Myanmar junta facing biggest challenge yet after new offensive by armed groups, analysts say (www.theguardian.com)
Military exercises near Taiwan aimed at combating ‘arrogance’ of separatists, says China (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal police using AI to analyse data obtained under surveillance warrants (www.theguardian.com)
The AFP’s use of AI has been limited so far but the agency hopes the technology will help police identify money laundering and potential fraud
US cities say they turn food waste into compost. Is it a problem when they don’t? (www.theguardian.com)
The scraps in your bin marked ‘compost’ may end up as methane. Here’s what that means...
Through the lens: spectacular science on a small scale – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)
There’s some really cool pictures in here for the 2023 Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology image contest.
West African leaders activate standby force to put pressure on junta in Niger (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens injured after protesters storm Eritrean festival in Stockholm (www.theguardian.com)
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Hundreds of millions in UK aid returns to Treasury in VAT on asylum hotel bills (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of millions of pounds in British aid spending is returning to the Treasury each year in tax, thanks to the spiralling cost of housing asylum seekers in UK hotels....
Netanyahu says Israel will have ‘overall security responsibility’ in Gaza after war (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors, poets, families, babies: victims of Israel’s war on Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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Indian opposition unites in attempt to oust Narendra Modi (www.theguardian.com)
Included in the coalition are India’s largest national opposition, the Congress party, as well as powerful regional parties such as Trinamool Congress, which governs the state of West Bengal under the popular chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, and the Aam Aadmi party, which governs Delhi and Punjab....
Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards on rallies (www.theguardian.com)
Yang Hengjun’s family urges Albanese to negotiate with China for jailed Australian writer’s release (www.theguardian.com)
China’s property crisis deepens as developer Country Garden at risk of default (www.theguardian.com)
Fire in south of France rages though campsite and 500 hectares of land (www.theguardian.com)
“A fire in the south of France burned through 500 hectares (1,240 acres) of land and destroyed a campsite, with 2,000 people evacuated before the blaze was brought under control on Tuesday....
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
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Hungarian plan to target foreign influence fuels NGO and media fears (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed dozens of Hamas commanders, says IDF (www.theguardian.com)
How the Israel-Hamas conflict is dividing the UK Labour party (www.theguardian.com)
Keir Starmer’s refusal to back calls for ceasefire has led to resignations and calls to quit from some in his party
Rightwing SVP expected to make gains in Swiss federal elections (www.theguardian.com)
Families sue UK government over relatives’ deaths during Covid crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Cases against government, care homes and hospitals relate to deaths in 2020, when patients with Covid were being moved into homes
The Staffordshire Panther: is the British countryside really teeming with big cats? | Cats (www.theguardian.com)
Afghan earthquake survivors sleep amid rubble as death toll nears 3,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Survivors of a series of powerful earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan on Saturday have spent a second night sleeping amid the rubble of demolished villages as they search for loved ones using shovels, amid a death toll senior Taliban officials have said is approaching 3,000....