Very good overview by @naomiohreally.bsky.social on implications for other European elections after the defeat of Orban Orbán’s defeat a blow to nationalist parties in advance of key European votes
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Over the last few days I received quite an overwhelming number of e-mails in relation to this piece: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a.... I'll try to answer them all, albeit gradually. The piece is superficially about Russia. But I think it's fundamentally about understanding one's own identity.
Israel detonated Naqoura village in South Lebanon
“The scale of the nightmare in Gaza and the West Bank is vast. It is her job to somehow absorb and relay it to the rest of the world. That costs her profoundly — more than any American sanctions.”
The 2025 numbers are really striking.
www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Da...
🚨 A new joint investigation reveals transcripts and recordings of conversations between Hungary's Péter Szijjártó and several Russian ministers, including Sergey Lavrov, aimed at weakening EU sanctions packages and removing the names of blacklisted oligarchs.
Why does Yvette Cooper deliver this line like an Anglican minister
The US don’t even know who they are speaking to in Iran. They speak to two anonymous voices who don’t identify themselves, and who don’t have decision making authority - everything has to be run past unnamed higher bosses who are also mysterious
I’m on assignment in Paris and will be reporting on France in the build up to next year’s presidential elections.
To kick it off, here’s my reporting on the local elections that have fired the starting gun for 2027
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
For shame
This is amazing, infuriating and dredges up a lot of resentment I had managed to bury. The evidence was overwhelming and so many people refused to see it.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Schade, dass Virginia Giuffre den heutigen Tag nicht mehr erleben konnte. Und dass sie nie erfahren wird, dass ihr Mut und ihre Beständigkeit über viele Jahre hinweg, trotz zahlreicher Anfeindungen, dazu beigetragen haben, etwas ins Rollen zu bringen.
Maybe it would work, or maybe not yet… my one is similar, we’ve abandoned the buggy completely because he won’t go in it. He usually can’t sit for long, but on the bus for some reason he likes to peacefully watch it all go by. He’s almost two.
My toddler loves simply riding on the bus. Especially a seat with a view. We can point at things. I found it great (and not too tiring) rainy day activity: just go on the bus, pop into a shop, and then come back again.
The Jeffrey Epstein files reveal the convicted child sex offender was fascinated by magicians, and detail a years-long relationship between Epstein and David Blaine.
My story:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Hahaha
This is an excellent overview of some of what was in the latest Epstein files.
I’ve been thinking all week of a historical comparison to these files - maybe the pentagon papers - but these files are so much more banality of evil, conversations move from finance to children to lols
He had people all over the world scouting for victims for him, sharing photos and body measurements.
There are extremely disturbing allegations in there, including about abuse of children as young as five.
There was no shortage of victims coming forward
Some thoughts from trawling the Epstein files.
Epstein was a nobody. It’s mysterious where he got his money and billionaire lifestyle.
It’s possible he collected compromising material for extortion.
A major question is whether he worked with intelligence agencies
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
I worked alongside Steve in the Reuters Rome bureau. This is his story of hard work doesn’t protect you from hard times.
stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
Didn’t believe this was true but have checked and am told it was sent to the Norwegian government yesterday.
It’s from a couple of weeks ago but this is a remarkable story by @naomiohreally.bsky.social on sanctions against the ICC
Trump-imposed sanctions are so harsh that ICC judges are being blocked from using Amazon products at home!
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“Prost [an ICC judge] had been added to the United States’ sanctions list, because in 2020 she ruled to authorise an investigation into possible atrocities in Afghanistan, including by US troops.”
from @naomiohreally.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Incredible story by @naomiohreally.bsky.social on US sanctions and an ICC judge
The US lined up Delcy Rodriguez as their preferred successor in backdoor talks with her brother a year ago, according to this reporting.
Uncomfortable echoes of Russia’s plan to remove Zelenskiy and replace him with the compliant Yanukovych
This statement from Spain (with Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay) points out the kind of statement the EU -could- have made…
uh holy SHIT?
an extraordinary article about extraordinary times
