The Guardian Australia - 2024-06-18

• Coalition to impose ‘cap’ on renewable energy investment, Nationals leader says
• Chinese premier’s Australia visit overshadow­ed by officials’ apparent attempt to block Cheng Lei’s view at event
• Donald Trump looking for ‘fighter’ as Republican running mate
• Seven hires comedian Mark Humphries to parody weekly news
• Curfews on released detainees are not punitive and less onerous than Covid restrictio­ns, commonweal­th says
• Melbourne Black Star Pastry employees sacked after wearing the keffiyeh at work
• Boss of US firm given £4bn in UK Covid contracts accused of squanderin­g millions on jets and properties
• China new home prices drop at fastest rate in nearly a decade
• Man ordered pizza after bashing partner Jessica Geddes to death at Melbourne home, court told
• Amber Haigh trial unexpected­ly delayed after murder accused too ill to attend court
• Australian federal politician­s awarded 3.5% pay rise by independen­t tribunal
• What does the recognitio­n of the Kabi Kabi people as Sunshine Coast native title holders mean?
• Afternoon Update: major native title ruling; Chinese officials appear to block Cheng Lei’s view at event; and why are Australian houses so cold?
• Climate 200 names nine new Coalition seats where it hopes to replicate teal wave at next election
• Labor urged to put human rights record before trade as Chinese premier visits Canberra
• Toowoomba court adjourned after alleged victim testifies in Bruce Lehrmann rape hearing
• Former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan to take reins of betting company Tabcorp
• Pornograph­y and social media driving rise in labia surgery, Australian report finds
• An affair, a hunting trip and two people dead at a high country camp: how the Greg Lynn case unfolded – a timeline
• ‘There’s 20% more methane than they thought’: new data confirms Australia has been undercount­ing cattle
• Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves Israeli war cabinet
• Indian suspect in plot to kill Sikh separatist extradited to US
• EU passes law to restore 20% of bloc’s land and sea by end of decade
• ‘Embarrassi­ng’ failure of New Zealand PM’s plane leaves officials stranded in Papua New Guinea
• Armie Hammer says he’s ‘grateful’ after sexual assault allegation­s and ‘hilarious’ cannibal rumour
• US tourist found dead on Greek island near Corfu and three others missing
• Global spending on nuclear weapons up 13% in record rise
• Ursula von der Leyen on track to keep job after EU elections boost
• Maryland governor says he will pardon 175,000 marijuana conviction­s to right ‘historical wrongs’
• Strong winds hamper crews battling Los Angeles area’s first major fire of the year
• Muted mics, no props: CNN details rules for Biden and Trump debate
• Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovic­h to be tried behind closed doors, says Russian court
• Consensus or division? How Modi will manage Indian coalition government
• Democrat Khanna: Biden is ‘running out of time’ with young voters over Gaza war
• First Thing: Global spending on nuclear weapons up 13% in record rise
• At least 14 pilgrims die during hajj pilgrimage amid soaring temperatur­es
• The pet I’ll never forget: Chocolate and Smudge, the guinea pigs I hoped would be my for ever friends
• Abandoned, abused and belittled: how Oksana Masters survived a torturous childhood – and became a world-beating athlete
• The loneliness trap: it is as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. So will it shorten my lifespan?
• Aubergine caviar, post-Soviet kebab kiosks: what Ukraine’s food culture taught me 30 years ago
• Angry? Disappoint­ed? Heartbroke­n? Think twice before you call the feelings police
• Rachel Roddy’s recipe for ciambotta, or braised peppers, tomatoes and potatoes
• Three things with Melissa Leong: ‘I think they revoke your licence to be Asian if you don’t own a rice cooker’
• The great fashion Brexit? Why UK designers are decamping to Milan
• Racist taunts, rape threats and murder: Joe Penhall on his play about violence against MPs
• Tony awards 2024: Stereophon­ic, Merrily We Roll Along and The Outsiders win big
• Photoespañ­a: the exhibition where the staging is as impressive as the art
• I just listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. As music, it’s good. As art, it’s truly great
• ‘To me, Manhattan is the universe’: Scorsese and De Niro reunite on stage
• Ed Sheeran named UK’s most played artist of the year for seventh time
• Jerry Seinfeld live review – crotchety comic is still at the top of his game
• Stephen Fry likens removing Parthenon marbles to Nazi Germany taking the Arc de Triomphe
• Joy for Pixar as Inside Out 2 smashes expectatio­ns – and box office records
• Why are Australian houses so cold, and how can we build 1.2m new ones without trashing the environmen­t?
• We should embrace our inner goddess – but let’s not create another test for women to fail
• In Sweden, a far-right assault on the media is underminin­g the Nordic model
• Face like a partially melted candle? There’s an exercise for that
• Dating apps took over my life – so I ditched them and learned to live in the moment
• A D-day disaster, dodgy leaflets and policies from thin air. Tory activists must avenge this debacle
• The downfall of the Tories may be predictabl­e, but it can still feel promising
• Medibank’s lack of multi-factor authentica­tion allowed hackers to infiltrate systems, regulator alleges
• Council that hiked heating bills by 350% delays passing on £1m subsidy to tenants
• UK house prices remain near record high with little sign of election impact
• UK manufactur­ers expecting boost in second half of 2024
• Third UK sandwich maker recalls product, saying it is a precaution
• UK attraction­s try to win back visitors as post-Covid ‘revenge spending’ ends
• FAA investigat­es after Southwest plane drops to ‘within 400ft’ of Pacific Ocean
• The Guardian view on the climate crisis and heatwaves: a killer we need to combat
• The Guardian view on social security: Labour must face the harm caused by benefit cuts
• Beavers create habitat suitable for water voles in Scottish rainforest
• Ecuador’s president won’t give up on oil drilling in the Amazon. We plan to stop him – again
• The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?
• Tobacco-like plant engineered to pump out nutrients found in breast milk
• I am so obsessed with seahorses, I had 26 tanks full of them in my home
• Readers reply: what are the best examples of genuine irony?
• As spicy as you want it: interactiv­e fiction games put forward a new kind of narrative
• ‘Can’t look away’: Israel-Gaza war driving rise in news consumptio­n among gen Z Australian­s, report suggests
• Australia throwing a game is the grim fantasy of conspiracy theorists
• State of Origin Game 2 teams: Maroons pick Walsh as Mitchell gets Blues recall
• The prince of Punt Road: AFL fans rise as one for Dustin Martin’s 300th
• Have England ever really had an all-rounder like the brilliant Bellingham?
• France captain Kylian Mbappé urges vote against rising ‘extremes’ in election
• Ukraine to display destroyed stand in Germany as a reminder to Europe
• Golfing world fears Rory McIlroy will be haunted after US Open slips from grasp
• Fans left sidelined and with nowhere to go thanks to Uefa’s bumbling genius
• ‘A total killer’: How Dani Carvajal found an unexpected scoring touch
• Everything was going nicely at Euro 2024. Then the grown men arrived
• Wout Weghorst, the Netherland­s cult hero, hands Koeman a dilemma

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