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Israel security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City amid reports of disagreements with military – live
Gaza live updates  
Israel security cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza City amid reports of disagreements with military – live
The announcement comes after Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take full control of Gaza and hand over the territory’s governance to friendly Arab forces
Russia-Ukraine war  
Trump says he will meet Putin despite Kremlin’s refusal to talk to Kyiv
Travel  
Thousands of hotels in Europe to sue Booking.com over ‘abusive’ practices
France  
Plan to reintroduce banned pesticide in France overruled by constitutional council
Trump tariffs  
More than 60 countries scramble to respond to Trump’s latest tariffs
In focus
South Korea set to decide whether to let Google Maps finally work properly
South Korea  
South Korea set to decide whether to let Google Maps finally work properly
The country is one of only a handful in the world – alongside China and North Korea – where Google Maps fails to function as it should
The alternatives  
‘Leave it to nature’: how enticing insects to kill off pests helped cut reliance on pesticides
China  
How a teenage bullying incident spiralled into city-wide protests in China
Features
Film  
‘Nobody believes in the future any more’: Adam Curtis and Ari Aster on how to wake up from the post-truth nightmare
‘Nobody believes in the future any more’: Adam Curtis and Ari Aster on how to wake up from the post-truth nightmare
Experience  
I’m a scam hunter who got scammed
The long read
The whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy weapons deals with Saudi Arabia
Very British bribery  
The whistleblower who exposed the UK’s dodgy weapons deals with Saudi Arabia
When Ian Foxley found evidence of corruption while working at a British company in Riyadh, he alerted the MoD. He didn’t know he’d stumbled upon one of its most closely guarded secrets
 

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Opinion
If the Greens in Germany move towards the centre, they can become a real force again
Katja Hoyer
If the Greens in Germany move towards the centre, they can become a real force again
I changed my mind on banning the bomb, but the threat of nuclear war is growing – and so is complacency
Polly Toynbee
Sport
Football  
Manchester United agree £73.3m deal to sign Sesko from RB Leipzig
Manchester United agree £73.3m deal to sign Sesko from RB Leipzig
Tennis  
Williams crashes out to Bouzas Maneiro in Cincinnati Open
Football  
Barcelona ditch Ter Stegen as captain over medical dispute
Climate crisis
Trump administration  
Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’
Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’
Antarctica  
What recreating Scott’s Antarctic expedition reveals about our seas today
Podcast
Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms - podcast
Today in Focus  
Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms - podcast
The Guardian’s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, visits factories threatened by US tariffs in Guangzhou, south China, as the deadline for a US-China trade agreement approaches with no deal yet in sight
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