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At least 49 bodies found in new mass grave at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )

A third mass grave has been discovered in the ruins of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital, the largest medical complex in the Palestinian enclave....

UK Home Office revokes visa of Palestinian student after protest speech ( www.middleeasteye.net )

The UK government has revoked the student visa of a Palestinian student who lost relatives in Gaza after she spoke at a demonstration at the University of Manchester....

‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms ( www.theguardian.com )

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....

'Indomitable' Gaza Journalist Bisan Owda Awarded Peabody for War Coverage ( www.commondreams.org )

Politics gets in the way of pop as Israel’s war in Gaza overshadows Eurovision Song Contest ( www.nbcnews.com )

Aid shipment destined for Gaza leaves Cyprus ( www.voanews.com )

Is China using Hungary as its bridgehead in Europe? ( www.euronews.com )

The primary purpose of Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Hungary might be to ensure that Hungary can help China gain market share in the EU, as Beijing and Budapest prepare to sign a total of 16 bilateral agreements....

Belgium university to quit project with Israeli institutions ( www.newarab.com )

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel said it would pull out of an AI project it was working on in collaboration with Israeli institutions, amid the Gaza war....

University of Barcelona's senate votes in favor of pro-Palestine protesters requests ( www.catalannews.com )

Students have been camping in the building protesting university's ties with Israel...

Students across Europe hold Gaza war protests in run-up to UN vote on Palestinian statehood ( www.theguardian.com )

Thirty-two people were arrested as Dutch police broke up a Gaza war protest at the University of Amsterdam, in a second day of unrest over the conflict. Police said the offences included public violence, vandalism and assault....

77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrified ( www.commondreams.org )

"I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South," one expert said.

Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced ( www.theguardian.com )

The death toll from what authorities call the worst climate disaster ever to strike southern Brazil has risen to 90, after ferocious rain flooded huge stretches of Rio Grande do Sul state, displacing more than 155,000 people and forcing the closure of the main airport in the country’s fifth biggest city....

Germans fear migration more than climate change, study finds ( www.dw.com )

Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank....

Attacks on German politicians stir memories of Nazi past ( www.politico.eu )

Recent assaults spark national debate over Germany’s increasingly raw political climate, with some seeing echoes of its dark history....

Brexit eel wars: Brussels accuses Britain of being too green ( www.politico.eu )

Snakey fish fight is center stage as U.K.’s new environmental measures rub the EU the wrong way....

Pakistan: 7 workers shot dead in their sleep in Balochistan ( www.dw.com )

Police said gunmen stormed into a house near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar city and shot workers in an apparent ethnic attack. The victims were originally from Pakistan's Punjab province....

Argentina: Unions call nationwide strike over Milei's policy ( www.dw.com )

Labor unions called for people to strike against President Javier Milei's austerity agenda after the lower house of Argentina's Congress approved a downsized version of Milei's economic overhaul package in April....

Western military trainers could go to Ukraine, Lithuania minister says ( www.theguardian.com )

Gabrielius Landsbergis also backs David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron on standing up to Putin...

Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study ( www.theguardian.com )

Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and widespread, a study has found....

More than 200 people with diabetes injured after software issue drained insulin pump batteries | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )

More than 200 people with diabetes have been injured when their insulin pumps shut down unexpectedly due to a problem with a connected mobile app, the US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

Malawians who abandoned Israeli farms deported ( www.bbc.com )

Twelve Malawians have been deported from Israel after leaving the farms where they were working, to get higher salaries elsewhere....

'We must not forget': How a bombing by US turned China into a superpower ( www.business-standard.com )

Half of Gaza water sites damaged or destroyed, BBC satellite data reveals ( www.bbc.com )

Hundreds of Gaza's water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed since Israel began military action against Hamas, satellite analysis by BBC Verify has found. Damage to a major supplies depot has also severely disrupted repairs. The lack of clean water and flows of untreated sewage pose a serious threat to...