Europeans open to Ukraine joining EU, survey shows (www.theguardian.com)
India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status | Kashmir | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
‘I no longer feel at home here’: German Muslims frustrated by Israel backing (www.theguardian.com)
Canada’s ‘haves-and-have-nots’ health system lags behind Europe, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Research says funding cuts and poor organisation stop Canadians from accessing healthcare – and 20% have no doctor at all...
The Shift review – camp biblical sci-fi is multiverse dystopia based on Book of Job (www.theguardian.com)
From the studio that brought us Sound of Freedom, here is a convoluted parallel universe film based on the bible story – and yes, sitting through it is an ordeal
Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC (www.theguardian.com)
As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation
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....
Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles (www.theguardian.com)
OPINION: Letting Ukraine into the EU will reinforce, not undermine, Europe’s security | Piotr Buras and Engjellushe Morina (www.theguardian.com)
Tried to give a good summary:...
Peers call for urgent overhaul of secondary education in England (www.theguardian.com)
[Socièté] My dad predicted Trump in 1985 – it's not Orwell, he warned, it's Brave New World (www.theguardian.com) French
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism....
EU agrees tough limits on police use of AI biometric surveillance (www.theguardian.com)
Here’s how to find more funds for Ukraine – liquidate Russia’s $300bn in frozen assets --- [Opinion] (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Republicans to meet allies of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid (www.theguardian.com)
Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise | Damon Krukowski (www.theguardian.com)
‘Something magical’: the Famous Five are back – thanks to a hyperviolent director (www.theguardian.com)
When Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of cult violent films Pusher and Drive, was announced as one of the creators of the BBC’s new version of The Famous Five, it left members of the Enid Blyton Society spluttering into their ginger beer....
Republicans to meet allies of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid (theguardian.com) Ukrainian
Ex-commissioner for facial recognition tech joins Facewatch firm he approved (www.theguardian.com)
Critics say Fraser Samson hiring is ‘outrageous conflict of interest’ as monitoring technology is rolled out in UK high streets
Big meat and dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)
Danish MPs vote to ban desecration of religious texts after Qur’an burnings (www.theguardian.com)
US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show (www.theguardian.com)
On the scope of the latest revelations, German said: “At a time where there’s much more public sensitivity to foreign influence in domestic affairs, having a foreign country’s security services aligned with the beat cop on the streets of American neighborhoods is concerning.”