North Korea condemns joint military exercise by South Korea, US and Japan ( www.theguardian.com )
Melbourne airport staff accused of smuggling drugs for organised crime cartels ( www.theguardian.com )
Dozens of Melbourne Airport staff have been accused of working for organised criminals attempting to smuggle drugs into the state....
‘A death sentence for music’: the battle for America’s last Live Nation-free city ( www.theguardian.com )
From tiny coffee shops where folkies sway to acoustic guitars and mandolins, to thronging dark halls where bodies collide as metal bands and hip hop artists dominate the stage, live music can be heard seeping out of venues across Portland on almost any given night....
Voter turnout in France’s parliamentary election at near-40-year high ( www.theguardian.com )
It doesn’t make sense: why US tariffs on Chinese cleantech risk the green transition | Jeffrey Frankel ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers ( www.theguardian.com )
TV tonight: Tim Harford’s long, hard look at Britain’s broken economy ( www.theguardian.com )
The Financial Times columnist asks why younger generations are no longer expected to be wealthier than their forebears. Plus: House of the Dragon takes off. Here’s what to watch this evening...
Israel destroys 11 homes in West Bank village amid spiralling violence ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli soldiers have destroyed 11 homes and other structures in an isolated community in the occupied West Bank, leaving 50 people homeless, amid a reported uptick in house demolitions and spiralling violence in the Palestinian territory....
At least 18 people killed in series of suicide attacks in Nigeria ( www.theguardian.com )
Rare white buffalo sacred to Lakota not seen in Yellowstone since birth ( www.theguardian.com )
New York police kill boy wielding replica handgun, authorities say ( www.theguardian.com )
French elections: far right on course for first round victory. What happens now? ( www.theguardian.com )
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network ( www.theguardian.com )
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network ( www.theguardian.com )
Bolivia’s president accused of plotting coup against himself to boost popularity ( www.theguardian.com )
Could the UK soon have the most working-class cabinet of all time? ( www.theguardian.com )
TL;DR: arguably.
"Terrifying and dystopian": the dark realities of the Supreme Court's homelessness decision ( www.theguardian.com )
... "The idea of rounding up unhoused folks and forcing them into camps or out of the jurisdiction entirely is obviously very concerning. And it should be of grave concern, because once something is invisible, you don’t know what’s happening to the already really vulnerable people living there." ...
Sudan on precipice of famine ‘beyond imagination’, says outgoing UN aid chief ( www.theguardian.com )
Man-made crises in Gaza and Sudan leaving millions of people at risk, says retiring British diplomat Martin Griffiths...
Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29 ( www.theguardian.com )
Western journalists were refused entry to an energy industry conference in Azerbaijan earlier this month, reigniting concerns over the state’s crackdown on the media ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Baku later this year....
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network ( www.theguardian.com )
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal....
Neil Kinnock warns Labour to heed nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage ( www.theguardian.com )
Neil Kinnock has warned his party not to ignore the nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage, as concern grows in Labour ranks that Reform UK could pose a long-term threat for them as well as for the Conservatives....
‘It’s not beautiful, but you can still eat it’: climate crisis leads to more wonky vegetables in Netherlands ( www.theguardian.com )
When 31-year-old Dutch farmer Bastiaan Blok dug up his latest crop, the weather had taken a disastrous toll. His onions – 117,000 kilos of them – were the size of shallots....
Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become ( www.theguardian.com )
Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill | A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn ( www.theguardian.com )
TV tonight: a powerful end to Suranne Jones’s witchcraft investigation ( www.theguardian.com )
The actor makes some shocking and emotional discoveries in Salem. Plus: let’s go girls … it’s Shania Twain at Glastonbury! Here’s what to watch this evening...
