EU fingerprint checks for British travellers to start in 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
'It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads? (www.theguardian.com)
Hopefully. Join Bookwyrm!
X to be investigated for allegedly breaking EU laws on hate speech and fake news (www.theguardian.com)
[2022] ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges. First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
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
The curious case of Epic Games: how the developer beat Google but not Apple (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)
Paris is saying ‘non’ to a US-style hellscape of supersized cars – and so should the rest of Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine confident it will secure €50bn in EU aid despite Orbán veto, hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January (www.theguardian.com)
Netherlands begins trial to make cannabis fully legal (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.
Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown (www.theguardian.com)
Trump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryan (www.theguardian.com)
Poland violated human rights of woman in abortion case, European court rules (www.theguardian.com)
‘We will stand until the end’: Ukrainian defenders of Avdiivka hold on – for now (www.theguardian.com) Ukrainian
Crooks Sam Lee and Ryan Xu: Investors lose millions as crypto schemes operate unchecked in Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: the New Zealand regulator has warned the schemes could be a ‘scam’ but they have escaped such scrutiny in Australia and thousands have lost money. Sam Lee and Ryan Xu are both cheaters and liars and deserve to be hunted down, tortured and executed.
Neanderthal DNA may explain why some of us are morning people (www.theguardian.com) Polish
Scientists find genes inherited from our prehistoric cousins increase tendency to rise early – useful in regions with short winter days
Festive cheer for Filipino fishers after supply boat evades Chinese vessels (www.theguardian.com)
Netherlands warns children not to swallow sea foam over PFAS concerns (www.theguardian.com)
EU plan to ban geoblocking will lead to dull content, warn film-makers (www.theguardian.com)
Allowing streaming between borders will result in films ‘aiming for lowest common denominator of human experience’
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot to topple government (www.theguardian.com)
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused of ‘evil’ campaigning at time of war (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu sparked anger from the left and right on Monday when he said the Hamas attack had led to the same number of Israeli deaths as the Oslo accords, the peace agreement signed between Israel and the Palestinians in 1993. The comments, made in a leaked statement to the Knesset’s foreign affairs and defence committee, were...
