Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether The Irish author Sally Rooney has told the high court she is highly unlikely to be able to publish new work in the UK while the ban on Palestine Action remains in effect because of her public support for the group. On the second day of the legal challenge to Palestine Action’s proscription, the effect on Rooney, who said her books could disappear from UK stores altogether, was held up as an example of its impact on freedom of expression. Continue reading...

The Thatcherite notion of tax as wicked must be challenged in the upcoming budget. Target unearned wealth; explain that tax creates a decent society, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise

As Labour flounders and dabbles in the politics of hatred to gain a point or two, it is those far from power who will suffer most, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Homes without heating, bedrooms without beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisive, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

Charities sound alarm over plan to give asylum seekers just 28 days to find new housing after a decision on their case

IPC says famine is ‘entirely man-made’ and immediate response is needed or avoidable deaths will soar

The Home Office has authorised the medical evacuation of up to 50 critically ill or injured children from Gaza to the UK for treatment in the coming weeks.

Peer opposed banning group and says fellow Labour peers and MPs are regretting proscription A former cabinet minister has said the UK government is “digging itself into a hole” over Palestine Action and fellow Labour peers and MPs were regretting voting to ban the group. The warning by Peter Hain, who opposed proscription, came as a Labour backbencher who supported it said the issue would arise again when parliament returned in September. Continue reading...

More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid * Middle East crisis – live updates Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson are among more than 200 writers who have signed a letter calling for an “immediate and complete” boycott of Israel until the people of Gaza are given adequate food, water and aid. Hanif Kureishi, Brian Eno, Elif Shafak, George Monbiot, Benjamin Myers, Geoff Dyer and Sarah Hall also signed the letter, which advocates the cessation of all “trade, exchange and business” with Israel. Continue reading...

As horrific images emerge and western nations move to recognise Palestine, the Israeli PM’s defiance-at-all-costs strategy is falling apart, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Israeli forces open fire on hungry Palestinians near Gaza City in one of bloodiest incidents involving aid seekers

We spoke to Nick Maynard - a British gastrointestinal surgeon, who is currently in Gaza, working at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

The anonymous writer has seen horror after horror in the 21 months since he was driven from his home in Gaza City. How has he kept going? And does he have any hope left?

The child, who has not been formerly identified, is only the second to have died due to measles in the UK in the past decade

Number living in affected households rose by 37,000 (2%) in year to April, as pressure grows on government to scrap policy

Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap