Chris Wade-Evans

Two smiling tax administration employees standing at Arrivals section of an airport with a large hand-drawn banner with the text translated above

“To all influencers and other tax exiles in Dubai, the tax authorities wish you a safe return to France”

And there is only one can.

It’s Monday 3/2/2026.
Release all the Epstein Files. Stop the Coverup.
Trump needs to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee.
If You Agree. Repost

GOP senators warn Justice Department to release all Epstein files mentioning Trump Republican senators are putting pressure on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department to release all files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that mention President Trump’s name.

Even Trump's allies are fed up with the games the DOJ is playing with the Epstein files. The law was clear, and it's just as clear that the Trump administration is doing everything it can to hide information the public deserves. thehill.com/homenews/sen...

Incredible that Trump's just dunked on Starmer for taking too long to fold. Starmer's managed to deliver his personal specialty: an outcome where he's pissed off literally everyone for zero gain.

Israel is back to imposing hunger of the Palestinian civilians of Gaza.

Gazas borders are closed indefinitely #wckitchen will run out of food this week.

It’s telling isn’t it, that while trying to find a way home in the wake of the attacks on Dubai, I felt safer routing via Hong Kong rather than the USA, whom I consider hostile.

Starmer is always quick to quote international law when he does what Trump or Netanyahu tell him to but what about morality? Doesn't that count any more for our government?

Adam Parsons: "In the eyes of many people this is an illegal attack"

No, according to international law it is an illegal attack. Do your job, look out of the window and tell us if its raining.

Honestly the collective national level of disdain for Brits living in Dubai on all my social media platforms today really is bringing the UK together as one in a way that's hard to achieve in the modern era.

Ah. Of course.

Of course it does! 👍🏼

This...

Image of Netanyahu in a dark blue suit and red tie with his finger lifted in front of his face.

#WarCriminal

The U.S. attack on Iran is not legal, but that does not matter with American presidents — The Globe and Mail In his second term, Trump has felt few constraints and has practised a unilateral conception of the presidency

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NEW: Donald Trump has said that Keir Starmer took “far too long” to allow US to use UK bases to carry out strikes on Iran.

UK initially denied US permission to conduct strikes aimed at regime change from bases incl Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford, citing international law.

Christ, it only gets worse.

Saudi says it backed talks with Iran, not military action <article data-history-node-id="434562" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/saudi-says-it-backed-talks-iran-not-military-action" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/saudi-says-it-backed-talks-iran-not-military-action" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Saudi says it backed talks with Iran, not military action</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Saudi Arabia on Monday denied reports that claimed the country was lobbying US President Donald Trump to strike Iran, saying that the&nbsp;nation has been "consistent in supporting diplomatic efforts to reach a credible deal with Iran".&nbsp;</p> <p>Spokesperson for the Saudi Embassy in Washington,&nbsp;Fahad Nazer, said:&nbsp;“At no point in all our communication with the Trump Administration did we lobby the President to adopt a different policy.”</p> <p>"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been consistent in supporting diplomatic efforts to reach a credible deal with Iran,”&nbsp;he&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/KSAEmbassySpox/status/2028259107560358008" target="_blank">said&nbsp;</a>in a post on X.</p> <p>Last week, the Washington Post had reported that&nbsp;Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, argued in favour of an attack during multiple phone calls with Donald Trump in the past month.&nbsp;</p> <p>The developments come amid ongoing US and Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital, after the countries carried out a joint attack on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-says-it-backed-talks-iran-not-military-action">Saudi says it backed talks with Iran, not military action</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the Kennedy Centre on 19 November 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / Getty Images via AFP" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="348c41bf-8814-4c3f-be85-36b5cf7b53e4" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/US-PRESIDENT-TRUMP-PARTICIPATES-IN-U.S.-SAUDI-INVESTMENT-FORUM-A.jpg" width="1341" height="754" alt="Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the Kennedy Centre on 19 November 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / Getty Images via AFP" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the Kennedy Centre on 19 November 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee Getty Images / AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Saudi says it backed talks with Iran, not military action - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/saudi-says-it-backed-talks-iran-not-military-action

#AirstripOne

If I recall correctly this will be more F15s shot down today than have ever been shot down before in it's entire combat history.

That is one strange assessment! You would think that both events would have pretty precise times associated with them. An assessment wouldn’t really be necessary. Or maybe the time zones confused them?

The Board of Peace is a Crock of Shit

🚨 The death toll at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ primary school in Minab has risen to 148 dead and 95 wounded, Iranian state media reported.

Most of those killed were between the ages of 7 and 12.

Video via Mehr News Agency (X: @MehrnewsCom)

They cost about $100 million each...

BREAKING: Israel announces it is winning the war against Iran after confirming that it has killed a significantly larger number of school children

"I want a change of regime in Iran.
But what’s happening isn’t about freeing the Iranian people. It’s an imperialist, capitalist war started by bullies who take whatever they want & murder whomever gets in their way, including humanitarian and health workers"
via Maggie Chapman

George Monbiot two-fer:

"Donald Trump is a global chaos generator. He couldn't give a damn about the Iranians and will walk away the moment things get difficult, leaving a trail of pointless death and destruction.
It's all about spectacle for him. Once that's achieved, job done."

Great week for the military industrial complex- their executives, principal investors, and stockholders. Lots of people about to make many billions from US taxpayers on Trump’s Iran bombings, which are costing us a fortune every single day.

We had a plan, but we blew up the plan.

Starmer will make a serious mistake if he allows the UK to be dragged into this one. Iraq and Afghanistan ought to have taught us something.