At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says (www.theguardian.com)
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse (www.theguardian.com)
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail (www.theguardian.com)
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer (www.theguardian.com)
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ (www.theguardian.com)
Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years (www.theguardian.com)
Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian army confirms retreat from part of key town of Chasiv Yar (www.theguardian.com)
After nine years in office, is it time for Justin Trudeau to go? (www.theguardian.com)
A Canadian prime minister who has outstayed his welcome, persistent inflation, a government bumped and bruised by scandal and a fired-up opposition leader itching for a public showdown....
Negotiated outcome most likely result of Russia-Ukraine war, major poll says (www.theguardian.com)
In thinktank’s survey of 15 European countries, few respondents believe Ukraine can secure an outright victory
Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland (www.theguardian.com)
Superman, Frodo and Star Wars: the stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman (www.theguardian.com)
Biden wins crucial support of Democratic governors to continue campaign: ‘We’re going to have his back’ – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
EU plan to impose import duty on cheap goods could dent Shein and Temu (www.theguardian.com)
The EU is moving forward with plans to impose customs duty on cheap goods in a shift that could hit imports from online retailers and harm a hoped-for London listing by the fast-fashion seller Shein....
Ukraine war briefing: US to announce $2.3bn military aid package for Kyiv (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17193627...
Should Democrats stay the course or replace Biden? | Robert Reich (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war (www.theguardian.com)
As Canada braces for a raging summer, Indigenous communities remain displaced (www.theguardian.com)
When Robert Laboucan pictured his son taking his first steps he imagined it would be at home, maybe even in front of a camera in their living room. Instead, the one-year-old first walked in the hallway of the Flamingo Inn in High Level, the tiny Alberta town where the family have been living for more than a year after escaping...
French centrists must decide: support the left – or hand the keys of power to the far right? (www.theguardian.com)
America’s big problem is not Joe Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Donald Trump (www.theguardian.com)
Lindsey Graham warns ‘accountability coming to Biden’ if Trump wins (www.theguardian.com)
‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17423369
Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’ (www.theguardian.com)
It’s a Tuesday morning, the infinite blue sky of Byron Bay has opened up and the six naturists – four men, two women – have stripped down to their birthday suits for a quick dip in the buff....