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US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds (www.theguardian.com)

Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women (www.theguardian.com)

WHO says contact lost with medics at al-Shifa as IDF carries out military operation inside Gaza hospital (www.theguardian.com)

Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages (www.theguardian.com)

Garment workers making clothes in Bangladesh for UK high-street brands say they are facing starvation and are having to steal and scavenge food from fields and bins to feed their children, as protests continue over a new minimum wage for the garment workforce of 4 million people....

Russia halts circulation of new ruble note after complaints from priests | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

‘Not proportionate’: Australian government urged to axe extraordinary terror powers amid low threat level (www.theguardian.com)

Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp (www.theguardian.com)

Prime minister says Italy ‘under incredible pressure’ from large number of arrivals from north Africa.

Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)

South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students (www.theguardian.com)

Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers (www.theguardian.com)

‘Pervasive and relentless’ racism on the rise in Europe, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)

The survey of 6,752 people of African descent in 13 countries – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden – found 45% had experienced racial discrimination, an increase of six percentage points from 39% in 2016.

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)

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Sharp rise in bear attacks in Japan as they struggle to find food (www.theguardian.com)

Iran accused of threatening ‘terrified’ BBC staff in London (www.theguardian.com)

Iceland declares state of emergency over volcanic eruption threat (www.theguardian.com)

‘Hostage situation’ at Hamburg airport as gunman drives on to runway (www.theguardian.com)

German police say that two children are in car used to drive through security barriers...

Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water (www.theguardian.com)

At least 21 dead after coach veers off overpass near Venice (www.theguardian.com)

FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada (www.theguardian.com)

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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game (www.theguardian.com)

‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations (www.theguardian.com)

"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...

Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez (www.theguardian.com)

The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have...

Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness (www.theguardian.com)

Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital...

Kim Kardashian’s next trick? A bra to make you look turned on by absolutely everything (www.theguardian.com)

Highlights: The new bra in Kim Kardashian’s lingerie range, with its “daring” raised nipple detail, goes on sale on Halloween, but not, I think, because the effect she’s going for is “scary”. The sales pitch is “No matter how hot it is, you will always look cold”, but I’m not sure “cold” is the look she’s...