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Journalist, photographer, broadcaster, painter. Contributing Foreign Editor @heraldscotland @ScotNational Contributor @BBCScotland @BBCWorld - www.davidpratt.co.uk - views own

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ICE’s Spectacle of Intimidation Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents.

Mark Peterson’s black-and-white images of ICE agents evoke film noir and the urban-crime photography of the 1930s and ’40s. “If someone is doing everything right, and then they still get detained, it’s a crime scene,” he said.

10.08.2025 16:08 — 👍 8178    🔁 2879    💬 249    📌 112
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Family of eight killed in Israel strike on Gaza <article data-history-node-id="426988" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/family-eight-killed-israel-strike-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/family-eight-killed-israel-strike-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Family of eight killed in Israel strike on Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli attack has killed an entire family this morning in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, according to the Wafa news agency, citing medical sources.</p> <p>Six children were among the victims, along with their mother and father, the agency said.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Family of eight killed in Israel strike on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/family-eight-killed-israel-strike-gaza

11.08.2025 08:32 — 👍 22    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 1

It would seem likely so what do we do then. What should Europe's reaction be to Trump in particular? It's surely clear isn't it that European/US relations can't possibly continue as if nothing's changed in the relationship because it has but what action can we take to reflect this.

10.08.2025 16:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Are Trump and Putin about to stitch up Ukraine? A country invades its neighbour in an open act of aggression. More than three and a half years of relentless war follow ...

Are Trump and Putin about to stitch up Ukraine? Today’s in-depth read👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

10.08.2025 12:31 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Are Trump and Putin about to ‘stitch up’ Ukraine? Are Trump and Putin about to ‘stitch up’ Ukraine?

Are Trump and Putin about to stitch up Ukraine? Today’s in-depth read👇 www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

10.08.2025 12:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Are Trump and Putin about to ‘stitch up’ Ukraine? Are Trump and Putin about to ‘stitch up’ Ukraine?

Are Trump and Putin about to stitch up Ukraine? Today’s in depth international read👇
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

10.08.2025 09:18 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by aides, walking down a corridor

Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by aides, walking down a corridor

'Just as Netanyahu has tested the limits of Israel’s relationship with Trump and its US and European allies, so too is he gambling with the unspoken limits of his government’s relationship with its security establishment.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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08.08.2025 12:00 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Are Trump and Putin about to stitch up Ukraine? A country invades its neighbour in an open act of aggression. More than three and a half years of relentless war follow ...

Are Trump and Putin about to stitch up Ukraine? - Today’s in-depth read 👇
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

10.08.2025 09:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It will be Israelis that bring him down, but it's global condemnation of Israel as a whole that will be behind that. Siege mentality will not last.

07.08.2025 09:16 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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David Pratt: Netanyahu makes more enemies by the day within Israel’s military IT’S no secret that Israel is one of the most militarised countries in the world. Anyone who has ever made even the most fleeting of visits cannot…

Netanyahu makes more enemies by the day within Israel’s military and security establishment- Today’s column- 👇
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

07.08.2025 10:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Netanyahu makes more enemies by the day within Israel’s military IT’S no secret that Israel is one of the most militarised countries in the world. Anyone who has ever made even the most fleeting of visits cannot…

Netanyahu makes more enemies by the day within Israel’s military and security establishment- Today’s column- 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

07.08.2025 09:00 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
Trump, glimpsed through the White House window.

Trump, glimpsed through the White House window.

'There is a difference between producing ceasefires and pauses and ending wars.
To achieve the latter, patience and lengthy negotiations are a prerequisite, and that, as we all know, has never been part of the Trump playbook.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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06.08.2025 08:00 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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04.08.2025 01:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Henri Cartier-Bresson - ITALY. Roma. 1959.
http://www.magnumphotos.com/image/PAR138776.html
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04.08.2025 07:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Richard Diebenkorn
Interior with View of Buildings

29.07.2025 03:06 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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📷 Larry Towell

02.07.2025 06:38 — 👍 32    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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📷 Jean Gaumy

28.07.2025 17:52 — 👍 47    🔁 12    💬 4    📌 0

Excellent article.

03.08.2025 12:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Is Trump America's peacemaker - or is he a global agitator? Is Trump America's peacemaker - or is he a global agitator?

The promise was to “return the world to peace,” but as trade wars and real wars persist, Trump’s record is under scrutiny. Is he really America's peacemaker-in-chief or just a global agitator? 👇
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2536093...

03.08.2025 11:36 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Donald Trump – peacemaker-in-chief or a global agitator? HE might not be to everyone’s taste politically, but few would deny that Dennis Ross, former US special envoy to the Middle East, knows a thing or…

Donald Trump – peacemaker-in-chief or a global agitator? The promise was to “return the world to peace,” but as trade wars and real wars persist, Trump’s record is under scrutiny. Today’s in-depth read👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

03.08.2025 11:00 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Is Trump America's peacemaker - or is he a global agitator? Is Trump America's peacemaker - or is he a global agitator?

The promise was to “return the world to peace,” but as trade wars and real wars persist, Trump’s record is under scrutiny. Is he really America's peacemaker-in-chief or just a global agitator? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2536093...

03.08.2025 10:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This 👇

02.08.2025 20:42 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Indeed it is.🤔

02.08.2025 18:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Peter O'Toole, born 2 August.

02.08.2025 17:47 — 👍 67    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 0
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The photograph that the Israeli government does not want you to see. Taken from the air by journalist colleague @Heidiphotos

02.08.2025 18:04 — 👍 28    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 1
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Basil the Great on X: "🔥 AMAZING SCENES IN MANCHESTER TODAY🔥 🇬🇧 Take a look at that! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://t.co/KUqedPlU0a" / X 🔥 AMAZING SCENES IN MANCHESTER TODAY🔥 🇬🇧 Take a look at that! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://t.co/KUqedPlU0a

My fellow Scots it’s time to go our own way…👇
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02.08.2025 17:54 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 4
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron

'What we have seen this week is classic Starmer. In short, prevarication in the face of irrefutable facts, and because of it he could still yet do the Palestinian cause more harm than good.'
@foreigncorr1.bsky.social, via The National
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01.08.2025 12:00 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Keir Starmer could do case for Palestinian state more harm than good LAST September, at an annual dinner at the Raffles London hotel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, pledged to keep Holocaust education on the national…

Starmer’s ‘conditional’ recognition of Palestinian state only plays into Netanyahu’s hands - Today’s column-
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www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

31.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Keir Starmer could do case for Palestinian state more harm than good LAST September, at an annual dinner at the Raffles London hotel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, pledged to keep Holocaust education on the national…

Starmer’s ‘conditional’ recognition of Palestinian state only plays into Netanyahu’s hands - Today’s column- 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

31.07.2025 08:51 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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David Pratt: Keir Starmer could do case for Palestinian state more harm than good LAST September, at an annual dinner at the Raffles London hotel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, pledged to keep Holocaust education on the national…

Starmer’s ‘conditional’ recognition of Palestinian state only plays into Netanyahu’s hands - Today’s column- 👇 www.thenational.scot/politics/253...

31.07.2025 06:58 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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