With all the fakery around, especially AI video rubbish, people just might start to recognise the importance of news outlets like, say, the BBC.
There's plenty wrong, and they are far from perfect, but you are going to get news from them that is, broadly speaking, honest and real.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception Everyone is ok. Stay calm, everyone is safe.

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception

No drone has hit Dubai Marina. It was debris from a successful interception.

I wonder if a drone has hit Dubai Marina. Or whether it was just
debris from a successful interception.

If only loads of Dubai based accounts, including Isabel Oakeshott's, could tell me.

This is *nothing* dignified about wearing a cheap baseball cap that promotes yourself to the otherwise solemn ceremony to receive the bodies of the troops you had killed to distract from your bad economy and rampant pedophilia.

The gulf between what people think of Tony Blair commenting on war in the Middle East & what Tony Blair thinks people think of Tony Blair commenting on war in the Middle East is positively Badenochian.

the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

We’ve had these short wars and skirmishes for decades now. But before, even with significant ideological differences, there were always ‘adults’ in the room. Serious individuals who knew when to pause. Not now. We have a band of reckless delinquents and power crazed nutjobs running the show.

Speaking to reporters after the event, the president blamed Iran for an airstrike that hit an elementary school in Iran on Feb. 28, killing scores of children. “In my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran,” he said, adding “They have no accuracy whatsoever.” A New York Times visual investigation indicates that the school was most likely hit by an American airstrike.

The NYT treats it like something debatable, when it’s madness! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Turns out, the Haber Bosch process working best with piles of cheap natural gas means that all the fertilizer is now made in like three places

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

My heart bleeds…

YouTube video by BBC Politics George Monbiot warns against UK getting involved in US-Israel War with Iran | BBC Politics Live

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ku...

This is, objectively, the most hilarious thing I've seen on the socials today, and I've seen that Starmer/Military TikTok clip.

Waiting to see if Iran will look like Gaza here in a few months.

How much of the world will Trump destroy before he’s brought down is the question.

🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/

The attention span of a swatted bee.

Collecting your money illegally was so much easier.

After Iran claims mediation underway, Trump asserts he’ll only accept Tehran’s surrender Report: Russia has been giving Iran the locations of US military assets in the Middle East * IDF estimates Iran’s daily missile launches have dropped by close to 80% since Saturday * Huckabee meets He...

After Iran claims mediation underway, Trump asserts he’ll only accept Tehran’s surrender www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-mar...

“Dear Diary,
Super excited to say that I’ll be serving my Clacton constituents today by flying to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump and to undermine the UK government. God I love being a patriot!”

Afraid and angry, Lebanese gather on a Beirut beach after fleeing suburbs en masse Shelters nearing capacity after IDF urges residents of Hezbollah stronghold Dahiyeh to evacuate, as the terror group fires rockets at Israel during Iran war

Afraid and angry, Lebanese gather on a Beirut beach after fleeing suburbs en masse www.timesofisrael.com/afraid-and-a...

How Israel’s occupation cripples Palestinian healthcare From bombing hospitals in Gaza to restricting urgent care in the West Bank, Israel has long weaponized Palestinian healthcare, writes Falasteen Mansour.

How Israel's occupation cripples Palestinian healthcare www.newarab.com/opinion/how-...

YouTube video by Lezzet Yöresi What Happens Next In This War Will Shock You | Col. Douglas Macgregor

youtu.be/qkic-yhPIQw?...

Israel massacred far more Palestinians than anyone could imagine The Lancet report of a 35% undercount in Gaza’s death toll raises questions about the true scale of genocide - but will it move world leaders to act?

Israel massacred far more Palestinians than anyone could imagine www.newarab.com/opinion/isra...

What Israel has done in the West Bank and Gaza amid the Iran war Israel has continued its strikes on and siege of Gaza while closing the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the middle of Ramadan and continuing moves to annex the West Bank

What Israel has done in the West Bank and Gaza amid the Iran war www.newarab.com/news/what-is...

Note that the electoral side is that important given how awful this proposal is but... I am sure the sight of sobbing children being handcuffed and dragged onto planes will boost the Government's standing with the progressive voters we're losing.

Fuck. This.

Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A daughter’s tale of family and Gaza Book Club: Samah Sabawi’s debut novel, ’Cactus Pear for My Beloved, chronicles her family and Gaza’s history, blending love, resilience, and memory

Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A daughter's tale of family and Gaza www.newarab.com/features/cac...

US may not have capacity to take down full barrage of Iranian drones, officials warn Chair of joint chiefs of staff and others in classified meeting said Iran is trying to get US to spend its munitions

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump and Keir Starmer – cartoon The US president launched a deeply personal attack on the UK prime minister, telling reporters: ‘This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with’

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I don’t know why Trump’s upset that Starmer is keeping us out of his illegal war: after all, our troops didn’t do anything in Afghanistan, they just hung around at the back.

#r4today