Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal

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Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

The Israeli military used a 500lb (230kg) bomb – a powerful and indiscriminate weapon that generates a massive blast wave and scatters shrapnel over a wide area – when it attacked a target in a crowded beachfront cafe in Gaza on Monday, evidence seen by the Guardian has revealed.

Experts in international law said the use of such a munition despite the known presence of many unprotected civilians, including children, women and elderly people, was almost certainly unlawful and may constitute a war crime.

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Lobster bisque and onion soup on ISS menu for French astronaut

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Chef with 10 Michelin stars has designed meals for Sophie Adenot’s trip to International Space Station next year

When the French astronaut Sophie Adenot travels to the International Space Station (ISS) next year, she will be heading for the stars – not quite in celestial but certainly in gastronomic terms.

Adenot will dine on not just freeze-dried space food staples but also French classics such as lobster bisque, foie gras and onion soup prepared specially for her by a chef with 10 Michelin stars, the European Space Agency (Esa) announced on Wednesday.

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US to breed billions of flies and dump them out of aircraft in bid to fight flesh-eating maggot

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Program mirrors earlier successful mission to fight new world screwworm fly, whose larvae can infest living tissue

The US government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot.

That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government’s plans for protecting the US from a bug that could devastate its beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill household pets. This weird science has worked well before.

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European heat wave closes Eiffel Tower’s top floor and bakes Wimbledon – The Washington Post

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  1. European heat wave closes Eiffel Tower’s top floor and bakes Wimbledon  The Washington Post
  2. What to Know About the Heat Wave in Europe  The New York Times
  3. Scorching European heatwave turns deadly in Spain, Italy and France  BBC
  4. Heatwave across Europe leaves 8 dead as early summer temperatures hit records  Reuters
  5. European heat wave fuels deadly Spanish wildfire as European Union presents plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions  PBS
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French PM François Bayrou failed to act on abuse at Catholic boarding school, report says

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Damning report by MPs comes after inquiry into allegations of decades of physical abuse, rape and sexual assault at Notre-Dame de Bétharram school

The French prime minister, François Bayrou, failed to act to prevent physical and sexual abuse at a private Catholic school in south-west France when he served as education minister between 1993 and 1997, a parliamentary report has said.

The damning report issued by French lawmakers on Wednesday comes after a long parliamentary inquiry into allegations of decades of physical abuse, rape and sexual assault at the Notre-Dame de Bétharram boarding school near Pau in south-west France.

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Starmer’s approach to welfare reform ‘appalling’ – Swinney – BBC

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  1. Starmer's approach to welfare reform 'appalling' - Swinney  BBC
  2. Welfare climbdown lets genie out of the bottle, and no one knows what happens next  The Guardian
  3. Starmer admits failing to engage ahead of welfare U-turns  BBC
  4. Keir Starmer Endures Rebellion in Parliament Over Welfare Cuts  The New York Times
  5. The Controversy Over the U.K Government's Welfare Bill Vote  Time Magazine
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France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants due to heatwave – Euronews.com

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  1. France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants due to heatwave  Euronews.com
  2. Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe  The New York Times
  3. As Europe swelters in extreme heat, Eiffel Tower closes its top level and a Swiss reactor shuts down  NBC News
  4. EDF shuts down Golftech nuclear plant due to high river temperature  Reuters
  5. Eight dead, nuclear reactor shut: Europe boils in blistering heatwave  MSN
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French police charge ‘incel’ suspected of planning knife attack on women

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Detention of 18-year-old man part of anti-terror police force’s first case linked to involuntary celibate movement

An 18-year-old French man suspected of planning attacks on women has been charged in the country’s first case of a terror plot linked to the misogynist “incel” movement, officials said.

The suspect was arrested on Friday by the DGSI domestic intelligence agency near a public high school in the southeastern city of Saint-Etienne.

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