Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU (www.theguardian.com)
Eleven planes and helicopter from bloc sent to tackle fire that has burned more than 300 sq miles of land
Syrian protests enter second week with calls for Assad to go (www.theguardian.com)
Demonstrations have grown steadily throughout the south, centring around the province of Suwayda
Emperor penguins: thousands of chicks in Antarctica likely died due to record-low sea ice levels (www.theguardian.com)
Breeding failures in the Bellingshausen Sea ‘without precedent’ as multiple colonies across large region all failed in a single season
The Tetris Effect author says film-makers copied his story brick for brick (www.theguardian.com)
Dan Ackerman sues Apple and game company, saying they blocked his approaches to adapt book into movie, then did it anyway
Ian Watkins, singer jailed for child sex offences, ‘stabbed in prison’ (www.theguardian.com)
Former Lostprophets frontman reportedly taken to hospital after being held hostage by other inmates at HMP Wakefield
Emperor Nero’s lost theatre found under site of hotel in Rome (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists hail ‘exceptional finds’ at venue whose existence was previously known only from mentions in ancient texts
News: Tax complaint filed against rightwing parents’ rights group Moms for Liberty (www.theguardian.com)
Michigan attorney alleges organization, named an extremist group by Southern Poverty Law Center, in violation of non-profit status
Putin has become a global bogeyman. Russians must exorcise this ghoul | Simon Tisdall (www.theguardian.com)
Accursed, ostracised but heedless of the misery he causes, this accused war criminal is dragging his people into a moral abyss
Plastic pollution on coral reefs gets worse the deeper you go, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Volume of debris in the unexplored twilight zone is an ‘emerging threat’ to reefs already stressed by climate crisis, say scientists
Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find (www.theguardian.com)
Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment
Students barred from Iranian universities for refusing to wear a hijab (www.theguardian.com)
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‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power (www.theguardian.com)
Nikola Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes....
Trump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryan (www.theguardian.com)
The gentrification font: how a sleek typeface became a neighborhood omen (www.theguardian.com)
Penny Lane street sign back in Liverpool 47 years after drunken theft (www.theguardian.com)
A Penny Lane street sign stolen by drunk students has been returned to Liverpool, 47 years after the theft....
Three Palestinian students shot and wounded in Vermont, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Victims reportedly were wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh and speaking in Arabic when they were attacked
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights country’s femicide rate (www.theguardian.com)
Death of Giulia Cecchettin, 22, allegedly at hands of ex-boyfriend, casts spotlight on violence against women
Opinion Piece: ‘A recipe for blandness’: critic Peter Biskind on why quality television is in chronic decline (www.theguardian.com)
The author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls has turned his gaze from Hollywood to prestige television, arguing that a golden age of TV that began with The Sopranos has been ruined by corporate greed
Gaza’s largest hospital being bombarded, WHO says (www.theguardian.com)
WhatsApp’s AI shows gun-wielding children when prompted with ‘Palestine’ (www.theguardian.com)
The search results varied when tested by different users, but the Guardian verified through screenshots and its own tests that various stickers portraying guns surfaced for these three search results. Prompts for “Israeli boy” generated cartoons of children playing soccer and reading. In response to a prompt for “Israel...
Large-scale warfare occurred in Europe ‘1,000 years earlier than previously thought’ (www.theguardian.com)
Reanalysis of skeletal remains in Spain suggests conflicts took place about 5,000 years ago in neolithic period, say researchers
Shropshire firefighters rescue ‘one donkey, stuck in storm drain’ (www.theguardian.com)
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BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’ (www.theguardian.com)
Russia’s Olympic Committee suspended by IOC for violations against Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Russia’s Olympic Committee has been suspended for violating the Olympic charter after it incorporated sports bodies from four territories annexed from Ukraine
Beijing’s mixed messages leave businesses ‘questioning’ investments in China (www.theguardian.com)
Beijing insists that China is open for business and that it is committed to supporting the private sector. But a renewed focus on national security coupled with rising geopolitical tensions is damaging confidence.
