The budget reveals what Australia's governments actually care about. And Labor has chosen to keep jobseekers in poverty | Greg Jericho (www.theguardian.com)
Whooping cough will kill more babies unless UK vaccination rates rise, says expert (www.theguardian.com)
Government adviser says low take-up of jab among pregnant women is putting young infants at particular risk...
‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
‘I made curtains on the train’: the commuters livening up their journeys (www.theguardian.com)
The pandemic opened the eyes of many to the benefits of running or cycling to work – or “active commutes” – and some have kept up the habit....
Starmer to rip up Rwanda scheme and fund new anti-smuggling unit (www.theguardian.com)
‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families (www.theguardian.com)
A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...
Alabama sets nitrogen-gas execution for man who survived botched 2022 effort (www.theguardian.com)
The 15 (ish) greatest UK video game magazines of all time (www.theguardian.com)
‘It wasn’t a big deal’: secret deposition reveals how a child molester priest was shielded by his church (www.theguardian.com)
Lawrence Hecker pleaded the fifth 117 times as he detailed how the Catholic church protected him for more than two decades after he admitted to molesting children
‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters? (www.theguardian.com)
Last week one was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibi’s ‘crimes’? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabia’s conservatives...
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere | Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9388627...
Dutch city pilots radical debt cancellation scheme for poor families (www.theguardian.com)
Councillor in Arnhem says existing system to resolve issues caused by debt costs billions and isn’t working
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
‘It wasn’t a big deal’: secret deposition reveals how a child molester priest was shielded by his church (www.theguardian.com)
Lawrence Hecker pleaded the fifth 117 times as he detailed how the Catholic church protected him for more than two decades after he admitted to molesting children...
Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker (www.theguardian.com)
The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricity
Transport secretary considers ban on floating bus stops in UK cycle lanes (www.theguardian.com)
Rikers Island jail ‘ready’ to receive Donald Trump, says Eric Adams (www.theguardian.com)
What should Labour learn from Sadiq Khan? Take a stand – and don’t back down | John McTernan (www.theguardian.com)
I think this is true....
Russians try to break through Ukrainian defence lines north of Kharkiv (www.theguardian.com)
Russian forces have attacked across the Ukrainian border to the north of Kharkiv in a potential effort to open a new front in the war and intensify the pressure on Ukraine’s second city....
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere | Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year (www.theguardian.com)
Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage | If passed, the groundbreaking measure could be a model for other states to hold fossil fuel companies liable (www.theguardian.com)
‘It wasn’t a big deal’: secret deposition reveals how a child molester priest was shielded by his church (www.theguardian.com)
‘Huge’ proportion of mental health conditions in Australia found to be caused by childhood maltreatment (www.theguardian.com)
Almost a quarter of the 1.8m cases of depression, anxiety and substance disorders could be prevented, researchers find...
‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses (www.theguardian.com)
Survivors of abuse express outrage as long-awaited legislation falls far below recommendations of independent inquiry...
What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view (www.theguardian.com)
