Even leaving any politics at all aside: as general rule, no state can allow a group of masked men to be able to close down critical infrastructure. This is basic stuff.
Jackie Leonard
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Ex BBC World Service. Who knew there was life outside?
Ex-pop star Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to UK charges of historical sex offences reut.rs/4iFSpFI
Ex-pop star Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to UK charges of historical sex offences
Former British pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, pleaded not guilty in a London court on Wednesday to eight charges of historic sex offences against a young girl.
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Three questions for Central Europe this morning: (1) How quickly will Hungary lift its veto of the €90b loan to Ukraine? (2) Will Fico follow through with his threat to block the loan in Orbán’s place? (3) Where is Péter Szijjártó? robjcameron.substack.com/p/ripples-on... 📷 @tmbk on other site
We would like to send our condolences to KitKat on their recent robbery of 12 tons of their chocolate bars. On a completely unrelated note, please see our latest Stonehenge replica!
Investigative journalist Ján Kuciak & his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were 27 when they were shot dead in their home on Feb 21, 2018. Four people have been convicted of their murders. But the businessman accused of ordering the killing is not among them. open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
Justice delayed
The murder of a Slovak journalist and his fiancée goes to court for the third time
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Who is going to marry a constipated joy-phobe who's always at work or the gym?
Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 8mo agowww.ft.com/content/d0b7... No thank you.
All I want for Christmas is a world where there's cheeses for the meeces. Is that so much to ask?
Video circulating on local WhatsApp of shifty individual behaving suspiciously. Ah yes. That's me trying to persuade my cat to come in.
I am a "But when's bins?" failure already, and Christmas hasn't even happened yet.
I bet you thought you'd already heard all the great Christmas albums. But you reckoned without The Futureheads youtu.be/2PMvdbsHylQ?...
The Twelve Days of Christmas
YouTube video by The Futureheads - Topic
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Wishing a very Happy #StAndrewsDay to all who celebrate 🏴💕
Shout out to everyone whose night shift is an hour longer tonight
Our News at 10 segment on the nursery hacks here. One of the most shocking parts of this nasty little hack is that the criminals have hired people to call up some of the parents to say 'your kids data is going on the dark web unless you tell Kidos to pay us'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q9S...
Children's names, pictures and addresses stolen in nursery chain hack - BBC News at 10 report
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A great legacy in my view. Public service broadcasting, bringing ideas and knowledge to millions, free to hear and universally available. Year in, year out. Only the BBC would enable this.
Melvyn Bragg decides to step down from presenting In Our Time
After 26 years on the programme, the legendary presenter bids farewell to the series
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Who can tell me about my new garden chum? Her name is Susan
Icymi... the #GlobalNewsPod from v early Sunday www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #Ukraine #Pakistan #Greece #AmazingGrace
BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end war in Ukraine
Reports say Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to hand over more of its territory in the east
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Apparently, at work, I am like a self-walking dog. I am ok with that 🐶
In case you missed it live: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #Trump #Russia #Ukraine #France - and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple investments in the US
BBC World Service - The Newsroom, 07/08/2025 01:06 GMT
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Thursday pm's #GlobalNewsPod www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #Ukraine #Israel #Myanmar #Nigeria #screentime and lovely old tattoos
BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Russian strikes hit dozens of locations in the Ukrainian capital
Many people killed in Russian attacks on Kyiv, including a six-year-old boy
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After years of being squeezed by streaming services and TikTok, pop stars are making longer songs again. A little exclusive on the Beeb today from me and the visual data team. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Three-minute heroes - BBC News
TikTok made songs shorter but now artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance.
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Standing by chiller cabinets at supermarket. That's it. I live here now.
Here's Sunday morning's #GlobalNewsPod www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #Iran #Gaza #Syria #Hungary #Pride #smoking #France #Mexico #Bezos and intergenerational testing misunderstanding
BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Iran holds state funeral for military leaders killed in Israel conflict
Mourners dressed in black chanted slogans, and waved Iranian flags
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