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The GuardianClimateUnited Kingdom
Beyond the heatwave: what it really takes for climate warnings to cut through in the UK

Beyond the heatwave: what it really takes for climate warnings to cut through in the UK

As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving changeWildfires, excess deaths, hosepipe bans, school closures: this summer many British people have experienced the often devastating effects of the climate crisis in ways they had not before. In that sense, policymakers and climate experts have a unique opportunity to engage with the public about what needs to happen to better prepare the country for the years ahead. But as trust in institutions wavers – and yellowed, drought-stricken grass begins to recover – can the messaging cut through?This week, , the UN’s head of climate, Simon Stiell, said: “Climate is sometimes seen as a partisan issue, as territory in the culture wars. That is palpably false.”

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The GuardianRelationshipsSouth East England
Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men

Female asylum seekers report being sexually assaulted by British men

Women say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecution of rapes, for fear of having their claims refusedFemale asylum seekers are reporting rapes and sexual assaults by British men but many say they are too fearful to pursue criminal prosecutions.Their voices are rarely heard but some have spoken to the Guardian at a time when the far right is intensifying tropes about endemic rape of English women and girls by “fighting age” male asylum seekers.

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The GuardianScandalAustralia
Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed at Gina Rinehart’s $20m mansion after One Nation fundraisers

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed at Gina Rinehart’s $20m mansion after One Nation fundraisers

Exclusive: New details underscoring depth of relationship between billionaire and party revealed in first episode of Guardian podcast The PopulistListen to the Guardian’s podcast Get our , or Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce stayed overnight at Gina Rinehart’s $20m Brisbane mansion after fundraising events held for One Nation, Guardian Australia can reveal.On one occasion, Joyce conducted a live television interview with Channel Seven’s Sunrise program from a room that appears to be a bedroom in Rinehart’s home.

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The GuardianPoliticiansAustralia
Albanese hits back at Pauline Hanson’s ‘nastiness’ after criticism of his mother’s use of public housing

Albanese hits back at Pauline Hanson’s ‘nastiness’ after criticism of his mother’s use of public housing

Andrew Hastie also says One Nation leader is ‘not the person I thought she was’ and he feels sorry for JoyceGet our , or Anthony Albanese has labelled Pauline Hanson nasty and spiteful over resurfaced comments from the One Nation leader criticising his mother for living in public housing for decades.Hanson also faced further a political threat from Liberal MP Andrew Hastie – who vowed to go “all the way” in her – as he suggested One Nation MPs Barnaby Joyce and David Farley were likely feeling buyers’ remorse for joining the party.

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The GuardianPoliticiansAustralia
Andrew Hastie knew taking on Pauline Hanson would cost him. Liberals are divided over the price of following suit

Andrew Hastie knew taking on Pauline Hanson would cost him. Liberals are divided over the price of following suit

While supporters and rivals of Hastie back his stance on One Nation, some are asking why the party isn’t doing moreGet our , or Andrew Hastie knew his attacks on Pauline Hanson this week would come at a cost.He was already under siege. One Nation had been taking potshots at him for months, and a section of the Western Australian media was giving them an outlet to do so.

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The GuardianAI
Chatbots can exploit our most basic human drive for attachment. Here’s how to have healthier relationship with AI | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough

Chatbots can exploit our most basic human drive for attachment. Here’s how to have healthier relationship with AI | Gaynor Parkin and Dave Winsborough

This intimacy economy is tapping into the deepest parts of our intimate psychological infrastructure is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workMichael* is an engineer whose company embraced the AI wave. He enjoys testing ideas with chatbots. However, recently his manager became worried about his judgement and reliance on the tech. “He literally cannot make any decision without running it past AI. He’s developed a very off-script interpretation of our business goals, and he’s losing his team. If we can’t get him back on track I think we’ll end up parting company”.The original attention economy developed by tech firms was designed to capture human time and monetise your focus. It was designed to increase views, scroll time, and ad impressions. Algorithms optimised getting you hooked in.Contingent responsiveness – replying instantly and tuning to your emotional state.Unconditional positive regard – always validating, never distracted.Memory and continuity – remembering your stories, preferences, anxieties.Linguistic identification – producing verbal caring without any lived caring.Narcissistic empathy – validating your self-image without question.

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The GuardianScandalSpain
Pressure builds in Spain to deny US extradition request for leftwing donor

Pressure builds in Spain to deny US extradition request for leftwing donor

Key government meeting this month will consider US bid to try James ‘Fergie’ Chambers over alleged support for HamasAttorneys for James “Fergie” Chambers, the US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects worldwide who is currently imprisoned in Madrid and sought in extradition, have submitted a brief ahead of a decisive government meeting on the case.Meanwhile, Chambers’ partner, the actor and activist Stella Schnabel, met last week with multiple members of the Spanish parliament to assert his innocence.

