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Robert F Kennedy Jr promises to not ‘take sides’ with respect to 9/11 if elected president ( www.theguardian.com )

Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian army confirms retreat from part of key town of Chasiv Yar ( www.theguardian.com )

‘We can’t let the animals die’: drought leaves Sicilian farmers facing uncertain future ( www.theguardian.com )

Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served ( www.theguardian.com )

Climate protest accused defies judge to give hours-long speech in court ( www.theguardian.com )

Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race? ( www.theguardian.com )

Scientists find desert moss ‘that can survive on Mars’ ( www.theguardian.com )

‘Mansplaining’ UK election coverage marginalises women’s concerns, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )

General election coverage has been dominated by male voices, according to researchers from Loughborough University....

Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse scraps US filming plans after outcry from Native American groups ( www.theguardian.com )

In a May 2000 essay published on his website, Hancock writes: “I have consistently argued that the Americas were inhabited in prehistoric times by a variety of ethnic groups – Negroid, Caucasoid and Mongoloid … Such ideas have caused deep offense to some American Indians, who have long claimed to be the only ‘native’...

Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records ( www.theguardian.com )

On social media videos, audiences throw packs of tissues around the cinema halls. Tearful TikToks from across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore show friends leaving the cinema weeping. Thailand’s latest hit film, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, has reduced audiences across south-east Asia to tears –...

‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems ( www.theguardian.com )

Polluted chalk streams in England’s South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a century...

Top Democrats plan crisis meeting despite Biden’s vow to fight on ( www.theguardian.com )

Congressional Democrats are to hold an emergency weekend meeting to discuss Joe Biden’s tottering presidential candidacy, after a primetime television interview failed to dispel doubts triggered by last week’s debate fiasco....