Laura Phillips

Unbelievable.

Reuters: ‘ #TRUMP: THERE WILL BE NO DEAL WITH #IRAN EXCEPT UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER’

How Travelodge in Maidenhead gave sex attacker key to woman's room The woman, who woke to find Kyran Smith sexually assaulting her, branded a £30 reward offer

Absolutely shocking security by Travel Lodge.

MS NOW confirms Corey Lewandowski is also out at DHS.

@javierblas.bsky.social: ‘BREAKING: US gasoline retail prices are now higher than at any point since Donald Trump has been president (including both the 1st+2nd term).
AAA data puts US nationwide average at $3.32 per gallon. The White House will start to feel political pressure above $3.5 a gallon.’

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - 'We cannot have chaos': Emily Thornberry on the law of war and Labour's struggles - BBC Sounds The Foreign Affairs Committee Chair on Iran, Trump & the grief of being dropped by Starmer

Foreign Affairs Cttee Chair Emily Thornberry on #Iran, #Trump's 'asteroid of awfulness'+’grief' she after being dropped by Starmer; how her father's career as a UN peacekeeper helped shape her commitment to the ideals of international law+frank views on what Labour needs to combat the Green Party.

@sameerhashmi.bsky.social: ‘The UAE’s Ministry of Defence said their air defence systems intercepted 9 ballistic missiles & 109 drones on Friday. All the ballistic missiles were destroyed while three drones “fell within the country’s territory”
#IranIsraelWar’

Price of first class stamps to rise to £1.80 Royal Mail says the increase reflects the rise in delivery costs, but the move angers consumer groups.

For comparison, in April, the whole of the BBC’s content - radio, TV, online, #BBCSounds, #BBCIplayer, BBC Website will cost each UK household just over 49p a day.

Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking seven people hostage The employees were in two cars carrying $80m (£60m) worth of cash between Austria and Ukraine.

#BBCNews - Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking seven people hostage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anthropic officially designated a supply chain risk by Pentagon The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.

#BBCNews - Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon over risk designation
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC suggests licence fee could be cut if more people pay Five of the BBC's 14-strong board, including the chairman, are currently appointed by the government.

#BBCNews - BBC suggests licence fee could be cut if more people pay
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Passengers describe 'surreal' scramble to reach first government flight out of Middle East The plane landed at London's Stansted Airport in the early hours of Friday morning.

#BBCNews - Passengers describe 'surreal' scramble to reach first UK government flight out of Middle East
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel bombards Beirut and Tehran as US says strikes on Iran to 'surge dramatically' Tehran launches missiles at Tel Aviv, as the first UK government flight to evacuate citizens from the Middle East lands at London Stansted airport.

#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...
Israel bombards Beirut and Tehran as US says strikes on Iran to 'surge dramatically'

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why young women took up arms to fight Abiy Ahmed's government Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.

#BBCNews - Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Why young women took up arms to fight Abiy Ahmed's government
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DR Congo government says over 200 killed after landslide at rebel-held mine The M23, which controls the coltan-rich area, has not commented and the death toll is hard to verify.

#BBCNews - DR Congo government says 200 killed after landslide at rebel-held mine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#DRC #Rubaya

BBC’s Sebastian Usher: “Israeli defence minister Katz : ‘The IDF will always remain in Gaza and Lebanon’”

Quite.

This is from an official White House account.

BREAKING: Four people arrested as part of counter-terrorism investigation relating to Iran - Met police

Police arrested one Iranian & three dual Brit-Iranian nationals on suspicion of assisting foreign intel service.

Investigation relates to suspected surveillance of Jewish communities in London.

Encouraging.

Four arrested on suspicion of helping Iran spy on Jews in London The men were detained shortly after 1am on Friday at addresses in Barnet and Watford, as part of a pre-planned operation

Four arrested on suspicion of helping Iran spy on Jews in London
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

Predictably, Greg Jackson's remarks on the North Sea are more nuanced than rightwing media's reporting, because the truth is more drilling won't make much difference to UK energy prices.

Indeed.

This is not a fake.

The Frat House War.