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Canada police charge man with 14 counts of murder for mailing poison (www.theguardian.com)

Myanmar becomes world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)

Myanmar became the world’s biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government’s crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report....

Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles (www.theguardian.com)

Looks like the Nazis are back in Poland. They didn’t even have to invade this time.

Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles after Donald Tusk speaks out against xenophobia – Europe live (www.theguardian.com)

German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot (www.theguardian.com)

‘I no longer feel at home here’: German Muslims frustrated by Israel backing (www.theguardian.com)

Revealed: more than 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 access (www.theguardian.com)

The World Health Organization prohibits tobacco companies and lobbyists from attending its summits, yet the UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) has no conflict of interest policy allowing organizers to ban bad-faith actors from registering as observers....

Dozens of US lobbyists represent both climate-focused charities and fossil fuels – report (www.theguardian.com)

‘Putin must lose’: Zelenskiy arrives in US to try to save $61bn Ukraine aid package (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has flown to Washington DC in an attempt to rescue a critical $61bn military aid package, while the UK separately hinted that it could increase the value of the arms, ammunition and training that it donates to Kyiv....

Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer tells court awarding millions of dollars in damages would be like ‘death penalty’ for his client – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)

The new ‘Rwanda deal’ was a shock to Rwandans. We know this is no place for asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)

I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling...

‘Hugely frustrating’: international media seek to overcome Gaza ban (www.theguardian.com)

Drug lords hunt corrupt police officers who stole shipment in Tijuana (www.theguardian.com)

Northern Irish leaders offered £2.5bn package in bid to revive Stormont (www.theguardian.com)

World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns (www.theguardian.com)

Title is unfortunate, a bit sensationalist. It’s about the decline of the world’s GDP due to Geopolitical tensions....

‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisis (www.theguardian.com)

India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status | Kashmir | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show (www.theguardian.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/us-police-agencies-idf-files-bl…

Sweden demands immediate release of EU diplomat from Iran jail (www.theguardian.com)

India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status (www.theguardian.com)

Chief justice says government did not overreach its powers when it revoked autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019...

Trump says he won’t return to witness stand in $250m New York fraud trial (www.theguardian.com)

Donald Trump announced he would not take the witness stand for a second time at his fraud trial in New York on Monday, the former US president’s last chance to make his case as he combats a potential $250m fine that hangs over his family business....

Republicans to meet allies of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid (www.theguardian.com)

Allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine, the Guardian has learned....

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