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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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Another sporting hero gone 😩

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EXCLUSIVE: Cameroon legend Eto'o facing US probe for fraud after 'stealing' $600k The three-times Champions League winner and all-time top scorer in the history of AFCON has a troubling history as a football administrator, and faces new allegations

Samuel Eto'o won reelection as president of Cameroon's FA.

Here is a reminder of why he should be nowhere near that position - or any position in football.

sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

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“Suspects”.
An 8 year old and an 11 year old collecting firewood. Despicable.

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Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a new UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes. The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”. Continue reading...

Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report

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The Economic Impact of Brexit Other

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Read the Stanford report:
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Keep going @theguardian.com

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Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg

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World Cup 2026: Fifa to keep top seeds apart in draw The top four seeded countries will not be able to meet each other until the semi-finals of next year's World Cup for the first time in the tournament's history.

England are going to be the first seeds in World Cup history not to qualify for the semi-finals.

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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’ Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus. Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...

Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system

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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...

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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

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

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Glenn Hoddle, 18, interviewed after scoring on full debut for Spurs on Big Match Revisited. His voice hasn’t changed, his shirts have.

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England’s nine Test wins in Australia since 1980 — by the men who did it Victories down under are rare but the heroics of Dean Headley, Phillip DeFreitas and Ian Botham may at least point way for Ben Stokes’s side

This article is worth it for the pictures alone. Also features Allan Lamb as the rinky-dink Pink Panther.

www.thetimes.com/sport/cricke...

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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself

The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

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Fristlose Kündigung nach Pro-Palästina-Posts: Mainz 05 verliert Rechtsstreit – Millionenentschädigung für Ex-Spieler El Ghazi Nach Pro-Palästina-Posts kündigte der FSV Mainz 05 seinem früheren Spieler Anwar El Ghazi. Auch das Landesarbeitsgericht erklärt die fristlose Kündigung für unzulässig.

GERMANY - Following a pro-Palestine post, German football club FSV Mainz 05 had terminated the contract of its former player Anwar El Ghazi. The regional labor court now declared the termination without notice to be inadmissible. The club must pay around €1.5 million in back pay.

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Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3LXOdTm

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Real insight into the bullying of the UKLFI. Well done @dalevince and Forest Green my second team now. Will definitely head to The New Lawn to see the flag (if only FGR didn’t have such a horrible shirt).

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