Jonathan Brown 🔶

This ruling shows that proscribing Palestine Action was a grave misuse of terrorism laws.

Labour must accept its mistake, drop its appeal and stop wasting taxpayers' money suppressing civil liberties.

Degrading counter-terror powers is a genuine threat to national security.

I'm not saying Trump is a Russian asset, just that I can't think of anything he'd be doing differently if he were.

We need to sanction the awful regime in Iran and freeze Iranian assets in London.

But the world would take Donald Trump's concerns over the brutal murder of protesters in Iran more seriously if his government stopped murdering protesters in Minnesota.

More feds showed up. Crowd chanting, "fuck ICE!"

These vehicles also reversing out now.

This is my friend Will. He is an army veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He was abducted by ICE during this same assault on his neighborhood.

Government drops plans for mandatory digital ID to work in UK There will still be digital checks on those starting a new job, but people will not need to hold a digital ID.

Well I never - I have been waiting for the U-Turn on jury trials & this cancellation of plans for mandatory digital ID almost passed me by.
It was crazy to think that something so expensive, not in their manifesto & without public support would go anywhere.

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Wera Hobhouse MP (LibDem, Bath) left X over a year ago in November 2024

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US Senate introduces bill to stop military from occupying Nato territories

Legislation would prevent American forces from using congressional funds to annex Greenland”

Sport England suspends X social media account and takes aim at Elon Musk Sport England has revealed that it has suspended its account on the social media platform X

Sport England are leaving X/Twitter.

Chris Boardman explains it is because it has become a toxic environment - exemplified by the unlawful stripping & harassment of women and girls

But also one where effective & useful communication is less and less possible

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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.

Ukrainian forces released a video showing the liberation of the Kupyansk center and its municipal building.

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have tried to silence me for speaking out.

Today, I’m fighting back because this isn’t just about me. This is about the rights of all retired veterans and all Americans, and I’m not going to let this Administration take those away.

Good point, Doug. Our wind turbines are vulnerable to foreign attack, and fossil fuels are 100% safe. Because in the whole history of warfare, no one has ever bombed oil facilities.

The extent to which many European policymakers and analysts still don't quite appreciate how deeply steeped quite a few US officials appointed by Trump are in the politics of edgelord Far Right imperialism is frustrating.

RECYCLE YOUR TORIES HERE! Reduce, Reuse, Reform UK. REFORM UK: BRITAIN'S WORST RECYCLING PROJECT

Reform, the party of recycled Tories!

#NeverVoteReform

I don’t know how a gazillion tories all defecting to reform is gonna go down with their fan base. Either they’ll be put off because it’s the same ppl who bought you Liz truss/austerity/brexit or they won’t realise reform would be ten times worse than the party that delivered all those things.

Iran has sold Russia $2.7 billion worth of ballistic and surface-to-air missiles since October 2021, Bloomberg reports. Tehran also provided Shahed-136 attack drones and shared production technology. In total, Russia has spent over $4 billion on Iranian military equipment since late 2021.

For Years, Powell Avoided Fighting Trump. That’s Over. After receiving grand jury subpoenas, the Fed chair spent the weekend deciding how to respond. By Sunday, he had his answer.

Consistent with the tenor of his video, Fed Chair Jerome Powell has hired the law firm of Williams & Connolly, per @wsj.com—which suggests that he is not going to go quietly.
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*ORSTED WINS RULING TO RESUME US WIND PROJECT HALTED BY TRUMP

“Cheaper and more effective”: Norway plans to integrate Ukrainian-made components into its air defense weapons Norway also announces $400 million support package.

Norway plans to integrate Ukrainian-made interceptors into its air defense systems, said Norwegian FM Espen Barth Eide

In 2025, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hoped that cooperation with Norway would lead to joint production of NASAMS
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'Goebbels would be proud!' Tory fury over Nigel Farage's call to discriminate between workers David Cameron leads condemnation of UKIP leader, who insists call for more discrimination has been misinterpreted

oh and here's when Nadhim Zahawi compared Nigel Farage to, er Joseph Goebbels over his “deeply racist” call to allow employers to discriminate by colour

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Jerome Powell says Donald Trump has launched a criminal investigation against the Fed The president denies all knowledge. A bizarre fight could get nasty

Opening criminal charges against a Fed chair for refusing to lower rates is a new low. "Increasingly, it appears that only an extraordinarily pliant central banker will be able to keep the president happy...savers and investors are in for a nasty ride" www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Delighted to see that Kemi Badenoch appears to consider rejoining the EU???????

Musk’s Grok AI Blocked in Indonesia, Malaysia Over Sexual Images Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk’s Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content.

Now two countries have blocked Grok over the ability to create non-consensual intimate images: Malaysia and Indonesia

The funniest part of the “we need Greenland to defend the Arctic from Russia” argument is that the U.S. already has a far more practical and effective way to limit Russia’s threat, and it is actively choosing not to use it.

Russia's full-scale invasion has now lasted 1,417 days, matching its WWII participation. Soviet forces reached Berlin and took it in that time, while Russia's army "heroically" advanced 60 km from Donetsk to Pokrovsk, with losses per square kilometer exceeding Stalin-era records.

“Ukraine will not recognize Donbas as part of Russia, either legally or practically.”
— President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 🇺🇦

Clear enough. This is about sovereignty, not spin.

Preschool teacher abducted by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 6 years for her refusal to betray Ukraine’ Olha Baranevska was clearly targeted by the Russian invaders of Melitopol for her pro-Ukrainian position and her refusal to take part in the indoctrination that Russia has tried to instil in…

Preschool teacher abducted by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 6 years for her refusal to betray Ukraine’
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Overnight protests surged in Tehran (Saadatabad, Yusefabad, Shadabad) and cities like Shiraz, Ketar, Isfahan and Astara. Security forces opened live fire on unarmed crowds, bullet casings seen on streets. Lights and internet are cut again as massive crowds chant and push back through the night.

Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All

"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
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