* The head of Britain’s biggest police force has said he is frustrated with the Home Office for its slow progress at reviewing "perverse" rules that prevent him from being able to sack his own officers.*

In many countries, women are forbidden to leave home without permission of a husband or male guardian.

*In Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and [Salafi] Arabia, women can be arrested, [jailed] or forced to return if male guardians report that they are absent from their homes. [In] Israel … religious courts have jurisdiction over marriage and divorce &mash; mean women can lose their right to maintenance from their husbands for leaving the marital home, working or traveling without their husband’s consent.*

Of course, Iran and Afghanistan are even worse. But this injustice exists to some extent in a broader region, including all the Arab countries in the Middle East, and Egypt.

People in a town in England want to build an offshore wind farm planned locally and owned locally.

This approach could be very good for dissolving opposition.

US citizens: call on Congress to protect our democracy and vote down the ACE Act. The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

*Marine heatwave in north-east Queensland sets off alarm over health of Great Barrier Reef.*

The reefs of Florida and the Caribbean may be in danger too.