In this week’s issueHow a plan to force Indian factory workers to train their own robot replacements backfiredWhy Andy Burnham’s first vote as PM-in-waiting fuelled fears of a draconian new era for refugeesAs deadly heatwaves hit the UK, the government is suppressing an intelligence report warning of ecosystem collapse and food insecurityBritain is no longer a superpower – but that doesn’t mean it has to be a bystander A harrowing new investigation reveals the extent of femicide against older women in the UK How Belgian activists used a landmark court victory to block Israeli military supply linesDr Julia Minson on defusing toxic arguments and how human contact completely upended her beliefs on gender transitions for minorsIn case you missed it: Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in MontenegroTranslators, sales assistants, mathematicians, web developers, journalists. If, like me, you’re in any of those professions, you might have seen yourself or colleagues losing work to AI in recent years. Now, AI startups have a new target in their sights.In our lead story this week, Anumeha Yadav speaks to tailors in Delhi who were told to wear head-mounted cameras at work. Their managers wouldn’t tell them why, but they figured it out: they were training their own robot replacements.As Anumeha writes, AI hasn’t yet mastered dexterous tasks. One way to teach it? Film non-consenting and already-oppressed labourers. How to get factory owners on board? Use the same cameras to produce reports ranking employees’ productivity, detailing who checks their phone or chats to colleagues while on the clock.All a bit dystopian, isn’t it? But before Elon Musk gets too excited by an army of robot labourers, the tailors in these garment factories fought back – and their actions could provide a template for workers elsewhere. In the UK, Andy Burnham has finally been elected as Labour leader and will enter No 10 next week. He inherits mounting geopolitical tensions, a divided country, and a party whose popularity is in decline. Give it six weeks, and he might be hoping AI takes his job, too. If the new PM is looking for pointers, we’ve got a trio of contributors offering advice. Amina Khanom argues that Burnham’s vote for this week’s Asylum and Immigration Bill is worrying; Danny Sriskandarajah calls for him to move the UK into a position of global leadership; and Paul Rogers urges him to release a government-suppressed report on the climate crisis. Elsewhere, Sian Norris reports on a disturbing pattern of femicide against older women in the UK, and a peace activist tells us how they forced the Belgian government into a de facto arms embargo on Israel.In case you missed it, we’re also resharing Sian’s investigation into Reform’s money men in Montenegro. We want to keep investigating the role of dark crypto money in UK politics, but to do so, we need to recruit at least 500 regular donors by December. If you don’t already, please consider supporting us. It’d help us to hold Farage and his cronies to account. If you can’t donate but enjoy our work, we’d love it if you shared this newsletter with someone who might like it.Have a great weekend!Indra Warnes, Editor