Simon Robinson

Antonio Tejero, Franco loyalist and leader of Spain's failed 1981 coup, dies at 93 The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol at 6:23 p.m. on February 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to...

“The cameras kept rolling as the Civil Guard officer in a tricorn hat strode into the chamber of Spain's parliament brandishing a pistol on Feb 23, 1981, then ordered its lawmakers to get on the floor.”

Antonio Tejero, leader of Spain's failed 1981 coup, dies at 93 - www.reuters.com/world/leader...

Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address to Congress President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, a potentially pivotal moment as the White House seeks to firm up support among Republican vot...

“His advisers, some of whom have long pushed him to dial down his rhetoric so as not to turn off middle-of-the-road and independent voters, were likely relieved.”

Takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address to Congress - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

As lights go out on Milano Cortina, IOC bets on LA28 to reboot Olympic business model - www.reuters.com/sports/light...

Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one...

Exclusive: A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody Slumped in the back seat of his Range Rover, a visibly shaken man once referred to as the "Playboy Prince" stares ahead of him as the car leaves Aylsham police station in Norfolk, England.

How Reuters captured the photo of former Prince Andrew leaving custody - www.reuters.com/world/uk/how...

Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 96 Wiseman made immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work.

"The store, school, city hall, zoo, ballet, gym, racetrack, park and court."

Frederick Wiseman, who has died at 96, made documentaries about all of those places, immersive, dispassionate explorations of how institutions work

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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious ...

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Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a ...

Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

The Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defying Russia and the cold A Kyiv family shelters in their pig cafe with kids and pets, enduring blackouts and brutal cold as Russian strikes leave their home unlivable.

The Kyiv family, with its pets and pigs, defying Russia and the cold - www.reuters.com/investigates...

US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel will help protect U.S. delegations at the Winter Olympics in Italy, a U.S. embassy source said on Tuesday, confirming local media reports and p...

"It seems sheer idiocy to me.”

US ICE agents to support security at Winter Olympics in Italy, source confirms - www.reuters.com/sports/us-ic...

American approval of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy fell to its lowest level since his return to the White House in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, with a majority of Americans saying his crackdown on immigration has gone too far.

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He was gloriously ferocious.

ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and...

"I was praying. I was like, God, please help me, I didn't do anything wrong. Why do they do this to me?" www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...

Ghana took in Trump's deported West Africans. Then it forced them home Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over President Donald Trump's use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their ho...

“Ghana is in the middle of a heated debate over (Wahsington's) use of so-called third-country removals to hasten the departure of unauthorised immigrants who cannot easily be sent to their home countries." #Ghana #Africa #Trump #Immigration

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Exclusive: Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran Speaking with Reuters in the Oval Office, Trump said Iran's clerical government may collapse, blamed Ukraine President Zelenskiy for the stalemate in Russia talks and dismissed Republican criticism of...

Trump questions Reza Pahlavi's ability to garner support in Iran - www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Denmark's Greenland dilemma: Defending a territory already on its way out President Trump's threats to seize Greenland have forced Copenhagen to rally support among its European allies, but it won't have much to gain if the territory declares independence.

Denmark's dilemma: Defending a territory on its way out - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

England ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma John If there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastime

“We (English) grow up with the narrative that Australian cricket has always reflected its red-rock interior: a place where hard men toil on hard wickets.” But an #Ashes trip Down Under shows #Australia protecting cricket’s soul in a way #England has lost

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Can the US put a price tag on Greenland? Discussion of the hypothetical sale rapidly encounters imponderables such as how a meaningful price tag could even be established.

Can the US put a price tag on Greenland? - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources famil...

$100,000 for your support?

Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the "world's judge" after the United States captured Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

China says it cannot accept countries acting as 'world judge' after US captures Maduro reut.rs/4qC4tsi

Disbelief as fire exploded inside Swiss bar: 'We thought it was a joke' A video shows a young man using his shirt to try to beat back flames that are beginning to form in the ceiling as others record the scene on their phones. Loud music plays in the background.

Disbelief as fire exploded inside Swiss bar: 'We thought it was a joke' - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Live: Trump says US has captured Venezuela's President Maduro after 'large scale' strike It was Washington's most direct intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

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US strikes Venezuela, deposes Maduro - www.reuters.com/world/us/liv...

Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor ch...

Important scoop on China's Manhattan Project to build AI chips. "The breakthrough marks the culmination of a 6-year initiative to achieve semiconductor self-sufficiency, one of President Xi Jinping's highest priorities."

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #China

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In affectionate remembrance of Bazball which died at The Gabba, 6 December, 2025.

Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances. R.I.P.

N.B. The body will be cremated and the Ashes will remain in Australia.

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#Ashes #ashes25

UK budget watchdog head quits over early release of Reeves' budget The head of Britain's fiscal watchdog resigned on Monday after the agency last week inadvertently released key details of the government's annual tax and spending budget before finance minister Rachel...

More details on that March OBR slip. @Reuters spotted the statement was published before Reeves spoke back then too…

UK budget watchdog head quits over early release of Reeves' budget - www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks...

Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88 "What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead", Tom Stoppard's first stage triumph.

"“I would like ultimately, before being carried out feet first, to have done a bit of absolutely everything."

Tom Stoppard, playwright who dazzled with verbal gymnastics, dies aged 88 - www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...

Does home ownership and not class now drive voting patterns?

Trump promised retribution. He delivered. - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

My colleague Kathryn Lurie is in touch with BlueSky

“Dozens of men… launched an attack, beating people with sticks and repeatedly striking Reuters photographer Raneen Sawafta as she tried to protect herself, witnesses said.

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#Israel #WestBank #Journalism