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The GuardianDiplomacySouth Wales
Donald Trump doubles down on support for united Ireland

Donald Trump doubles down on support for united Ireland

US president says ‘many people agree’ with his view on unification, brushing off Andy Burnham’s opposition to referendum has reiterated his support for Irish unification and brushed off Andy Burnham’s opposition to a referendum. “Everybody says that. Then things happen,” the US president said on Sunday of the British prime minister’s response.“It seems to me that one of the naturals of all time is to put them together,” Trump said of the unification of and the Republic of .

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The GuardianWar & ConflictMiddle East
Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians flee as Houthis advance along Red Sea coast

Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians flee as Houthis advance along Red Sea coast

Global struggle for control of Bab al-Mandab strait threatens to turn Yemen’s on-off conflict into a forever warNearly 50,000 people have fled , with entire villages emptied and families trapped near frontline fighting with depleting food supplies, according to aid workers.Civilians in the Middle East’s poorest country have found themselves victims of a global struggle for control over one of the most important shipping routes in the world, which threatens to turn Yemen’s on-off conflict into a forever war.

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The GuardianPoliticiansUSA
Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit

Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit

Trump, again trying to curate museum, says exhibit would stay until 2032 for 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth asked the Smithsonian Institution to install a 30ft “Colossus statue” of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History, and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president, in a social media post late on Friday.The president requested that the exhibit continue through February 2032, the 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth.

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The GuardianElectionsUSA
‘Don’t I deserve a little grace?’: Lonnie Bunch on pressure from Trump and leaving the Smithsonian on his own terms

‘Don’t I deserve a little grace?’: Lonnie Bunch on pressure from Trump and leaving the Smithsonian on his own terms

The man who shepherded the creation of the National Museum for African American History and Culture discusses his tenure and interference from the White House“For the last two years, everything has implied getting rid of me,” Lonnie Bunch III, the Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, said on Thursday. Following an unremitting pressure campaign from and his administration, Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum for African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), announced his retirement on 9 September.Bunch insisted, however, that the pressure “was not part of my calculus”, and that his decision to step down was driven by having completed his personal checklist of goals: “First of all, I promised I’d stay a secretary for five years; It’s been eight.” Furthermore, he said that he realized that he wanted to stay through and for the 10th anniversary of the NMAAHC, a museum for which he led the creation.

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The GuardianElectionsGermany
The AfD won a shock election in Germany. Elon Musk was thrilled

The AfD won a shock election in Germany. Elon Musk was thrilled

The billionaire and the party have developed a symbiotic relationship to spread their far-right views both in Germany and the USThe Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party rattled European politics this week after a convincing victory in a German state election, which placed it only a few seats away from forming the country’s first state-level far right government since the second world war.Elon Musk was thrilled.

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The GuardianImmigrationIsrael
Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’Israel’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of , a documentary about the country’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, to be stripped of their citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state”.NAZA, which was produced by the Guardian, is named for an acronym used by Israel’s intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza.

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The GuardianElectionsSweden
Sweden’s extremely close election could see far right enter government

Sweden’s extremely close election could see far right enter government

Latest poll shows 0.3-point gap between left and right blocs, with country’s reputation as global champion of human rights said to be at stakeSweden goes to the polls on Sunday in an extremely close election that could see the far right enter government for the first time if the country’s rightwing parties can form a majority.Opinion polls show the centre-left opposition alliance ahead, with Magdalena ⁠Andersson of the Social Democrats the favourite to become prime minister again after four years in opposition, but her bloc’s lead has narrowed considerably in the final days of the campaign.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictUkraine
Russia targets Kyiv petrol stations for first time with jet-powered drones

Russia targets Kyiv petrol stations for first time with jet-powered drones

Three facilities in two days struck as bombardment of Ukraine’s capital enters new phase of intensityPetrol stations in Kyiv have been hit by jet-powered drones in a wave of targeted Russian attacks as the bombardment of Ukraine’s capital enters a new phase of intensity.At least two people were killed and six injured in strikes on two petrol stations on Friday morning, according to the city’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko.

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The GuardianHumanity
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism

In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each otherAn ominous evolution is under way on the far right. It is a dangerous shift that is linked to our era of existential crises, defined by its pandemics, climate emergencies, resource wars and rogue tech. Today’s fascists are part of a dangerous and fractious alliance – from messianic venture capitalists to army-controlling theocrats – united by the belief that the end of the world is upon us and that only a chosen few deserve to be saved. That is the thesis of Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World.Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate leaders would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, they also collaborated with film-makers Emma Dessau, Austin Bedell and P Nick Curran to create a video in which we hear directly from many of the people behind this threat – and outline why this is the moment for the rest of us to commit to each other and our shared home. The Guardian is pleased to share it for the first time. is out 15 September via Farrar, Straus and GirouxNaomi Klein is a Guardian US columnist and contributing writer. She is the professor of climate justice and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice at the University of British ColumbiaAstra Taylor is a writer, organizer and documentary maker and a co-founder of the Debt Collective

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The GuardianScandalUSA
Ron DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial

Ron DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial

Governor believes Florida would ‘welcome’ juror if under harassment after alleged domestic violence incident in 2021, ’s governor, has offered the unidentified in the “asylum” in the state if he comes under harassment after reports that he once faced a criminal charge for alleged domestic violence and is under an active restraining order.DeSantis accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the juror. “If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum – I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” DeSantis on social media.

