The Tories' reshuffling of welfare payments makes people wait 5 weeks with no income at the start. Some (60%, or one million families) have got loans to cover that period, but the price of this is repaying the loans after. It makes people hungry or homeless.

Iran crushed nationwide protests with gunfire and arrests.

Matthew Hedges: I was detained in the UAE. I learned that Britain puts trade before its citizens. He reports being tortured and drugged.

The article lists other foreigners that were imprisoned there for absurd reasons.

Governments acquire malware "to spy on terrorists", then use it to spy on dissidents and reporters (as well as whistleblowers).

The goal of stopping terrorism, while good in itself, cannot justify endangering dissent and journalism, because a repressive and unaccountable state is far more dangerous than underground terrorists.

Germany is damaging the European economy. The answer? Raise German wages.