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• The Change review – Bridget Christie’s super-cool menopause comedy is like nothing else on TV

  21-06-2023 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  She decides to take back 3.5 million minutes of domestic drudgery, jump on a motorcycle and set off on a voyage of self discovery. Hot flushes have never looked hotter! Did no one think to cast standup Bridget Christie in the upcoming Barbie movie? If it’s true, as Christie asserts, that “The Hulk is the only menopausal role model in the history of TV and film”, then having Christie play Menopausal Barbie alongside Issa Rae as President Barbie and Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Ba
  
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• Let’s not pretend Labour has found a way to defuse the ‘mortgage timebomb’ | Nils Pratley

  21-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Starmer and his party seem to have concluded direct support for homeowners cannot be justified – but it’s smart politics to be seen to take on the banksLabour’s “five-point plan” to ease the pain in the mortgage market can be boiled down to a single idea: get heavy with the lenders – the banks and building societies – to make them play nicely with over-stretched borrowers.One cannot call it a radical idea, however. First, it’s in the interests of l
  
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• Labour piles pressure on Sunak with plan to prevent ‘mortgage catastrophe’

  21-06-2023 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowersLabour has piled further pressure on Rishi Sunak to take action to help struggling mortgage holders as the Bank of England prepares to raise interest rates again to levels not seen since before the 2008 financial crash.Rachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, said on Wednesday that if Labour were currently in power, it would force banks to offer a range of support to borrowers, including lettin
  
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• At least 37 injured after gas explosion sparks blaze in Paris

  21-06-2023 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Police tell people to avoid Val-de-Grâce area after several buildings catch fire in fifth arrondissementAt least 37 people have been injured, four of whom are in a critical condition, after a gas explosion sparked a blaze in buildings in the Latin Quarter of Paris.The blast happened in the fifth arrondissement at about 5pm on Wednesday and resulted in several buildings catching fire, local officials said. Continue reading...
  
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• There She Goes review – a beautiful, cathartic return for David Tennant and Jessica Hynes

  21-06-2023 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  This taboo-breaking comedy about parenting a child with disabilities is back for a one-off special with an air of finality. It’s sad, funny, lovely and tearjerking all at onceWhen I first became a parent, a friend cut through all the cooing and celebration and asked a clever question: what was the scariest thing about it? It took me a minute to find the answer: you can’t undo it. You can never undo it. Mortgages and marriages and other things that seem permanent are, in fact, easily
  
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• Senate examines role of ‘dark money’ in delaying climate action

  21-06-2023 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  The budget committee hearing looked into alleged misinformation from big oil that covered up ‘massive’ risks of the climate crisisThe Senate budget committee held a hearing on Wednesday morning to scrutinize the role of oil- and gas-linked “dark money” in delaying climate action – and tearing through local and federal budgets.The hearing was led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who has held 10 climate crisis-focused hearings since he took the helm of t
  
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• Secret Invasion recap episode one – it’s true, the world has been invaded by reptilians disguised as humans!

  21-06-2023 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Bombs, aliens and Samuel L Jackson: the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s return to the small screen was an intriguing, darker affair – featuring a brilliant performance from Olivia ColmanThis recap contains spoilers for episode one of Secret Invasion. Do not read on unless you have seen itFarewell Cobie Smulders. The Canadian actor had played Maria Hill since 2012, appearing in all four Avengers films, as well as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Spider-Man: Far From Home and in the TV
  
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• US Senate asks governor of Saudi wealth fund to testify over LIV-PGA merger

  21-06-2023 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Invitation raises possibility Yasir al-Rumayyan could be questioned under oath about execution of Jamal KhashoggiThe powerful governor of Saudi Arabia’s state-backed investment fund has been invited to testify before a Senate committee in the wake of a proposed merger between the Saudi-backed LIV Tour and the PGA, raising the possibility the executive could be questioned under oath about issues ranging from the future of golf to the execution of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Yasir al-Ruma
  
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• Armed Israeli settlers rampage through Palestinian town in revenge attack

  21-06-2023 21:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Palestinians say man was killed and 10 were injured after settlers rampaged through West Bank town and army opened fireA large group of Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to homes, cars and fields in a revenge rampage that left one Palestinian dead from gunfire and 10 others injured, according to Palestinian witnesses and officials.Many of the hundreds of settlers who raided the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, on Wednesday were armed
  
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• USDA allows lab-grown meat to be sold to US consumers

  21-06-2023 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Approval means US becomes second country in the world, after Singapore, to allow sale of meat grown from animal cellsLab-grown meat will be able to be sold to US consumers for the first time, with the federal government granting permission for two separate businesses to offer their chicken products to people.Both Upside Foods and Good Meat said on Wednesday they had been given permission by the US Department of Agriculture to produce and sell chicken that has been grown from a cluster of sample
  
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• No need to panic but England have big decisions to make for Lord’s | Ali Martin

  21-06-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Losing the first Ashes Test in such a manner will highlight the failings even though a lot went rightSo, where do England go from here? After coming up short in a teeming, undulating first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, one that left combatants and spectators drained but richer for it, the smart-alec answer here is Lord’s.There are five full days off first, however, with England not due to resume training until Monday; time to reflect on the one that got away, rest some weary legs and pop Moeen
  
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• ‘A real togetherness’: Scotland keep evolving with diversity of experience

  21-06-2023 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Steve Clarke’s four years as head coach have brought stability and a philosophy of play to a team peaking at the right timeThere seems to be an element of surprise to Scotland leading a European Championship qualifying group, but this should not be the case. They have beaten Spain and Norway as part of four victories in four matches to give themselves a great chance of spending next summer in Germany and it has nothing to do with luck.Steve Clarke has completed four years as head coach and
  
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• Ilkay Gündogan to leave Manchester City and join Barcelona on free transfer

  21-06-2023 20:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Captain was key figure in City’s treble-winning seasonBernardo Silva may also leave; Mateo Kovacic joins CityIlkay Gündogan will sign for Barcelona on a free transfer, ending Manchester City’s hopes of keeping the influential midfielder. The 32‑year‑old, who was captain and a pivotal figure in City’s treble‑winning side – scoring twice in the FA Cup final – has agreed a two-year deal with Barça, with an option for a further year. Gü
  
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• Barbican apologises after asking speaker to avoid topic of ‘free Palestine’

  21-06-2023 20:47 via theguardian.com
  
  A co-founder of the Palestinian station Radio Alhara was due to address the arts centre via a livestreamThe Barbican has apologised after asking a Palestinian speaker to avoid discussing “free Palestine” at length during an event, calling the intervention “unacceptable and a serious error of judgment”.Last week Elias Anastas, a co-founder of the Palestine-based Radio Alhara, was invited to deliver a livestreamed talk remotely on the radical possibilities of radio, explori
  
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• Author convicted over Sheffield tree-felling protest says council’s apology not enough

  21-06-2023 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Simon Crump says the ordeal has cost him his career and relationship, and asks for his name to be clearedAn author and academic who received a suspended prison sentence for demonstrating against tree-felling work in Sheffield has made a plea for the council to help clear his criminal record and compensate him for the “mental, emotional and reputational harm” caused.On Tuesday the local authority issued a four-page apology for its “flawed” programme to fell 17,500 street t
  
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• Milan men’s fashion week spring/summer 2024: the highlights – in pictures

  21-06-2023 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  From green alien slime and sofa-inspired sweaters, to student scholarships and circular linen, the mood in Milan was as playful as it was mindful Continue reading...
  
