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Used to work with homeless people. Now retired & volunteer for greyhound rescue. Hate the Tories & Brexit
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Former US marine says he feels ‘abandoned’ in Russian prison

First Thing: Hamas issues threat over lives of hostages

Taliban causing ‘irreversible damage’ to whole education system in Afghanistan

Every damn year 🤬🤬

Heavily pregnant Afghan women eligible to come to UK stuck in Pakistan

Ex Hampshire police inspector charged with sexual offences against 18 people

Noddy Holder stopped to chat to our local Big Issue seller this morning & he signed all his magazines so he could charge more. Lovely thing to do - I’m sure this will get the usual zero likes though

Pakistan under fire for ‘shocking’ $830 exit fee for refugees who fled Taliban

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize cargo ship in Red Sea, calling Israeli vessels ‘legitimate targets’

The US announced new military aid to Ukraine valued at up to $100 million. The aid will be provided from DoD stocks. www.defense.gov/News/Release...

“ Bee-killing pesticides banned in EU found at unsafe levels in English rivers…55%…one or more neonicotinoids were above the EU’s..level deemed safe for aquatic wildlife. 21% had one or more toxic pesticide above four times the safe level” #RejoinEU

It's a truly jaw-dropping and shocking scandal, that few people have heard of: chemical wastes are now being deliberately mixed with sewage, then spread on our fields. The impacts on people and ecosystems? No one knows. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nearly 4,000 cyberattacks reported in Ukraine since start of war

A merchant ship carrying grain suffered minor damage off the Ukrainian coast. It probably hit a floating sea mine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

East of Klishchiivka, Russians tried to attack Ukrainian positions. Before they reached their intended position, they were destroyed by defenders of the 93rd mechanized brigade. t.me/noel_reports...

Yes! Brilliant news 😊

UK cancer care in crisis and patients will die due to lack of strategy, experts warn

More than 1,400 people died of covid in the UK in October. #CovidIsNotOver coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deat...

Approval of divisive Alaska oil project upheld in blow to environmental groups

#AdoptDontShop

Overnight, Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and missiles. A total of 15 out of 22 Shahed drones were shot down and also a single KH-59 was shot down. In addition, launches of Kh-31, P-800 Onyx and Iskander missiles were recorded. The damage is being assessed..

Greyhounds forced to race this weekend even when terrified of fireworks

‘I was helpless’: Nepali survivors of Hamas attack in Israel haunted by trauma

Low-welfare eggs from caged hens imported to UK in ‘staggering’ numbers