Tuesday briefing: Why England’s homes are built to bake – and what’s being done about it

In today's newsletter: Hotter houses are likely to become the norm, with the dangerous health impacts facing society's most vulnerable

Good morning. With temperatures soaring across Europe, fears of drought and people trying to steer clear of the most severe heat, there's one place millions of us will still not be comfortable: home.

The Guardian's Hot Property series shows how the poorest and most vulnerable are trapped inside dangerously hot homes. Even for today's temperatures much housing is inadequate, let alone the even more extreme heat predicted for the coming years, the reporting shows.

Israel-Gaza war | Hundreds of mourners carried the body of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif through the streets of Gaza City on Monday, a day after he and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike, prompting condemnation from across the world.

NHS | Attacks on A&E nurses have almost doubled over the last six years, with incidents often involving patients frustrated at waiting so long for care.

US news | Donald Trump has ordered the national guard to Washington DC and seized control of the city's police force, describing a lawless" city in ways that are sharply at odds with official crime statistics.

UK news | David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Agriculture | A study has found that Biochar, a charcoal made from human waste, could help solve fertiliser shortages as well as reduce pollution and energy use.