North Korea spy satellite explodes in flight as latest launch fails (www.theguardian.com)
Six newborn babies die after fire tears through Delhi hospital (www.theguardian.com)
Bystanders ran in to rescue 12 newborns from fire at children’s hospital as PM Narendra Modi says deaths are ‘heart-rending’...
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans (www.theguardian.com)
WWF says the government has breached the law ‘without adequately assessing the consequences’...
Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp (www.theguardian.com)
Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....
Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Members of security forces giving settlers who intercept vital supplies information on location of convoys, group says...
UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over Gaza aid (www.theguardian.com)
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has warned of “apocalyptic” consequences due to aid shortages in Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive in the southern city of Rafah has blocked desperately needed food....
Israel deepens offensive in Rafah and re-enters northern areas of Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli troops have continued their offensives across Gaza, deploying tank fire, artillery bombardment and airstrikes against Hamas militants in the most intensive round of fighting for weeks....
‘Queen of the Con’ found in Maine ordered to be extradited to Northern Ireland (www.theguardian.com)
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....
Western military trainers could go to Ukraine, Lithuania minister says (www.theguardian.com)
Gabrielius Landsbergis also backs David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron on standing up to Putin...
US repatriates two dozen westerners from Islamic State camp in Syria (www.theguardian.com)
The Kurdish fighters are holding more than 56,000 detainees with alleged or perceived links to the Islamic State group....
Let us remember the last time students occupied Columbia University | Omar Barghouti, Tanaquil Jones, and Barbara Ransby (www.theguardian.com)
Worth reading in full but here’s some snippets:...
Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors (www.theguardian.com)
Report to United Nations security council says remnants of Hwasong-11 violate arms export embargo on Russian ally...
EU to investigate Meta over election misinformation before June polls (www.theguardian.com)
The EU is set to launch formal proceedings against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, amid concerns it is not doing enough to counter disinformation before the EU elections in June, according to reports....
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....
‘Hidden in plain sight’: the European city tours of slavery and colonialism (www.theguardian.com)
From Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid to the Tuileries Garden in Paris, guides reshape stories continent tells about itself...
At least 17 dead after three Russian missiles hit Chernihiv (www.theguardian.com)
Indonesia volcano eruption sparks tsunami fears (www.theguardian.com)
Mount Ruang has repeatedly erupted, and officials fear it could collapse and create a tsunami, with hundreds evacuated from the area...
China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)
Top-ranking Chinese official Zhao Leji met Kim Jong-un during three-day visit to Pyongyang...
World’s oldest living conjoined twins die in Pennsylvania, aged 62 (www.theguardian.com)
Lori and George Schappell were joined at the skull with separate bodies and lived on their own since the age of 24...
Biden races to commit billions to climate action as election looms | Biden administration hopes funding will spur enduring cuts to planet-heating emissions no matter who is in White House (www.theguardian.com)
Blow for Myanmar’s military as rebels say hundreds have surrendered at key border town (www.theguardian.com)
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Epidemic fears as 80% of Indigenous Amazon tribe fall ill (www.theguardian.com)
Advocates fear situation could escalate in Javari valley, a region plagued by violence and poor healthcare...
Palestinians return to destroyed homes in Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of Palestinians, exhausted by six months of unrelenting war and multiple displacements, trudged back to the devastated city of Khan Younis on Monday, a day after Israel’s unexpected withdrawal of its forces from southern Gaza....
