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Macron accused of authoritarianism after threat to cut off social media (www.theguardian.com)

Élysée insists French president not advocating general blackout as ministers say rioters using platforms to organise violence

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s $6bn spend on ‘sportswashing’ (www.theguardian.com)

Saudi Arabia has spent at least $6.3bn (£4.9bn) in sports deals since early 2021, more than quadruple the previous amount spent over a six-year period, in what critics have labelled an effort to distract from its human rights record....

Israel-Hamas fake news thrives on poorly regulated online platforms (www.theguardian.com)

Claims on X and Telegram include downplaying 7 October Hamas attack and allegations Palestinians are faking scenes of suffering

Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)

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Dozens of Malaysians rescued in Peru after being trafficked to commit online fraud (www.theguardian.com)

Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say

Delhi air pollution spikes to 100 times WHO health limit (www.theguardian.com)

Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution (www.theguardian.com)

AI boom may not have positive outcome, warns UK competition watchdog (www.theguardian.com)

Israel accuses BBC of ‘modern blood libel’ over reporting of hospital strike. BBC defends initial comments, saying they were made in immediate aftermath but were then clarified in later reports (www.theguardian.com)

AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden (www.theguardian.com)

Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system

What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail? (www.theguardian.com)

Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention

14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown Bangkok (www.theguardian.com)

What Modi won’t show the G20: Muslims killed, harassed by the police and abused in school (www.theguardian.com)

The PM is keen to show India as the ‘mother of democracy’, but this is one of the most undemocratic periods in its history, says the journalist Rana Ayyub

‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models (www.theguardian.com)

Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals

Mob storms Dagestan airport in search of Jewish passengers from Israel | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Poland exit polls: PiS party wins most votes but opposition coalition possible (www.theguardian.com)

In short, by the exit polls:...

French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims (www.theguardian.com)

The 14-year-old boy was put in handcuffs and marched out of his classroom on Monday.

Adidas chief exec: Kanye West ‘didn’t mean what he said’ with antisemitic comments (www.theguardian.com)

Bjørn Gulden, chief executive of Adidas, has lamented the end of the company’s lucrative partnership with Kanye West, saying, “I don’t think he meant what he said,” regarding the rapper’s antisemitic comments in October 2022....