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• The Stroll: looking back on the lives of trans sex workers in New York City

  21-06-2023 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  In a new documentary, two trans film-makers aim to shed light on a community often stereotyped and undervaluedFor trans film-maker Kristen Lovell, her new documentary The Stroll – co-directed with another trans film-maker, Zackary Drucker, and premiering on HBO this week – was about including an ignored chapter of trans history, one that she herself lived. Young, Black and trans in 90s New York, Lovell was fired from her job when she began to live her truth and was forced to sustain
  
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• January 6 rioter who attacked police officer with stun gun jailed for 12 years

  21-06-2023 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Daniel ‘DJ’ Rodriguez shouts ‘Trump won!’ after being sentenced for attacking Michael Fanone at Capitol in 2021A California man who drove a stun gun into the police officer Michael Fanone’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the January 6 riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison.Daniel “DJ” Rodriguez yelled, “Trump won!” as he was led out of the courtroom where the US district judge Amy Berman Jackson senten
  
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• Gang members locked women in cells before Honduras prison riot fire

  21-06-2023 20:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Armed people went into rival gang’s cell block, opened fire and doused survivors in flammable liquid, officer says after 46 killedGang members at a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other female inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their cells before dousing them with flammable liquid, a senior police officer has said.The carnage in Tuesday’s riot was the worst atrocity at a women’s prison in recent memory
  
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• Steve Bell on the Ukraine reconstruction conference in London – cartoon

  21-06-2023 20:01 via theguardian.com
  
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• One in 10 health workers in England had suicidal thoughts during pandemic

  21-06-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Survey shows the impact of Covid on frontline workers, with one in 25 NHS staff attempting suicide for first timeOne in 10 health workers in England had suicidal thoughts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research that highlights the scale of its mental impact.The risk of infection or death, moral distress, staff shortages, burnout and the emotional toll of battling the biggest public health crisis in a century significantly affected the mental wellbeing of health workers worldwide. Con
  
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• French cave markings said to be oldest known engravings by Neanderthals

  21-06-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of faint stripes, dots and wavy lines at Loire valley site were created more than 57,000 years ago, say scientistsHundreds of faint stripes, dots and wavy lines that adorn a cave wall in central France are the oldest known engravings made by Neanderthals, according to scientists who analysed the ancient markings.The patterns, called finger flutings, appear on sections of the longest and most even wall of the cave in La Roche-Cotard in the Loire valley, and were created more than 57,000
  
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• Archaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge of the Netherlands’

  21-06-2023 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Religious site contains burial mound serving as a solar calendar as well as remains of about 60 peopleDutch archaeologists have unearthed an approximately 4,000-year-old religious site – nicknamed the “Stonehenge of the Netherlands” – that includes a burial mound that served as a solar calendar.The mound, which contained the remains of about 60 men, women and children, had several passages through which the sun shone directly on the longest and shortest days of the year.
  
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• IOC set to strip IBA of its recognition as the official boxing body for Olympics

  21-06-2023 19:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Body has failed to address finance and corruption concernsBoxing set to be reinstated for 2028 Los Angeles GamesThe International Olympic Committee has never banned an international governing body from running a sport in its 129-year history. Yet that is expected to change on Thursday when an extraordinary session votes to withdraw the IOC’s recognition of the International Boxing Association over its failure to address governance, finance and corruption concerns.The decision is regarded a
  
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• Windrush generation: hundreds ‘sent back to Caribbean from UK hospitals’

  21-06-2023 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Archives show about 400 long-term sick and mentally ill people were repatriated, according to BBC investigationHundreds of long-term sick and mentally ill people from the Windrush generation were repatriated to the Caribbean from UK hospitals, sometimes without giving informed consent, according to a BBC investigation.Analysis of formerly classified National Archives documents found that about 400 people were sent back to their countries of birth between the 1950s and the 1970s under a scheme th
  
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• The Guardian view on mortgages: the crunch is coming | Editorial

