‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
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US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine as part of fresh $6bn aid package (www.theguardian.com)
US defence secretary announces aid as Zelenskiy pleads with west for more Patriot systems to defend Ukrainian cities...
Iraqi TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead outside Baghdad home (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say unidentified man killed influencer who had previously been imprisoned over dancing videos...
Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-health minister Dan Poulter who also works as a hospital doctor, says Conservatives have become ‘nationalist party of the right’
US to provide Patriot missiles to Ukraine as part of fresh $6bn aid package (www.theguardian.com)
US defence secretary announces aid as Zelenskiy pleads with west for more Patriot systems to defend Ukrainian cities
The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document? (www.theguardian.com)
The indictment against the slate of fake electors in Arizona and the Trump allies who advanced the scheme there includes a host of public statements and private exchanges that show how the group intended to overturn the state’s electoral votes for Joe Biden in 2020....
'It should have been safe’: twin of woman found under coat in A&E says death avoidable (www.theguardian.com)
Inese Briede says her sister, Inga Rublite, 39, might not have died ‘if someone was just checking up on her’’
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation in new book that possible Trump running mate killed ‘untrainable’ hunting dog prompts widespread revulsion
Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front (www.theguardian.com)
The Azov brigade, which leaders say has a culture of ‘mutual respect’, is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders make most of artillery mismatch
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front (www.theguardian.com)
Fifteen miles east of the garrison town of Lyman, a desperate fight has been taking place on Ukraine’s eastern front for months. The once verdant Serebryansky pine forest has been reduced to burnt-out stumps, reminiscent of images from the Somme, destroyed amid Russian attacks aimed at eliminating Ukrainian foxholes....
Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation in new book that possible Trump running mate killed ‘untrainable’ hunting dog prompts widespread revulsion
Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Research finds hormone that indicates fertility at lower levels in vapers and tobacco smokers...
Ruby Bridges: civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable (www.theguardian.com)
US activist, 69, speaks to NBC amid growing effort to prevent I Am Ruby Bridges and other works being available to school students...
Pro-Palestine murals in London face council review and removal (www.theguardian.com)
Tower Hamlets criticised by its own mayor for taking down murals, while Redbridge reviews artwork after complaints...
Columbia University calls for inquiry into leadership as student protests sweep 40 campuses (www.theguardian.com)
Professors at Emory University arrested as 40 campuses follow Columbia’s lead in demanding ceasefire and divestment...
Italian towns split over moves to end honorary citizenship of Mussolini (www.theguardian.com)
Ustica stripped local recognition for fascist dictator in law snaring all those deceased, but debate continues elsewhere
Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes again (www.theguardian.com)
Top health official gives no timeline for issuing rule, saying administration taking more time to consider feedback...
Gaza’s 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade to remove, a top UN demining official said....
Gaza’s 37m tonnes of bomb-filled debris could take 14 years to clear, says expert (www.theguardian.com)
Top UN demining official outlines scale of devastation as Egypt officials fly into Israel in attempt to revive ceasefire talks...
‘We got no heads up’: Kirk Cousins surprised by Falcons’ Penix Jr selection (www.theguardian.com)
US threatens new China sanctions over supplies to Russian arms industry (www.theguardian.com)
Antony Blinken has warned Xi Jinping at a meeting in Beijing that the US and its European allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Chinese companies if they do not stop supplying material and equipment to the Russian arms industry....
‘Political arrest’ of Palestinian academic in Israel is civil liberties threat, say lawyers (www.theguardian.com)
Trump VP contender Kristi Noem writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book (www.theguardian.com)
