A video of a ‘migrant’ on a small boat has been altered using AI to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete. The fake video has been shared thousands of times online, including by the leader of the London Assembly Conservatives, Susan Hall.

Video of man waving machete on small boat isn’t real – Full Fact

A viral video apparently showing a migrant on a small boat has been altered using artificial intelligence to make it appear as if he’s waving a machete.

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‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth

‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth

US defence secretary cancelled appearance at D-day event in Langrune-sur-Mer after protest by residents

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Nowak murder: force accused of ‘anti-white bias’ five times more likely to stop black people

Nowak murder: force accused of ‘anti-white bias’ five times more likely to stop black people

The Hampshire force whose officers responded to the murder of Henry Nowak have a higher than average racial disparity The police force accused of anti-white racism following the murder of Henry Nowak is over five times more likely to subject black people to a stop and search than white people, according to the latest figures. The racial disparity in the Hampshire force is higher than the average for England and Wales, and has gotten worse in recent years. Continue reading...

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So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?

Nigel Farage's No2 has come under fire after refusing to explicitly condemn a Reform councillor who said Nigerians should be melted and put into potholes.

Farage's No2 fails to condemn councillor who said Nigerians should be 'melted'

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Hegseth’s lies about attacks on U.S. troops should be a massive story, similar to how the Pentagon is reportedly covering up recent casualties in the Middle East. trib.al/Ob2fJRL

Hegseth Accuses Troops of Lying as He’s Faced With Facts on Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth couldn’t explain why his version of events doesn’t line up with that of troops in the Middle East.

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President Donald Trump is being propped up by those in a position to manipulate him, a former Trump admin official has claimed.

Ex-Trump official says president is being 'propped up' by allies who are using him

President Donald Trump is being propped up by those in a position to manipulate him, a former Trump admin official has claimed. Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director in Trump's first term, believes that those pulling strings behind the scenes are readily and e...

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"The firing squad is very physical and visceral... They like it because it’s the same kind of video game brutality that they like in every other context of this administration’s barbarism."

The truth about Trump’s plan to bring back execution by firing squad

A veteran death penalty lawyer says it is part of the administration’s “brutality trip.”

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Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them. New piece ↓ open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement.

Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

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Why is cervical cancer declining rapidly in younger women? They got the HPV vaccine before they were sexually active. That’s right. Vaccines are safe AND effective whether you believe it or not.. #MedSky 🧪

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Want some good news? Heck yeah you do. CDC colleagues recently published a paper showing the decline in cervical cancer among young women in the US, thanks to effective prevention measures like the HPV vaccine. Huzzah for public health! #NationalPublicHealthWeek Read the abstract and text here:

Rep. Masses is not taking his foot off the gas in his efforts regarding the Epstein files.

New research from Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Doha for Science and Technology has found that Brexit has reduced the City of London’s financial clout. They argued that "until the reset reaches the City, London’s diminished role in European markets looks set to stay."

A new batch of firsthand accounts from ICE’s family detention center depicts vindictive treatment www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Punished for protesting, talking to the press, having a toothache: More Dilley horror stories

A new batch of firsthand accounts from ICE's family detention center depict vindictive treatment.

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'Who do we call?' Chaos after Trump gutted oil crisis team months before Iran strikes

'Who do we call?' Chaos after Trump gutted oil crisis team months before Iran strikes

Just six months before the Trump administration launched military strikes on Iran, the State Department axed its entire oil and gas crisis team, leaving the nation scrambling as global energy markets teeter on the brink of chaos, according to a new report.The war in Iran is now in its third week, an...

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The term is defined as refusing to spare surrendering troops and killing them instead, a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions.

US Secretary Of Defence Hegseth Promises Iranians ‘No Quarter’ – A War Crime

The term is defined as refusing to spare surrendering troops and killing them instead, a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions.

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EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK’s Welsh leader has ruled out moving to an insurance-based healthcare system. That puts him at odds with the party’s Britain-wide boss Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage breaks with his Welsh leader over insurance system for the NHS

Reform UK’s Welsh leader Dan Thomas told POLITICO he would rule out moving to an insurance-based system after Nigel Farage said it would be a “national decision ahead of a general election”

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JD Vance made a vow to voters that he and Donald Trump would stop sending “young people to fight stupid wars” in “faraway lands,” according to a recently resurfaced clip from 2024.

JD Vance vow comes back to haunt him as Leavitt refuses to rule out Iran draft

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The military targeting of desalination plants poses a huge risk to water security in the water-scarce Gulf region.

How targeting of desalination plants could disrupt water supply in the Gulf

The military targeting of desalination plants poses a huge risk to water security in the water-scarce Gulf region.

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MacKenzie Scott’s more than $26 billion in charitable gifts have arrived without warning and have led to bolstered finances, scholarships and jobs.

Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions.

The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money.

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This ghoul has finally been fired. But make no mistake, Stephen Miller is still in charge of DHS and especially ICE.

NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has asked Ukraine for help intercepting Iranian-made Shahed drones, citing Ukraine’s battlefield expertise. Zelenskyy said any assistance will come only if it does not weaken Ukraine’s own defenses.

With a turmeric-infused crust, this pie from the British author Nadiya Hussain riffs on the lamb samosas she grew up eating with her Bangladeshi family. nyti.ms/4aLJ1w2

Ossoff: "The president owes Americans a real explanation. 2am posts on Truth Social just aren't good enough when you're sending Americans into combat. He was dancing at his beach club the same night he ordered air crews to launch into combat & hours before our service members endured missile salvos"

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

"Trying to compete with Reform not only feels inauthentic... but a betrayal of what Labour is supposed to represent. We must address the concerns and fears of voters, not play on them." Damning stuff from Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan

The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

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Anthropic responds to Hegseth. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Remember when Congress authorized the use of force against Iran? Me neither. Any U.S. attack on Iran would violate U.S. and international law.

When you think about it for more than 5 seconds, it really is both insane and outrageous that *HILLARY CLINTON* - a woman who apparently has never met with nor corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein was one of the first people deposed.

Just for the record, Reform UK also didn’t win any council by-elections tonight. Surely this calls in to question Nigel Farage’s leadership. #GortonAndDenton