Yes. A fake

Marathon? I’m sure every hour in JD’s presence must feel like an eternity - but come on, he just got there.

"FRAGILE CEASEFIRE AT RISK AS ISRAEL BOMBARDS LEBANON"
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The fate of the deal on a ceasefire in #Iran conflict is uncertain.
Both gave divergent versions of what's been agreed.

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Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán – Europe live US vice-president claims ‘the bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary’

Do read @jakubkrupa.bsky.social updates and analysis of Vance's speech, which seems to be taken from the Trump post election playbook but with a nationalist Christian misting.

Chief among the culprits for Europe's said woes are radical left and "feminists".
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Trump’s deadline for Iran looms… again – The Latest Donald Trump says the US will bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges if Tehran fails to meet his latest deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz. Lucy Hough is joined by senior international correspondent Julian Borger

Trump’s deadline for Iran looms… again – The Latest

A necessary deep dive into the long dystopian history of a world in which a succession of old guys of varying mental stability have easy access to the means to destroy the planet in minutes, by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social

This will be exhibit A in future war crimes trials if he carries out his threats. Tragically, it's those following the manifestly unlawful orders that are the ones most likely to be held to account.

Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

Essential piece by @julianborger.bsky.social

As Trump ramps up his threats to Iran, will US military officers disobey orders or help commit war crimes?

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A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question

Palestinian Christian communities in the West Bank, arguably the oldest Christian communities in the world, have survived invasions and empires but say their survival has never been so tenuous.

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

Rationale for Iran war questioned after Trump says ‘I don’t care’ about regime’s uranium stockpiles US president’s apparent decision to leave highly enriched uranium in hands of regime creates a more risky scenario than before the war began, experts say

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Coordinated conflict: how the Ukraine and Iran wars are starting to overlap Battlefield outcomes are connected by the sharing of weapons and intelligence as well as the damage to the global economy

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The yardstick is Project Sapphire, which removed 600 kg of enriched uranium from Kazakhstan. It took a month, with the full cooperation of the Kazakhstani government.

‘I was in the pit of despair’: Non-speaking autistic novelist Woody Brown on his journey from write-off to writer As a child, Brown was underestimated, infantilised and dismissed by specialists and teachers. Now 28, he has written an acclaimed debut novel set in an adult day care centre that gives people like him...

Woody Brown is non-speaking, autistic and a brilliant new novelist. I interviewed him, and he's bloody amazing. Would be great if you could share
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Revealing words from Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel.

Trump administration is taking money Europeans and others have paid for arms for Ukraine and other purposes, not delivering said arms, and spending their cash to help with self-created Gulf mess. This is not a trustworthy power. Credibility incinerated.

Iran says Trump ‘negotiating with himself’: what next for war? - The Latest Donald Trump insists Iran is still interested in cutting a peace deal despite Tehran rejecting the US plan. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger

Iran says Trump ‘negotiating with himself’: what next for war? - The Latest

Around 7000 Americans were killed on Iwo Jima and 19,000 wounded, and it was part of a campaign that ended with a nuclear weapon being used, so maybe not the wisest comparison.

US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined

In what should be a surprise to no one, the US and Israeli attack on Iran has serious climate consequences. Our new analysis, covered in @theguardian.com this morning, tallies the climate costs of the first two weeks of the attacks.

‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions For the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli authorities keep the complex shut, forcing worshippers to hold Eid prayers as close as they can to the sealed site. On Friday morning hundreds of worshippers were forced to pray outside the Old City, as Israeli police barricaded the entrances to the site. Continue reading...

‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid

What a story!

My latest tracking the long and drawn out case of alleged Exxon hacker-for-hire Amit Forlit. Arrested under an Interpol Red Notice in 2024, Forlit's request to appeal against extradition was denied today making it more likely he will face trial in the US.

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The UK is a high trust society! 82% of us regard our fellow citizens as good. "Will there be a civil war?" Is not a debate anyone normal is having, it exists solely within a media bubble that can't process 2024.
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We didn't just find his videos - we also found Farage's outtakes, which show when his money-making sideline is interrupted by a text message or phone call, requiring him to re-record the video, he appears quick to anger.

Latest reporting: UK nat'l security advisor Jonathan Powell took part in the pre-war Geneva talks, thought "surprising" Iran offer should be pursued: blend down all HEU and make no more; no sunset clauses; 3-5-year enrichment halt. It's an illegal and unnecessary war.

Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War An analysis of Gallup Poll data since the beginning of 2005 finds that among the major religious groups in the United States, Jewish Americans are the most strongly opposed to the Iraq war. Catholics ...

The Joe Kent nonsense is an excellent opportunity for your semi-regular reminder that Jewish Americans opposed the Iraq war more than any other religious group, something that will be obvious if you stop mainlining online brain poison.
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

Confirms US and Israel chose to escalate. Good scoop by @patrickwintour.bsky.social & @julianborger.bsky.social

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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

Powell’s attendance at the Geneva talks, … helps in part to explain the UK government’s reluctance to back the US attack on Iran, a reluctance that has put the UK-US relationship under unprecedented strain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Keir Starmer gives Zelenskyy a hug as he arrives at Downing Street

The Ukrainian leader is visiting as the government announces a new UK-Ukraine drone deal

On 28 February 2026, the United States commenced combat operations to defend the American people against attacks and ongoing threats from the Islamic Republic of Iran, in cooperation with our ally Israel. These combat operations were undertaken to protect United States Armed Forces in the region, to ensure the free flow of maritime commerce through the Strait of Hormuz and to protect our regional allies and partners from Iran and its proxies. This is the latest stage in the ongoing international armed conflict that my Government previously addressed in a letter to this Council on 27 June 2025. The United States is taking these necessary and proportionate actions in exercise of the inherent right of self-defense as reflected in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. These combat operations are also being conducted in close cooperation with, and in the collective self-defense of, Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected peaceful coexistence and chosen international armed conflict with Israel as well, waging an unprovoked religious war of annihilation against a once-friendly United Nations Member State located hundreds of miles distant from its borders. Since June 2025, the regime has also massively expanded its ballistic missile production for the purpose of overwhelming regional air defenses in order to provide a shield for its efforts to reconstitute its nuclear program, which it refuses to relinquish. Gaming the international legal system, the Iranian regime routinely seeks to conceal its unlawful acts and to shield itself from accountability by, among other things, deploying proxies such as Hamas, Hizballah and the Houthis. For example, in a letter dated 5 February 2024, my Government reported that the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its partners and proxies had attacked United States personnel and facilities in Syria and Iraq. That letter identified nine prior letters sent to this Council between 2021 and 2024, a period th…

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Somewhat unexpectedly, the US government has submitted an Article 51 letter to the UNSC articulating the US int'l law justification for attacking Iran.

As someone who used to help draft these letters for the USG, I find the administration's legal arguments completely unconvincing. 1/n