Iowa rights groups sue over law banning LGBTQ+ books and discussion in school (www.theguardian.com)
Suit by several families and organizations seek to have law declared as violation of students’ and teachers’ free speech
Victims of French serial killer face last chance for justice as accomplice of ‘Ogre’ goes on trial (www.theguardian.com)
Russia wages electronic warfare ‘using UK-made tech’, Ukraine dossier claims (www.theguardian.com)
‘Alive with rats’: north Queensland town of Karumba overrun by plague of swimming rodents (www.theguardian.com)
Former state department official who made Islamophobic comments to vendor arrested for hate crime (www.theguardian.com)
The street vendor in Manhattan who was racially harangued about the Gaza conflict woke to huge lines of well-wishing customers on Wednesday as the the former state department official who was filmed berating him was arrested and charged with racial harassment and stalking as a hate crime....
Canada-China detention feud reopened after claims of ‘unwitting’ espionage (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha arrested by Israelis in Gaza, family says (www.theguardian.com)
The American Book Award winner was said to be heading south for the Rafah crossing when he was picked up at a checkpoint
Albania opposition starts fire in parliament during anti-government protest (www.theguardian.com)
David Cameron’s backing of Beijing-funded development raises questions over business dealings (www.theguardian.com)
Israel kills Hamas militants in Jenin raid as violence surges in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
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Bangladeshi garment workers fighting for pay face increasing violence and threats. (www.theguardian.com)
Masuma Akhtar arrived at the garment factory where she works on the outskirts of Dhaka on 31 October, she was expecting a normal shift. Instead, she was met with brute violence. “The moment I walked through the factory gates, a group of armed men began beating me with wooden sticks,” says Akhtar. “I fell down on to the...
WHO says contact lost with medics at al-Shifa as IDF carries out military operation inside Gaza hospital (www.theguardian.com)
Top German journalist received €600,000 from Putin ally, leak reveals (www.theguardian.com)
PwC Cyprus moved £1bn for Russian tycoon on day he was put under sanctions (www.theguardian.com)
UK to loosen post-Brexit chemical regulations further | Pollution | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
What do we know about forced labour in Xinjiang? (www.theguardian.com)
Tony Blair ‘discussing situation’ in Gaza and open to role in effort to end crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Across the world compassion for migrants has given way to cruel proformance politics. (www.theguardian.com)
Wednesday, the UK supreme court will give its verdict on the Rwanda deportation scheme. The decision will clearly have a major impact on those who face deportation. It will have an impact, too, on the political debate about immigration, with government supporters either hailing a victory or bemoaning the treachery of the liberal...
How Russia is recruiting Wagner fighters to continue war in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Civilian death rate in Israeli airstrikes higher than in past conflicts, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of cyber-attack secret | Optus | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
‘Billionaire club’: the tiny island of Barbuda braces for decision on land rights and nature (www.theguardian.com)
Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say (www.theguardian.com)
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