No end to Gaza war until ’destruction’ of Hamas, says Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
Biden closes gap on Trump but third-party candidates pose danger, polls show (www.theguardian.com)
America’s big problem is not Joe Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Donald Trump (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...
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Biden is dramatically out of touch with voters on Gaza. He may lose because of it | Moira Donegan (www.theguardian.com)
Many voters believe, with good reason, that none of this would have happened without Biden’s assent. Biden has continued to speak of Israel’s attack on Palestinian civilians using the absurd language of “self-defense”. He has insulted Jewish Americans and the memory of the Holocaust by invoking them to justify the...
Microsoft’s AI chatbot will ‘recall’ everything you do on its new PCs | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
‘No way out without bloodshed’: the right believe the US is under threat and are mobilizing (www.theguardian.com)
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Five killed and 10 injured in Gaza aid airdrop when parachute fails to open (www.theguardian.com)
Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals (www.theguardian.com)
The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are highly unlikely to evolve resistance, as this would require them to develop much larger and stronger bodies, while bigger...
Why are younger generations embracing the retro game revival? (www.theguardian.com)
‘Get on a plane’: Danish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal women (www.theguardian.com)
The Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as children, Greenland’s gender equality minister has said....
World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis...
Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream (www.theguardian.com)
Forcibly displacing Rafah civilians would be war crime, France warns Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Swiss food firm’s infant formula and cereal sold in global south ignore WHO anti-obesity guidelines for Europe, says Public Eye...
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...
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (www.theguardian.com)
Counter rallies in Kaufbeuren show split between supporters of AfD and locals who acknowledge the Bavarian town’s Nazi past...
Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine....
Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to trap the west into a total war across the Middle East that would have incalculable consequences for the region and the world, Iran’s top diplomat in the UK has claimed, in his first interview since Tehran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel at the weekend....
US uses loophole to keep 100 arms sales to Israel under the radar amid Gaza war – report (www.theguardian.com)
The US is reported to have made more than 100 weapons sales to Israel, including thousands of bombs, since the start of the war in Gaza, but the deliveries escaped congressional oversight because each transaction was under the dollar amount requiring approval....
Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce (www.theguardian.com)
China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government (www.theguardian.com)
The industry that has traditionally powered about a quarter of GDP has been in a downward spiral that policymakers have struggled to halt...
I believe in another Israel – one not defined by Benjamin Netanyahu and his cronies (www.theguardian.com)
The Israel that I meet every day is made up of people who want to forge a path towards peace and security for all...