Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)
Aaron Bushnell, who died last month, ‘sacrificed everything’ for Palestinians, says mayor of Jericho...
CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried (www.theguardian.com)
It is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say experts...
Why the rift between anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers is growing (www.theguardian.com)
Alabama supreme court’s decision causing a temporary halt in IVF care shines spotlight on problem between two groups...
Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil (www.theguardian.com)
Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil....
Top senator calls on Biden to ‘use all levers’ to pressure Israel over Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Their call comes as the administration faces mounting domestic and international pressure over what critics have described as an “absurd” and “inherent contradiction” at the heart of US policy on Israel’s war against Hamas: while the US attempts to ease the deepening humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s military...
Criminal fraud trial of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch to begin (www.theguardian.com)
Co-founder of Autonomy charged with 17 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy in 2011 sale of company to HP...
DeSantis signs bills expanding prison sentences for undocumented migrants (www.theguardian.com)
Measures target people convicted of driving without a license – which undocumented people can’t obtain – or committing felonies...
Israeli forces kill 20 Palestinians waiting for aid, Gaza health ministry says (www.theguardian.com)
The latest incident came hours after eight people were killed in an airstrike on an aid distribution centre at al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, health officials said.
Iceland volcanic eruption: barriers reinforced as lava flows towards town (www.theguardian.com)
Flows pose danger to infrastructure in Grindavik, and hundreds of people are evacuated from nearby Blue Lagoon...
‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm (www.theguardian.com)
Fresh Del Monte, the Florida-based headquarters of the tropical fruit empire, is arguing that it should not be liable for a case in Kenya because it is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans as aid ship reaches Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Germany’s foreign affairs minister, Annalena Baerbock, tweeted: “A large-scale offensive in #Rafah cannot be justified. Over a million refugees have sought protection there and have nowhere to go. A humanitarian truce is needed immediately so that more people don’t die and the hostages are finally released.”
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels (www.theguardian.com)
Health officials racing to identify cause of rise in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which has a 30% fatality rate...
Republicans baffled by Katie Britt’s State of the Union response: ‘One of our biggest disasters’ (www.theguardian.com)
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding (www.theguardian.com)
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
UK government seeks to limit low-traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for drivers’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘My soul is so tired’: Stormy Daniels stands up to Maga hate in new film (www.theguardian.com)
China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour (www.theguardian.com)
Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online...
Children to stop getting puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, says NHS England (www.theguardian.com)
Confirmation comes after public consultation and decision to close Gender Identity Development Service in London...
Biden’s ‘bear-hugging’ of Netanyahu a strategic mistake, key Democrat says (www.theguardian.com)
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Israel broke international law with tank shelling that killed journalist, UN finds (www.theguardian.com)
France’s lower house votes to limit ‘excesses’ of fast fashion with environmental surcharge (www.theguardian.com)
Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes (www.theguardian.com)
Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive...
