Pure imagination: Tasmanian premier vows to build world’s largest chocolate fountain if re-elected ( www.theguardian.com )
Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid delivery ( www.theguardian.com )
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Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as Hamas response awaited, US officials say ( www.theguardian.com )
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp ( www.theguardian.com )
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German town votes against Tesla plans to expand ‘gigafactory’ ( www.theguardian.com )
The people of a small German town where Elon Musk has built a Tesla factory have thrown a spanner in the works by rejecting plans to expand the complex....
Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment ( www.theguardian.com )
Paul Edmonds of California is fifth-known person in world confirmed to be in remission from both, says cancer institute...
South Korea’s fertility rate sinks to record low despite $270bn in incentives ( www.theguardian.com )
Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago ( www.theguardian.com )
Experts alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade.
Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree ( www.theguardian.com )
Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers ( www.theguardian.com )
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda...
Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency ( www.theguardian.com )
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv....
Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer ( www.theguardian.com )
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia’s biggest offensive in months – involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka – is failing, as he admitted Kyiv’s own attempts to advance in the south were proving “difficult”....
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals ( www.theguardian.com )
Plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. That has not stopped them from promoting it, according to a new report....
Authors ‘excluded from Hugo awards over China concerns’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Musicians walk out after London orchestra leaves them unpaid for months ( www.theguardian.com )
European leaders call for stronger defence ties after Trump’s Nato remarks ( www.theguardian.com )
European leaders have called for greater unity and military cooperation across the continent in response to comments from Donald Trump that threatened to undermine the basis of Nato....
Cern aims to build €20bn atom-smasher to unlock secrets of universe ( www.theguardian.com )
Research lab submits plans for next-generation model at least three times size of Large Hadron Collider...
Biden criticises Israel military campaign in Gaza as ‘over the top’ ( www.theguardian.com )
US President Joe Biden has suggested that Israel’s military response in Gaza has been “over the top” and said he is seeking a “sustained pause in the fighting” to help ailing Palestinian civilians....
Italy’s far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office ( www.theguardian.com )
About 200,000 people protest across Germany against far-right AfD party ( www.theguardian.com )
About 200,000 people have taken to the streets of Germany in further protests against the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD)....
Armenia formally joins international criminal court in snub to Russia ( www.theguardian.com )
Armenia has formally joined the international criminal court (ICC), officials said, a move which traditional ally Moscow has denounced as unfriendly....
Protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Paris ( www.theguardian.com )
Visitors at Louvre look on in shock as Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece attacked by environmental protesters...
Families of hostages storm Knesset meeting after Netanyahu rejects Hamas offer ( www.theguardian.com )
Family members of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip have stormed a parliamentary meeting in Jerusalem to demand that Israel’s government does more to return their loved ones, as fighting in Khan Younis reached unprecedented levels....
More than 100,000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD’s mass deportation meetings ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 100,000 people turned out across Germany on Saturday in protest against the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, which sparked an outcry after it emerged that the party’s members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists....
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian::Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them
