French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third ( www.theguardian.com )
Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served ( www.theguardian.com )
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers ( www.theguardian.com )
‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling ( www.theguardian.com )
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? ( www.theguardian.com )
Tesla won’t free up use of its batteries, leaving owners unable to reap full benefits ( www.theguardian.com )
French election: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third ( www.theguardian.com )
French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government ( www.theguardian.com )
Opinion: Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? ( www.theguardian.com )
According to one journalist’s tally, the New York Times has run 192 stories on the subject since the debate, including 50 editorials and 142 news stories. The Washington Post, which has also gone for saturation coverage, published a resignation speech they wrote for him. Not to be outdone, the New Yorker’s editor-in-chief...
Jeremy Corbyn re-elected as independent in Islington North after expulsion from Labour ( www.theguardian.com )
Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape ( www.theguardian.com )
John Cena announces retirement from WWE wrestling ( www.theguardian.com )
Biden’s doctor reportedly met with top neurologist at White House ( www.theguardian.com )
Joe Biden’s doctor met with a leading Washington DC neurologist at the White House this year, it was reported on Saturday....
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint ( www.theguardian.com )
Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges ( www.theguardian.com )
HMRC withheld offshore tax avoidance figures for UK’s wealthy during election ( www.theguardian.com )
Babbling scouse youngster shows babies can have accents, say scientists ( www.theguardian.com )
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Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour ( www.theguardian.com )
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
Man busted for carrying Master Sword from Zelda in the street ( www.theguardian.com )
‘People are incandescent…’ How sewage spills became a vote-winner for the Lib Dems ( www.theguardian.com )
Polluted chalk streams in England’s South Downs infuriated voters in Chichester, a seat that had been Conservative for a century...
Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body ( www.theguardian.com )
US study that researchers say highlights chemicals’ ubiquity also shows PFAS association with seafood and red meat
Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records ( www.theguardian.com )
On social media videos, audiences throw packs of tissues around the cinema halls. Tearful TikToks from across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore show friends leaving the cinema weeping. Thailand’s latest hit film, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, has reduced audiences across south-east Asia to tears –...
TV tonight: two new telly detectives are here to thrill crime drama fans ( www.theguardian.com )
The Turkish Detective is based on Barbara Nadel’s bestselling novels. Plus: the hippy days of Ibiza are brought back to life. Here’s what to watch this evening...
