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....
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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
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Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says ( www.theguardian.com )
Newly discovered cosmic megastructure challenges theories of the universe ( www.theguardian.com )
A 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption...
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Belarusian president signs law granting him lifelong immunity from prosecution | Alexander Lukashenko | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
Almost 100 dead in blasts at Iran memorial for assassinated commander ( www.theguardian.com )
Two explosions at Kerman ceremony marking anniversary of killing of Qassem Suleimani raise Middle East tensions further...
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Britain ‘considering airstrikes’ on Houthi rebels after Red Sea attacks ( www.theguardian.com )
Britain is reportedly considering airstrikes on Houthi rebels after the US said its navy sank three boats that had been targeting a container ship in the Red Sea....
Berlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groups ( www.theguardian.com )
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Eiffel Tower closed as staff strike on 100th anniversary of creator’s death ( www.theguardian.com )
Union says operating company is ‘heading for disaster’ with budget based on unrealistic future visitor numbers...
Russia warns US and Europe over reports Ukraine may get its seized assets ( www.theguardian.com )
Kremlin threatens ‘serious consequences’ if there is an unprecedented seizure of Russian assets held abroad...
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Man flies from Denmark to Los Angeles with no passport or plane ticket ( www.theguardian.com )
Woman who sued Texas for abortion left state to have procedure after ‘hellish’ week ( www.theguardian.com )
Center for the Reproductive Rights, which is representing Kate Cox, says she left after being ‘in and out of the emergency room’...
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Maduro’s land grab in Guyana is a cynical ploy to hang on to power in Venezuela ( www.theguardian.com )
It also seems clear that the dispute, which centres on control of the Essequibo region in western Guyana, a sparsely populated area the size of Greece that constitutes about two-thirds of Guyanese territory, is mostly about oil. In 2015, the US oil giant, ExxonMobil, discovered a big field off Guyana’s coast, largely within...
Guyana appeals to US and UN as Maduro advances annexation of territory ( www.theguardian.com )
Request for help came after Venezuelan president announced series of measures to formalize a referendum Sunday evening...
How do you reduce a national dish to a powder?: the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours ( www.theguardian.com )
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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts ( www.theguardian.com )
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
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Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line
How the Israel-Hamas conflict is dividing the UK Labour party ( www.theguardian.com )
Keir Starmer’s refusal to back calls for ceasefire has led to resignations and calls to quit from some in his party
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Italian woman wins court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42 ( www.theguardian.com )
Young people think vapes aren’t harmful because they are so easy to buy, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
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Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out ( www.theguardian.com )
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Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese ( www.theguardian.com )
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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”....
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Pope Francis suggests gay couples could be blessed in Vatican reversal ( www.theguardian.com )
Conservative cardinals had challenged the pope to confirm teachings on LGBTQ+ issues...