It's not outrageous for a prosecutor to carefully determine that there are grounds for prosecuting a case and asking the court to issue an arrest warrant. Disappointing response from Biden, who should champion the rule of law.

I wish the ICC had been able to do this earlier but I'm glad to see it. The quicker the leaders are arrested the quicker the killing will stop.

Lead Actor from Pixar’s Sodas I asked how to clean my washing machine, and it told me to make chlorine gas

International Criminal Court arrest warrants look to be a question of “when” rather than “if”

New cygnets! (Alt text: new cygnets!)

'we hate families lol'

Sometimes it is totally exhausting trying to understand everyone else's points of view. Sometimes I envy the self-assuredness of people who don't feel the need to try.

UK freezes monarch in carbonite

Oh, not Judi Dench!
The correct answer is it is not beyond the wit of productions to make content information available to people who want it without it being spoilers for people who don't. (Have a 'content information' link!) Why would you actively not want to do that?

Telegraph headline: ‘BBC’s Robinson fails to call Hamas terrorists despite Cameron demand’. I’m sorry — what sort of democratic government ‘demands’ that a major broadcasting organisation toes its political line? And what sort of newspaper seems to think that’s a good thing?

Israeli right wing activists blocked aid trucks which were on their way to Gaza today at the Tarqumiya crossing in the West Bank

Wikipedia begins its entry on ‘common sense’ with a definition: “knowledge, judgement, and taste which is more or less universal and which is held more or less without reflection or argument.”
The minister's views aren't universal but they do lack reflection or argument.

Don't post content of dead people or horrific injuries without flagging the content. Yes, I know it's important. But you have no right to decide to burn traumatic images into people's memories because you think they need to see them.

Incredible scenes from #Tbilisi

Georgians have been protesting about draft legislation requiring organisations to declare foreign funding.

Many see it as a turning point in Tbilisi's relationship with Russia and the West.

rayhan demytrie explores why the law has proved so divisive.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The Russian-style 'Foreign agents' law appears to have been the tipping point for Georgia

The country went from the seminal pro-EU Rose Revolution to the current ruling Georgian Dream, nicknamed 'Russian Dream,' in only 20 years.

But the dream of a European future still lives.

The story behind iolanda's custom dress, designed by us, which she wore during Eurovision's flag parade in front of over 160 million viewers - a thread...

EXC: The 200/20 strategy?

The Conservatives are quietly pouring defensive resources into ~200 seats including Weston-super-Mare (majority 17k)

The '80' aspect of the 80/20 strategy (defend 80 win 20) has been extended to 200 seats now deemed at risk

theguardian.com/politics/artic…

We call on Israel to halt its offensive which is making it impossible to provide lifesaving medical assistance and for people to find safety amid this campaign of destruction.

this would be clawingly on-brand for France, to be fair