*Under cover of a shoplifting panic, the Tories are pushing through a shocking expansion of facial recognition.*

*Threats to Germany’s climate campaigners fueled by politicians’ rhetoric, says [Luisa Neubauer, of Fridays for Future].*

*Poorest countries should get $300bn a year from IMF to fight climate crisis, says Joseph Stiglitz.*

Most young Americans have been convinced that owning a gun makes you safer. In fact, it is the other way around: owning a handgun makes you more likely to be shot.

Indeed, the presence of a gun in the house makes you more likely to be shot.

245 US military bases are polluting, or threatening to pollute, their neighborhood with toxic PFAS.

The PFAS come from firefighting foam. I think people did not initially realize that it was dangerous, perhaps because in the US there is no requirement to test that before using a new substance.

The level of PFAS is not very high above the level considered acceptable. Maybe this will not cause a much harm.