Rhian Williams

Yesterday, the German state of Baden-Württemberg elected a new state government & prime minister. BW is the 3rd largest state, its capital is Stuttgart, & its strength the automobile industry.

Winner & new PM: Cem Özdemir, a Green politician & son of Turkish immigrants. A portrait:

Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show Exclusive: System brought in after death of 13-year-old is helping ‘transform culture’ of NHS, says patient safety director

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

(What this family have been through 🥺)

Farage does play golf.
Probably a good time to share this, from his autobiography, where he confirms his golfing ability.

A masterclass in licking ones own anus.

‘The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell Lucia Osborne-Crowley has endured threats and sexual harassment to report on Jeffrey Epstein’s chief enabler. Maxwell’s conviction was only the start of the quest for justice, she says

‘The cover-up is brazen’: one journalist’s tenacious, traumatic fight to expose Ghislaine Maxwell

Rex is Toby's brother, Rosie's father. The third cousin is on the Archer side. #TheArchers

BREAKING: Judge Brann has ejected the new leaders of the NJ U.S. attorney's office, once again finding the Trump administration is illegally attempting to circumvent Senate confirmation.

He says this could result in dismissals of indictments.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

There was a loud explosion in Kharkiv about half an hour ago. Russian drone struck near an apartment building. Apartments on lower floors and cars in front of the building are on fire‼️

Trump is considering further easing sanctions on Russian oil amid a surge in prices, Reuters reports.

i'm watching Fox News where right now air raid sirens are blaring in Tel Aviv and the Fox correspondent is about ready to duck for cover. doesn't seem very over!

Trump says he won’t sign any other bills until the SAVE Act is passed, which requires voters to show proof of citizenship with expensive documents like passports.

Reminder: noncitizen voting is already illegal and incredibly rare. This is about voter suppression, plain and simple.

“Let bygones be bygones”
said no Ayatollah ever

US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people were killed, expert video analysis shows.

A newly published video shows that a US Tomahawk missile hit a medical clinic inside an IRGC base and near a primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab where the authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

King Canute also considered taking control of the tides.

Trump said we were going to war to demand that Iran turn over all their enriched uranium to us, and we also demanded regime change where Trump would choose the new leader. Now Trump is apparently declaring victory after accomplishing none of that.

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99 The White House aide who revealed that Richard Nixon had secretly recorded his conversations as president has died. Alexander Butterfield was 99.

BREAKING: Alexander Butterfield, the Richard Nixon aide who disclosed the Watergate tapes, dies at 99.

Reuters: - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Monday and shared his proposals, aimed at a quick settlement to the Iran war, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters.

Footage published by Iranian media today shows damage to Chehel Sotoon, a 17th century, Safavid-era landmark palace and garden located in the historic centre of Isfahan, after air strikes in its vicinity.

The Persian garden that surrounds the palace is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Uk Labour's instagram account shares an image of Sir Kier Starmer standing in parliament saying "It is my duty to judge what is in Britain's national interest, and that is the judgement I made. I stand by it."

Sign of where things are going that in a shockingly competent move Labour's social media team are actually straight up promoting the fact that he had this falling out with Trump re the Iran war. The British right wing press and party establishments may have fucked up here methinks.

If this is actually the new set of strategic goals, the Trump administration is admitting that they have strategically failed and this has been a disaster.

I am increasingly of the opinion that an essential part of the training for being a decent human being should be the experience of what it is to be an immigrant in a country that is not sure (at a basic minimum) that it wants you.

Or alternatively this is creative oil price management just before a final wave of big strikes

Two children died alongside their mothers. Four people remain missing.

​Their only "crime" was being Ukrainians in their own homes; for this, russia killed them.

This is an apartment building in Kharkiv, destroyed by a russian strike on March 7.

​If you zoom in, you can still see the remaining fragments of people's homes and lives: a kitchen stove, a chair, a washing machine... just normal homes. In a single moment, russia stole the lives of 10 people.

CBS reporter: In a phone interview, President Trump told me the war could be over soon: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much. They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no Air Force.” He added that the U.S. is “very far” ahead of his initial 4-5 week estimated time frame.

Oil price tanking.

Either Trump is about to end the Iran War or he's manipulating the market to enrich his cronies.

New MP Hannah Spencer was given a police escort after an anti-hate demonstration turned violent. The Green Party MP had made a speech at the Greater Together Manchester event on Sunday afternoon in Piccadilly Gardens.

I try very hard not to use the word Orwellian too much but it’s the best adjective for the mauling of language at the start of this BBC News report. “… an anti-hate demonstration that turned violent”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘…then bounces back up to $90 - still below the Friday close, and down from $119.50 peak.’ 2.

[What’s the betting someone has just made a great deal of money on all this?]

Thirty-two experts find no evidence ADHD is being overdiagnosed

It’s a bit like how we didn’t ‘overfind’ more stars when telescopes were invented. Why has going after neurodivergent people become a national sport? www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Wall Street erases a big loss and closes higher as oil prices fall after surging near $120 a barrel The U.S. stock market careened through a manic Monday, going from a steep early loss to a solid gain as worries turned into hope that the war with Iran may not last that long.

U.S. stocks close higher following a remarkable reversal as oil prices fall from nearly $120 per barrel back toward $90.

Ma hyn yn fethiant cyfathrebu rol 27 mlynedd o ddatganoli. Ma’r diffyg dealltwriaeth o be ma’r Senedd yn gyfrifol am,a bod na etholiad mewn deufis,yn frawychus.Llafur “Cymru” di gwrthod datganoli darlledu,a hapus i pobl 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ddilyn cyfryngau Llundain.Canlyniad: dryswch,anwybodaeth ac apathi😢🤷🏻‍♂️ #Senedd26

Trump Open to Khamenei Being Killed if Iran’s Leader Doesn’t Cede to U.S. Demands Hits on critical infrastructure were exchanged, with Israeli strikes on Iranian fuel-storage complexes lighting up the Tehran skyline.

What a wild headline.

"Trump open to Khamenei being killed if he doesn't cede to U.S. demands"

Who's ordering the killing? And we just do assassinations bow?

This reads like a Mafia hit. Gross, embarrassing, and, ofc, dangerous.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...