Deux soldats français tués au Liban : Jean-Noël Barrot dénonce un « crime de guerre »

Jean-Noël Barrot ne mâche pas ses mots. Sur France Info ce jeudi, le ministre des Affaires étrangères a dénoncé un « crime de guerre », après la mort de deux Casques bleus français au Liban dans une attaque imputée au Hezbollah samedi 18 avril.

Lebanon: Journalist targeted and killed by Israeli airstrikes while reporting on the war in southern Lebanon / IFJ On 22 April, Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was targeted and killed in a building where she had taken cover from Israeli airstrikes. Rescue teams were prevented from reaching her for hours. Khalil wa...

#Lebanon: Journalist Amal Khalil was killed by Israeli airstrikes while reporting in southern Lebanon on 22 April. She had taken cover in a building, but rescue teams were unable to reach her for hours.

🔴 We reiterate that deliberate attacks on journalists constitute war crimes.

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Another journalist murdered by Israel. @kajakallas.bsky.social will look the other way

I hear from BBCR4 that the guy with the @rmtunion.bsky.social badge is "just a bloke", Andrew Edwards, a skills educationalist.

Russia is losing its war on Ukraine.
And Trump is losing over Hormuz.

"Quite often those who shout loudest about patriotism are people who are anything but patriots. Nigel Farage will say he's a patriot but then cheerleads on Donald Trump as he slaps tariffs on UK manufacturing"

Interesting @etui.bsky.social webinar just now on lessons learned from the US, Sweden and Germany about Tesla's union busting practices and how to counter them. With the authors of this publication👇 www.etui.org/sites/defaul...

Parallels @etuc-ces.bsky.social call on @ec.europa.eu for "EU-wide measures used successfully during the pandemic" www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

TUC warns higher interest rates will exacerbate “Trump slump” Commenting on the latest figures showing March CPI inflation rising to 3.3% from 3.0%, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said: “Households are feeling the pain from Trump's illegal war. Big rises in pe...

@tuc.org.uk warns higher interest rates will exacerbate 'Trump slump". @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social calls for "a targeted emergency package in key foundation industries in sectors including chemicals, glass and ceramics to protect jobs”. 1/2 www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-war...

Commission gives countries ‘half a toolbox’ to fix energy crisis. @etuc-ces.bsky.social @estherlynch.bsky.social calls for EU-wide measures used successfully during pandemic to ensure that member states can prevent the energy shock becoming a social and economic crisis. www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

He will no doubt be accompanied by his @fdaunion.bsky.social rep when questioned about chinese walls in his household

Lots of bla bla from @kajakallas.bsky.social . When asked about Israel here is her 360 word answer that mentions Palestine, Ukraine, Somalia, Sudan.."all over the world", but not Israel - whose expansionism she acknowledges but doesn't think would be affected by EU sanctions. Pathetic

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Olly Robbins says Downing St pressured him to approve Peter Mandelson appointment Sacked head of Foreign Office said there was ‘dismissive attitude’ to security vetting of former ambassador

Ollie has his union's back. @fdaunion.bsky.social General Secretary Dave Penman @fdagensec.bsky.social . But is the guy with the @rmtunion.bsky.social badge scouting for someone in the Bob Crow mould? www.ft.com/content/6689...

Stranded sailors fear for their lives in the Strait of Ho... The ceasefire raised hopes of escape but thousands of seamen, some hungry and unpaid, remain stuck in floating ‘prisons’

Stranded sailors fearing for their lives in the Strait of Hormuz defended by @itfglobalunion.bsky.social against “bad apple” employers observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Interesting proposals for EU constitutional reform bypassing the InterGovernmental Conference route. @europarl.europa.eu may agree, but would @consilium.europa.eu dare?

Spain urges EU to scrap Association Agreement with Israel During a Socialist Workers' Party rally in Gibraleón under the slogan 'Defend Public Services', on Sunday, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Socialist candidate María Jesús Montero confirmed th...

Spain to call (again) on EU to scrap Association Agreement with Israel at Foreign Affairs @consilium.europa.eu on 21 February www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

German unions standing up against AfD who will ‘redistribute from the bottom to the top’. Reminds me of the ‘worker’s friends’ at RefUK

Apogee of English/Welsh exceptionalism is £vs€. Recently spoke to former UK top bod in EU who thought that ”bloody Germans” (ie SGP rules) was major obstacle to joining. I think things have changed since those heady days. But the arguments are certainly more than 👇 bsky.app/profile/tomo...

Good to see David Lammy was there (as Deputy PM and Justice Secretary rather than Foreign Minister as reported)

Saw this last night. Brilliant staging of Murder on the Titanic

Odd vetting template published by the Government yesterday. Is it to show how pathetic the system is? Will we see one with the ticks? So many questions... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69e26b...

Petition: Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy We are concerned about reported Israeli state-linked and pro-Israel lobbying activity in UK politics. We believe it is important to determine the scope and impact of any such influence campaigns.

Government response to petition calling for a public enquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics and democracy that has reached over 100,000 signatures: No. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

And the chance to have Charles III head on the obverse of € coins allover Europe! (though personally I would prefer something more like these 🇪🇪🇮🇹🇨🇾)

The new Fair Work Agency – latest developments and union priorities The new Fair Work Agency aims to strengthen enforcement of workers’ rights. This blog explains what it means, what’s changing next, and the key priorities unions will be pushing to ensure it delivers ...

@tuc.org.uk explainer on the new Fair Work Agency. Includes an Advisory Board composed of employers and independent members as well as unions to provide advice to the Secretary of State on labour market enforcement issues. www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/new-fa...

International trade unions launch demands for G7 meeting @ituc.bsky.social @tuac.bsky.social www.ituc-csi.org/labour-7-l7-...

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