  21-06-2023 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Westminster is forever blowing property bubbles. What happens when they burst?Last October, the then-chair of the Conservative party, Jake Berry, declared the solution to rising energy prices was simple: “People know that when their bills arrive, they can either cut their consumption or they can … go out there and get that new job.” This week, Mr Berry disclosed his worries about rising mortgage bills, or what he termed “the mortgage bomb about to go off”, and call
  
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• The Guardian view on Labour and Brexit: slowly getting it right | Editorial

  21-06-2023 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  The opposition is playing catch-up with public opinion in recognising that Britain needs reintegration with EuropeWhen David Cameron was leader of the opposition and well-placed to become prime minister, he urged his colleagues not to rock the boat by “banging on” about Europe. But on they banged, eventually driving Britain out of the European Union.Now it is Sir Keir Starmer who frets about European zeal unbalancing his stride towards power, although this time the demand is reconcil
  
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• Paris summit aims to overhaul global financial system for 'climate solidarity' with South - FRANCE 24 English

  21-06-2023 19:21 via news.google.com
  Paris summit aims to overhaul global financial system for 'climate solidarity' with South  FRANCE 24 EnglishClimate crisis and debt trap: Paris summit seeks reforms  DWMacron calls for investment to tackle climate change and poverty at Paris summit  Hampstead Highgate ExpressMacron says global lending system must adapt to fight climate change at Paris summit  FRANCE 24 EnglishMacron hosts Chad, Gabon leaders ahead of 'Summit for a New Global Financing Pact
  
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• Man arrested after stabbings and pickaxe attack at London hospital, say police

  21-06-2023 19:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Two people stabbed thought to be maintenance staff at Central Middlesex hospital, and one has life-threatening injuries, Met saysA man has been arrested after two people were stabbed following a pickaxe attack at a London hospital, and one of the victims is in a life-threatening condition, police have said.The two stabbing victims are thought to be NHS maintenance staff members who work at Central Middlesex hospital, sources have told the Guardian. Continue reading...
  
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• Like potholes and sandals with socks, the British honours system needs to change | Adrian Chiles

  21-06-2023 19:12 via theguardian.com
  
  We should save honours for the unsung and uncelebrated – and take our time checking out the judgment of those bound for the House of LordsIt was once my privilege to play a round at Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club. If you’re ever on the M4 in south Wales between Porthcawl and Port Talbot, look over the grassy dunes towards the sea and know that my balls are in there somewhere. I was playing with a friend, a retired butcher from Neath, and a couple of his mates. One of these old boys had be
  
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• Zelenskiy admits counteroffensive may be going ‘slower than desired’

  21-06-2023 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine president says war is not a Hollywood movie, as Putin announces nuclear-capable ICBMs will soon enter service Ukraine-Russia war: latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskiy has conceded that Ukraine’s counteroffensive may be going “slower than desired” but has insisted that he will not needlessly risk soldiers’ lives to meet international expectations.The comments from Ukraine’s president came as Vladimir Putin suggested that there appeared to have been a break in th
  
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• Brendon McCullum defends tactics and blames England defeat on bad luck

  21-06-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Australia won first Ashes Test by two wickets at Edgbaston‘The way we played, I think it’s validated our style of play’Brendon McCullum has insisted that England’s thrilling, narrow defeat against Australia in the first Ashes Test has not tarnished his team’s freewheeling approach to the game.McCulllum said that despite sustaining the third defeat of his 14 matches as red-ball coach he had “had an absolutely amazing time”, and that it was only a bit of b
  
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• IVF, egg storage, fertility ‘windows’: I’m so relieved all that is behind me | Emma Brockes

  21-06-2023 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Record numbers of women are freezing their eggs. With advances in reproductive technologies come not just new possibilities, but new dilemmasOne of the great reliefs of middle age is not having to give any thought to fertility. That particular hustle, which can blow a hole through a woman’s 30s and early 40s – and even, thanks to the lottery-ticket promise of tiny advances in IVF, later – is mostly in the rear-view mirror by the time 50 rolls around, and what was once all-encom
  
