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That map is stark, bleak, disturbing

Turisti danneggiano la "Sedia Van Gogh" di Bolla a Verona #ANSA ansa.it/sito/videogall…

BREAKING: Israel attacks Iran's nuclear sites - and Iran begins retaliation 🔗 Read more trib.al/jiiOm2M

US: this was a unilateral action by Israel Israeli official: There was full and complete coordination with the US jpost.com/israel-news/ar…

A Facebook group has been urging people to post addresses they want targeted in Ballymena. One user pointed out addresses given of homes to protect were also openly identifying where often vulnerable elderly people lived alone. ➡️belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

Ballymena and immigration: Separating the facts from fiction belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/commen…

A United Nations conference co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia aimed at forging a roadmap towards a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians has been postponed after Israel attacked Iran, two sources said rte.ie/news/world/202…

🎧Podcast (no paywall) Talking to Ciarán Dunbar about Sir Ken Bloomfield, a man who was no ordinary civil servant, who survived an IRA assassination attempt, and whose colossal legacy contrasts starkly with that of the NI civil service's leadership today. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/podcasts/the-b…

Am learning that in American protest(/riot) scenarios, US media take zero chances — helmets, Kevlar, stab vests. “LA cops love to beat up journalists,” explained a senior, seasoned reporter beside me when I asked about his gear.

Quick 🧵 on where we are right now. Calls for de-escalation (a reflex for diplomats) are going to fall on deaf ears. Israel chose a war; Israel and Iran are on an escalatory path. If anything can push them off that path it will probably be military constraints, not diplomacy.

15 June 1638: Muirchertach Ó Cionga (Murtagh King) co-translator with Bishop Bedell of the #Bible to #Irish #Gaeilge is removed from his Vicarage of Kilmore by Lord Deputy Wentworth on grounds that Ó Cionga had alleged declared he had conformed just for the income (eebo)

Dhá Scéal Reachlann agus Eile, Curtha in ath-eagar, Leagan 2025 www3.smo.uhi.ac.uk/oduibhin/leabh…

One Russian paper today: “There are pluses for Moscow from the Iran-Israel conflict.” But another paper warns of “potential costs for Moscow. The fact remains Russia couldn’t prevent Israel striking a country with which Russia had signed a strategic partnership.” #ReadingRussia

Israel's defense minister would like you to know that his tweet saying "the residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon" was not actually a threat against the residents of Tehran (clearly someone in the Israeli government gave Katz a talking-to)

Seoid luachmhar do Ghaeil chontae Aontroma agus do dhuine ar bith a bhfuil suim aige sna canúintí stairiúla atá imithe ó bhéal na ndaoine. Gach seans go gcuirfeadh Gaeil na hAlbain suim iontu freisin!

A view.

“US intelligence assessments had reached a different conclusion—not only was Iran not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, it was also up to three years away from being able to produce and deliver one…according to four people familiar with the assessment” cnn.com/2025/06/17/pol…

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan expected to announce within the hour that Government will purchase the City West hotel in Dublin where international protection applicants are accommodated.

🚨Two Israeli officials told me that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli defense establishment continue to believe the Trump is likely to enter the war in the coming days to bomb Iran's underground enrichment facility

Trying to think back, but was there ever a great level of debate in the Assembly chamber? Even in the old NI Parliament, I never remember being pointed to a great speech or set of remarks. That's not to say it's ok, just a sad feature of how things have been.