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‘We lost our limbs fighting for Ukraine – now we make prosthetics for other war amputees’ A specialist facility gives maimed soldiers the chance to carry on contributing to the country’s war effort

A report we recently made from one rehabilitation centre in Ukraine helping some incredible people rebuild their lives www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Prince Harry makes secret visit to Ukraine Duke of Sussex goes to war zone one day after telling court his ‘life was at risk’

Reports suggests there are upwards of 20k amputees in Ukraine as a result of Russia’s full scale invasion . Many are rehabilitated with the help of volunteers and charities . Prince Harry’s visit to one of these centres is nothing short of commendable
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Hmm

YouTube video by Gregory Mullins Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the US

This is one to watch
"Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service."--Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDV...

Why was Vance even in the room , it looked like a deliberate ambush in front of the US media . Zelenskyy can be clumsy with his English but these two have no idea what it is to live through war, to fight for the survival of your people

Trump goes all out to rescue the Tate brothers but wants to make a nation fighting for it’s very existence squirm, what a man

Gene Hackman, one of the greats, RIP

Let’s not forget that the USA’s support pre Dec 1941 was a transactional Lend Lease deal, it was only after Pearl Harbour, two years into a brutal war, with Britain the last standing bastion of European democracy, that finally America stepped in. That loan was paid off in 2005

Is this the end of American hegemony?

Is this the end of American hegemony? “The rest of the world accepted US global leadership not out of deference but because it was a good deal for almost everybody. With Trump, that won’t be the case any longer.”
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One also has to remember that Ukraine doesn’t have to accepts any bilateral agreement between the US and Russia if (a big if) Europe are willing step up and assist Ukraine. Russia is exhausted and Trump is handing Putin an unconditional victory, instead of facing defeat,the courts and reparations

From what we’re seeing from reports Trump will give Putin the world for a Ukraine peace deal , just so he can say he made the Deal , even if Ukraine suffers immeasurably for it . Let’s hope this is all noise and disinformation

Vance’s real warning to Europe Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America

“Trump attempted to overthrow the 2020 US presidential election. And his vice-president presumes to lecture Europeans about respect for democracy?” www.ft.com/content/11f1...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin will not give up land in peace talks Russia has no plans to give up territory it has seized in Ukraine, its foreign minister said.

Lavrov’s comment says it all “What sort of territorial concessions do you want — that we give up Russian speakers or rare earths?” The invasion was all about Ukraine’s rich resources. If Russia cared so much about Russian speakers why the meat grinder warfare ? www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis The ranks of the American armed forces are depleted. Is the problem the military or the country?

Calls by Trump for NATO’s members to take responsibility for their own security has many causes . It could be that the USA just can’t afford it . Spending is down to 3.4% of GDP, most Americans won’t fight, and the quality of recruits has dropped www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

AP Accuses White House of Violating First Amendment The Associated Press said the White House had blocked its journalists from attending press events because the news agency had not started using the term Gulf of America.

The Associated Press on Wednesday accused the White House of violating the First Amendment and called on the Trump administration to stop blocking its reporters from press events.

Can Europe defend itself without America? It would need to replace military aid, a nuclear umbrella and leadership

On Hegseth's comments, I would recommend re-reading the detailed briefing I wrote while at Munich a year ago. On whether Europe could defend itself without America, what that would require, and why leadership was as much of a problem as raw military power. www.economist.com/briefing/202...

the root causes being a free and democratic Ukraine ?

Cutting Aid is cutting influence . Whether it be via the likes of the BBC World Service or Health and Outreach programmes . The void left behind is being filled by Russia and China . Be smart not stupid …

The only way to change the present narrative on Gaza is for the civilised world to show some backbone and present an alternative to Trump’s proposal of turning the strip into a beach resort eradicated of its Palestinian inhabitants .

The CIA Is About to Get a Trump Makeover The agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce in what officials said is a bid to bring it in line with Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels.

Trump purging CIA as well as FBI. “Aligned with Trump” appears to mean firing experienced professionals and replacing them with loyalists and lackeys. What are long term consequences for American human intelligence? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Hadrian- Edward I- Jackson- Pasha- Milosevic-Trump-Netanyahu …. what’s the difference ? The ethnic cleansing of Gaza would be a heinous crime .

Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning to power.

So Trump doesn’t just want Greenland and Panama , he wants Gaza too “everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land” . www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u... via @NYTimes

Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.

U.S.A.I.D., which spent about $38.1 billion on health services, disaster relief, anti-poverty efforts and other foreign assistance programs in 2023 is in Musk’s sights for brutal cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

Tik Tok simply wasn’t toxic and divisive enough for the alt right

Utterly brilliant writing and so true
“You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it “

8 Months Inside New York’s Migrant Shelters: Fear, Joy and Hope A reporter and photographer documented life in New York City’s shelter system for migrants, through the eyes of those living there.

Fantastic journalism from the NYT putting a face to some of the migrants that have arrived in NYC . Reporting like this helps readers understand the plight of others , humanising their story , bravo . www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/n...

Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story. President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced.

News Analysis: President-elect Trump says he is about to take over a nation ravaged by crisis, a desolate hellscape of crime, chaos and economic hardship. But by many metrics, the country is in better shape than it has been for a new president's inauguration in over twenty years. nyti.ms/407cWbk

Turns out that a man who entirely baselessly and bizarrely calls a British minister a rape genocide enabler and tweets random conspiracy theories day and night might neither be the most stalwart nor reliable political ally.

Syria Faces Its Past and Its Future Images taken just after the precipitous end of the civil war reveal a secret legacy that is just becoming visible.

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The whole Musk/Farage spat is actually quite troublesome . Musk is campaigning on behalf of a certain far right thug who is currently behind bars, Farage rightfully wants him nowhere near Reform as he knows the damage it’ll do to his quest for mainstream acceptance