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• Has Rishi Sunak been taking honesty lessons from Boris Johnson? | John Crace

  21-06-2023 18:16 via theguardian.com
  
  The speaker had to step in after the PM’s claims about the economy stretched the credulity of at least one MP at PMQIt was just after Rishi Sunak had answered Stephen Flynn’s first question that the speaker intervened. The SNP leader in Westminster had merely wondered if some of the prime minister’s promises to fix the economy showed that he had been taking honesty lessons from Boris Johnson. This was too much for Lindsay Hoyle. He urged MPs to be more cautious in their use of
  
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• New guidance needed to stop ministers putting friends on Whitehall boards

  21-06-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs call for shakeup to stop ‘super-spads’ being made non-executive directors in government departmentsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters may be bringing in political “super-spads” through the backdoor by putting them on the boards of Whitehall departments, a leading committee of MPs has found, as it called for an overhaul of appointment rules.The public administration and constitutional affairs committee, led by the Conservative MP William Wragg, called for
  
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• Food fight! Vegans and meat-eaters come to blows – again

  21-06-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Just days after a New York landlord refused to accept tenants who cook meat, an Australian chef has banned all vegans from his restaurant. Can’t everyone just get on?Name: The battle between meat-eaters and vegans.Age: Fossil records suggest their first engagements on land took place about 290m years ago. Continue reading...
  
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• Grenades in the French Alps: Protesters clash with police over world's longest tunnel – video

  21-06-2023 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Protesters clashed with police in the Maurienne Valley, south east France on Saturday, as they demonstrated against a tunnel being built through the base of the Alpine range that separates France and Italy. The protesters were attempting to reach a site where drilling has already begun on what will be the world's longest tunnel, but were blocked by police. The protests were led by Les Soulèvements de la Terre (Earth Uprising) - an umbrella group of several di
  
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• Nato allies back fast-track membership for Ukraine, says Cleverly

  21-06-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  UK foreign secretary says Ukraine has ‘evolved quickly’, as Zelenskiy tells summit it can be engine of green growthRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has said all Nato allies are backing a plan to give Ukraine a fast track to Nato membership of the kind offered to Sweden and Finland earlier this year.Speaking on the margins of the two-day Ukraine Recovery conference in London, Cleverly said the UK was “very, very supportive&r
  
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• England bid to topple Australia and inject ‘bang’ into Women’s Ashes opener

  21-06-2023 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Heather Knight wants ‘team that’s going to take 20 wickets’Series opens with standalone Test matchLauren Filer’s ability to “bang the ball in” has earned the pace bowler an unexpected place in Heather Knight’s side for Thursday’s Ashes Test. The England captain is seeking an aggressive attack that can take all Australia’s wickets to secure a first result in a women’s Test since 2015.“Myself and Jon [Lewis, the coach] are on the sa
  
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• Frankie Dettori marks his last Royal Ascot with win on Gregory

  21-06-2023 17:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Jockey put setbacks behind him to ride Queen’s Vase winnerOutsider Mostahdaf victorious in Prince of Wales’s StakesThe 13th race at Royal Ascot 2023 proved to be the charm for Frankie Dettori, as he put behind him his significant setbacks on the opening day and finally got a winner on the board at his last Royal meeting. Dettori seized control of the Queen’s Vase from the off aboard Gregory, the even-money favourite, and simply refused to yield as Saint George and Oisin Murphy
  
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• Aristocrat forced to open part of estate to public after council ruling

  21-06-2023 17:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Hertfordshire council rules area of land on Hatfield House estate – owned by Marquess of Salisbury – is common landThe aristocrat who owns the country manor Hatfield House has been forced to allow the general public to walk on part of his estate after the local council ruled that it was common land.Earlier this year, the Marquess of Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, opposed an application by the Open Spaces Society (OSS) to register a 1.8-hectare (4.45-acre) area of land on his estat
  
