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German media likens US border patrol official’s coat to ‘Nazi look’ Gregory Bovino’s outwear choice prompts German commentators to compare it to fascist aesthetic

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24.01.2026 03:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
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20.01.2026 20:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

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Consuming lots of energy drinks may raise heart disease and stroke risk, say doctors Study cites case of otherwise fit and healthy man in his 50s who had a stroke after eight-drink-a-day habit

Heart Disease Warning!

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Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians held

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Hope I am aware that quite a lot of the time, I suggest that humankind is facing multitudinous crises, many of which might threaten our well-being. The threat to democracy, the threat from climate change,...

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Leader of Israeli-Backed Gaza Aid Looting Network, Yasser Abu Shabab, Disowned by Family - Quds News Network The prominent Abu Shabab family in Gaza announced their complete disavowal of Yasser Abu Shabab, their relative, for collaborating with Israel and leading an armed group involved in looting humanitari...

Abu Shabab family in Gaza announced their complete disavowal of the ISIS-linked warlord Yasser Abu Shabab for collaborating with Israel and leading an armed group involved in looting humanitarian aid in #Rafah.
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#Israel #Gaza #genocide #ISIS

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‘The posh areas get cleared’: bin strikes illustrate Birmingham’s wealth gap People in poorer areas feel frustrated rubbish piles up during strikes, while wealthy households pay for removal

‘The posh areas get cleared’: bin strikes illustrate Birmingham’s wealth gap

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GPs in England will be able to claim £20 for every time patient is not sent to hospital Surgeries will be able to claim money if doctors refer patients to an out-of-hospital setting in bid to cut waiting lists

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Who owns Britain? In large part, other countries – and that should set alarm bells ringing | Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah This mass selling off of assets to foreign investors will lead to economic disaster, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, the chief executive of the New Economics Foundation

It is worrying how the UK continues to pursue policies of privitisation and liberalisation (the so-called Washington Consensus that wreaked havoc in the Global South), even today. Some reflections on how dangerous this is in my piece for @theguardian.com today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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