Fourteen reported dead after Israeli strikes on Gaza – Middle East crisis live pred 4 urami in 50 minutami Two separate Israeli strikes reported in southern Gaza, with another attack in the northTwo of Jerusalem’s most senior Christian clerics travelled to Gaza on Friday after a deadly Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory’s only Catholic church, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.The Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, headed an “ecclesiastical delegation” to meet local Christians after Thursday’s strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, a statement read.Those responsible must be held to account.It is crucial that immediate steps are taken to prevent recurrence of such violence. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Former England footballer Paul Ince given 12-month drink-driving ban pred 4 urami in 54 minutami Ince was also fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £2,000 statutory surcharge and £85 costs over incident in JuneThe former England footballer Paul Ince has been banned from driving and ordered to pay £7,085 for drink-driving.The 57-year-old appeared at Chester magistrates court on Friday where he admitted driving his Range Rover while over the limit on 28 June in Neston, Cheshire. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Festivalgoers help drive Burberry to best sales performance in 18 months pred 5 urami in 4 minutami Music fans snap up wellies, scarves and light jackets, and shares rise 4% on better-than-expected performanceShoppers snapping up Burberry wellies, scarves and light jackets to wear at music festivals have helped the fashion brand to its best sales performance in 18 months despite lacklustre spending by tourists around the world.Sales of the luxury British brand fell 2% to £433m in the three months to the end of June, with a 1% decline at established stores, an improvement from the 6% fall in the previous quarter and the best performance since Christmas 2023. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Green groups fear business sector will dominate debate at Chalmers’ roundtable at environment’s expense pred 5 urami in 40 minutami Current list of 24 invitees to next month’s economic reform summit includes only one environmental representativeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEnvironmentalists fear they are being shut out of the economic debate after peak nature groups were overlooked for invites to Jim Chalmers’ reform roundtable.The current list of 24 invitees to next month’s summit features only one representative from the environment movement: former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, in his capacity as chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Native title win for Millewa-Mallee First Nations peoples in Victoria after decades-long fight pred 5 urami in 58 minutami Historic decision in Australia’s federal court gives traditional owners in state’s north-west the right to control access to their countrySign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailAfter a difficult journey spanning more than two decades, traditional owners say they’ve “weathered the storm” to finally have their native title rights recognised.The federal court on Friday awarded the historic native title determination to the Indigenous peoples of the Millewa-Mallee from north-west Victoria, for the first time granting exclusive native title rights in the state.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Serious pollution incidents by English water companies rose 60% last year pred 6 urami in 20 minutami Environment Agency records 75 serious incidents among total of 2,800, with Thames Water being worst offenderSerious pollution incidents by water companies were up 60% last year compared with the year before, data has revealed.These incidents are the most environmentally damaging and indicate that the sewage spill or other pollution incident has a serious, extensive or persistent impact on the environment, people or property. They could, for example, result in mass fish deaths in rivers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Grant Shapps defends use of superinjunction to suppress Afghan data leak pred 6 urami in 44 minutami Shapps, defence secretary when the superinjunction was imposed, said its use was ‘entirely justified’ to save livesAfghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the ARR?The former defence secretary Grant Shapps has defended the use of an unprecedented superinjunction to suppress a data breach that led to the UK government relocating 15,000 Afghans.The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was created in haste after it emerged that personal information about 18,700 Afghans who had applied to come to the UK had been leaked in error by a British defence official in early 2022. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time pred 6 urami in 50 minutami Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance ‘to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper’Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming company’s boss said would make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality.Ted Sarandos, a co-chief executive of Netflix, said the Argentinian science fiction series El Eternauta (The Eternaut) was the first it had made that involved using generative AI footage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
First tickets to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sell out – a year before its 2026 release pred 7 urami in 46 minutami The blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic has not finished filming and has no official runtime. But super fans – and scalpers – already have seatsThe first tickets to Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s Odyssey have gone on sale – before he’s even finished filming it and a year before the film is even out, in what is likely the longest pre-sale in cinematic history.The Odyssey, which stars Matt Damon as the cunning Odysseus as he fights his way home after the end of the Trojan war, will be released on 17 July 2026. But on Thursday, Imax released tickets to the first screenings at the 26 Imax cinemas around the world that have the staff and equipment required to project in 1570 format. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australian Base jumper James Nowland dies in competition accident in northern Italy pred 7 urami in 49 minutami Perth man, 42, reportedly died Wednesday after jumping from the peak of Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites regionAn Australian who reportedly died earlier this week in an accident at a competition in northern Italy has been remembered as a much-loved member of the international Base jumping community.James Nowland, 42, died on Wednesday after jumping from the peak of Sass Pordoi in the Dolomites region during the Pordoi Base race, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