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• Time to turn the tide on water mismanagement | Letters

  21-06-2023 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Readers respond to a long read on how drought could end up being the next pandemicTim Smedley’s long read on the state of water resources in the UK was very dispiriting (Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic, 15 June). That something as basic as water is being mismanaged, and has been for decades, is shocking. This is especially so given that our taxes fund expert regulators to act on our behalf and oversee this resource, and the water companies that provide the services.Wh
  
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• Countering Tory lies on people smugglers | Letters

  21-06-2023 17:20 via theguardian.com
  
  The government’s migration bill will make life easier and more profitable for people traffickers, writes Barbara Karayi. Plus a letter from Rosie Brocklehurst Diane Taylor correctly asserts that the illegal migration bill will cause more smuggling (‘Evil people smugglers’ are easy to blame for migrant boat tragedies. Here’s the truth, 19 June). In fact, under the old rules, arrivals on UK coasts want to be found and will therefore turn themselves in and claim asylum.With
  
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• Clocks synchronized at the quantum limit - Nature.com

  21-06-2023 17:14 via news.google.com
  
  Clocks synchronized at the quantum limit  Nature.comTeam lays groundwork for future ultra-precise timing links to geosynchronous satellites  Phys.orgNIST Lays Groundwork for Future Ultra-Precise Timing Links to Geosynchronous Satellites | NIST  NISTQuantum-limited optical time transfer for future geosynchronous links  Nature.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘Women bear the biggest brunt of climate change,’ says climate scientist Susan Chomba

  21-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  She leads a team of 100 at a non-profit with operations across Africa and says climate has been seen through a male perspective for too long Susan Chomba glares out the window of the Prado Land Cruiser at dozens of motorcycles speeding in the opposite direction. Each motorcycle carries at least five bags of charcoal and for every bag, at least three medium-sized acacia trees must be chopped down and burned. Charcoal production is banned in Kenya, but is still widely used for domestic heat and co
  
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• ‘They don’t value life’: families fight for answers over Kenya plantation deaths

  21-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Del Monte launches investigation after guards at huge pineapple farm are alleged to have killed three men in the last four years, leaving relatives distraughtGuards at Del Monte pineapple farm accused of killings in KenyaEver since her son’s battered body was found on the roadside by Del Monte’s Kenyan pineapple farm last summer, Grace Mbinya has been trying to block out what happened to him.She has deleted images of him from her phone, hidden his only framed photo and avoids tending
  
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• Rainbow sky and cool convertibles – readers’ best photos

  21-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Click here to submit a picture for publication in these online galleries and/or on the Guardian letters page Continue reading...
  
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• Don’t let Big Air Fryer fool you: six everyday oven cooking hacks

  21-06-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From batches of bacon to ‘mapping’ your grill, this kitchen stalwart offers so much more than baking a cakeGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYour oven unit is more than just a cake-baking, potato-roasting, cheese-grilling workhorse. Open the door, fiddle with the temperature and you also have a yoghurt chamber and sterilising cabinet in your kitchen. And if you’ve been tempted to invest in an air fryer or dehydrator, save yourself the trouble – your oven can do m
  
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• Climate campaigner takes Surrey oil drilling case to supreme court

  21-06-2023 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Sarah Finch’s challenge to plans to allow oil well hinges on wider environmental impact of fossil fuels Climate campaigners have begun a supreme court challenge to plans to drill for oil in Surrey, in a case they hope could set a precedent restricting plans for future fossil fuel projects in the UK.Sarah Finch is challenging Surrey county council’s decision to extend permission for a well at Horse Hill, near Gatwick airport in the Surrey countryside, which taps a subterranean reservo
  
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• Breakthrough in stabilization of solid electrolyte paves way to all-solid-state batteries - Phys.org

  21-06-2023 16:25 via news.google.com
  Breakthrough in stabilization of solid electrolyte paves way to all-solid-state batteries  Phys.org
  
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