Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming – Carbon Brief

  1. Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming  Carbon Brief
  2. Scientists mapped what happens if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses. The weather impact would be extreme  CNN
  3. Could Britain face a winter ice age? How temperatures could one day plummet due to climate change  Sky News
  4. When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.  Grist.org
  5. Scientists revise timeline for possible collapse of key Atlantic ocean current  The Daily Climate
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Ukraine’s SBU Built Secret Long-Range Drones to Strike Russian Bombers in ‘Spiderweb’ Operation – Kyiv Post

  1. Ukraine’s SBU Built Secret Long-Range Drones to Strike Russian Bombers in ‘Spiderweb’ Operation  Kyiv Post
  2. Russian and Ukrainian Advantages in Drone Warfare  War on the Rocks
  3. The economic lessons from Ukraine’s spectacular drone success  The Economist
  4. Ukraine's SBU releases fresh video of Operation Spiderweb, teases 'new surprises'  The Kyiv Independent
  5. How AI guided Ukraine’s drones to hit Russian airfields  Financial Times
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Scientists mapped what happens if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses. The weather impact would be extreme – CNN

  1. Scientists mapped what happens if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses. The weather impact would be extreme  CNN
  2. Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming  Carbon Brief
  3. Could Britain face a winter ice age? How temperatures could one day plummet due to climate change  Sky News
  4. When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.  Grist.org
  5. Ireland set for extreme cold if Atlantic current collapses, new study suggests  The Irish Times
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Police seek answers as Austria mourns victims of one of the worst shootings in its history – CNN

  1. Police seek answers as Austria mourns victims of one of the worst shootings in its history  CNN
  2. Austria Has Lots of Guns, Little Gun Violence, and New Questions  The New York Times
  3. Graz school shooting survivors not in life-threatening condition, hospitals say  ABC News
  4. Former Student, 21, Left Farewell Message for His Mom Before Killing 10 in Austria School Shooting: Reports  People.com
  5. From Dunblane to Graz: Europe's deadliest school shootings  DW
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‘Arms of Death’: How Yemen’s Houthis organize their war machine – The Jerusalem Post

  1. 'Arms of Death': How Yemen's Houthis organize their war machine  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Israeli navy attacks rebel-held Yemeni port city of Hodeida, a first in the conflict  AP News
  3. Daily Briefing June 11: Day 614 – 1st IDF naval strike on Yemen leaves Houthis undeterred  The Times of Israel
  4. Israeli navy strikes Houthi-controlled port city of Hudaydah  BBC
  5. Israel’s navy hits Houthis in Yemen in 'unique' strike after Trump promises end to US ops  Fox News
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Hong Kong police tell people not to download ‘secessionist’ mobile game

Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overthrow the communist regime’

Hong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is “secessionist” and could lead to arrest.

The game, Reversed Front: Bonfire, allows users to “pledge allegiance” to various groups linked to locations that have been major flashpoints or targets for China including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Manchuria, in order to “overthrow the communist regime” known as the “People’s Republic”.

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Rashid and Omarzai set to miss MLC 2025 – ESPNcricinfo

  1. Rashid and Omarzai set to miss MLC 2025  ESPNcricinfo
  2. Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  The White House (.gov)
  3. Trump's travel ban is now in effect. Here's what to know  NPR
  4. This Travel Ban Is as Pointless as the Last One  Bloomberg
  5. Travel ban may shut door for Afghan family to bring niece to US for a better life  AP News
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Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at PMQs ahead of government’s spending review – UK politics live

Prime minister faces Conservative party leader as chancellor to reveal how government plans to spend almost £1.4tn in 2026-27

Green party MPs and activists staged a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, said:

We expect the Chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax wealth to properly fund our overstretched public services & support the most vulnerable. We need to invest in a secure & fairer future. #TaxExtremeWealth

Senior SNP figures held a secret meeting on Monday night to discuss removing John Swinney as party leader, The Herald has learned, following last week’s defeat in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse byelection.

One of the 25 attendees said the first minister had two weeks to come up with a new strategy on independence — or risk facing a leadership challenge at the SNP conference in October.

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Moira Deeming offered John Pesutto chance to avoid bankruptcy on condition Liberal party assured her preselection

Payment of $2.3m in defamation costs Pesutto owes would have been delayed until 2027 under deal, which was not accepted by Liberal party

Moira Deeming offered John Pesutto a chance to avoid bankruptcy and delay payment of $2.3m in legal costs until 2027 on the condition her preselection for the next election be assured by the Liberal party.

