Butler ‘increasingly concerned’ by growing links between Russia and proxy hacker groups that pose risk to UK