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Tuesday briefing: How AI facial recognition in policing works – and how it can go wrong

In today’s newsletter: With the use of facial recognition skyrocketing, there are calls for the rapid development of safeguards

The Guardian - UK

Tech’s politics push at home and abroad

We report from California’s Silicon Valley, where billionaires pour money into midterms, and the AI Impact summit, where India pushes back on ‘AI monopoly’ held by US and China

The Guardian - US

Grenfell Tower: the fire, the findings, who’s to blame and what happens next

Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report paints a horrifying picture of failures in the construction industry and officialdom – but justice is some way off

The Guardian - AU

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Thursday briefing: What the Grenfell inquiry reveals about the incompetence and dishonesty that led to the fire

In today’s newsletter: Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report lays out how to avoid a similar disaster from happening again. But the bereaved want to more than recommendations – they want prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer offers apology ‘on behalf of British state’ to victims of Grenfell Tower fire – as it happened

Prime minister says country failed its most fundamental duty to protect those affected by fire as he apologises to families affected

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Labour wants a housing revolution – can it build one?

In today’s newsletter: The new government has ambitious plans to quell the housing crisis, but it faces a series of obstacles

The Guardian - UK

National reckonings and public inquiries: what scandals come next?

After the Post Office, infected blood, Grenfell Tower, Windrush and more, what could fall on the next prime minister’s watch?

The Guardian - UK

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King thanks workers at sawmill that deals with timber from Balmoral

Charles made his second visit to the sawmill in Aberdeenshire.

The Independent UK

Trust the theatre: it has shown us the true outrage of Grenfell in a way the inquiry can’t

A verbatim play based on the interviews with survivors shows us the agony of justice delayed, says Guardian social affairs correspondent Robert Booth

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: A years-long inquiry into the Covid pandemic starts today – what will it find?

In today’s newsletter: A sprawling inquiry into the handling of the pandemic begins – this is what’s at stake

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: From New York to Hong Kong, how renting became unaffordable everywhere

In today’s newsletter: It’s not just the UK struggling with soaring rent and living standards – these four cities tell the story of a worldwide market in crisis

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