‘It’s the perfect place’: London Underground hosts tests for ‘quantum compass’ that could replace GPS ( www.theguardian.com )
Bird flu pandemic risk high as cow cases appear and officials warn of humans’ role ( www.theguardian.com )
USDA report finds transmission likely happening when workers, cows, vehicles and equipment go to multiple farms...
China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C | At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress ( www.theguardian.com )
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months ( www.theguardian.com )
Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll
Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in urn with Roman remains ( www.theguardian.com )
Reddish-brown liquid found in untouched 2,000-year-old Roman tomb is a local, sherry-like wine...
Israeli foreign minister says decision on all-out war against Hezbollah is near ( www.theguardian.com )
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years ( www.theguardian.com )
Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war...
How North Korea’s lucrative trade in human hair is helping it skirt the impact of sanctions ( www.theguardian.com )
US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms ( www.theguardian.com )
Dr Vivek Murthy asks for required labels that state ‘social media is associated with significant mental health harms’...
Trial opens of ‘esoteric’ wing of alleged German coup plotters ( www.theguardian.com )
GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsbürger...
‘The big problem is water’: UK ebike owners plagued by failing motors ( www.theguardian.com )
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use ( www.theguardian.com )
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...
At least 14 pilgrims die during hajj pilgrimage amid soaring temperatures ( www.theguardian.com )
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use ( www.theguardian.com )
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...
‘We’re excited’: arthouse hits draw young UK filmgoers to a summer of subtitles ( www.theguardian.com )
This time last summer, British cinemas were holding their collective breath, looking forward to the biggest box office weekend of the year. “Barbenheimer” came to the rescue, with the doubleheader of blockbusters jointly chalking up an initial total of £30m when released in mid-July....
Strike: An Uncivil War review – brutal confrontation on the miners’ strike picket lines ( www.theguardian.com )
British schoolchildren are taught that the last full-scale military engagement on their soil was the battle of Culloden in 1746. But this should change: on 18 June 1984 the battle of Orgreave, the subject of Daniel Gordon’s documentary, was the bitterest moment of the miners’ strike of 1984-85. It was the last stand for both...
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Arturo Casadevall is a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has spent four decades investigating how fungi can both improve and devastate life as we know it. His new book, What If Fungi Win?, charts how we might overcome the rising threat....
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief ( www.theguardian.com )
ICC must be allowed to carry out work ‘without intimidation’, say 93 member states ( www.theguardian.com )
The international criminal court must be allowed to carry out its work “without intimidation”, a group of 93 states has said in a significant public intervention intended to reinforce support for the judicial body....
Portrayal of character in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King is defamatory, judge rules ( www.theguardian.com )
The portrayal of a former university official in Steve Coogan’s film about the discovery of the remains of Richard III is defamatory, a high court judge has ruled....
US designates Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three leaders as terrorists ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city ( www.theguardian.com )
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers ( www.theguardian.com )
Over the past week, three search and rescue operations have been started for tourists who have gone missing during treks on far-flung islands, including one for the popular TV presenter Michael Mosley, who was found dead on the island of Symi....
‘No one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are alive, says Hamas official ( www.theguardian.com )
A senior Hamas official has said the group does not know how many of the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza are still alive, as Israeli and Hamas sources set out positions that could undermine the possibility of an imminent ceasefire deal....
