The Guardian Europe
Experts say the key to flood-proofing your home is self-closing airbricks, flood tape, and a deflated football - because nothing says 'climate resilience' like a toilet full of sports equipment.
BBC Politics
Argentina's president revives the Falklands claim with a history lesson, sanctions, and a hope that Trump's 'Don-roe Doctrine' outranks the 'Special Relationship'.
The Guardian
This summer's split-screen of European heatwaves and Nepalese floods shows climate chaos doesn't discriminate - only our disaster budgets do.
BBC Business
Iran-linked hackers reportedly shut down a UK power plant for four days, and the government is now advising power companies to maybe, perhaps, consider cybersecurity.
BBC Health
UK hospitals see a surge in child e-scooter injuries, with no laws to stop it - because turbo mode and zero helmet rules are a great combo.
The Guardian
Great Britain's solar installations hit a 15-year high as households finally realize fossil fuels are pricey and bad; balcony panels next.
TechCrunch
Vietnam proposes turning kids into social media lurkers, while a global wave of bans from Australia to the UK aims to protect youth by restricting access - because nothing says 'safe' like being seen and not heard.
BBC Business
The UK's competition regulator is investigating Euro Car Parks for fining drivers queuing at petrol stations, as part of a broader crackdown on parking ticket practices that have more than doubled in six years.
The Guardian
England and Wales continue to bake as Met Office confirms heatwave will persist, because the weather has apparently decided to make a point about climate change.
The Guardian
Britain's grid operator issues another heatwave alert, asking generators for extra juice as Europe sizzles and French nuclear reactors get too hot to handle.
The Guardian
Europe's heatwave kills toddlers and causes drownings, school closures, and festival cancellations - because climate change is the gift that keeps on giving.
The Guardian
Europe enters another record-breaking summer with the heatwave readiness of a tourist who forgot sunscreen, as early data shows 250 extra deaths in the UK from the latest blast.
BBC World
Kenneth Law pleads guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide in Canada, as UK families fume over no local charges - because extradition is hard, and apparently so is protecting life.
The Guardian
France and the UK smash May temperature records as a heat dome turns Europe into a pre-summer sauna, with scientists warning this is the new normal.
The Guardian
Britain's coastal froth is not a sewage surprise but a bubbly blend of algae and ocean physics - mostly harmless, just a bit gross.
The Guardian
Criminals are exploiting pension holders' confusion about upcoming inheritance tax changes with fake overseas schemes - because nothing says 'financial security' like a cold call promising a loophole.
The Atlantic
The UK passes a law that will eventually make cigarette sales illegal for anyone born after 2009, proving that if you stigmatize smoking long enough, you can just ban it outright - and maybe social media is next.
The Guardian Europe
Twins Lavinia and Michelle discovered via DNA test that they have different fathers - a biological rarity called heteropaternal superfecundation, never before documented in the UK - on the same day their mother died.
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