Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China ( www.theguardian.com )
TV tonight: the police-corruption drama that was banned for 30 years ( www.theguardian.com )
GF Newman, the writer and creator of Law and Order, looks back on the controversial 1978 series. Plus: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Here’s what to watch this evening...
Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17394988...
Jeremy Corbyn re-elected as independent in Islington North after expulsion from Labour ( www.theguardian.com )
Steve Wright, former Radio 2 DJ, died from ruptured stomach ulcer ( www.theguardian.com )
US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 146 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as dangerous weather fuels outbreak of new wildfires...
Era of culture wars is over, pledges new culture secretary Lisa Nandy ( www.theguardian.com )
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan accused of being ‘serial tax evaders’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Self-proclaimed misogynist ‘brazen’ about refusing to pay tax on revenue from online businesses, court told...
Trump plans to block hearings in January 6 case before 2024 election ( www.theguardian.com )
Last I checked, Trump had no position in the government. Do we need another explicit law on the books to prevent non-representative collusion in the Senate? 🤦
JD Vance is a rightwing troll disguised as a populist. He could be our next vice-president ( www.theguardian.com )
Having called Trump an ‘idiot’ and a potential ‘American Hitler’, the Republican senator now fawns over him...
Reform UK under pressure to prove all its candidates were real people ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling ( www.theguardian.com )
Thousands of Palestinians flee amid heavy Israeli attack on Gaza City ( www.theguardian.com )
Kyiv children’s hospital hit as Russian missile attack kills at least 29 in Ukraine ( www.theguardian.com )
An unknown number of people have been trapped under rubble after Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was hit during a daylight Russian missile barrage that the authorities said had killed at least 29 people across the country....
Key plank of Biden student-debt relief plan can move forward, court rules ( www.theguardian.com )
National Trust’s wildflower meadow project flourishes on north Devon coast ( www.theguardian.com )
When the sowing began on the coastline of south-west England, conservationists warned it may take a little while for the new wildflower meadows to flourish fully....
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....
Nato’s 2023 military spending produced about 233m metric tonnes of CO2 – report ( www.theguardian.com )
Will my heat pump be a noise nuisance to my neighbours? ( www.theguardian.com )
Heat pumps are designed to be installed outside the home to extract warmth from the air, ground or water. In densely populated areas, this could mean scores of heat pump fans humming within a small area....
Internal memo reveals Anti-Defamation League surveillance of leftwing activist ( www.theguardian.com )
The Anti-Defamation League has surveilled leftwing activists and “regularly tracks, profiles and sends threat assessments of individuals” it perceives as a problem, according to an internal email obtained by the Guardian. The memo shows the ADL collected information on a Black Indianapolis activist, Tatjana Rebelle, who...
Gretchen Whitmer says she won’t run as nominee even if Biden stands down ( www.theguardian.com )
Purgatory in paradise: how a shipwreck off Diego Garcia led to three years of hell and horror ( www.theguardian.com )
It was 10 days into the journey when the boat sprang a leak. Dozens of men, women and children were crowded on to a fishing boat, all Tamils fleeing persecution in their home country, Sri Lanka. They had hoped to reach sanctuary in Canada....
Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site ( www.theguardian.com )
Watchdog investigates Defra over authorisation of bee-killing pesticide ( www.theguardian.com )
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is being investigated by the environmental watchdog after Conservative ministers authorised a bee-killing pesticide that was banned by the EU....
TV tonight: inside the nine tense months leading up to Royal Ascot ( www.theguardian.com )
Cameras follow all the behind-the-scenes drama at Park House Stables. Plus: all the fun of a summer in Devon and Cornwall. Here’s what to watch this evening...
