Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show ( www.theguardian.com )
A dark money group with ties to Trump’s inner circle dropped more than $90m on ads described as vile, racist and transphobic in the second half of 2022 alone, new tax records obtained by Documented and the Guardian reveal. The staggering sum makes the newly created group, which is based out of the nerve center for the Maga...
Former teen models accuse magician David Copperfield of misconduct ( www.theguardian.com )
Some allege harassment, one claims she was sexually assaulted. His lawyers deny the allegations...
‘Magic David called’: David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein ( www.theguardian.com )
Phone messages and meetings suggest a friendship between Copperfield and the disgraced financier. His lawyers deny it...
Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy ( www.theguardian.com )
Russian constitutional court is considering claim, which activists hope will raise awareness about emissions...
Australian soldiers ‘thrown under the bus’ over alleged Afghanistan war crimes, SAS body says ( www.theguardian.com )
After report found senior officers should take some responsibility, Australian SAS Association chair says ‘finally’ the finger is being pointed at ministers and generals...
All parents, working or not, should have access to childcare, say experts in England ( www.theguardian.com )
Rescue and reform manifesto from Early Education and Childcare Coalition calls for overhaul of model...
‘Sexual predator’ teacher found guilty of grooming schoolboys ( www.theguardian.com )
Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust
US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza ( www.theguardian.com )
Climate disruption to UK seasons causes problems for migratory birds | Early springs mean food for young of arrivals from west Africa has already disappeared; this year they face the opposite problem ( www.theguardian.com )
Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing ( www.theguardian.com )
Russian leader praises ‘comradely’ talks with Chinese president before concert to mark 75 years of ‘friendship’...
Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida state laws ( www.theguardian.com )
State, which just had its hottest year since 1895, will ban offshore wind power, boost natural gas and reduce gas pipeline rules...
Slovakian PM Robert Fico in ‘stable but serious’ condition after shooting ( www.theguardian.com )
Hospital director says Fico underwent five hours of surgery with two teams to treat gunshot wounds...
‘Nothing short of horrific’: Amnesty criticises arrest of man in Qatar ‘trapped’ by police on Grindr ( www.theguardian.com )
Manuel Guerrero Aviña thought he was meeting a date, but was confronted by police who charged him for drug possession...
Police remove student protesters and encampment from UC Irvine ( www.theguardian.com )
Student encampment had stood for two weeks before university officials declared it a ‘violent protest’ and asked police to move in...
The families risking everything to keep Ukraine’s trains running – photo essay ( www.theguardian.com )
Dutch photographer and multimedia journalist Jelle Krings revisits the families that have kept a war-torn country moving, despite the Russian onslaught and in the face of great personal sacrifice...
‘Crossed a line’: students threatened with police action over pro-Palestine sit-in at University of Melbourne ( www.theguardian.com )
University of Melbourne cancels classes as activists at Deakin defy directives on encampments...
‘Just by breathing we are contaminated’: schoolgirls fight to extinguish Ecuador’s gas flares ( www.theguardian.com )
A group of determined teenagers has taken the government to court for not doing more to protect their community from the noxious byproduct of oil extraction in the northern Amazon...
Pupils in England can learn about gender surgery but not ‘ideology’, says Keegan ( www.theguardian.com )
Education secretary says guidance will not stop schools teaching children about gender-reassignment surgery...
Like a ‘civil war’: Nouméa residents describe terror as deadly riots sweep New Caledonia capital ( www.theguardian.com )
Some locals say they have been too scared to leave their homes as protests over changes to the voting law grew into deadly riots...
UK climate activists convicted in first trial of new anti-protest laws ( www.theguardian.com )
Ukraine war briefing: Kharkiv campaign won’t deliver major Russian breakthrough – Nato general ( www.theguardian.com )
Ukraine accuses invaders of killing civilians and setting up human shields; sanctions over North Korean arms supply to Russia. What we know on day 814