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Shaheed drones are hitting Kyiv as we speak. This might be the weakest a U.S. President has ever looked.

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1/4 Today the Sunday Times has begun serialising a new book about the assassination of its chief foreign correspondent, David Holden, in 1977. Holden was shot dead shortly after arriving in Cairo on an assignment. Who killed him, and why, has been a mystery ever since.

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A constructive step by the new Syrian authorities towards resolving the chemical weapons issue. #OPCW www.opcw.org/media-centre...

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Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity March – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/03/04/h...

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Zelensky to meet King Charles tomorrow. 🤣Trump is going to be furious.

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Another of the almost uncountably pieces of very sinister news coming out of the US

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New Banksy

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Muhsin Hendricks, known as the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa www.mambaonline.com/2025/02/15/h...

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We live in a timeline where "literally Bashar al-Assad's son" is less committed to Assadism/atrocity denial (for obviously cynical reasons) than the folks at The Grayzone and Electronic Intifada: x.com/HafezALAsssa...

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Exclusive: Egyptian firm charges trucks entering Gaza $20,000 in ‘bribes’ www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-o...

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Just got a surprise windfall from my bank. Can't decide what to do with the money.

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Names of Syria's Preparatory Committee emerge: "Provided these names are confirmed in the coming hours, the breadth of the group represents about as good a result as might have been imagined." www.syriaweekly.com/p/new-syrias...

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Before the Trump Plan, no reputable news channel or thinktank in Israel even dared poll the popularity of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza as a "solution". The extreme right has been advocating for this for 15 months, but it remained beyond the pale. 1/

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Very useful update on state of play of Syria-OPCW relations.

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A series of meetings in Damascus last week has raised hopes that the full extent of Syria’s chemical weapons activity under the Assad regime will finally be revealed. al-bab.com/blog/2025/02...

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OPCW chief's meeting with Syrian leader raises hopes that the full extent of chemical weapons activity under the Assad regime will finally be revealed. brian-whit.medium.com/opcw-chief-m...

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THIS MUST STOP

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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

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📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration. If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/

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Incredibly moving Justin Trudeau remarks: "We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people....Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us."

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Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028.

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The entire USAID website has disappeared www.usaid.gov

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‘We were raided regularly’: with Assad gone, banned books return to Syria’s shelves

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Syria’s ruler Ahmad Al Shara has demanded at a meeting in Damascus that Russia hand over former president Bashar Al Assad and an estimated $2 billion in liquid assets held by the exiled dictator's family in Russian banks, sources told The National. www.thenationalnews.com/news/2025/01...

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An advertisement containing the word "genocide" has been removed from a billboard in London after pro-Israel lawyers claimed it posed a threat to public order. al-bab.com/blog/2025/02...

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Some people might wonder why France is discussing the deployment of troops in Greenland. Here is why. Just look at the map. Two €-countries and two $-countries in close vicinity.

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i smell a pulitzer

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Survivors describe the night in 2013 when sarin rockets struck Ghouta, killing hundreds. Report by @Nicole_Di_Ilio for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

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Meanwhile in Jerusalem

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Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The Trump administration urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs reut.rs/40IZlbJ

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"We see untrammelled power with fawning courtiers. George Washington would have recognised the new system at the White House" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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THREAD

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Why Musk's arm gesture was not a "Roman salute" as some of his defenders claim. romanempiretimes.com/the-roman-sa...

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Interesting remarks from the ICC's chief prosecutor, basically challenging Israel to do its own (thorough) investigation of waar crimes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RFX...

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"Today's a good day to think about Charlie Chaplin" charliesykes.substack.com/p/todays-a-g...

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🧵1. Many Palestinians view Assad as a monster, yet Western Kremlin mouthpieces deny he used chemical weapons on his people. Now medics/civilians who were put on planes and coerced by Russia to give false testimony denying the attacks have come forward. Here's one: Credit: @caolanrob.bsky.social

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Towards accountability in #Syria: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/...

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Satellite images show a new 2.4km airstrip has suddenly appeared on the Yemeni island of Abd al-Kuri in the Socotra archipelago. Who built it? Look carefully and piles of rubble have been arranged nearby to spell out "I LOVE UAE". apnews.com/article/yeme...

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Israel-Gaza ceasefire: Full text of agreement www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

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My go to excuse these days for late email replies

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