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Israel’s Gaza City plan sparks global condemnation with warnings of more destruction and suffering – latest updates Widespread calls for takeover plan to be stopped with UK’s Starmer saying escalation will ‘only bring more bloodshed’ and Germany halting arms exports

It's anyone surprised by Netanyahu's "new" plan to annexe Gaza?

Wasn't that the game plan all along?

How stupid does he think we are?

#RecogniseGazaNow #GazaGenocide

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Sky News sidebarred the Lionesses yesterday to carry live coverage of RefUK press conference. I'm not even English, and I'm appalled my that, so I've used a tool developed by Best for Britain to submit a complaint.

Please do the same.

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How depressing that I've just done the age verification scan and it immediately confirmed that I'm (way) old enough. 🤣🤦‍♀️

UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work Exclusive: Changes to workers’ rights bill will prohibit the silencing of staff who suffer harassment or discrimination

This is brilliant, and much needed.

For too long employers have been able to hide between NDAs and threats to cover up atrocious practices.

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Israeli military used 500lb bomb in strike on Gaza cafe, fragments reveal Exclusive: Experts say use of heavy munition in Monday’s strike that killed dozens may constitute a war crime

But it's all self defense, apparently, and calling our out can get you investigated by the Police 😡

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They should have the capacity to remotely wipe any data on lost/stolen devices.

It's a key tool in the world of cybersecurity.

Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives <article data-history-node-id="423288" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="98" data-start="0">A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli forces are “systematically targeting” Gaza’s already fragile healthcare sector by striking power sources that keep hospitals running.</p> <p data-end="614" data-start="421">“The occupation targets the electric generators that supply hospitals,” he said, adding that the army has destroyed “the three largest power generators supplying hospitals in the Gaza Strip.”</p> <p data-end="761" data-start="616">Without power, hospital departments are shutting down, forcing staff to ration electricity where possible to keep essential services operating.</p> <p data-end="988" data-start="763">“The occupation’s targeting of electricity generators means a death sentence for patients,” the spokesman warned, highlighting that Israeli authorities are also blocking the entry of critical spare parts needed for repairs.</p> <p data-end="1078" data-start="990">“Various hospital departments cannot continue operating without electricity,” he said.</p> <p data-end="1328" data-start="1080">Gaza’s hospitals have faced relentless bombardment since Israel launched its war on the besieged enclave nearly eight months ago. Medical teams now find themselves scrambling to save lives with dwindling resources, no fuel, and no reliable power.</p> <p data-end="1452" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1330">“The international community must intervene to pressure the occupation to protect the health system,” the spokesman urged.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients

The BBC obtained a mobile phone that was smuggled out of North Korea.

The level of control the regime holds over its citizens is shocking but not surprising.

Durham County Council by-election date after Reform UK resignation The vote will replace a councillor who stood down after failing to declare he was a council worker.

So, Reform UK Plc (yet again) failed to properly vet a candidate and the public in Durham are going to pay for their negligence?

How many Reform councillors have resigned now?

Where is that being reported?

#JustAskingQuestions

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This is a piece of nonsense.

One measure, shows the UK economy has had a 5% hit but "over the period there's been COVID, the energy price shock...."

All of which are global factors, whereas Brexit is UK-centric.

Do better #@SkyNews. A fudge serves nobody at all.

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social seem to remember you saying he would be off to the US after his early holiday

Politics latest: Starmer says UK will face Trump tariffs with 'calm head' but warns of 'clear' impact After Donald Trump announced global tariffs last night, the prime minister has said "clearly there will be an economic impact" on the UK.

No, now is not the time to kowtow to a bully, particularly one who is economically illiterate. Trump admires strength so UK should stand shoulder to shoulder with our other allies & ignore him.

We certainly should not be hoping for crumbs from a one-sided trade deal.

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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

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Donald Trump's comments on Gaza trigger tensions with his Arab-American supporters Mr Trump has suggested that Palestinians in Gaza could be moved to Jordan or Egypt, prompting a strong pushback from a key demographic who voted for him.

