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'Putin was beaming, and seemed to tower over his host.'
'Trump's vanity turned out to be an old-fashioned Soviet honey trap.'
'Ukraine wasn't thrown under a bus - but the Presidential Beast limo.'

Matt Frei analyses the political optics of yesterday's Alaska meeting.

Russia launched 49 drones and two ballistic missiles overnight. Ukrainian air defense shot down or suppressed 34 targets, including 2 Iskander-M/KN-23 missiles and 32 Shahed or other decoy drones in the north and east. Seventeen drones hit 15 locations.

Israel kills 73 in Gaza after murder of journalists shocks world Israeli attacks and forced starvation kill more Palestinians in Gaza as protests continue over slain journalists.

Israeli attacks and forced starvation kill more Palestinians in Gaza as protests continue over slain journalists.

Nottingham Forest news: Opinion - hopes and fears for 2025-26 season Nottingham Forest news: Opinion - hopes and fears for 2025-26 season

Hopes and fears for the new season

New #nffc piece for BBC Sport

www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Southern Europe is sweltering under life-threatening heat that could last through Monday, fueling wildfires that have left at least two people dead. In Spain, soldiers have been deployed to battle the fires and hundreds of people have evacuated. nyti.ms/46STog7

NEW: JD Vance is visiting Charlbury, UK on vacation - the residents were ready for him.

The VP lectured the UK about free speech. He now gets to experience it first hand.

(🎥 Channel Four News)

Column | Why does travel make me constipated? A gastroenterologist explains. We all poop weirdly on vacation. Fiber supplements can help.

Here’s a fact: We all poop weirdly on vacation.

Our bowel movements love a routine. When we travel, everything about our routine goes awry. Here’s what a gastroenterologist recommends could help:

Crystal Palace to play in Conference League after defeat in legal battle Court of Arbitration for Sport rules that Uefa decision should stand, with FA Cup winners dropping down from Europa League and Nottingham Forest taking their place

www.thetimes.com/sport/footba... #nffc

Miguel looks set to be leaving. #nffc

When did Anonymous lose its power?
There was a time they would have gone all out to expose the likes of Trump, Putin and Netanyahu.

Manchester's Shambles Square - Sinclair’s Oyster Bar and the Old Wellington Inn - raised by five feet on hydraulic jacks in 1971 to make room for a new underground car park and fit the new street level (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk).

😂😂😂 #nffc

"Dad was disgusted with how small it is now and how much they charge for it," Leonie Wadin, 74 - the daughter of Freddo founder Harry Melbourne - told Sky News Money from her home in Australia 🐸🍫

The question is, would you pay £1 for a Freddo today? ⬇️

🔗 news.sky.com/story/money-...

Fire breaks out at Córdoba’s ancient mosque-turned-cathedral La Mezquita-Catedral Heritage site was built as a mosque in the eighth century before Spanish royalty turned it into a Christian church A fire has broken out in the historic mosque-turned-cathedral of the Spanish city of Córdoba. Videos online show flames and smoke coming from inside the major tourist attraction. The fire service told AFP it had deployed to La Mezquita-Catedral late on Friday without giving further details. Continue reading...

Fire breaks out at Córdoba’s ancient mosque-turned-cathedral La Mezquita-Catedral

Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing.

The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.

Israel-Gaza war live: UN calls for ‘immediate halt’ of Israeli plan to take over Gaza City UN high commissioner says plan is contrary to ICJ ruling and reiterates call for two-state solution and ‘right of Palestinians to self-determination’

Israel-Gaza war live: UN calls for ‘immediate halt’ of Israeli plan to take over Gaza City

British MP mistakes charity rowers for illegal immigrants “Keep going, and watch out for any real illegal migrants!” says MP Rupert Lowe after mix-up with motor neurone disease fundraisers.

An anti-immigration member of the British parliament was left red-faced after warning about a potential seaborne invasion of migrants in his constituency — only to find out they were a team of charity rowers.

Situated in Duncombe Place in York not far from the Minster is a war memorial dedicated to those who fell in the Second South African (Boer War) . Designed by Gothic Revival architect G F Bodley

Situated in Duncombe Place in York not far from the Minster is a war memorial dedicated to those who fell in the Second South African (Boer War) . Designed by Gothic Revival architect G F Bodley it was unveiled in August 1905. The memorial contains statues of a Sailor,

It's raining

New, amazing footage of 90,000 people on Sydney Harbour Bridge, marching to end the genocide in Gaza.

A protest the city and New South Wales authorities did NOT want to happen.

(🎥 ABC News)

Dormant Russia volcano erupts for first time in 450 years A volcano has erupted for the first time in 450 years in Russia's eastern Kamchatka region, the nation's emergency authority has said, days after one of the strongest earthquakes on record hit the reg...

A volcano has erupted for the first time in 450 years in Russia's eastern Kamchatka region, the nation's emergency authority has said, days after one of the strongest earthquakes on record hit the region.

That Encrochat documentary was an eye opener. 😳

This is the very definition of evil, of believing a group of people is subhuman and relishing their death.

The kind of evil that Jews suffered in the middle of last century.

And now the government of the state founded in response to that evil is turning into a version of that genocidal regime.

NHS Consultant Plastic Surgeon Dr. Nada Al-Hadithy,

"A classroom of children are dying every single day in Gaza"

"Palestinian doctor colleague was followed home by a quadcopter drone, it waited till he was in his tent and greeted his three children, and then it killed all of them"

Obamas invited to take up Freedom of Dublin duties Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have been invited to accept their Freedom of the City of Dublin when they visit the capital in September.

Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have been invited to accept their Freedom of the City of Dublin when they visit the capital in September.

This is a deal that probably suits both parties. A wage increase, and the lifting of that release trigger.
If his form remains, he can go in a year for big bucks with our blessing. #nffc

It really does disturb me.
I watched the documentary about Southport last night, and that was like seeing all of the hateful voices on Twitter taking to the streets.
Deeply depressing times.
How can such a large sector of society be so poorly educated?

I have just popped on here to cleanse my soul from the latent idiocy being perpetuated over on Twitter.
Some people really shouldn’t be allowed to Tweet.
Micky Flanagan was right: in the old days the thick people weren’t allowed out. #nffc

Farage plays the everyman, but he’s not harmless, he’s not honest, and he’s not on your side. ❌

London Waterloo disruption live: ‘Do not travel’ warning issued by SWR Disruption expected for the rest of the day after major signal failure

🔴 Major signalling failure at London Waterloo causes commuter chaos
🔴 ‘Do not travel’ warning issued by SWR
🔴 Disruption is expected to continue for the rest of the day
🔴 Customers furious over “total shambles”