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This is truly heartbreaking. Virginia gave so many women the strength to speak out. She got dragged through the mud by a misogynistic world but kept pushing for justice. I really hope there’s a full investigation this whole thing feels suspicious.

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"Despite his boasting, President Trump is one of the worst dealmakers on the international stage. His impatience and ill-founded self-belief make him an easy victim" A true and scathing characterisation of the world's worst dealmaker from John in his letter to the Times.

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I left behind an authoritarian state to move to the US. Now I see my new home falling to the same dark forces | Mona Eltahawy

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NEW: Trump on Wednesday quietly pardoned Paul Walczak, a healthcare executive sentenced just 2 weeks ago for tax crimes. His mother & sister had played a role in an unrelated scheme to publicize Ashley Biden’s stolen diary ahead of the 2020 election.

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Glad to stand for inclusion, welcome and equal rights for all and against hate and racism on O’Connell St today #speirgrom #refugeesarewelcome #notohate

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Anti-immigration protesters who claim to be “protectors of Irish women” are marching alongside the violent rapist Conor McGregor and waving signs supporting another rapist, Donald Trump. The hypocrisy is staggering but completely expected. Online brain rot in real life.

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The European Union is looking into whether Hungary’s plan to deploy facial recognition technology to identify people attending LGBTQ+ Pride events is illegal. It marks the first real test of landmark EU AI rules. W/ @krmcsngr.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/hung...

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COMMENTARY: The venomous reactions to the pope’s passing are no surprise, but it’s ironic that MAGA is marching in lockstep with the Vatican’s cloistered and rigidly doctrinaire insiders. 🔗 ow.ly/JxRi50VHz1F

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NEW: The IEA's research has shown increasingly optimistic outlooks for clean power and gloomy forecasts for oil. The Trump administration wants that to change. w/ @saraschonhardt.bsky.social , @charliecooper8.bsky.social and @nicolascamut.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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- Shad Trade Sec, Andrew Griffith: "I'd be very worried if [Reeves] comes back empty handed." - AJ: "What, from this trip?" - AG: "We could have even had a [US Trade] deal already." - AJ: "The Tories had years to do a deal and didn't manage it." - AG: "We actually came very close." 😂 🤣 😂 ~AA

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The Tesla chief’s Doge was the worst of all worlds. 🌎 Ross Barkan: Good riddance to Elon Musk

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Would Reform be mad to accept Liz Truss? When I raise the prospect of Reform tempting Truss over, the response from multiple Conservatives is “Please, take her!” 🖊️ @RMCunliffe.bsky.social

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Ukraine wants to pay back Russian “monsters” for the massive missile attack on Kyiv that killed at least 12 and wounded 90 people this week, spy boss Kyrylo Budanov said today.

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After MONTHS of shilling for Trump and angrily lecturing that OF COURSE Trump doesn't mean what he says, OF COURSE he's not on Russia's side, OF COURSE he's got Ukraine's back... Johnson now flips, with nary a word to acknowledge that he got this as catastrophically wrong as everything else. ~AA

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry harshly criticized the Spanish government yesterday for canceling a controversial €6.6 million deal involving the purchase of 15 million bullets from an Israeli company.

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We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the climate, by putting an end to new oil and gas projects. Will you join me in signing the petition? www.stopcambo.org.uk/p/no-new-oil...

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🤺🇷🇺 POLITICO Europe’s feature about how a sanctioned Russian billionaire took over the world of Olympic fencing — and the doomed Nordic-led rebellion to oust him — is now available to read online: www.politico.eu/article/russ...

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Checking on my friends in Gaza this morning as they and their children try to avoid extermination and remembering the callous American who said Gaza is just like other wars “except I guess in Gaza they can’t run away”.

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Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes are a stain on the Catholic church - but this latest refusal to atone is a new low

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What has Donald Trump done to your pension? The US President’s tariff experiment took an £8,000 chunk out of the typical worker's retirement savings. 🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social

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Head of US military base in Greenland fired after JD Vance visit

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Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

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Israeli military organises tourist tours of newly occupied Syrian territory

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US President Donald Trump said overnight that global leaders are willing to do anything to make a trade deal with him as American tariffs come into force.

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I saw this article on the The National app and thought you’d be interested. Trump and Netanyahu's Gaza plans echo the darkest chapters of history www.thenational.scot/politics/250... For more great content like this subscribe to the The National app here: www.thenational.scot/subscribe/

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Almost 40 MPs and peers back Jeremy Corbyn in calling for inquiry into UK's support for Israel's war in Gaza - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Nigel Farage says blast furnaces at Scunthorpe 'will go' if British Steel isn't nationalised in next three days - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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The European Commission will let Ukraine’s emergency access to the EU market expire in June, Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen has confirmed.

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💥 A new report released today shows London is now no longer one of the top 5 wealthiest cities in the world after losing a higher proportion of millionaires than anywhere other than Moscow. Lisa Nandy says Brexit is to blame.

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The EU should issue a rebuke of Hungary for leaving the International Criminal Court if it cares about protecting international legal order, a Palestinian Oscar-winning director said.

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IDF has long history of denying involvement in civilian killings

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Kyiv’s forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting alongside Russian troops. ow.ly/A5Vz50VwF0g

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You think it’s a joke but it’s deadly serious.

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In London Playbook PM: 🇺🇸 The plan to use Trump’s economic shakeup to reshape Britain. 🚪 The Home Office lost a bid to keep its security fight with Apple behind closed doors. 👀 Questions over an arrested MP being excluded from the Commons. Dig in 👇

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Nice constitutional order you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it.

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This funny 'American Pie' parody bites hard — from a comedy show that went out a few days ago in the UK

submitted 20 days ago • 66 comments

This man is a senator. Unserious, embarrassing country.

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