Supporter of face-eating leopard is surprised when said face-eating leopard starts to eat his face.

What made this guy, given Trump's record during his first term, think he'd be a supporter of Palestinians & Gaza now?

#UsefulIdiot

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After the US election I took a break from the news & podcasts I love; just couldn't mentally cope with politics.

With he whom I refuse to name sworn in, I'm switching to audiobooks for the foreseeable to protect my emotional equilibrium.

I'll return to the fray when I'm ready. Peace for now.

Ah well, that's her alienated the people who usually vote Tory even more.

And she kicked up such a stink about the winter fuel payment being means-tested.

It's almost like she genuinely doesn't have a f*cking clue what's she supposed to be doing.

Who'd a thunk it?

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Comedian Tony Slattery dies aged 65 after heart attack Slattery, who rose to fame in 1980s, appeared on shows such as Have I Got News For You and Whose Line Is It Anyway?

This is sad news.

I had a bit of a crush on Tony Slattery when he was on Whose Line Is It Anyway back in the day.

RIP funny man.

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Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, says special counsel Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024

As a child, I was fascinated by America & was gutted that I was Scottish rather than American.

Not so much these days.

Seems your techbro buddy can buy you an election (allegedly) & the law of the Land just stops in it's tracks.

A cautionary tale, indeed.

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CCTV footage reveals shocking moment 80-year-old is shot in IDF raid as UN expert says it could be 'war crime' Sky News analysis of CCTV footage reveals what appears to be Israeli military personnel using a vehicle marked as an ambulance in an operation during which an 80-year-old Palestinian woman was shot in...

When is this going to end?

What risk did an 80-year old woman pose to the IDF or Isreal?

This is nothing to do with Isreal having a right to exist, Hamas, or October 7th atrocities.

Anyone who excuses these war crimes needs to have a long hard look at themselves.

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Here you have it, the five-year running mean for global sea surface temperatures, showing the impact of 5+ billion Hiroshima bombs worth of heating, and the massive rise in ocean heat content.

The five-year running mean dampens most of the impacts from ENSO and other short-term cycles.

Tory shadow minister rejected calls for mandatory child abuse reporting in 2018 Then-safeguarding minister Victoria Atkins - now a member of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet - said the case for a mandatory reporting duty had "not been made."

Kemi Badenoch shadow minister rejected calls for mandatory child abuse reporting in 2018
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Precious, much?

Smacks of someone who has never been socialised.

Also, someone who's deeply insecure and a control freak.

Musk has parents & kids, but he reportedly spent the holidays at Mar-a-Lago. Meanwhile, his dad seems to have groomed his step-sister from young age.

It makes me wonder if he actually has anyone who loves him, let alone friends.

For all his money, I pity him.

Not that this excuses his abhorrence.

I don't object to right leaning but anyone pushing the anti-immigration rhetoric that seems to be only based on racism & islamaphobia will be instantly blocked. Same for any Trump/Musk-ites.

I used to love Twitter & enjoyed a friendly debate, but it's now a cesspit full of bots & very dubious ads.

As America's incoming President is criminally sentenced – with the prosecutor commenting "he has purposely bred disdain for our judicial institutions and the rule of law" – it's an apt moment to remember... Everything changes fast.

I realized today that I am more powerful than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.

I can say Fuck You Donald Trump.

They may be richer but I am more powerful. And that is a trade I would make every single day.

‘Rape of Britain’: Russia Rolls Out the Red Carpet for 'Tommy Robinson' Sarah Hurst on how the far-right activist visited Russia to praise Vladimir Putin and spread Islamophobic and racist propaganda about the UK.

5 years ago on @bylinetimes.bsky.social

‘Rape of Britain’: Russia Rolls Out the Red Carpet for 'Tommy Robinson'
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Tommy Robinson's pedophile associates. But I guess that white fascist pedophilia is just fine.