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Palestinians told to leave Gaza City as Israel steps up offensive ( www.theguardian.com )

Climate protesters won’t be deterred by fines, jail or political mixed messages on the environment | Activists are convinced a wartime campaign of resistance is the only way ( www.theguardian.com )

Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer ( www.theguardian.com )

Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’...

Republican ghoul who brought a snowball to Congress as proof against climate change is dead ( www.theguardian.com )

James Inhofe, former Republican senator who called climate change a ‘hoax’, dies aged 89...

‘I could bench-press 100kg. Now, I can’t walk’: Lucy’s life with long Covid ( www.theguardian.com )

I was incredibly strong and fit,” says Lucy Keighley. And she looks it, in the photo she is showing me, taken a few years ago. She is with her best friend, Lorna; they have just completed a 15-mile race on the North York Moors. “It was a brutal race,” she says. “But it was great. I was happy.” Today, although it’s...

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines ( www.theguardian.com )

US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for just 20 days – reports ( www.theguardian.com )

Leaders head to Nato summit amid Biden doubts and concern for Ukraine ( www.theguardian.com )

World leaders flew into Washington DC on Tuesday for a two-day Nato summit where they are expected to agree enhanced military support for Ukraine against a backdrop of questions about Joe Biden’s mental sharpness....

US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for just 20 days – reports ( www.theguardian.com )

Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close ( www.theguardian.com )

Yellowstone gunman told woman held at gunpoint he planned mass shooting, park officials say ( www.theguardian.com )

US justice department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation ( www.theguardian.com )

Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout ( www.theguardian.com )

Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations...

Almost half Tory members want merger with Reform UK, poll suggests, as leadership infighting escalates – UK politics live ( www.theguardian.com )

Whatever we might think of the new Labour government's leadership, I think this shows why we need a successful few years. Perhaps I'm being paranoid but if the country is disappointed with Labour I don't want them to resort to electing an even more right wing version of the Tories further down the line.

Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill ( www.theguardian.com )

Project 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbook ( www.theguardian.com )

Trump has disavowed the manifesto, but his goals for civil service cuts, deportation and more show a shared vision...

Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers ( www.theguardian.com )

A man has been caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s customs authority....

Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill ( www.theguardian.com )

Satanic Temple objects to governor’s push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains...

Wessex Water’s TV ad banned for omitting sewage record ( www.theguardian.com )

‘Will you stop exploring yours?’: Latin America forges ahead on new oil frontier ( www.theguardian.com )

About half the countries in the region are experiencing a rush in oil exploration that threatens the global drive to achieve net zero. But many argue that they have a right to enrich themselves in the same way the west has...

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...