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Interest rate dilemma for central banks as inflation rises but growth slows Guardian Business • Economy Britain's scorched fields mean a food crisis – and the government is ignoring the one measure that would help | George Monbiot Guardian Business • International New UK cost of living crisis looms with soaring energy bills forecast to lift inflation Guardian Business • Breaking News Temporary ban on disposable BBQs as military deployed to help battle wildfires BBC • Health & Safety Burnham criticised for EV and North Sea approach amid climate crisis Guardian Business • UK Politics RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 4.35% as house prices continue to fall The Guardian • Breaking News Typhoon Dolphin: more than a million people evacuated in China as record rainfall dumped on Shanghai The Guardian • Health & Safety Andy Burnham considers disposable barbecue ban ahead of emergency Cobra meeting as Britain faces 38C with 'extreme heat' warnings issued Daily Mail • UK Politics US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived Guardian Business • Health & Safety Monday briefing: How the new phase of confrontation at al-Aqsa signals a challenge to the status quo The Guardian • International Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris Guardian Business • Crime & Justice Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak Guardian Business • Health & Safety ‘Unprecedented’ rain kills four in Japan as thousands stranded at airport The Guardian • Health & Safety Drought, water rationing and dry rivers: our water crisis is here | Peter Gleick Guardian Business • Other ‘A horrible nightmare’: the shocking story of the eBay harassment scandal Guardian Business • Corporate Drama Effects of Record-Breaking El Niño Are Happening on 3 Continents NY Times • Breaking News A-level results day: Record number of students expected to get into first-choice universities but NEET crisis lingers Independent • Lifestyle Jamie Oliver beats the hosepipe ban to keep his garden lush and green in record-breaking drought - by using water from his own personal lake Daily Mail • Breaking News Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube The Guardian • Brexit Heat Deaths in a ‘Cold’ Country Are a Warning to the Rest of Europe NY Times • Health & Safety Burnham's zero hours reforms 'a hammer blow to young people' Sky News • Labor David Ellison Floats Hollywood Exit as States Threaten His Warner Bros. Deal NY Times • Entertainment How Iran Adapted Its Attacks as U.S. War Munitions Dwindled NY Times • Other Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell Guardian Business • Health & Safety Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity Guardian Business • Tech Uefa, Concacaf and AFC push for Infantino to quit and discuss rival competitions Guardian Business • Politics Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens BBC • Brexit Turbocharge special needs internships to help tackle UK youth jobs crisis, says Milburn Guardian Business • Health & Safety Emergency phone alert put domestic abuse victims at risk, campaigners say BBC • Health & Safety Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon kill 11 in worst toll since June truce The Guardian • International Concerns grow over increased global ties with Taliban in Afghanistan The Guardian • International The Papers: 'Row professor found dead' and 'barbecue ban' BBC • Health & Safety Entrenched, Embattled and Defiant, the Taliban Celebrate 5 Years in Power NY Times • Other Millions startled by blaring emergency alert warning of 'very high' wildfire risk Mirror • Health & Safety Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule BBC • Other The Taliban has taken a terrible toll on the education of girls -- and boys as well NPR • Lifestyle Nicole Kidman reveals why she was warned off marrying Tom Cruise aged 23 in rare remarks on failed union... after Keith Urban divorce Daily Mail • Entertainment Romania shuts its last nuclear reactor as drought-hit Danube river drops to record low The Guardian • Cost of Living 'No cosmetic surgery is worth risking a life - and the warnings must be heard' Mirror • Other Female Afghans Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule NY Times • Other Israeli Settlers Resume West Bank Siege After Eviction NY Times • Other Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies NY Times • International Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack BBC • International Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos NY Times • Other How Social Media Sparked a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco NY Times Business • Immigration Jake Whisenant, Who Raced Up Yosemite’s El Capitan at Record Speed, Dies in a Fall NY Times • Health & Safety Major Quake Hits Colombia, Killing at Least 111 NY Times • US Politics ‘It’s very challenging’: how the Duke of Westminster’s farm is taking on the climate crisis Guardian Business • UK Politics Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice Guardian Business • Health & Safety Super El Nino enters 'historic' second phase as UK weather dealt massive setback Mirror • Weather & Disasters