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🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups. This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.

On Saudi Arabia's moves to dominate global sport - James Montague speaks to Nick Bryant about his book Engulfed. abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

This is tonight! Should be great. Stanchion Books - the football bookshop 📚

Hinchada de Boca Juniors vs Auckland City

Watching some of the smears lobbed against Mamdani over the last few weeks disappear from some timelines in real time tonight.

Two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, I drove across Syria with David Guttenfelder, hwaida saad and other colleagues to see how Syrians were living through the momentous changes in their country. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran, abbreviated as Faraja lost more than 50 people during the the 12-day war with Israel.

#Turkey: Two journalists were arrested, four face prosecution, one was threatened, and multiple media outlets were censored or face shutdown risks. Here’s our weekly round-up of #pressfreedom developments in the country. 🧵

𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 | ENGULFED by James Montague An indepth look at how Saudi Arabia uses sport as a geopolitical tool. Blink Publishing 🛒 stanchionbooks.com/products/engul…

"It's yours, my friend!" 🏆 Scored in the Final ➡️ Delivered the Cup to the The 3252 ⭐️

📸 In focus/Italy facebook.com/share/1FeHfq74… #football #fans #ultras #hooligans #magshop #fanzines #books #diy #italy #fragliultras James Montague

This is a devastating profile of Manchester City’s owner. The problem with football clubs being owned by politically powerful figures is two fold: they are too powerful to regulate. And their political actions always reflect back on the club.

Our episode with James Montague is live over on Patreon! Really good listen for some insight into Middle East geopolitics. £2 a month for first 2000 members!

Driving Rupert Lowe’s behaviour is a worldview that seems to depend on ideas of racial purity recalling those of the historic British and European far-right. Read Tom Williams on Reform MP Rupert Lowe's history of reaction and demagoguery. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/06/how-to…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund saw its profits fall by 60% in 2024 compared to the previous year, as low oil prices, soaring inflation and costly infrastructure projects started to bite. al-monitor.com/originals/2025… via AL-Monitor

The Saudi sovereign fund's assets grew to more than $1 trillion in 2024, but "net profit fell by more than half to about $7 billion, pressured by high interest rates, inflation and impairments on select projects." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Last weekend James Montague barely escaped arrest in Serbia as he tried to promote his book 1312

Serbia’s finance minister sent his children to a private school whose tuition cost roughly 5x his salary at the time. We followed the money, and this is what we found: occrp.org/en/investigati…

Thanks to Gary Lineker for hosting our screening of the #GazaDoctorsUnderAttack tonight with a panel of Drs and some of us who made the film. So much to say and much said watch this space. See it on Channel 4 & Zeteo