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“.. I work in Toys and we had about 600 price changes in the last couple days... EVERYTHING went up," one user posted last week. “It's f***ing crazy." @the-independent.com $WMT $TGT www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Nature research paper: Maternal iron deficiency causes male-to-female sex reversal in mouse embryos https://go.nature.com/45fG1G1

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The Art of the Doll.

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The operation against the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu has continued unabated since 19 March. Today, five more mayors from the main opposition party, the CHP, have been suspended from their posts. Proof of the scale of the repression, the opposition municipality of Adana has even been affected.

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This is an insane perversion of the powers entrusted to a president. What law did those students break? How exactly do they threaten national security? If a president allowed to lawlessly destroy any private institution he hates, United States democracy has ended. Take action to save it.

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🔥MUST-WATCH: @profgalloway.com takes Elon apart “Somehow in 🇺🇸 we decided💰excuses depravity… his behavior his abhorrent. He’s not a role model. His legacy won’t be an EV or rockets— it’ll be unnecessary death, disease, disability of 🌎’s most vulnerable.” piers: “Wow.”

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Donald Trump's own fans are turning on him and Elon Musk after the two publicly departed on the issue of the president's so-called "Big, Beautiful Bill.

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Today I submitted an Urgent Question on the situation in Gaza to Parliament which was selected but then upgraded to a ministerial statement. You can watch my question here: paulabarker.co.uk/my-question-to-the-minister-on-gaza-3 (1/3)

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🚨37,000 children have been pushed into poverty since the last election – and Labour refuse to scrap the two-child cap! Wales is hit the hardest – with the highest child poverty rates in the UK 🥀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid Cymru will scrap the cap and fight for a fairer future for every child!

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For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that?

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NEW: The BBC has issued a statement after a correspondent and staff members were 'held at gunpoint, blindfolded and strip searched' by the IDF

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Many times in my Daily Brief, I talk about individuals I’ve never met. Not today. I worked with Joe, and I knew him as a stand-up guy. Arrested by Russian forces, Joe has been imprisoned without trial in the Central African Republic for over a year now. Please share: www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

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UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...

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“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

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"Harriet Tubman, along with Black soldiers, took part in a daring Union raid of Combahee Ferry near Beaufort, South Carolina. She became the first American woman to lead a major military operation when she and at least 150 Black soldiers helped to rescue more than 700 Black Americans..."

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So the people running the US are doubling down on fossil fuels and that is making electricity more expensive. Another broken promise. How will this help our standing in the world? (1/3)

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By continuing to engage diplomatically without halting military operations, Moscow can claim it is ready for peace while using the battlefield as leverage. But does Russia really have the resources to wage war for as long as it takes?

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My latest — I wrote about Trump pardoning reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley’s tax and bank fraud convictions after their daughter praised him at the RNC vs. 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva’s wrongful ICE detainment, and how justice has merely become a presidential transaction. Read here:

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0.02% of total global clean energy investment came from carbon offset markets! But 'energy projects' dominate carbon offset markets..... "carbon credits have played only a marginal role in financing clean energy" iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/2f9dc...

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Thames Water's in crisis AGAIN! 🚨 The way to end this crisis doom-loop is public ownership. And most MPs don’t know the facts about how to get this done. Wherever you live, take 1min to email your MP - ask them to read and sign our open letter now. 👇

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Ukraine’s SBU Security Service has released four minutes of footage from Sunday’s Operation Spider’s Web drone attacks, which damaged and destroyed aircraft over 4,000 kilometers from Ukraine. We examined the new footage that shows a range of aircraft targeted across four air bases:

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EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing Serbia and other Balkan nations to take in migrants deported from the US

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‘I am not sure I have ever been in a clearer space of historical consideration.’ At the Art Institute of Chicago, Rachel Cohen finds that an exhibition about the meeting of Frida Kahlo and the artist and bookbinder Mary Reynolds in Paris is a revelation

