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I went looking for surveillance cameras in my neighbourhood: I found so many more than I thoughtIn the trade-off between privacy and security, it helps to know the extent of your local surveillance infrastructure.

Why falling Channel crossings are fuelling bigger protestsSmall boat arrivals to the UK are down 43 per cent and at their lowest since 2020.

Germany: The Left triumphs in Berlin as AfD surges in Mecklenburg-Western PomeraniaGermany’s final state elections of the year have delivered a sharp political shake-up. The Left has won Berlin, while the AfD has come out on top in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with the CDU suffering heavy losses in both elections.

Meet the Academics Trying to Stop You From Having Sex in RobotaxisPavlo Bazilinskyy still can’t believe he was on PornHub for work. He’s an assistant professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, and has spent more than a decade researching AI-driven interactions between humans and robots. But he found himself typing “public transport” into the search bar of a very specific website’s “amateur section.”

Why the far right lost: 11 lessons for Europe from Sweden’s electionThe election delivered a rude shock to Sweden’s anti-immigration vanguard: A loss of vote share, support and influence for the first time since the SD was founded by neo-Nazis in the 1980s.

Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni saysThe integration of migrants, particularly those from Muslim-majority countries, remains contentious in Italian politics and society. Debates over religious symbols, cultural integration, citizenship rules and immigration policy frequently polarize public opinion.

Largest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor saysUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Kyiv had hit a "key" Russian oil facility and a logistics site in the region with drones and missiles, representing "billions of dollars that sustain the war machine".

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Best places to have fun with visiting grandkids in the Eindhoven/s’Hertogenbosch area

Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre: Where Paris lets its hair down

Vietnam wants to be Southeast Asia’s medical tourism destination

Sarah Nagaty: How post-pandemic expats cheapened social life in Lisbon while making it more expensive

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Best places to have fun with visiting grandkids in the Eindhoven/s’Hertogenbosch area

Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre: Where Paris lets its hair down

Vietnam wants to be Southeast Asia’s medical tourism destination

Sarah Nagaty: How post-pandemic expats cheapened social life in Lisbon while making it more expensive

Featured News

New for 2026: Dispatches’ (final update) list of the best EDM-plus festivals across Europe and the globe

Polya Pencheva: The best ways to organise a four-day trip to Paris

Dispatches’ guide to the Journées du patrimoine: The secret France you can visit for a weekend (19 thru 20 September)

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