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Broadcaster, journalist (NUJ) Executive Producer πŸ“Ί πŸ“± πŸ’» 🌍 Ireland, Planet Earth. GenX https://linktr.ee/garethnews

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Goodnight, and good luck youtu.be/Zr4xlgZqQkg?...

07.03.2026 00:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking of ground troops, time for a geography lessonπŸ€“
The magnificent Iranian plateau is super rugged with massive northeast & southwest running mountain ranges with both ice and (rare) salt glaciers but also two expansive salt deserts (one being one of the hottest spots on earth)

06.03.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 174 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4

Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack.
Very loud explosions.
Deep night.

Nothing new, but the sounds are still awful.

06.03.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4

Kyiv under attack tonight

06.03.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AP: Drones struck energy infrastructure and facilities of U.S. contractors in Basra in southern Iraq. The drones targeted a compound housing foreign oil company offices and warehouses, triggering fires at facilities linked to U.S. energy services firms.

06.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump gets angry at Fox News' Peter Doocy for asking about Russia helping Iran to kill Americans during his roundtable on college sports.

Trump: "What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else."

Priorities for the US Commander in Chief.

06.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 1065 πŸ” 287 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 84
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Irish Examiner weekend edition #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Irish Daily Mail front page #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran The president’s private comments have not focused on a large-scale ground invasion of Iran, but rather on the idea of a small contingent of U.S. troops that would be used for specific strategic purpos...

NBC: Trump has privately shown serious interest in U.S. ground troops in Iran www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

06.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Guardian: Trump demands Iran’s unconditional surrender #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The B1 bomber is capable of carrying cruise missiles

06.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BBC 10pm news reports a β€œgiant U.S. bomber” has arrived at a UK airport

06.03.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Daily Telegraph: Putin helps Iran attack the U.S. #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pres. Obama at the Jackson service:

"We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope. Each day, we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions."

"If we don't step up, no one else will. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him."

06.03.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 2608 πŸ” 640 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 13

#TomorrowsPapersToday The National in Scotland

06.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CNBC: Dow falls 450 points, posts worst week in nearly a year as oil tops $90, jobs data disappoints

06.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wales playing with heart #SixNations #IrevWal

06.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Realpolitik

06.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Weekend FT: Qatar warns Gulf will be forced to halt exports of oil and gas β€˜in days’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Saturday press preview #TomorrowsPapersToday

06.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Petrol pump prices ⛽️ 6.3.26

06.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Former President Obama giving oration at Jesse Jackson’s memorial celebration of life in Chicago

06.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Update: Ghanaian UNIFIL forces in Lebanon were attacked today and there were casualties. Irish troops are providing support after the attack. Defence Forces have condemned the attack

06.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Defence Forces in Dublin say all Irish UNIFIL peacekeeping troops in Lebanon are safe and accounted for

06.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Brent crude oil price hits $90 a barrel

06.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wall Street opens lower πŸ“‰

06.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cuba next?

06.03.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump posts there will be no Iran deal without an unconditional surrender

06.03.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All eyes on Wall Street open to see how markets react to this and growing energy shock/war fears

06.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CNN: U.S. economy lost 92 thousand jobs in February, worse than expected.

06.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0