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Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence Iran and Oman agree on coordinates of route through strait of Hormuz, says Iranian foreign ministry – as it happened Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory is the latest win for progressives challenging establishment-backed Democrats – as it happened Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans The Sims and EA FC maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group South Korea police raid football association over Hong appointment process Iran anthem protest: Female footballers ‘proud’ to become Australian Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream? The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones Wednesday briefing: ​How misinformation and ​a​ hardened immigration policy ​turned Ceuta ​into Europe’s ​latest ​flashpoint Reform will jail directors of companies employing illegal workers for up to five years, says Yusuf – UK politics live Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot ‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’ Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence Iran and Oman agree on coordinates of route through strait of Hormuz, says Iranian foreign ministry – as it happened Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory is the latest win for progressives challenging establishment-backed Democrats – as it happened Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans The Sims and EA FC maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group South Korea police raid football association over Hong appointment process Iran anthem protest: Female footballers ‘proud’ to become Australian Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream? The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones Wednesday briefing: ​How misinformation and ​a​ hardened immigration policy ​turned Ceuta ​into Europe’s ​latest ​flashpoint Reform will jail directors of companies employing illegal workers for up to five years, says Yusuf – UK politics live Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot ‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’
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Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence

Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on…
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Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again

Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again

Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch. A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump ’s legal…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control

David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control

With $111bn deal to acquire cable network’s parent company stalled in courts, Ellison courts public. Speaking out on the lawsuit against the big merger between Paramount Skydance…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses

Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses

It represents roughly 60% of all tariff revenue collected under the policy, with billions still to be repaid
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
The Sims and EA FC maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group

The Sims and EA FC maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group

The deal takes the maker of titles including The Sims and EA FC into private ownership - and loads it with debt
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
South Korea police raid football association over Hong appointment process

South Korea police raid football association over Hong appointment process

Hong Myung-bo's appointment under scrutiny amid raids with lack of proper interview process previously alleged
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
Iran anthem protest: Female footballers ‘proud’ to become Australian

Iran anthem protest: Female footballers ‘proud’ to become Australian

Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh refused to sing Iran anthem at Asian Cup, now granted Australia citizenship
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream?

Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream?

Gastelum's death comes after the killing of TikToker Valeria Marquez last year
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Serious2 min
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device. There’s a ritual at the…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Wednesday briefing: ​How misinformation and ​a​ hardened immigration policy ​turned Ceuta ​into Europe’s ​latest ​flashpoint

Wednesday briefing: ​How misinformation and ​a​ hardened immigration policy ​turned Ceuta ​into Europe’s ​latest ​flashpoint

In today’s newsletter: The past week shows how quickly images, rumours and ​right-wing political opportunism can eclipse the facts on the ground. Good morning. Last week, an…
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Reform will jail directors of companies employing illegal workers for up to five years, says Yusuf – UK politics live

Party says employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status. A Reform government will introduce national licensing for vape shops,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it. Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall. Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Labor faces fierce backlash from gambling giants as Coalition and Greens push for new controls on inducements

Labor faces fierce backlash from gambling giants as Coalition and Greens push for new controls on inducements

Despite reports the PM wants Labor’s bill to be passed in full or withdrawn, Anika Wells insists she is prepared to negotiate. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement

‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement

John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice. When John Sayles, a student at Williams College taking time off…
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EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘It’s beautiful but fragile’: fears cruise ships threaten habitats in £150m redevelopment of Falmouth Docks

‘It’s beautiful but fragile’: fears cruise ships threaten habitats in £150m redevelopment of Falmouth Docks

Plans involve dredging and expanding the docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually. Janavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs back. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production

Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production

After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors. Nato is…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south island. Temperatures have plummeted across New Zealand…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘Performative reductions’: Labor MPs and business groups urge Burke against sweeping immigration changes

‘Performative reductions’: Labor MPs and business groups urge Burke against sweeping immigration changes

MPs say they are anxious for the government to avoid cuts to family and humanitarian visa categories. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Major business…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
World

Lithuania warns Russia could be considering possible ‘false flag’ strike on the Baltics – Europe live

Lithuania’s defence minister says they are ‘monitoring’ Russia’s plans and exchanging information with Poland and other Nato allies. The commission also got repeatedly asked about…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Technology

'Total devastation': Suffolk wildfire still burning after two days as National Trust launches appeal

Firefighters are still tackling a blaze that has caused "total devastation" to a heathland in Suffolk – with the National Trust launching a public appeal to restore the reserve
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TechnologyTone Serious2 min
Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

Peruvian cardinal hails $150m lead poisoning settlement for 1,300 people as a ‘historic milestone’

Cardinal Pedro Barreto received death threats and harassment during his almost 20-year campaign against a US mining company’s operations in the Andes. A Peruvian cardinal who…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Serious2 min
How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

Matthew Myerscough’s remarkable find is one of many detailed in his new book. But his journey into fossil hunting began years earlier, when he was caught in an avalanche. When…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hears

Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hears

Jean-Claude Perrottet, brother of former NSW premier, asked about messages referencing federal opposition leader and factional group Reformers. Icac’s spotlight has shone on…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first). The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
World

Senate committee set to vote on holding Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress – US politics live

Hearing called after the former chief medical advisor invoked the fifth and refused to answer questions at a hearing on Covid-19. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. Senior…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push

‘They’re selling the safety of the traveling public’: TSA workers decry Trump privatization push

Union exploring options to oppose program that would put US airport screening into hands of private contractors. The labor union representing workers at the Transportation…
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EconomyTone Neutral2 min

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Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence

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Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister

✓ 82% agree · 3 sources
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Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president

✓ 82% agree · 3 sources
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Iran and Oman agree on coordinates of route through strait of Hormuz, says Iranian foreign ministry – as it happened

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SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

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The Sims and EA FC maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group

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The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

Mental load Light · Technology
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

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