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"We are concerned that Reddit don’t appear to be doing anything to prevent children under 13 getting access and keeping them safe if they do.” I spoke to the UK information commissioner about the power of social media giants, "creepy" uses of data & the dangers of agentic AI

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Every year, an estimated 250,000 bulls are killed in bullfighting events worldwide. 🐂 Culture should never come at the cost of cruelty. 🚫 👉 Act Now to Ban Bullfighting in Galicia: https://drove.com/.2DVj 🖊 #culture #activism #petition #ethics #animals

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“I was running an operating list with 10 people on it and every day at least half were under the age of 11 - it's barbaric.” Dr Victoria Rose, who has just returned from working in Gaza, tells @cathynewman.bsky.social what it was like. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/gazan-c...

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For the life of me I cannot figure out why Donald Trump is trying to destroy higher education

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Why is the American president repeating Russian threats without comment?

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"Free school meals to be extended to 500,000 more children in England and Wales, including all those with parents on Universal Credit," the Government. As a charity supporting young people across England and Wales, Nacro welcomes any plans to tackle child poverty." Full story⬇️ shorturl.at/foq5P

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Eleven charities, including Citizens Advice, Save the Children UK, and Trussell, warn that the two-child limit has pulled 37,000 children into poverty since Labour took office www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

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🚨WOW. It turns out that a "Tren de Aragua gathering" the Trump admin said it broke up in March ... was just a BIRTHDAY PARTY. None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened. Read the story below.

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Outside immigration court in downtown Chicago Wednesday, demonstrators demanded the release of an undocumented Mexican father from Milwaukee who was detained by immigration authorities after being falsely accused of sending death threats to President Donald Trump.

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To preserve our oceans, the waterways and the vibrant ecosystems they support, we need NOAA. We must defend government scientists and researchers against the Trump Administration's full-blown assault on science, government and environmental laws.

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#OtD 4 Jun 1950 the 43 Group of anti-fascist Jewish ex-service people voted to disband itself at a meeting in London, England. Since 1946 the group had successfully broken up fascist groups and driven Oswald Mosley into exile. Learn more in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-...

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After campaigning on this for over 18 years, I am so pleased to see that this Government will extend free school meals support. Providing more children than ever with a healthy, hot, nutritious meal will truly change lives, particularly in the most deprived areas such as some of those in the NE.

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"#Ukraine has brought the war to a new level" is the main feedback for Ukraine's recent special operations in the Russia-Ukraine war The Spiderweb operation showed that it’s possible to destroy an aircraft worth more than $100 million with a $600 drone.Which means anything can be destroyed that way

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By taking public ownership off the table from the start, the government’s "largest review of the water sector since privatisation" is just moving deck chairs on the Titanic. Privatisation is not a problem - it is THE problem. Sign my letter to Sir Jon Cunliffe: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

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Midweek Treat: #RecipeOfTheDay is Lemon Tendercake with Blueberry Compote! This is just luscious – it also happens to be vegan www.nigella.com/recipes/lemo...

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Sellafield: the PAC Select Committee heard the the “UK’s ‘most hazardous building’ has leaked radioactive water for past seven years inews.co.uk/news/busines...

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Once a cornerstone of the country’s export economy, the Russian diamond sector has been hit hard by Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine and a wider global downturn.

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Rejected petition: "British citizen owns a home in Spain should have free EU movment" #RejectedPetition

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"It’s about the same horrific disregard for human life. No horizon or constructive plan. Just more and more cycles of despair and hate. It’s insufferable,” said Mira Lapidot, chief curator of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/02/t...

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US defense secretary skips Ukraine military aid meeting attended by more than 50 other allies – Europe live

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Tesla sales dropped 45% year on year in May in the UK. BUT it's still the country's top-selling EV. We need to keep up the pressure: www.reuters.com/business/aut... #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall

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ICE is using mandatory check-in appointments for asylum-seekers to arrest people. In NYC, women who had check-in appointments yesterday were instructed to return with their children, with a slew of family detentions expected today. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...

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