Labour will almost certainly win the next UK election; Prime Minister Truss has little that can inspire voters.

The doubt is whether the Labour Party, as it is now, will go beyond just taking the harshest edge off Tory policies.

*Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters.*

In Hong Kong, metaphors that could mean criticism of China now lead to conviction in court.

New York State has passed new gun control rules to replace those that the Supreme Court ruled against.

*South African court bans offshore oil and gas exploration by Shell.* This has a good chance of keeping some fossil fuels unextracted, which is what we need to do world-wide to avoid global heating disaster, given the fact that we have used up the carbon budget.