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The European Commission announced that the EU will transfer €1.4 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
"Hands up if you're a prancing prick who's been spouting complete bollocks about using the Royal Navy to send migrants back to France in a desperate bid to distract attention from the sleaze your party is mired in"
Republican Senators are voting to confirm Trump’s lawyer to be AG when it just came out that Capital One shut down Trump’s accounts under suspicion of money laundering and Trump wants exemption from being investigated for tax fraud. THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS.
BREAKING Reform UK's Richard Tice is being investigated by the parliamentary standards watchdog over an allegation that he failed to declare an interest.
It’s very welcome to see the City of London Police's Domestic Corruption Unit making a major arrest in its fight to tackle corruption and fraud in PPE procurement that took place during the worst of the Covid pandemic. 👇 www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news/city-of...
Domestic Corruption Unit make arrest as part of investigation into Covid-19 PPE procurement
The Domestic Corruption Unit (DCU) has arrested one individual and carried out a number of warrants as part of a joint investigation with the National Health Service Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA).
cityoflondon.police.uk
Very alarming fire around Estepona. 🔥 Watching from the beach down the road. Helicopters doing sterling work.
EMA INFOCA@infoca.bsky.social · 4d ago🗓️ 02/08/2026 🕗 15.53 h. 🔴ACTUALIZAMOS | El incendio en #Estepona, #Málaga, es urbano (NO FORESTAL). Colaboramos con efectivos de @cpbmalaga MEDIOS #EMAINFOCA 🚁 1 ligero, 1 semipesado 👩🚒 20 efectivos por tierra 🚒 2 autobomba
These people were victims of online disinformation; told Spain had opened its borders, and they could go work there. Once they were told it wasn't true, they returned. A gift to the far right & we must find out who was behind what is a form of hybrid warfare, meant to destabilise Spain and the EU.
The BBC and its chair Samir Shah deserve enormous credit for fighting Donald Trump’s attempts to extort money from the British public Piece from me on how Shah’s bravery contrasts with US broadcasters’ cowardice
Praise the BBC’s fight against Trump’s gangsterism
Samir Shah: Hero of liberal democracy!
open.substack.com
Far right politicians will use the incident at the Morocco-Ceuta border to stoke division, fear and hatred. Don't let them.
If someone you know is persuaded by Farage's fearmongering over footage of migrants crossing from Morocco to Ceuta, tell them this: Third-country nationals in Ceuta do not have free movement to mainland Spain or the rest of the Schengen area. Spanish officials say over 25K have already returned.
We need to take a moment to salute Gianni Infantino for being the first person in history to get 55 European countries to unanimously agree on anything.
Senator John McCain warned us about Rand Paul when he said, “The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.”
The suspect in the Berlin Pride parade terrorist attack identified as 21-year-old Islamist Abdul B has been killed by police in Spandau, Germany. The attack left one woman dead and 17 others injured.
Just awful. Fire teams continue to battle historic wildfires across Spain and France This sadly will be the new norm, yet govts worldwide are still being held back by greedy corporations and politicians that continue to deny the severity of the climate crisis for their own selfish interests
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 2w agoFire crews in France and Spain battling unchecked wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to flee were overwhelmed as the unpredictable blazes advanced
BREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
Canadian life expectancy is 3.3 years longer, and our crime rate is a third of yours.
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
🇬🇧 "The capital’s homicide rate has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history on a per capita basis. It’s now lower than that in Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Paris – and every US state." London is not lawless. It is a myth used to sow fear about multiculturalism and diversity.
If you’ve heard that London is dystopian and dangerous – read this. It just isn’t | Sadiq Khan
Britain’s capital has faced social media, press and political attacks designed to make residents and tourists feel unsaf
theguardian.com
Remains of 22 more infants found at former St Mary's mother and baby home in Tuam, Ireland
Remains of 22 more infants found at former St Mary's mother and baby home in Tuam, Ireland
The remains of a further 22 infants have been found at the site of a former mother and baby home in Ireland, investigators have said.
news.sky.com