James Shotter

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How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

The Sausage, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave Civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority faces daunting reconstruction task

Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave—That Sha’ath, a civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, was plucked to spearhead this new era in Gaza… www.ft.com/content/814f... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN Body was originally planned to oversee Gaza but charter’s expansive wording suggests it could mediate in other conflicts

Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN—The body was originally conceived as part of the US president’s push to create a new governance framework for the shattered Palestinian enclave in… www.ft.com/content/0ee7... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

It's Davos this week, so please find attached a list of phrases that you may hear and what they actually mean.

Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...

The famous pale blue dot image with an arrow pointing to the Earth and text reading: “everyone you know lives here”.

a reminder.

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

New malaria drug promises to beat resistant strains Novartis-led project should help curb spread of deadly disease in Africa and Asia

NEW: The first big new malaria treatment in a generation is close, offering hope at a time of rising resistance to existing drugs and steep cuts to global health funding.

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Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.

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Son Dakika | İmamoğlu suç örgütü iddianamesi hazır! İşte Ekrem İmamoğlu için istenen ceza Son dakika haberler - Son dakika haberi! İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcısı Akın Gürlek basın mensuplarıyla toplantı gerçekleştirdi. 'İmamoğlu çıkar amaçlı suç örgütü' iddianamesinin hazır olduğu belirtil...

A sad day for Turkey and a new stage in the government's operation against the municipality of Istanbul: Ekrem Imamoglu will officially appear in court on 142 charges; he faces up to 2,352 years (?!) in prison.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.

UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state [FREE TO READ] Move comes as Israel intensifies military action in Gaza and expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank

on.ft.com/4mpXYq8 UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state

Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state Move comes as Israel intensifies military action in Gaza and expansion of settlements in the West Bank

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How times have changed. Jeb Bush, Republican presidential hopeful, on illegal immigration, 11 years ago www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/41X8Jsz

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

#Belarus It’s a joyful day, and I’m grateful to the US and allies for their efforts to free those unjustly jailed.

But let’s be clear:

It’s infuriating that people’s lives, health, and dignity depend on the whims of one man who thinks he alone can decide their fate.

Wonderful and surprising news out of Belarus, as Lukashenko sets free 14 political prisoners in a deal brokered by Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg.

Israel’s strikes on Iran in videos and maps [FREE TO READ] Multiple air strikes targeted Tehran’s top military commanders, nuclear sites and bases across the country

Multiple Israeli airstrikes have targeted Tehran’s top military commanders, nuclear sites and bases across the country.

Verified footage, photos and official statements from Israel and Iran confirm some of the key locations that have been hit.

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Two bombmakers jailed for life over murder of Maltese journalist Trial of suspects in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death was seen as test of EU county’s ability to tackle organised crime

A very big day in Malta - the bomb-makers involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia have been sentenced to whole-life terms. The first time the state has had to make its case before a jury -- and they managed to make it stick. www.ft.com/content/1896... @daphne.foundation

Wir wären gut, anstatt so roh,
doch die Verhältnisse, sie sind nicht so

The visual investigations team collect the award for written news story of the year on stage at the amnesty media awards

Honoured to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children and settler soldiers in the West Bank.

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Amazing to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Ukrainian children on Russian adoption websites and settler-soldiers in the West Bank.
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This reminds me of my favourite Chatham House rule story 🧵

Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London.

Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/

Israel’s Gaza aid plan could lead to ‘war crime’, UN agency chief says Philippe Lazzarini says ‘primary intent’ of US-backed proposal is to push population south and even out of strip

„The aid plan which is being proposed is a tool which facilitates the forced displacement of the people,” Philippe Lazzarini said. “And ultimately we know that in [the] context of war, forced displacement of people may constitute [a] war crime.”

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