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Forget soft Brexit if you strike trade deal with Trump, EU insiders warn Starmer Some Brussels insiders believe the US may want to drive a wedge between Britain and the European Union inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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No biggie. This man is temporarily in charge of, and Trump wants to put him permanently in charge of, one of the two United States Attorney’s offices that handle the most national-security matters. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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💥 NEW: The British embassy fixed up the prime minister’s recent visit to Palantir’s Washington HQ. But the ambassador, Peter Mandelson, reportedly still has shares in Global Counsel – a lobbying firm working for Palantir. Conflict of interest? goodlawproject.org/mandelsons-e...

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The water industry fails, fails, and fails again. This government has lost control - it's time for Labour to step up and fix this broken system www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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El Salvador won’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, Trump is not only refusing to bring him back—he is lying about the Supreme Court ruling compelling him to do so.

submitted 3 days ago • 545 comments

There’s been a lot to be upset about in the last few months. But as an American, this truly disgusts me. The USA’s closest ally now is a guy who calls himself the “coolest dictator” — this Oval Office meeting is like a huge F.U. to the judicial branch and the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision

submitted 3 days ago • 66 comments

The Trump Administration says it's up to El Salvado to decide whether return Kilmar García to the US. El Salvador President Bukele: "How can I smuggle a terrorist into the US?" He wouldn't have to smuggle García because the US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the US govt must "facilitate" his return.

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Great response here to the government's Land Use Framework consultation by Rewilding Britain. Consultation closes on April 25th. Please make your views known. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says the military is taking over several areas in northern Gaza and the "security zone is being expanded, including in the Netzarim Corridor". 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ylvf3c

submitted 5 days ago • 26 comments

Khan Yunis is burning this evening, missiles have been falling for hours without stopping This is known as a fire belt- OF HELL.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The Greens have eviscerated Labour in a council by-election in Haringey. This is David Lammy's constituency.💚🌳 @zackpolanski.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 45 comments

You lost your 401k... and did Trump make money doing it? He posted "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" just hours before pausing the tariffs. It's time for everyone to ask House Republicans why they aren't fighting for an investigation into this.

submitted 8 days ago • 729 comments

Hamas calls on the UK government to remove it from list of banned terrorist groups

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"I saw one of my colleagues on fire." In Israel's latest attack on Palestinian reporters in Gaza, a journalist, Hilmi al-Faqaawi, is burned alive in a targeted strike on a media tent outside a hospital. Read here: aje.io/93npf8

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

Is there an equivalent expression in Israel to the US 'trailer trash'?

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Question for economists on here; if Trump strategy is to onshore/reshore manufacturing, doesn't it mean US citizens will either have to do low-paid jobs or consumer goods will be more expensive? (Not that I agree with low wages paid in some countries to feed West consumerism.)

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Since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the BBC has misled the public by applying double standards in its coverage of the massacres committed by Israel against civilians, complicating in the killing of tens of thousands. 1/2👇🏻 #Gaza

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Israel continues to pound Gaza, bombing a tent housing journalists near Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, killing at least two and wounding seven others. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/rrf46b

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

Is anyone keeping an eye on who's buying? It all feels suspicious. @peterstefanovic.bsky.social @carolvorders.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lincolnproject.us

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An Israeli government aircraft carrying PM Netanyahu that left Hungary for the US has passed through French airspace despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest, according to the FlightRadar24 website. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g1fpxf

submitted 11 days ago • 62 comments

Has its trading partners in BRICS made any comment on its response to tariffs?

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Decapitating babies is ok. Killing journalists is ok. Raping people to death is ok. Murdering medics is ok. Bombing hospitals is ok. Starving 2m people is ok. Blowing up universities is ok. Burning people alive in tents is ok. But detaining & deporting 2 MP's? Thats unacceptable

submitted 11 days ago • 17 comments

Is this really where Lammy and UK government draw the line? Not genocide, trashing international law, apartheid, supplying arms to a rogue state… Our government’s got its priorities all wrong.

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“casting doubt”

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😪😤

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More than 500 firms and legal offices filed a court brief on Friday warning Trump’s actions represent "a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself” www.newsweek.com/500-law-firm...

submitted 12 days ago • 28 comments

Privatisation of essentials fleeces people. Average annual household energy bill up by £111 to £1,849. UK has the fourth highest household electricity price in the world. Companies making record profits, still get subsidies. Profiteering increases inflation and poverty. Must nationalise energy.

submitted 13 days ago • 14 comments

Gaza's humanitarian crisis is escalating, with no aid truck allowed into the enclave for an entire month, warns Humanitarian group Mercy Corps, adding that 85% of the Strip’s Palestinians no longer has access to basic food items. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2bw1vf

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

56 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air attacks on the Gaza Strip today since dawn, medical sources tell Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/6etbtl

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

The government is implementing a Foreign Influence Registration Scheme. So we ask again: Who funds Labour Friends of Israel (@lfisrael.bsky.social)❓ Why does it refuse to say❓ Given LFI funds MPs, why isn't it required by law to declare its own funders❓ www.declassifieduk.org/who-funds-la...

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Tahani Mustafa: Israels strategy "is to make the strip completely uninhabitable for its population.. what we are seeing is what many of us predicted from the outset.. you're going to see Gaza quite literally razed to the ground" Exactly.

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Israel's breakdown of the ceasefire and resumption of “intense bombardments” and ground operations in Gaza has left at least 322 children dead and 609 injured, says the UN children’s fund (UNICEF). 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2lxx3i

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

When historians look back on this period the thing that will puzzle them most might be how little American law firms, universities, media, etc, really cared about defending free expression when presented with the most obvious opportunities to do so.

submitted 16 days ago • 64 comments

Attacking ambulances, executing medics, then tossing their bodies in a mass grave. If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage. But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/why-isnt-t...

submitted 16 days ago • 13 comments

Is there no crime that Israel can commit in full view of the world that it can’t get away with? No crime too grotesque, no crime too depraved, no crime too sadistic?

submitted 16 days ago • 20 comments

Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say

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IT GETS WORSE Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions. New via @wsj.com:

submitted 19 days ago • 2550 comments

Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...

submitted 20 days ago • 169 comments

2020-2024: UK energy industry made £483.4bn operating profit. 6.1m households in fuel poverty. 110,000 pensioners a year die in fuel poverty. Industries. struggling. What would the govt do? Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Attf...

submitted 20 days ago • 16 comments

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

submitted 19 days ago • 131 comments

"While the MoD claims these flights are solely for locating Israeli hostages, AOAV found the RAF conducted 24 flights in the two weeks leading up to Israel’s attack on Nuseirat refugee camp, which killed 274 Palestinians and injured over 700." www.declassifieduk.org/britain-sent...

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments