Like Putin, Viktor Orbán is learning he can act with impunity: the cash keeps flowing | Katalin Cseh (www.theguardian.com)
The EU’s capitulation to the Hungarian PM’s blackmail is a grave mistake. He seeks to reshape the bloc in his image...
State supreme court dismisses Ohio’s effort to enforce abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Abortion clinics have asked judge to block ban after amendment to state constitution was passed enshrining right to procedure...
So why did a jury find that Google held a monopoly but Apple didn’t? (www.theguardian.com)
“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public...
Details of thousands of individuals referred to the government’s controversial anti-radicalisation Prevent programme are being shared far more widely than was previously known (www.theguardian.com)
The stated aim of Prevent, which is a voluntary programme, is to divert people from terrorism before they offend. Most people do not even know that they have been referred, with about 95% of cases resulting in no further action.
World watches as landmark Jimmy Lai trial set to begin in Hong Kong (www.theguardian.com)
Territory’s global reputation on the line as media mogul and democracy activist finally tried over alleged national security crimes
France struggles to find right balance as violence at matches escalates (www.theguardian.com)
Death of a fan in early December has led to calls for drastic measures but travel bans have been met with opposition
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Trump tells rally immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘You didn’t just succeed, you Exceled’: Sydney man dubbed the ‘Annihilator’ wins spreadsheet world championship (www.theguardian.com)
Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march [UK] (www.theguardian.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by IDF in Gaza were holding makeshift white flag, official says (www.theguardian.com)
Justice Neil Gorsuch took 10 minutes to approve Dobbs abortion opinion – report (www.theguardian.com)
New York Times reports conservative supreme court justice had no changes to 98-page draft of opinion that removed right to abortion...
Senator demands answers on reports of Meta censoring pro-Palestinian content (www.theguardian.com)
Senator demands answers on reports of Meta censoring pro-Palestinian content::Elizabeth Warren sends terse letter to Mark Zuckerberg, citing human rights organizations and Wall Street Journal report
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)
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US teacher told student offended by Israeli flag he would ‘slit her throat’, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia teacher arrested after allegedly saying he would cut student’s head off after she objected to his Israeli flag...
Binder of classified material on Russia reportedly went missing in final Trump days (www.theguardian.com)
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos (www.theguardian.com)
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
US supreme court refuses to overturn Illinois assault weapons ban (www.theguardian.com)
Law was passed following Highland Park shooting in 2022, and has been challenged by gun shops and gun rights groups...
Proton Mail founder vows to fight Australia’s eSafety regulator in court rather than spy on users | Australia news | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced....
Family of 11-year-old shot by police vows to seek justice after officer gets no charges (www.theguardian.com)
Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM survivors in Kenya (www.theguardian.com)
Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced....