Brutal storms forecast for north-east US as south battles unrelenting heat https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/more-heat-in-us-south-brutal-storms-in-north-east?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

England has lost at least 1,500 bus routes since 2021, figures show https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/07/england-has-lost-at-least-1500-bus-routes-since-2021-figures-show?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

A Norwegian newspaper’s “transparency portal” aims to anticipate and answer reader questions about reporting https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/a-norwegian-newspapers-transparency-portal-aims-to-anticipate-and-answer-reader-questions-about-reporting/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Moscow targets Kharkiv region in effort to regain ground from Ukrainians https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/moscow-targets-kharkiv-region-in-bid-to-regain-ground-from-ukrainians?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Dan Wootton allegedly used Martin Branning pseudonym to meet male model https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/07/dan-wootton-allegedly-used-martin-branning-pseudonym-to-meet-male-model?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Hiker describes squalid conditions at evacuated Swedish mountain lodge https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/hiker-describes-squalid-conditions-at-evacuated-swedish-mountain-lodge?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Nebraska teen, mother imprisoned for abortion is just a taste of post-Roe America https://therealnews.com/nebraska-teen-mother-imprisoned-for-abortion-is-just-a-taste-of-post-roe-america?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

Black women are under attack: Here’s how to protect our sisters in the movement https://therealnews.com/black-women-under-attack-how-to-protect-our-sisters-movement?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

Federal court strikes down Mississippi’s ‘Jim Crow’ felon disenfranchisement law https://therealnews.com/federal-court-strikes-down-mississippis-jim-crow-felon-disenfranchisement-law?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #leftist

First occupants of Bibby Stockholm barge taken onboard https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/07/first-occupants-of-bibby-stockholm-barge-taken-onboard?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

First asylum seekers arrive on Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/aug/07/small-boats-home-office-asylum-seekers-ascension-island-rwanda-policy-uk-politics-live-latest?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Labour’s shared values with Democrats will aid UK-US trade deals, says shadow minister https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/07/labours-shared-values-with-democrats-will-aid-uk-us-trade-deals-says-shadow-minister?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Kuwait bans hit Australian horror film Talk to Me over casting of trans actor Zoe Terakes https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/07/kuwait-bans-hit-australian-horror-film-talk-to-me-over-casting-of-trans-actor-zoe-terakes?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Victoria woman who hosted suspected deadly mushroom lunch says ‘I didn’t do anything’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/victoria-mushroom-poisoning-deaths-investigation-south-gippsland?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Russia-Ukraine war live: US and German air defence systems producing ‘significant results’, Zelenskiy says https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/aug/07/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-german-air-defence-systems-producing-significant-results-zelenskiy-says?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Body of Melbourne woman Maryam Hamka believed to have been found in bushland https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/body-of-melbourne-woman-maryam-hamka-believed-to-have-been-found-in-bushland?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Organisers to clear South Korean Scout jamboree site early as typhoon looms https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/world-scout-jamboree-to-end-early-as-typhoon-khanun-looms-in-wake-of-heatwave?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Former BHP worker jailed for more than five years for raping colleague at mining camp https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/bhp-worker-jailed-fifo-mining-camp-rape-ryan-john-zabaznow?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/chinese-soldiers-pledge-to-sacrifice-their-lives-in-documentary-on-taiwan-invasion?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Rise in preventable child deaths in Victorian hospitals prompts formation of new service https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/safer-care-for-kids-victoria-preventable-child-deaths?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian