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  1. Scottish Labour’s rivals decry ‘chancer’ Anas Sarwar for resigning to join Andy Burnham’s government
    By Robyn Vinter

    The new prime minister plans to make Sarwar, the first Labour figure to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation, a peer

    theguardian.com/politics/2026/

    #AnasSarwar #Labour #Politics #UKnews #AndyBurnham #TheGuardian #RobynVinter

  2. Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourists
    By Robyn Vinter and Frances Rankin

    Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using front souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese tourists

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #Wildlife #Illegalwildlifetrade #Mammals #China #Laos #Animals #AsiaPacific #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Endangeredspecies #TheGuardian #RobynVinter #FrancesRankin

  3. Undercover in Laos: how Chinese tourism fuels animal trafficking – video
    By Robyn Vinter, Frances Rankin, Bettina Waked and Katie Arnold

    Chinese tourism is booming in Laos and the illegal wildlife trade is booming with it. Pangolin scales, rhino horn and elephant ivory are all being sold at secret shops and restaurants as a new high-speed rail line brings millions of visitors to the country. Working with Chinese activists, the Guardian goes undercover to investigate the criminal networks profiting from this trade and to reveal how wildlife trafficking is pushing the critically endangered pangolin ever closer to extinction

    theguardian.com/world/video/20

    #Laos #China #Wildlife #Investigativejournalism #TheGuardian #RobynVinter #FrancesRankin #BettinaWaked #KatieArnold

  4. Undercover in Laos: how Chinese tourism fuels animal trafficking – video
    By Robyn Vinter, Frances Rankin, Bettina Waked and Katie Arnold

    Chinese tourism is booming in Laos and the illegal wildlife trade is booming with it. Pangolin scales, rhino horn and elephant ivory are all being sold at secret shops and restaurants as a new high-speed rail line brings millions of visitors to the country. Working with Chinese activists, the Guardian goes undercover to investigate the criminal networks profiting from this trade and to reveal how wildlife trafficking is pushing the critically endangered pangolin ever closer to extinction

    theguardian.com/world/video/20

    #Laos #China #Wildlife #Investigativejournalism #TheGuardian #RobynVinter #FrancesRankin #BettinaWaked #KatieArnold