French election 2024 live: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)
A beloved palm and pine tree mark California’s center. Now they’re being cut down (theguardian.com)
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....
French artists, DJs and musicians unite to fight threat of far-right government (www.theguardian.com)
Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? (www.theguardian.com)
Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape (www.theguardian.com)
The ‘tricky balancing act’: Jordan’s dilemma on Israel and Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records (www.theguardian.com)
On social media videos, audiences throw packs of tissues around the cinema halls. Tearful TikToks from across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore show friends leaving the cinema weeping. Thailand’s latest hit film, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, has reduced audiences across south-east Asia to tears –...
Top Democrats plan crisis meeting despite Biden’s vow to fight on (www.theguardian.com)
Congressional Democrats are to hold an emergency weekend meeting to discuss Joe Biden’s tottering presidential candidacy, after a primetime television interview failed to dispel doubts triggered by last week’s debate fiasco....
Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour (www.theguardian.com)
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
‘Stealing with both hands’: veteran reporter Joe Conason details the right wing’s graft (www.theguardian.com)
Stormy Daniels gets more than $900K from GoFundMe after alleged threats (www.theguardian.com)
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
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Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges (www.theguardian.com)
Robert F Kennedy Jr promises to not ‘take sides’ with respect to 9/11 if elected president (www.theguardian.com)
Viktor Orbán visits Vladimir Putin to condemnation from fellow EU leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most pro-Russian leader, met Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday on a rare trip to Russia that drew strong condemnation from other European leaders....
Andrew Tate can leave Romania while awaiting trial, court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will be allowed to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, a court has ruled....