The Trump-Netanyahu war has killed a Catholic priest.
Fr. Pierre el-Rahi told his parish three days before his death: "We carry only the weapons of peace."
An Israeli Merkava tank fired twice at the same home in Qlayaa. He ran toward the wounded after the first shell.
The second one killed him.
Starmer declines Trump’s invitation to another Middle East adventure, citing international law * Tories yearn for the days when we followed Washington into every catastrophe * Reform fumes about “family voting” but can’t produce a single case.
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The widely used satellite imagery provider, Planet Labs, has announced there will now be a two week delay on imagery related to the current conflict in Iran to commercial customers.
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A Noem aide spent $3 million on pickup trucks emblazoned with the ICE name & logo, which ICE agents -- notoriously averse to advertising their presence -- will not drive, so they're just sitting in a lot, useless. The contract went to a Trump donor who owns a regional Chevy dealership.
09.03.2026 22:33 — 👍 3417 🔁 1377 💬 138 📌 149Preach it brother⬇️
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A pastoral letter from the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East.
www.anglicannews.org/news/2026/02...
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
Now even my partner and kid (Italians who have UK settled status) have to show a new share code every 90 days whenever they enter the UK. I already had to do that (Lebanese with pre-settled status).
The sole purpose of these is to make non-Brits feel unwelcome.
Thanks Labour.
Trump and Israel started bombing Iran while in the middle of negotiations
Trump is starving Cuba
He’s threatening to annex Canada
He removed the leader of Venezuela
He’s threatening Greenland
He’s aiding a genocide in Gaza
This is the man who took your tax dollars for his “Board of Peace”.
No doubt Tulsi Gabbard is drafting her resignation letter as we speak.
28.02.2026 10:42 — 👍 4867 🔁 1194 💬 153 📌 59Very helpful piece, although from one Villa fan to another: "a non-glamorous midlands football club"?🤣😉
21.02.2026 08:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This shows how populist calls for the reduction of HE by Reform and the Tories are addressing a symptom not the problem - we need an economy that makes use of graduates not fewer graduates
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Donald Trump's board was conceived to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza, but US officials have suggested it could rival the UN while the White House has promoted it as the answer to decades of conflict in the Middle East. ft.trib.al/GoWZAv0
19.02.2026 22:21 — 👍 18 🔁 9 💬 21 📌 6Lord Hailsham used to trot out this line to American students who came to his talks: in the UK we have a republic masquerading as a monarchy whereas in the US you have a monarchy masquerading as a republic.
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Do not miss out on the special issue of Propaganda magazine, released digitally today. Volume 3, Issue 1. Will there be more? propaganda.u2.com to see the magazine direct. www.u2songs.com/discography/... for more information on the new EP, "Days of Ash", available now.
18.02.2026 19:18 — 👍 39 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
The baptism was difficult, but the preparation classes were the really tricky part.
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A church sign saying - Whoever is still praying for rain - please stop
Apparently, not a Church sign in south west England.
#ChurchNoticeBoardOfTheWeek #Church
This can hardly be the most dangerous path in England if nobody has drowned since 1919. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
17.02.2026 20:42 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Some very detailed liturgical knowledge for a confirmed atheist!
17.02.2026 19:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Powerful stuff.
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U.S. military blew up three alleged drug-trafficking boats, two in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean, killing 11 people. Since Sept. 2, the U.S. military has conducted at least 42 strikes and has killed at least 144 people it says are “narco-terrorists” in the Ca...
TAT: [Foreign Policy]
Liturgically-themed mocktails at this evening’s Pancake Party 🥞
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Shrove Tuesday
We have crossed the gap between Christmas and Easter.
in a way, the gap between midwinter and spring.
Candlemas, 2 February, is 40 days after Christmas.
Shrove Tuesday, 40 days before Palm Sunday and the start of Easter.
Wetherspoon boss, a Reform UK funder, supports Farage because of pub-aid.
Cut beer duty by 10%
Cut VAT to 10% for hospitality sector
Reverse employers’ NIC
Remove business rates for pubs
To be paid by increasing child poverty ... Jeez.
Reform oppose workers rights, tax rises on the rich.
Steve Bannon says that “he’s more dangerous than Francis.”
MAGA is melting down over Pope Leo XIV’s messages lifting up the poor and migrants — and some are starting to panic.
"...to make sure we have the white people - I mean, the right people - voting..."
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Nigel Farage has been making the incorrect claim that "one million people living in this country don't speak any English at all"
Facts here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Wow!
Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.
This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Pam Bondi reminds Epstein's victims why they should thank Trump
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social n for Raw Story
#PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Trump #USPolitics #EpsteinFiles
