Ian Mannix

❗️Iran says Natanz nuclear facility has been hit. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned a radiological release cannot be ruled out, potentially requiring evacuations of areas as large as major cities. The IAEA has convened an extraordinary session on Iran. #Iran

Holy cow. *Multiple* U.S. fighters have crashed in Kuwait.

I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today – podcast Among the many people I met, there was a pervasive feeling of hopelessness and a sense that resistance is slowly becoming a memoryBy Ewen MacAskill. Read by Greg Stylianou-Burns

I used to report from the West Bank. Twenty years after my last visit, I was shocked by how much worse it is today – podcast

‘Security threat’ declared at UK Cyprus bases A “security threat” was declared at the British bases in Cyprus shortly before midnight on Sunday. Sources informed the Cyprus Mail that personnel at the base were told of the threat, and instructed t...

Security threat announcement.

Reminder: in a war everyone lies.

Urgent call for WA community to register as bone marrow donors for one-year-old Jamori Family and community members are urgently calling on eligible Western Australians to register as bone marrow donors for toddler Jamori Jones Wheatley, who currently has less than 10 per cent bone marr...

Urgent call out to WA mob. Bone marrow donor needed for one year old Jamori. He’s Aboriginal and European and a similar background increases the chance of a match. Please register and perhaps save a young fella’s life nit.com.au/26-02-2026/2...

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If UAE decide to retaliate we are at war.

Just saying.

Angry protesters in Iraq are attempting to storm the Green Zone (where America hides its giant embassy) in central Baghdad.

Government forces are responding with tear gas and live fire. The word “destabilizing” comes to mind.

Iranian State TV Confirms That Supreme Leader Khamenei Is Dead

Iranian state television confirms the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and declares a seven-day nationwide shutdown. Follow live updates.

Explosions reported in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, possibly at Prince Sultan Air Base. The base hosts US troops supporting Patriot missile batteries and THAAD systems. #Iran

Israeli media circulating information of the potential death of Ali Khamenei. Yet, unconfirmed.

❗️❗️Several explosions heard in Abu Dhabi near the city’s main airport, - Reuters

🇮🇷🚀🇮🇱 A new wave of missiles from Iran has been launched towards Israel.

❗️Iran’s IRNA news agency reports that an Israeli strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab, in Hormozgan province, killing five students.

Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X "Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile slamming into the headquarters of the US Navy's 5th Fleet at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain earlier today."
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Getting confirmation from contacts on the ground that Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait have been bombed too.

VicEmergency has issued a Storm warning for Melbourne.

I'm really not surprised, it's so humid. 71%

3:24pm 27 Feb 26.

‘Phew’: Magda Szubanski announces she is in remission after cancer battle The comedian was diagnosed with a rare and fast-moving blood cancer that affects white blood cells last year.

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Stop laughing, this is serious! #floods #emergencies

‘Spare me the condescension, old man’: Grace Tame dismisses PM’s apology.
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Between your Grace Tame "difficult" comment and your "contempt" for the mothers in Syria refugee camps...you've had a rough week @albomp.bsky.social

Time to get into the Hall of Mirrors and have a long, hard look at yourself.

Do you recognise the person you are now ?

I’d like to see some more means testing but it’s political poison.

They can’t stop paying private schools. There is no ability for state system to pick up big new enrolments. And doesn’t private education sector know it!

"Albanese might tell himself that in disappointing everyone, he’s striking some political happy medium
...in fact he’s failing the goal that is at the heart of his leadership: to demonstrate to voters that government can work for them, not for vested interests." #auspol

JUST IN: Judge Murphy has ruled that the Trump administration's policy of sending deported immigrants to third countries without notice or a chance to challenge is illegal and unconstitutional.

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Don’t hold your breath. It took cops in balmoral 8 months to charge two men with rape after the initial report. #arepoluceslright www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Live: Chalmers in inflation 'denial', shadow treasurer says Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson says Jim Chalmers is in "denial" about the link between government spending and inflation. Follow live.

We've been warned.

Asked whether he would do a preference deal with One Nation, Angus Taylor says the election is still "18 months or two years away".

"...but I will always show respect for people who have left us," Taylor says. #auspol

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