Isabel Hilton
@isabelh.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, China, geo-politics, climate; Founder of ChinaDialogue; contributing editor Prospect Magazine. Chair of Centre for Investigative Journalism; NED E3G; visiting professor Lau Institute, KCL, co-chair Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Israel’s defence minister bragging about his illegal invasion of Lebanon: “Twenty-four Lebanese villages, hundreds of years old, we destroyed all the buildings,” he said, boasting that up to 20,000 homes had been demolished. “Not house by house, but entire villages.” Ft.com
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It's difficult to solve a problem is your refuse to admit it is there: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating
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Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...
Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
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I am one of the few people in the UK who is not a regular Strictly viewer so I never caught the lovable crowd-pleasing side of the late Anne Widdecombe who is being remembered today as a kind of national pet.
Simon Romero of the New York Times reports that the Trump administration has taken an estimated $8 billion in oil revenue out of Venezuela. In the wake of the devastating earthquakes that hit on June 24, the U.S. has so far pledged only $300 million in aid.
These people are seriously evil: Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...
Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports
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An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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The ever solipsistic Nigel Farage described himself as the “most physically and verbally attacked public figure or politician in modern times. “. Quite a claim. I wonder if he knows the names Jo Cox and David Arness?
With unclear intention, Russia’s satellites have been placed curiously close to a commercial satellite that provides essential intelligence for the Ukrainian armed forces. Read the latest RUSI Commentary by @julianasuess.bsky.social.
Checkmate? Russian Orbital Manoeuvring Threatens Ukraine’s Space Capability
With unclear intention, Russia’s satellites have been placed curiously close to a commercial satellite that provides essential intelligence for the Ukrainian armed forces.
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Why do we have to keep correcting this, year after year, story after story? When does it stop? The US "acknowledges" but DOES NOT recognize the PRC claim to Taiwan. AP is wrong here (and in the next sentence as well). apnews.com/article/taiw...
Ft on space x A very successful but fairly small satellite launch company, bolted onto a stagnant money-losing social media company (X) and a money-incinerating AI company [xAI, operator of the widely despised model Grok], and then sprinkled with a lot of hype about humankind going interplanetary.
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
Last chance to register for Thursday's debate: Is China the primary threat to global stability in the next decade? Now with @isabelh.bsky.social and Desmond Shum added to the bill. Register ⬇️ www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/m...
Chatham House Asia-Pacific Programme@chasiapacific.bsky.social · 4mo agoChatham House Debate: Is China the primary threat to global stability in the next decade? Join us for a moderated debate examining competing views on China's role in shaping global stability in the years ahead. 📅 21 May ⏰ 17:00-18:00 BST 📍 Chatham House 🔗 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/m...
🎙️This morning @isabelh.bsky.social and I spoke to Monocle Radio about #Putin's visiting to #China, what #Russia is hoping to get out of it and how that relationship might develop. The segment starts about 3 minutes into the recording monocle.com/player/?uuid...
Monocle radio - listen now
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“Xi’s wishlist is likely to include the hope that the Trump administration will stop behaving like a drunken elephant at a wedding and refrain from bringing down the global economy”, writes Isabel Hilton
Trump’s China visit will expose America’s weakness
The balance of power between Beijing and Washington has shifted—to Xi’s advantage
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Thomas Edsall asked me how much Trump's fossil fuel handouts, attacks on cheap-clean-power, and reckless wars are costing the American people. So I sat down and did the math. This year alone, it's on pace to be $1508 per household. That's not going to be popular. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/o...
With Orbán in power in Hungary, Russians refrained from targeting Ukraine’s Transcarpathia that hosts a sizeable Hungarian ethnic community. But after the regime change in Hungary, Russians are no longer restrained, hence the most dramatic Russian strike on Transcarpathia today since February 2022.
BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery
Our new issue is out and our paywall is down, which means you can read it all for free. Including great reads from @ethanz.bsky.social @tom-clark.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @mrhenrymorris.substack.com @isabelh.bsky.social @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 4mo agoOur latest issue is out now! Here’s a peek at what’s inside (all of which you can READ FOR FREE until 11th May) 🧵 For our cover story, @ethanz.bsky.social argues that it has not been proven that social media causes harm—or that banning it is the answer: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
Distressed that the great @Reuters editorial standards seem to be slipping. Viz this claim that a group of UK mps about to visit China are the first in 7 years..apart of course, from the group that visited 2 years ago.Better "sources" perhaps? Check a fact or 2? www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
How to bring some joy into a world that is a bit short of right now. This is a great project www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-document...
A documentary about Radically Inclusive Nightlife
A documentary exploring why nightlife matters, following a radically inclusive club scene led by people with learning disabilities.
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China is now America’s main rival in the stratosphere—and the two superpowers are increasingly viewing each other’s space programs with suspicion, writes @isabelh.bsky.social: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
The new race for space
China, not Russia, is now the US’s main rival in space. Whoever wins there holds the key to power on Earth
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New Prospect out now! With @ethanz.bsky.social on the US court judgments threatening the future of social media; @isabelh.bsky.social on the new star wars; @duncanweldon.bsky.social on price shocks and the Iran war; and @mrhenrymorris.substack.com joins Reform on the Welsh campaign trail
Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 4mo agoOur latest issue is out now! Here’s a peek at what’s inside (all of which you can READ FOR FREE until 11th May) 🧵 For our cover story, @ethanz.bsky.social argues that it has not been proven that social media causes harm—or that banning it is the answer: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...
In an astonishing development in the World Four Dimensional Chess Championship, a player who checkmated himself insists on claiming the title.
We don’t have the budgets of corporations or lobbyists – but we are committed to exposing the forces behind the rise of climate misinformation in the UK This Earth Day, we’re launching a crowdfunder to keep that work going
And thank you Reuters for reminding us where our realy sympathies should lie in this disordered world:second-hand Lamborghinis and Ferraris, bound for Dubai from Japan, are stranded at a port in Sri Lanka because ships are unable to dock in the Middle East..
There has been a striking lack of news about the US airman since Trump's announcement of his rescue from Iran. Clearly the operation was messy and became a long firefight in which he and others were wounded. Since then, silence.