The upper house MP commenced bankruptcy proceedings earlier this month after the former Liberal leader failed to pay the costs ordered by the federal court in May. The court found Pesutto repeatedly defamed Deeming by falsely implying she sympathised with neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

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LA protests: LAPD says it has made ‘mass arrests’ after mayor issued curfew for downtown – live

Mayor Karen Bass issues curfew for one square mile area in downtown, beginning at 8pm local time on Tuesday until 6am local time on Wednesday

Governor Greg Abbott has pledged to deploy National Guard troops across his state of Texas, becoming the first governor to do so as protests against Trump’s immigration raids spread throughout the United States.

Abbott said on X that the Texas National Guard will “use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order”.

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‘They went too far’: Musk says he regrets some of his posts about Trump

Tesla share price rises as former head of president’s ‘efficiency’ drive seems to retreat from explosive falling out

Elon Musk has expressed contrition for some of his tweets about Donald Trump last week, in an apparent effort to retreat from an explosive falling out that has threatened to damage the Tesla boss’s business interests.

Musk was by far the biggest donor to Trump’s presidential campaign, but tensions between the two erupted into public view last week and rapidly escalated, as the world’s richest man called for the president’s impeachment and mocked his connections to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a series of posts.

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South Korea halts propaganda broadcasts along border with rival North in a move to ease tensions – AP News

  1. South Korea halts propaganda broadcasts along border with rival North in a move to ease tensions  AP News
  2. South Korea turns off propaganda loudspeakers to North Korea  BBC
  3. South Korean military suspends loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at North Korea  Reuters
  4. South Korea Turns Off Speakers Blasting K-Pop Into North Korea  The New York Times
  5. South Korea stops blasting K-Pop and propaganda at North following election of Lee Jae-myung  The Telegraph
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Two more Labour MPs suggest they could vote against assisted dying bill

Andrew Gwynne and Paul Foster express concerns about safeguards as growing number of MPs change stance on bill

Two more Labour MPs have expressed significant doubts about the assisted dying bill, suggesting they would now oppose the legislation.

The former health minister Andrew Gwynne, who previously abstained, wrote to his constituents in Gorton and Denton to say: “To date I don’t think that the bill has been strengthened enough and that safeguards should go much further.”

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LA police announce ‘mass arrests’ as Newsom intensifies criticism of Trump | First Thing

Protesters defy overnight curfew as California governor issues searing rebuke of administration. Plus, who is behind the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island?

Good morning.

Los Angeles police have announced they are making “mass arrests” in the city’s downtown area, as people gathered in defiance of an overnight curfew imposed after days of protests against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and military deployment.

What has Newsom said? Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard in LA was “a brazen abuse of power”, that has “inflamed a combustible situation”, Newsom said in a searing rebuke of the administration.

What about Trump? In an address to troops at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina yesterday, Trump spread conspiracy theories, maligned California’s Democratic leaders and misleadingly portrayed protesters as part of a “foreign invasion”.

Were they really armed by Israel? Yes. Israeli defence officials acknowledged last week that they had been arming the group, with the aim of undermining Hamas. Aid workers said the group had a long history of looting from UN trucks.

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Tasmania to hold early election after governor grants embattled premier Jeremy Rockliff’s request

Barbara Baker agrees to poll despite ‘public interest in avoiding the cost’ because no possibility of alternative government forming

Tasmania will hold an early election on 19 July – just 16 months after last going to the polls – after the state’s governor agreed to a request from the Liberal premier, Jeremy Rockliff.

The announcement followed a dramatic week in which the parliament narrowly supported a no-confidence motion in Rockliff moved by the Labor leader, Dean Winter, and the state’s three main political parties each argued a fresh election could be avoided.

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Booster leak delays Ax-4 private astronaut mission to ISS – SpaceNews

  1. Booster leak delays Ax-4 private astronaut mission to ISS  SpaceNews
  2. Live coverage: SpaceX to launch fourth commercial Axiom mission to the space station  Spaceflight Now
  3. NDTV Exclusive: Axiom-4 Launch Delays Unusual? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains  NDTV
  4. NASA, Partners Delay Axiom Mission 4, Reviewing Launch Date  NASA (.gov)
  5. Propellant leak delays SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronaut mission to the ISS  Space
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Otters posing for selfies in Japanese cafes may be linked to illegal trade, experts warn

The DNA of rare small-clawed otters in captivity in Japan has been matched to wild populations in poaching hotspots in Thailand

Posing for selfies on the laps of excited visitors, the otters of Tokyo’s animal cafes have learned to play their part in their online stardom. In thousands of social media videos, the aquatic mammals wriggle through the outstretched hands of adoring customers who reward their attention with food.

But the booming demand has raised major concerns among conservationists, with a study published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice linking the small-clawed otters in animal cafes in Japanese cities with wild populations in poaching hotspots in Thailand.

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