The ObserverIsrael-Gaza warAttacks in the Red Sea. An airstrike in Baghdad. As the conflict with Hamas bleeds across borders, is wider violence inevitable? Mohammad Atout, a Palestinian resident of the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, was eating with his children on Tuesday evening when the news broke across the Lebanese capital that Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau, had been assassinated. “Someone told me there had been an attack [in Beirut].

Birds This article is more than 1 year oldSwedish firm deploys crows to pick up cigarette buttsThis article is more than 1 year oldClever corvids become newest weapon in Södertälje’s war against street litter Crows are being recruited to pick up discarded cigarette butts from the streets and squares of a Swedish city as part of a cost-cutting drive. The wild birds carry out the task as they receive a little food for every butt that they deposit in a bespoke machine designed by a startup in Södertälje, near Stockholm.

OpinionA-levels This article is more than 5 months oldThe Guardian view on England’s class of ’23: failed by the governmentThis article is more than 5 months oldEditorialThe Whitehall decision to return to pre-pandemic grading was premature, and unfair on a cohort whose education was defined by Covid The students who this week collected their A-level results overcame a formidable set of challenges. The class of 2023 were plunged into their first formal examinations only this summer, having been awarded their GCSEs by teacher assessment due to the pandemic.

California This article is more than 4 months oldCalifornia orders bottled water firm to stop drawing from natural springsThis article is more than 4 months oldBlueTriton, the company that owns Arrowhead brand, has been taking water from San Bernardino springs for more than 100 years California has ordered the company that owns Arrowhead bottled water to stop using some of the natural springs it has utilized for more than a century, following a years-long campaign by environmentalists to stop the operation.

Denmark Denmark royal family: Queen Margrethe II formally signs her abdication – video Queen Margrethe II has formally signed her abdication, ending her 52-year reign as Denmark’s longest-serving monarch. Denmark’s prime minister then proclaimed Frederik X as king on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen Denmark’s King Frederik X takes throne after Margrethe abdicates Source: DKHOST via AP Sun 14 Jan 2024 16.21 GMT Last modified on Tue 16 Jan 2024 23.