At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says ( www.theguardian.com )
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines ( www.theguardian.com )
The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes
TV tonight: Niki Glaser’s hilarious standup about ageing, not having kids and death ( www.theguardian.com )
The US comedian takes an irreverent look at later life. Plus: all the post-election coverage you can take. Here’s what to watch this evening...
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election ( www.theguardian.com )
France to deploy 30,000 police after election runoff amid fears of violence ( www.theguardian.com )
About 30,000 police will be deployed across France on Sunday night amid fears of violence after the final results of a snap election in which the far right hopes to gain a majority in parliament....
Israel has approved ‘largest West Bank land grab in 30 years’, watchdog says ( www.theguardian.com )
EU brushes aside risk of China trade war over electric vehicle tariffs ( www.theguardian.com )
Leadership drama? Shotgun marriage with Reform? The Tory party’s next move will define its future ( www.theguardian.com )
I don’t know if it’s just the extent to which Conservative activists were gaslit by the polling and CCHQ’s abject campaign, but the mood among those I spoke to as the night progressed was oddly chipper, given the Tory party was set to receive the worst result in its long history....
Climate protest accused defies judge to give hours-long speech in court ( www.theguardian.com )
Climate protest accused defies judge to give hours-long speech in court ( www.theguardian.com )
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body ( www.theguardian.com )
New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk....
Superman, Frodo and Star Wars: the stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman ( www.theguardian.com )
‘I’ve known some of these peregrines for 15 years’: protecting Scotland’s raptors – in pictures ( www.theguardian.com )
The fastest birds in the world, peregrine falcons are sought after for racing and can sell for up to £250,000 in the Middle East. Poaching is a constant threat, with eggs and chicks stolen to supply the hidden market. Now, there are nationwide efforts under way to ring and take DNA from wild chicks – but just reaching their...
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer ( www.theguardian.com )
Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting ( www.theguardian.com )
Far-right win in French election could deal blow to climate policy, say experts ( www.theguardian.com )
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Video appears to show gang-rape of Afghan woman in a Taliban jail ( www.theguardian.com )
US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’ ( www.theguardian.com )
The White House has described the latest Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza as a “breakthrough” establishing a framework for a possible hostage deal, but warned that difficult negotiations remained over the implementation of the agreement....
Labor branch in Albanese’s electorate passes motion supporting Fatima Payman ( www.theguardian.com )
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election ( www.theguardian.com )
Exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats, securing a majority of 170, to the Conservatives’ 131
Should cuddling koalas be legal? Here’s why there’s a push to ban it in Queensland ( www.theguardian.com )
Biden wins crucial support of Democratic governors to continue campaign: ‘We’re going to have his back’ – as it happened ( www.theguardian.com )
Vandals in Austria behead sculpture of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus ( www.theguardian.com )
Artist behind controversial piece in Linz cathedral says vandalism shows there are still ‘people who question women’s right to their own bodies’...
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
Diaby, of the Social Democrats (SPD), entered parliament alongside Charles M Huber, who sat for the Christian Democrats for just one parliamentary term. They were the first black members of the Bundestag and their entry was hailed as groundbreaking and historic by equal rights campaigners....