Bruce Lehrmann trial judge says criticism of lawyers has become ‘oppressive and unfair’ in rare warning https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/shane-drumgold-was-denied-fairness-by-lehrmann-inquiry-leading-public-integrity-barrister-says?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Barbie movie tops $1bn in global box office ticket sales, breaking record for female directors https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/07/barbie-movie-tops-1bn-in-global-box-office-ticket-sales-breaking-record-for-female-directors?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Plan to allow aerial shooting of feral horses in Kosciuszko national park welcomed by environmentalists https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/brumbies-feral-horses-kosciuszko-national-park-aerial-shooting-plan?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

China floods: at least 14 killed after torrential rain in north-east https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/china-floods-rain-weather-deaths-jilin-province-shulan-city?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Australia politics live: Megan Davis says ‘grassroots conversations’ by supporters of Indigenous voice will win referendum https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/aug/07/australia-politics-live-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-question-time-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-sofronoff-lehrmann-act-andrew-barr?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Russell Island fire: investigators examine burnt-out Queensland home where five young boys and their father died https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/investigators-examine-burnt-out-queensland-home-where-five-young-boys-and-their-father-died-in-blaze?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/06/us-scientists-achieve-net-energy-gain-second-time-fusion-reaction?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Sinéad O’Connor tribute appears in Ireland as funeral plans announced https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/06/sinead-oconnor-tribute-appears-in-ireland-as-funeral-plans-announced?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Swedish mountain lodge closes as stomach bug spreads among hikers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/06/swedish-mountain-lodge-closes-as-stomach-bug-spreads-among-hikers?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Dozens die in train crash in southern Pakistan after 10 carriages derail https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/06/dozens-die-in-train-crash-in-southern-pakistan-after-10-carriages-derail?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Help-to-buy paperwork delays still endangering property sales and remortgages https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/aug/06/help-to-buy-delays-still-blocking-property-sales-and-remortgages?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Bodies of a woman and toddler found after migrant boats sink off Lampedusa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/06/lampedusa-italy-migrant-boats-sink?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/06/bluemoose-kevin-duffy-publishing-hit-factory?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Musk offers to pay legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/06/elon-musk-twitter-x-platform?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Pence has ‘no plans to testify’ against Trump but vows to ‘obey the law’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/06/mike-pence-trump-interview?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

World Cycling Championships road race in Scotland interrupted by protesters https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/aug/06/world-cycling-championships-road-race-interrupted-by-protesters-in-scotland?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Fire engulfs historic pub famed for being wonkiest in Britain https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/06/fire-crooked-house-himley-wonkiest-pub-britain?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Questions swirl as lawsuit draws billionaire investor deeper into Epstein scandal https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/06/leon-black-lawsuit-jeffrey-epstein-scandal?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Labour would use barges to temporarily house asylum seekers, says Stephen Kinnock https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/06/labour-would-barges-temporarily-house-asylum-seekers-stephen-kinnock?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia attacks with waves of missiles and drones, says Kyiv https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/aug/06/russia-ukraine-war-live-russia-attacks-with-waves-of-missiles-and-drones-says-kyiv?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian