Israeli military kills at least 41 people as it continues to order evacuation of Gaza City

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Many of 1 million residents say they will not leave as they do not believe al-Mawasi humanitarian zone is safe

The Israeli military has killed at least 41 people in Gaza, including 12 aid seekers, over the last 24 hours as it continued to order the population of Gaza City to evacuate before its planned offensive.

The evacuation orders were accompanied by intensified Israeli bombing of the city, the Israeli military interspersing orders with announcements of high-rise towers they had bombed.

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Cuba is entirely without power following electric grid collapse – NBC News

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  1. Cuba is entirely without power following electric grid collapse  NBC News
  2. Millions lose power as Cuba hit by fifth blackout in less than a year  Al Jazeera
  3. Cuban capital back to normal, recovery moves forward from national blackout  Reuters
  4. Cuba's electrical grid collapses in nationwide blackout  CNBC
  5. New nationwide blackout leaves Cuba in the dark amid a growing public outcry: ‘How much longer?’  EL PAÍS English
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Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications – CNN

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  1. Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications  CNN
  2. Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors  Nature
  3. Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution  NPR
  4. World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows  Inside Climate News
  5. Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time  The Guardian
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Nepal Under Curfew as Army Patrols Kathmandu After Protests: Live Updates – The New York Times

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  1. Nepal Under Curfew as Army Patrols Kathmandu After Protests: Live Updates  The New York Times
  2. What to know about the mass Gen Z protests in Nepal  NPR
  3. Violent Gen Z protests spiral with at least 19 killed in Nepal; video shows parliament building ablaze  Fox News
  4. Air India, IndiGo To Operate Flights To Rescue Indians Stranded In Nepal  NDTV
  5. Youthful anger at political ‘nepo babies’ drives Nepal protests  Financial Times
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Starmer says he has confidence in Peter Mandelson amid calls to sack him over Epstein ties – UK politics live

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PM was grilled by Kemi Badenoch on suitability of Mandelson for job as US ambassador

Helena Horton is a Guardian environment reporter.

Emma Reynolds, the new environment secretary, had a difficult job this morning: meeting a group of farmers after Labour caused fury in the rural community by introducing a new inheritance tax.

The Treasury reserve, designed to be used for “genuinely unforeseen, unaffordable and unavoidable pressures” has recently been used to fund higher public sector pay and compensation payouts.

In a letter to ministers, the chancellor said Treasury would only consider providing reserve funds to departments that have already maximised their savings …

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LNER urges customers to be vigilant after passenger details accessed in cyber-attack

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Data breach at third-party supplier involves contact details and some information about previous journeys

The train operator LNER has urged customers to be wary of unsolicited communications after revealing some passengers’ contact details and journey records have been accessed in a cyber-attack.

The data breach took place at a third-party supplier, and LNER said no bank or payment details or password information had been accessed.

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Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel

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Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’

The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has called for a suspension of trade with Israel, as she spoke of Europe’s “painful” inability to respond to the war on Gaza and ensuing humanitarian disaster.

In her most extended condemnation yet of the Israeli government, von der Leyen criticised plans for illegal settlements that would split the occupied West Bank in half, as well as incitement of violence by extremist Israeli ministers, as a “clear attempt to undermine the two-state solution”.

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Starmer’s meeting with Israeli president could set relations back further

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Two leaders have competing visions for Israel’s security and Palestinian self-rule with little chance of finding common ground

A meeting in London between Keir Starmer and the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, could not come at a more difficult time for either leader, and far from easing British-Israeli relations, the encounter risks setting them back yet further.

Once the meeting on Wednesday was in the diary, there was a faint hope within Downing Street that the two men would at least listen to each other about their competing visions for Israel’s future, including a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict, a vision Herzog once shared.

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