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According to reports, the attacks came from Kurdish Iran. An area where the Mossad has worked for decades. That would explain how it bypassed air defenses and used short range glide bombers. Amazing.

For Ukraine it was a night when Russia reportedly launched 22 missiles and 14 drones.

At least nine people have been killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Three were children.

Enjoy this video of Vladimir Putin getting tossed by a young girl in Judo during a trip to Japan in 2000

Scrapping licence fee would kill off most BBC radio stations, Radio Industry analysis suggests telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

There’s much complaint about Britain’s unwillingness to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. I have no inside information, but it must be because if the UK embassy closed we’d lose the intelligence networks which give immensely valuable insights into the regime’s operations.

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PepsiCo, the US company that makes Pepsi, Cheetos, Starbucks-branded drinks and Doritos (to name just a few) has been linked to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru

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He’d be my candidate.

Just a week after my RSF colleague was detained and deported from Hong Kong, I’ll be moderating this
#ijf24 panel today at 2 pm.

Join me, Sebastien Lai, Samuel Chu 朱牧民, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC & Matthew Caruana Galizia to discuss Jimmy Lai’s trial and media freedom in Hong Kong.

There is a reason why the reputation of the FA Cup was so respected worldwide. Leave it alone!!! How many people around the world watch the French or the German final by comparison? It is an iconic tournament. Stop tampering just to protect the top few.

Blue Lights is so good. Best UK police thing in forever.

In 1920, Erik Satie presented to the world a revolutionary concept of ambient music during an interval at a Max Jacobs concert.

Shot dead. 5 years ago today ❤️ Lyra we will keep sharing your words & voice. Christy Moore and James thank you for this beautiful tribute #LyraMckee
youtu.be/khgfGr8_1UM?si… photo - Jess Lowe 📷

The colours of spring.

True.

True. But The Sun has nothing remotely like the influence it had in the 1980s and 90s. Nowadays it has to shift its support to the likely winner of a coming election in order to give the impression it’s influenced the result. It’s doing this with Labour at the moment.

So this money will repurposed via groups like Hacked Off into the general campaign to expose the worst excesses of our oligarch-owned press.

The BBC has won Broadcaster of the Year at the New York Festival Radio Awards for the second year running! Congratulations also go to BBC News and World Service winners including:

🏆Investigative Journalism Podcast (Gold): The Shamima Begum Story S2 of I’m Not a Monster from…

Not a single one of the many cases brought against The Sun for illegal activity (unlike the defunct News of the World) has come to court, where the full evidence would have been made public. The cost to Rupert Murdoch of keeping the full, sordid details secret is staggering.

Driving along this morning enjoying the programme - 🎶 Shostakovich another lovely piece, 'Folk Festival' from the Gadfly and then just parking, the contrast of Tom Waits. Super 🚗 entertainment ty Petroc Trelawny and BBC Radio 3 good day to all 🌞