"It serves no purpose, it is unjust:" 63 Australian politicians urge US to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walk free (www.theguardian.com)
Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building (www.theguardian.com)
About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured
Morocco earthquake: hope fades of finding survivors in rubble (www.theguardian.com)
Complicated rescue effort continues as questions remain about king and government’s response
Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily
US activist at ‘risk of death penalty’ in custody battle with Saudi father, rights group says (www.theguardian.com)
Bethany Alhaidari is facing a 24 October court date that will determine her future life with her eight-year-old daughter, Zaina. Human Rights Watch, which took the unusual step of submitted an amicus brief in the family dispute, has warned that the 36-year-old mother would face a “serious risk of corporal punishment, lengthy...
DeSantis eyes revoking constitutional safeguard for Florida’s Black voters (www.theguardian.com)
The state’s Republican governor is already appealing a judge’s decision to strike down unlawful election maps
Australia, women were told their babies would not survive - but Catholic hospitals refused to provide abortion (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump vows to lock up political enemies if he returns to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Former president tells Glenn Beck he would have ‘no choice’ but to lock up opponents ‘because they’re doing it to us’
Sarah Palin says US civil war ‘is going to happen’ over Trump prosecutions (www.theguardian.com)
Former vice-presidential nominee condemns prosecutors over ‘travesty’ and says ‘we’re not going to keep putting up with this’
Paul Reubens, actor best known for playing Pee-wee Herman, dies aged 70 (www.theguardian.com)
The actor died Sunday night, years after he had been diagnosed with cancer, according to his team
‘I’m not wanted’: Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee (www.theguardian.com)
Ron DeSantis’s slew of laws attacking teaching of race and gender issues sees state’s colleges struggle to fill faculty posts
Texas airport worker dies after being sucked into Delta jet engine (www.theguardian.com)
A worker at San Antonio’s international airport died after being sucked into a jet’s engine late on Friday, officials said.
Workers at over 150 US Starbucks stores to strike over Pride decorations (www.theguardian.com)
More than 3,500 employees to take part in nationwide strike, led by company’s Seattle Roastery
Are aliens that bad at parking? What we need to ask about recent UFO revelations (www.theguardian.com)
Recent claims by an ex-US intelligence agency whistleblower about alien spacecraft landings have been met with scepticism by scientists – not least over the galactic visitors’ driving skills
There is no moral high ground for Reddit as it seeks to capitalise on user data | John Naughton (www.theguardian.com)
CEO Steve Huffman says tech giants should not be able to trawl Reddit’s huge store of data for free. But that information came from users, not the company
