Morning, everyone. The record for the world’s hottest day didn’t last long. After data showed a record average global air temperature on Monday of 17.01C – surpassing the previous record set in 2016 – heatwaves in the US, China and North Africa helped push it to 17.18C on Tuesday. In Australian news, Donald Trump Jr has postponed a speaking tour this weekend for unexplained reasons and the AFL is investigating a “disgusting” online collection of naked images of players. In the world of sport there have been protests at Wimbledon, the Australian rider Jai Hindley has taken the Tour de France yellow jersey, and Australia’s women’s cricket team has fallen just three runs short in a T20 match that could have won them the Ashes.
Australia
‘Pressure cooker’ | The rental “pressure cooker” continues to heat up as rents climbed again in the last three months, particularly in the biggest cities. A median unit now costs more to rent in Sydney than a median house in every other state capital, according to Domain data.
‘Falling standards’ | A former KPMG partner turned whistleblower has urged the federal government to consider ordering a royal commission into the consulting industry and to formally ban firms that breach legal and ethical standards.
Trump tour delay | A speaking tour of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne by Donald Trump Jr has been delayed, the tour promoter said last night, blaming “unforeseen circumstances”.
‘Disgusting act’ | The AFL has launched an investigation into the sharing of naked images of past and present players online without their consent, with the players’ association calling the post “appalling and disgusting”.
World
Cancer | The number of women diagnosed with lung cancer in the UK is expected to overtake men this year for the first time, according to projections that have prompted calls for women to be as vigilant about the disease as they are about breast cancer.
Hottest day | The record global temperature could only be the beginning of a hot spell across the world thanks to the returning El Niño. The weather event has not peaked yet and, with the northern summer still in full swing, experts warned of more extreme heat. In China scientists warned July would bring more extreme weather that has left 15 people dead after torrential rain.
‘Out of control’ | Emmanuel Macron has said the French government should consider controlling and cutting off social media networks as a means of controlling the civil unrest that spread last week.
US shootings | From Washington to Fort Worth, the Fourth of July long weekend in the US was overshadowed by 16 mass shootings in which 15 people were killed and nearly 100 injured.
Clean-up begins | Palestinians are reeling in the wake of Israels’ three-day raid on Jenin, the biggest attack on the occupied West Bank in two decades.
Full Story
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In-depth
“He lived by the troll, and now he dies by the troll,” says an academic who has studied the business operations of Yevgeny Prigozhin, as a Kremlin-led backlash against the leader of the aborted mutiny in Russia gathers pace. A fascinating report from our foreign desk details how Vladimir Putin is dismantling the empire of his one-time ally that he once employed to troll enemies at home and abroad. The Kremlin also overnight denied reports that Xi Jinping had warned Putin not to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict.
Not the news
From the laugh-out-loud moments of Robert Skinner’s memoir I’d Rather Not to the emotional power of Zeynab Gamieldien’s coming-of-age novel The Scope of Permissibility, our writers pick out the best Australian books published this month.
The world of sport
Tour de France | Perth rider Jai Hindley won the first mountain stage from Pau to Laruns to take the coveted yellow jersey.
So close | England beat Australia’s women’s cricket team in a T20 match that saw the tourists fall just three runs short of a win that would have also won them the Ashes. England now trail Australia 6-2 in the series with four games to play.
Men’s Ashes | Pat Cummins is braced for a hostile reception when the third Test begins at Headingley later today, and has requested extra protection for the team’s families in case they become the subjects of abuse.
Wimbledon | Environmental protesters stopped play twice on an outside court, the second time delaying Daria Saville’s match against Britain’s Katie Boulter before the Australian went down in straight sets.
Media roundup
The Treasury has drawn up a shortlist of candidates to be next Reserve Bank governor with the winner to be revealed soon, the Australian reveals. The first half of 2023 was the deadliest on Victoria’s roads for years, the Age reports. VB has brewed up a special “England bitter” to mark the team’s refusal to share a beer with the Australians after the Ashes controversy on Sunday, the Daily Telegraph says. Tasmania’s Labor opposition leader thinks there’s a good chance the state could be heading for another election, the Hobart Mercury reports.
What’s happening today
Sydney | Natalia Baiani, former lover of the former Liberal minister Craig Laundy, is suing the party for overlooking her as a candidate.
Melbourne | There will be a case management conference in a class action against Monash IVF, with patients claiming viable embryos may have been destroyed.
Caboolture | Queensland’s opposition is convening a town hall to discuss concerns about the state health system.
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Brain teaser
And finally, here are the Guardian’s crosswords to keep you entertained throughout the day – with plenty more on the Guardian’s Puzzles app for iOS and Android. Until tomorrow.
