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Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...

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⚡️UK targets 101 ships in 'largest ever' sanctions against Russia's shadow fleet. The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.

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Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the new Pope. He’s seen as a progressive on some issues, championing immigrants and the poor. He’s chosen the name Leo XIV.

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We definitely don’t want any American food stuffs here. Thanks for the heads up 🇬🇧

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I have no words. Reform bringing out all the closet racists, just like Trump.

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FT EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

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These headlines related to U.S. military aviation have all appeared in the last 11 days. There is a major problem at the Defense Department.

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Let’s hope this calms down and doesn’t escalate.

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What could possibly go wrong

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We’re living in an upside down reality. Stop the world, I want to get off.

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Only an extremely mentally impaired person, with the title of President, would post a picture of themselves as the Pope while the world is mourning the loss of the last Pope. Dementia didn’t make Trump a bad person. He’s a bad person who got dementia.

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Bloomberg) — Almost like clockwork since mid-November, Tesla Inc. board chair Robyn Denholm has been selling the company’s stock. During that time, shares whipsawed and the company’s sales slowed — and then cratered — around the world. finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-b...

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TRUMPISM REJECTED IN AUSTRALIA Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been re-elected as his Labor Party surged to victory and is projected to form a majority government. In a historic first, opposition leader Peter Dutton—often likened to Donald Trump—lost his own seat of Dickson.

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⚡️Ukraine not responsible for safety of foreign officials traveling to Moscow for May 9 parade, Zelensky says. Zelensky cautioned that Russia could orchestrate provocations, such as “arsons, explosions,” and then attempt to blame Ukraine.

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Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, three years in we only took a sliver of the country at the cost of 800,000 men. Would the conventional wisdom be that we are winning? No? Then why do some think Russia is?

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(FT) - The EU is preparing a “plan B” on how to keep economic sanctions against Russia should the Trump administration abandon Ukraine peace talks and seek rapprochement with Moscow, according to the bloc’s top diplomat. t.co/F7xMb16W8V

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It is undestood that "There are no UK suppliers of the specialised steel required in the manufacture of submarine pressure hulls". ukdefencejournal.org.uk/why-french-s...

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* Trump’s First 100 Days Were Worst for Dow, S&P 500 Since Nixon @wsj.com @mikezaccardi.bsky.social

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Trump on @JeffBezos caving on @amazon showing Trump’s tariffs as a line item because they’re a tax on consumers: “Bezos was great. He solved the problem very quickly. He did the right thing. He’s a good guy.”😕 Welcome to the oligarchy. 🇺🇸

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Casar: If anyone ever doubted that Trump, Musk, Bezos, and the billionaires are all on one team, just look at what happened at Amazon today. Bezos immediately caved and walked back a plan to tell Americans how much Trump’s tariffs are costing them. Bezos who spent 40 million on Melania’s documentary

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It doesn’t sound like Russia’s ready to end the war. One Russian paper today: “A ceasefire doesn’t mean we abandon our objectives anytime soon…it’s possible N.Korean soldiers will play a part in routing Ukraine's army.” Plus, Sergei Lavrov’s (long) list of conditions. #ReadingRussia

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JD Vance continues spouting Putin’s talking points while Russia is using donkeys on the front line not tanks.

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This is how a real President supports his allies.

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You’ve got to be kidding me 🤬 www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

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Congratulations Canada 🇨🇦

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The cause of the Spanish and Portuguese power cuts has been identified:-

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Satellite data from the European Space Agency shows the surface temperature of the oceans is warming 4.5 times faster than they were at the end of the ‘80s. It’s not easy to predict climate change, and the reality keeps turning out worse than we thought it would be 🧪🔭 www.esa.int/Applications...

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A company that supplied hundreds of millions of pounds of unusable COVID tests saw their profits surge to £178 million after lobbying a Conservative peer for contracts Their turnover jumped by 6800% after supplying tests which were later deemed “unfit for public use” bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...

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🇰🇵🇷🇺 North Korea has confirmed it has deployed troops to Russia, - Yonhap Kim Jong-un Announces North Korea’s Decision to Enter the Conflict Based on Article 4 of the North Korea-Russia Treaty, Notifies Russia.

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The secretive Russian satellite in space that US officials believe is connected to a nuclear anti-satellite weapon program has appeared to be spinning uncontrollably, suggesting it may no longer be functioning, US analysts say reut.rs/4jrHIEr

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Welcome to Sunday's thread covering the war in Ukraine It's Day 1159 and for each & every one of those days I've been here to compile these daily threads with all the important news, fact-checked, without the gratuitous gore and while I am 100% pro-Ukraine, I tell it how it is.

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🇨🇳🇵🇭 China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South China Sea, - FT The China Coast Guard “implemented maritime control and exercised sovereign jurisdiction” over Sandy Cay this month.

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While mourning the Pope, thousands of people in Rome went from dead silence to an eruption of cheers when they spotted President Zelenskyy. Ukraine represents bravery, hope and unity in a world under assault by the forces of evil.

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Possibly the news photo of the decade.

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Trump’s government has now arrested a judge!

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Every word of the NYT-bestselling Proof Trilogy, confirmed and proven exactly accurate by a Moscow Times report that cites multiple Kremlin sources. Trump Tower Moscow. Dmitriev. MBS. Rosneft. Saudi oil. It’s all here—and now the Kremlin no longer cares to deny it. More: sethabramson.substack.com

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Tesla’s the Hindenburg, and frankly it couldn’t happen to a crappier company. Teslas are—by the data—poorly made, dangerous, aesthetically passé, short on promised luxuries, tied to fascism, and feature poor customer service and allegedly jacked odometers.

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Putin announced the end of the Easter truce on April 21 and rejected Zelensky's proposed temporary moratorium on long-range strikes against civilian infrastructure while speaking to journalists, stating that Russia would need to "sort out" the proposed civilian infrastructure strikes moratorium.

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A private workshop took place on 11 March 2025 in Washington DC, hosted by the Heritage Foundation, to discuss proposals by European right-wing lobby groups to dismantle the European Union and the European Court of Justice. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/rig...

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Russia and Iran are now strategic allies. Putin just signed an agreement confirming a commitment to developing military-technical cooperation and joint military exercises. There’ll also be a Russia-Iran payment infrastructure and media cooperation to "counter disinformation."

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Rest in Peace Pope Francis. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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