pAn instagram account named “We have to stop” is trying to wean people off their smartphones; its creator says people spend too much time looking down into devices. A republican candidate running in the mid-term senatorial elections in the US has come in for criticism for using Islamic State propaganda footage as part of her campaign. And UKIP leader Nigel Farage dominated front pages across Britain, after suggesting that the “quality” of immigrants should be more tightly controlled.