*[Senate Republicans] Colluding With Autocratic Orbán Government to Tank Global Tax Deal.*

European countries are considering a continent-wide high speed rail network.

This is a very good thing to do; but to get the full benefit of it, we must campaign against demanding ID from each passenger. Several countries, including Spain and Italy, imposed that requirement as a measure for tracking Covid-19 cases — but now that there are so many cases, no country in Europe is really trying to find them all. That means this anti-freedom policy is no longer justified.

The mayor of Uvalde accused the upper management of the Texas Department of Public Safety of organizing to cover up the cause of the incompetent reaction of the "security" forces.

George Monbiot: *It's democracy v plutocracy — this is the endgame for our planet.*

*It's as if, when ministers go to bed, they ask themselves, "What have I done to make the UK a worse place today?"*

Oxfam: *A broken food system is perpetuating hunger.*

We must not overlook the role of population growth in the malfunctioning of the system of supporting humans. Growing enough food and distributing it to those who need it, while protecting wildlife, will be much easier for a smaller population.