Is sunscreen bad for you? The truth about 'toxic' suncream claims

For many of us, slathering on sunscreen to protect our skin in the summer months is a no-brainer. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn But over the past few years social media has been awash with influencers airing their concerns about the potential dangers of this widely used product. Among them is the reality TV star Sam Faiers from The Only Way is Essex, who believes sunscreen is ‘full of toxic ingredients’. None of her family use sunscreen, she says, adding that her children have built up ‘a really good tolerance’ to the sun. But is that true? Or a dangerous claim? Science Weekly podcast presenter Madeleine Findlay braved this season’s latest heatwave to explain how sunscreen works and why you should, on balance, still be slapping it on. Listen to the full breakdown of where the science stands – and what we can do all year round to protect our skin. And for the full episode of our science podcast tap the link ► https://ift.tt/pEXUk0J #sunscreen #suncream #spf #sun #suntan #science #heatwave #shorts

Notting Hill Carnival ‘means freedom to me’

Notting Hill Carnival has arrived, taking over the August Bank Holiday once again. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Now in its sixth decade, it’s the largest festival of its kind in Europe - a vibrant celebration of Black British culture and a cornerstone of London’s identity. Each year, it draws crowds from across the world with its spectacular parades, powerful sound systems, and dazzling mas (masquerade) bands. This year, Kensington and Chelsea council and Westminster city council have allocated an extra £1m to improve safety, following recommendations from an independent review. We spoke to our colleague Mel Christian, who has been part of Carnival for most of her life, to get a behind-the-scenes look at the months of preparation that go into the mas bands - and to hear what the festival means to her. For more stories on Black life and culture, sign up to the Guardian’s Long Wave newsletter for free ► https://ift.tt/Usucnd8

Steve Bannon on Trump's meme coin

Donald Trump’s second presidency has led to allegations of pervasive self-dealing. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn That’s why Guardian US reporter Oliver Laughland travelled across south Florida to better understand the perception of these allegations, and even met with Republican strategist Steve Bannon. Watch Anywhere but Washington ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx99Sg6SnlY&list=PLa_1MA_DEorE_f7l1-ccZRKvaQ8NdotAA&index=1 #trumpcoin #trump #donaldtrump #stevebannon #memecoin #memcoins #anywherebutwashington

I'm clearing plastic 'tsunamis' from Guatemala's rivers – here's what needs to change

Ever wonder where your plastic rubbish ends up after you throw it away? Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Eight billion tonnes of plastic waste are now polluting the entire planet, from the top of Mount Everest to the deepest ocean trench, according to a recent review published in the Lancet. And while countries and companies came together this week for the final round of talks on what would have been the world’s first treaty to limit plastic pollution, talks failed on Thursday after deadlock over whether it should reduce exponential growth of plastic production and put global, legally binding controls on toxic chemicals used to make plastics. In Guatemala, Guillermo Sosa has seen first-hand how plastic is choking the planet from his work clearing ‘trash tsunamis’ surging from the capital city to the rivers around it. It’s a job he’s worried he’s going to be doing for a long time. “This is the result – our rivers, oceans contaminated” says Sosa, operations manager at non-profit @theoceancleanup whose mission is to halt the trash flow from rivers, and remove legacy plastics from the oceans. It is estimated that roughly 40% of the ocean’s surface is covered in plastic debris and if our plastic consumption and behaviour continues, scientists warn that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean as soon as 2030. Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. The driver of the crisis is a huge acceleration of plastic production, which is set to almost triple to more than a billion tonnes a year by 2060 – especially single use. Watch to find out more about where our plastic waste ends up – and what needs to be done about it. And read more about how petrostates and well-funded lobbyists helped derail a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the environment by tapping the link ► https://ift.tt/xduP6HR #plasticpollution #plastic #plasticwaste #oceancleanup #pollution #guatemala

We asked Trump supporters what they think of corruption allegations the president faces

For the latest episode of Anywhere but Washington, Guardian US reporter Oliver Laughland visited the Turning Point Student Action conference, one of the most mobile youth Maga groups. Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn He spoke to gen Z Trump supporters on their concerns – or rather, their lack of concerns – over bribery allegations against Trump, including the $400m luxury jet gifted to him by Qatar. Follow the link in bio to watch The Maga Grift ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx99Sg6SnlY&pp=0gcJCa0JAYcqIYzv #maga #anywherebutwashington #trump #donaldtrump #turningpointusa #politics #usa #qatar

How a dam removal helped the Klamath river burst back to life

In 2024, the Klamath River was reborn. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn After a decades-long and hard-fought campaign led by Indigenous leaders and environmental activists, the final of four hydroelectric dams, which stood for more than an century on the river, were removed. It was the largest project of its kind in US history. Gabrielle Canon, the Guardian US’s climate reporter and extreme weather correspondent, traveled to the California-Oregon border to visit the Klamath in its first spring since the dam removal project took place. There, she was able to able to discover how it has benefitted local salmon populations and Indigenous communities. Follow the link for more ► https://ift.tt/sZNwdS1 #klamathriver #usa #environment #california #oregon #indigenousamericans #nativeamericans #klamathriverdams #damremoval

How Gaza food sites became deadly for Palestinians

A Guardian investigation analysing visual evidence, bullets, medical data and patterns of injuries from two hospitals in Gaza, as well as interviews with medical organisations, surgeons and survivors, across approximately 50 days of food distribution, appears to show a sustained Israeli pattern of firing on Palestinians seeking food. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Manisha Ganguly, our visual forensics lead and investigations correspondent, has spent two months collecting evidence and studying more than 30 videos of gunfire near food distribution sites run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). She found Palestinians seeking aid were being indiscriminately shot at by the Israeli military. Over the 48 days investigated, more than 2,000 people were injured and hundreds killed, mostly by gunshots. The Guardian collected photos of eight bullets from doctors at Nasser hospital and showed these images to weapons experts. One was found to be definitely Israeli, another could belong to either Israeli or Hamas snipers and the other six were high-velocity military issue. Ganguly recorded Israeli fire near food distribution sites on at least 11 days. For most incidents, the Israeli military said it fired ‘warning shots’. A legal expert said the Guardian’s findings showed the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] had possibly breached the Geneva conventions. The IDF said its forces had opened fire on a group of people they viewed as a threat but denied targeting civilians, adding it was investigating the events. To learn more about the story of Palestinians, such as 23-year-old Ehab Nuor – who features in this video – and for the full investigation, tap the link ► https://ift.tt/vItdZYK

Palestine Action protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over

“I’m not scared of getting arrested …we are actually safer than the youngsters,” one protester told the Guardian at the Palestine Action ban protest in London this weekend. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn A total of 532 people were arrested on Saturday at the largest demonstration relating to the group since it was proscribed by the UK government last month. All but 10 were arrested under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for displaying supportive placards or signs. An age breakdown released by the Metropolitan police on Sunday revealed that almost 100 of those detained were in their 70s and 15 were in their 80s. Of the 519 people with confirmed dates of birth, 49.9% were 60 or older. Hundreds attended the event in Parliament Square organised by Defend Our Juries, which asked participants to hold up signs saying: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” Watch this video to hear from people at the protest and watch the full video here ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3NYfVuF_M #gaza #gazagenocide #palestine #palestineaction #israel #uk #protest #defendourjuries #middleeast #metpolice #police

Opposing the UK’s new online safety law doesn’t put me on the side of predators

Have you been asked for your ID to access a website recently? If you’re in the UK, that might have happened because of the recent Online Safety Act, a landmark piece of legislation that came into effect in late July. It requires social media sites and other internet platforms to implement safety measures – designed to stop children seeing inappropriate content – or face large fines. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn “Very few people would dispute the goals behind the Online Safety Act: to try and protect children from seeing content that they ought not to,” says technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker. Under the act, social media platforms and large search engines must prevent children accessing pornography and material that promotes or encourages suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. This content must be kept off children’s feeds entirely. However, campaigners fear that the broad strokes of the bill could silence vulnerable communities, stifle political speech and create massive new databases of personal data. Criticism of the bill has become "intensely politicised”, say Stokel-Walker. Donald Trump’s allies have dubbed it the “UK’s online censorship law”, and the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, added fuel to the fire by claiming that Nigel Farage’s opposition to the act put him “on the side” of the notorious sex offender Jimmy Savile. But, “we should consider it less as a culture wars issue and more as a civil liberties issue”, says Stokel-Walker. Watch this video to learn more. Want to read in-depth about another perspective? Find out what the right – and left – is getting wrong about the Online Safety Act, according to someone who helped draft Ofcom’s regulatory guidance, by clicking the link ► https://ift.tt/zHQ9MsY #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlinecensorship #theinternet #uk #politics #inappropriate

‘I’m retired, and I’m not scared’: hundreds arrested at Palestine Action protest

The Guardian spoke to protesters and bystanders in Parliament Square, London, at the largest demonstration relating to Palestine Action since the group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government. More than 530 people were arrested at the protest on Saturday, which was organised by the campaign group Defend Our Juries. The Met said it was the most arrests it had made related to a single operation in at least the past decade Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/MR9jQmI Website ► https://ift.tt/FU3Qs6j Facebook ► https://ift.tt/tGoYjxw Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/rYfgqEk The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #palestinianaction #israel #gaza #palestine

Trump’s new gilded age: fearmongering, mass deportations and self-enrichment

The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to southern Florida, home not only to some of president Trump’s vast sources of personal wealth, including his beach club, Mar-a-Lago, but also one of the epicenters of his mass deportation program, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’. At a Turning Point Student Action Summit—an annual gathering targeted at Gen Z conservatives—Laughland meets Republican strategist Steve Bannon, and asks him what he makes of Trump’s brazen efforts to monetise the presidency Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/BMDfmQP Website ► https://ift.tt/oxFn3Pd Facebook ► https://ift.tt/xRw7tCq Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/ZeEIJzY The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #AnywhereButWashington #southernFlorida #Mar-a-Lago #AlligatorAlcatraz #Laughland #SteveBannon #Republican #GenZconservatives

A Palestinian Doctor in Israel's healthcare system

Across the world, newly graduated medical students take an oath to uphold the ethics of medical practice. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan, a Palestinian living and working in Israel, teaches medical ethics as well as practising as a physician, caring for both Israeli and Palestinian patients. In Israel’s internationally acclaimed healthcare system, regarded as one of the world’s leading examples, a quarter of doctors are Palestinian citizens of Israel. While the medical oath calls for equal care for all patients, Lina sees a profession increasingly at odds with that principle. Since filming began in February 2024, and with the conflict continuing to escalate ever since, Lina's commitment to the oath remains unwavering I’m one of many Palestinian doctors in Israel. We’re being persecuted – but we won’t abandon our oath ► https://ift.tt/hLXk8Ge The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/NcAMIJG Website ► https://ift.tt/KFljNWw Facebook ► https://ift.tt/N5ZhMty Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/Oq6a9B4 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #GuardianDocumentaries #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #PalestinianDoctor #DrLinaQasem-Hassan #TheOath

To be a Palestinian doctor in Israel’s healthcare system

Across the world, newly graduated medical students take an oath to uphold the ethics of medical practice. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan, a Palestinian living and working in Israel, teaches medical ethics as well as practising as a physician, caring for both Israeli and Palestinian patients. In Israel’s internationally acclaimed healthcare system, regarded as one of the world’s leading examples, a quarter of doctors are Palestinian citizens of Israel. While the medical oath calls for equal care for all patients, Lina sees a profession increasingly at odds with that principle. Since filming began in February 2024, and with the conflict continuing to escalate ever since, Lina's commitment to the oath remains unwavering I’m one of many Palestinian doctors in Israel. We’re being persecuted – but we won’t abandon our oath ► https://ift.tt/hLXk8Ge The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/NcAMIJG Website ► https://ift.tt/KFljNWw Facebook ► https://ift.tt/N5ZhMty Twitter ► https://twitter.com/guardian Instagram ► https://ift.tt/Oq6a9B4 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #GuardianDocumentaries #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #PalestinianDoctor #DrLinaQasem-Hassan #TheOath