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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

“Your clothing style is disrespecting our sacred building!”

When America has your back — the weekly illustration from The Economist

Spineless Trump sycophant and Putin apologist Marco Rubio terminated U.S. support for restoring Ukraine's energy grid moments after President Zelenskyy was kicked out of the White House. Shameless. Despicable. Cowardly.

"Good work, Krasnov. Now, open mouth for Daddy"

History repeats itself

It seems to me that this is an historic night - Europe has broken with America. It is no longer considered an ally. Hard to see how NATO survives this. America now stands with Russia. Europe opposes.

I started planning this column a while ago, but I kept imagining it wouldn't be necessary, as many other journalists would surely get there first. I've been scratching my head ever since, wondering "where is everyone?" Is this not a huge and obvious issue?

Illustration for today's @theguardian.com Journal front to accompany piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the UK's defence ties with the US www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history. Please repost if you want it restored.

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

Delicious.

Maybe the UK could close "RAF" bases Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Alconbury, and Croughton until tarifs are removed.

Amazing how quickly the security element of 'Project Fear' turned out to be an almighty bloody understatement...

Gangsters. The US government is no ally of Europe. We should fight Russia off ourselves and give the US nothing.

Hegseth says US won’t come to rescue of any nation invaded by Russia from now on. Do you get it yet? Time to shut the door on America. They’re not our ally any more.

⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says. "Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.

I'm told the noise at the end was three people clapping. They were all in Vance's entourage. The US is now both pariah and pitiful on the international stage.

The home secretary has demanded backdoor security access to all the information Apple customers store in the cloud. The move would be a gross incursion into our rights to privacy, writes @arusbridger. www.prospectmagazine...

What can you do? THIS. Be there next Saturday - and show the world, America included, that Europe is united with Ukraine. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺

People shouldn’t have to pay for heat that just leaks out of their homes. The Government must act now: mass insulation, stricter building standards, and real support for households struggling with energy bills. No more wasted time—or wasted heat.

The government was right to welcome Ukrainian refugees fleeing war. There is only one reason that people in Gaza, displaced by a genocide that our government abetted, are treated differently. That reason is anti-Palestinian racism.

Please don't do this, Labour. It's cruel and it's obscene. You're better than this. You can win because you're not Reform, not because you copy them.

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, with UK leading the way in G7! Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began. TAX THE SUPER RICH www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

Five years since Brexit. Five years of economic and political damage. Five years of clarity what a mistake Brexit has been - for both sides. But one thing is clear: We miss you. And our door remains open. 🇪🇺❤️🇬🇧

Look at history, it will tell you this is the only way the rich get poorer.

The solutions in the UK are very simple. 1. Rejoin the Single Market. 2. Stop taking money from the poorest people and take it from the richest. 3. Renationalise everything.

Reform hasn’t got to this point organically. They have got to this point via foreign money, Russian interference, disinformation, mass manipulation, disproportionate MSM coverage and being constantly massively boosted by right wing social media companies. There is fuck all democratic about it.

We in Europe remember that Canadians died to liberate our continent. In the face of Trump's madness, EU stands with Canada now! There is no reason why EU membership should be off the table. 🇪🇺🇨🇦

Every day.

Update. The Telegraph has now corrected its entirely fabricated claim that 1 in 12 Londoners is an "illegal migrant" and has accepted that this claim was false in *four" separate respects. However, this has not resolved my complaint to IPSO - I will continue to request a front-page correction.