Indonesia suspends its participation in Board of Peace
“Indonesian FM Sugiono said the decision to suspend participation was taken because of the latest military escalation in the region, which has directly affected the foreign policy priorities of countries involved in the initiative”
Children’s TV industry is failing. Public service broadcasters are the only ones investing in children’s programmes.
“Right now we [ #BBC] seem we seem the only ones left in town”
Patricia Hidalgo making the case for British #children’s TV here. Please have your say here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth
None of them through the Strait of Hormuz
billmckibben.substack.com/p/sunlight-t...
Since summer 2024 and escalating with every month, the city of Kherson is now known as the place where civilian residents — men, women, children and the elderly — are systematically and deliberately hunted by Russian high-precision drones.
My kids secondary and primary schools in the East Midlands sent out emails about this. One sent an email saying it was a trend we had to be aware of, and the other sent one saying it's a viral hoax they want to warn us about.
Matt Goodwin propagating untrue stories - "Some evenings, I canvassed streets where nobody spoke a word of English" - + Nigel Farage's stories about Oldham, where UKIP failed to produce an election petition
There is no Reform election petition in Gorton + Denton
Very Trumpian.
(Spectator)
Ghana peacekeeping battalion hit by missile attacks in Lebanon, Ghana army says reut.rs/4aUzraj
🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today – Donetsk region. 28th brigade, 100th, 24th separate mechanized, 36th marine brigade. I want to thank all of you!
Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, our other cities. The Russians are not giving up on the war and here, they are preparing an offensive for the spring.
Ukrainian drone maker SkyFall, which produces one of the most effective drone interceptors, the P1-Sun, told the FT that several Middle East governments have requested its assistance.
www.ft.com/content/947f...
If you think the BBC should be impartial then this is the place to let them know.
If you don’t want to pay for the BBC or have to watch adverts then this is the place to let them know.
You can‘t complain about the BBC unless you get involved
The literally chilling & scarcely appreciated flipside of climate change
Brilliant piece
NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says
✍️ @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Winning Bluesky this week 👏🏼👏🏼
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
I really encourage everyone to spend some time with the DHS Flickr page, which in one year posted thousands and thousands of glamour shot propaganda photos of Kristi Noem and little else. Our tax dollars! www.flickr.com/photos/dhsgov/
Exquisite.
💥SCOOP: Putin tasked Sergei Kiriyenko to run a Moldova-style election meddling operation in Hungary for Orbán, sending three GRU-linked political technologists with diplomatic or service passports to operate from the Russian Embassy in Budapest. More in my newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-krem...
Savour the irony here. For a year the Trump administration have browbeaten Zelensky as a loser with no cards. Now they turn to him for anti-drone defences. Perhaps they will now recognise that Ukraine is a valuable, battle-hardened ally.
And everyone in this chain of command is responsible. It is horrific.
Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.
New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
⚡️ Zelenskyy: More Patriot missiles were fired in the Middle East in three days than Ukraine’s entire supply.
There's something really despicable about Trump calling for ordinary Iranians to take the risk of rising up against the regime. He's been so disdainful of the same sentiment in Ukraine. He's never taken a risk for anyone else's benefit. Man wouldn't stand up to serve himself at a buffet.
SARAH.
My Trade Secrets today. Latest superpower energy offers to emerging markets:
China - cheap green tech to wean you off hydrocarbons.
US - coercion into trade deal to buy US fossil fuels, then huge chaotic war creating global oil shock.
WHICH MESSAGE WILL RESONATE? 1/2
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Ah man this is dreadful
‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🦑🧪🌎
Big money has bought British politics
75% of Reform’s money has come from three rich white men
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
NEW
Britain used as much coal last year as it did in 1600, driving down greenhouse gas emissions by 2.4%
Story on @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org analysis of UK govt data
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www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