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The GuardianWar & ConflictUkraine
Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in | Simon Tisdall

Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in | Simon Tisdall

The Russian leader is ploughing on with his forever war – and each day is a crime against humanity. Western democracies cannot simply sit on their handsUkraine’s people face a winter from hell. Thwarted on the battlefield, Russia is stepping up systematic, daily attacks on civilians, their homes, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and the vital infrastructure that sustains human life. of terrifying daytime ballistic missile and jet-drone strikes on Kyiv and other cities are destroying , pharmaceutical and medical facilities, logistics centres and warehouses. The result is sharply rising civilian casualties and growing shortages of food and other essentials. As a freezing winter approaches, Russia will Ukraine’s water supplies and power grid, cutting off electricity to millions. This is Vladimir Putin’s version of darkness at noon. He’d rather kill everybody than admit he’s lost.Russia’s leader reportedly told Donald Trump this week that his “special military operation”, now in its fifth year, . Trump may believe him. Western analysts certainly don’t. , his regime is under growing domestic economic and public pressure to wind down the war. Yet Putin seems to think one last big push can finally break Ukraine’s will. Trump’s renewed meddling – after months of inertia, he sent his patsy envoys, , back to Moscow last weekend (they also visited Kyiv for the first time) – perpetuates Kremlin delusions of victory. Now there’s talk of more talks. And all the while, Putin kills and kills. Each day is a crime against humanity.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

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The GuardianScandalIraq
Making Iraq ‘normal’ again: do mass arrests and cash seizures signal end to corruption?

Making Iraq ‘normal’ again: do mass arrests and cash seizures signal end to corruption?

Government insiders say the new PM is unleashing an ‘earthquake’ to clean up the system. But Iraqis have heard it all beforeThe gates of the Green Zone in Baghdad are made of five-metre-high armoured steel, reinforced with horizontal girders, and strung between concrete pillars and anti-blast walls. Police water cannon trucks are stationed nearby, along with armoured personnel carriers and squads of heavily armed soldiers.At the first sign of street protests – over failing electricity, unemployment or, more recently, the US-Israeli attacks on Iran – the gates are shut. X-shaped vehicle barriers, made from welded iron beams and mounted on wheels, sit ready at the roadside alongside coils of razor wire; both are slid across the street, sealing off the sprawling neighbourhood, home to the presidential palace, parliament, the prime minister’s office, the massive fortress-like US embassy, and other institutions, including the homes of scores of politicians and members of parliament.

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The GuardianElectionsSweden
Swedish election: centre-left parties lead by just a single seat with most votes counted

Swedish election: centre-left parties lead by just a single seat with most votes counted

Race too close to call and may take days to become clear despite early exit polls suggesting left bloc winSweden’s left-wing parties held a lead of just one mandate on Sunday night with most of the votes counted.Earlier in the night, exit polls suggested that the country was on course for a brand new left-leaning government. But as the votes were counted, it became apparent that the race was too close to call and may take days to become clear.

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The GuardianAI
AI will transform capitalism – but how?

AI will transform capitalism – but how?

Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it’s within our power to decide what that looks likeThe idea that autonomous, thinking machines may one day destroy property, hierarchy and inequality is as old as western political thought. In Aristotle’s Politics, the philosopher cites a fantasy from the Iliad, in which machines begin to act independently of human direction, concluding: “If every tool could perform its own work when ordered, or by seeing what to do in advance … if thus shuttles wove and quills played harps of themselves, master-craftsmen would have no need of assistants and masters no need of slaves.”The dream that automation could inaugurate a classless society is also present in the writings of Karl Marx. In 1858 he imagined the replacement of intellectual property with “socialised knowledge”, which would merge into a “general intellect”, blowing the foundations of capitalism sky high.

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The GuardianSustainabilityKenya
‘Spraying should be the last option’: how farmers are exploring alternatives to pesticides

‘Spraying should be the last option’: how farmers are exploring alternatives to pesticides

When pesticide proved no match for the insect, desperate Phyllis Nvuda tried a new way to save her infested orchardFor two decades, Phyllis Nduva, 72, has grown mangoes and citrus in Wote, a town in Kenya’s eastern Makueni County. In the beginning, she only had to worry about ordinary fruit flies. She handled them simply, buying chemical pesticides and spraying her trees whenever they appeared.But then, in 2014, turned up on her farm. The small brown creature had been causing havoc in South Africa for years, and in 2007 it was spotted in Kenya.This article is published in collaboration with Egab

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Premium TimesHumanityNigeria
The collapse of a Christian generation (2), By Ayo Akerele

The collapse of a Christian generation (2), By Ayo Akerele

How to Build the Bridge of Prayer into the Next Generation Pastors must teach prayer intentionally and consistently. Churches must create active prayer meetings. Parents must pray with their children. Children must see their parents pray. Ministers must avoid diminishing prayer in their messages. Churches must promote purity of doctrine over popularity. Believers must test […] The post appeared first on .

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