Funny way to “legally” steal away the taxpayers’ money.

I thought the article would be about how climate change is shaping the way we vote and thus reshaping our political landscape. But this was more of a practical piece — which is rather obvious and, frankly, not really worth reading.

Berlin Global at Humboldt Forum—spectacle versus substance. Flashy interactivity as a way of avoiding the hard answers after posing so many questions. Also, the exhibition jumps between unconnected topics: colonial history, fashion, club culture, genocide — without a coherent argument linking them.

Didn’t he just invite Netanyahu to Budapest?

Hungary will abide by ICC over Netanyahu, says incoming PM <article data-history-node-id="438645" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hungary-will-abide-icc-over-netanyahu-says-incoming-pm" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hungary-will-abide-icc-over-netanyahu-says-incoming-pm" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Hungary will abide by ICC over Netanyahu, says incoming PM</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Hungary's incoming prime minister&nbsp;Peter Magyar&nbsp;said on Monday that he was going to halt his country's departure from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and that he was sure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aware of Hungary's legal obligations under the ICC treaty.</p> <p>Peter Magyar was asked on Monday&nbsp;about a post made by Israel’s ambassador to Hungary that said he had invited Netanyahu, sought by the ICC on crimes against humanity charges, to Hungary for this year’s commemoration of the country’s failed 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.</p> <p>“Every leader is welcome to attend this important commemoration,” Magyar told reporters at a press conference in Budapest on Monday. “We have a legal obligation to enforce the court’s rulings, and I’m sure he knows this,” he added, referring to Netanyahu.</p> <p>Viktor Orban, who Magyar just defeated in an election, announced Hungary’s departure from the ICC in 2025 shortly before the arrival for a state visit of his close Israeli ally and fellow right-wing nationalist.</p> <p>But, according to Bloomberg, Magyar said his legal advisers had concluded that the departure process was not yet complete. He said that Budapest’s final steps to leave the court could simply be halted when his government takes office early next month.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers In run-up to May local elections, the Green party is reaching people who may not normally attend a political speech

‘Dancing is resistance’: Zack Polanski and the Greens bring the party to the ravers

All these circles are suns.

Archbishop of Canterbury backs pope’s calls for peace amid Trump feud Sarah Mullally urges Anglicans to join Leo’s ‘courageous’ call and says human cost of war is incalculable The archbishop of Canterbury has said she is standing in solidarity with Pope Leo XIV’s calls for peace amid his public feud with Donald Trump. Days after the US president objected to comments from the head of the Catholic church suggesting a “delusion of omnipotence” was fuelling the US-Israeli war in Iran, Sarah Mullally urged Anglicans to join Leo’s “courageous” call. Continue reading...

Archbishop of Canterbury backs pope’s calls for peace amid Trump feud

Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to generate electricity in 2025, a climate thinktank has calculated. The company was paid £999m last year for generating about 4.5% of Great Britain’s electricity from its biomass plant, costing each household £13 a year, according to analysts at Ember. Continue reading...

Drax claimed record £999m in subsidies for burning trees in 2025, thinktank says

What about the Greens? I thought they were going to win?

Gemeinsam gegen Gas Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche verfolgt eine klare Expansionsstrategie für fossile Gasinfrastruktur in Deutschland. Wo genau in Deutschland neue fossile Infrastruktur entstehen soll, wil...

Wir machen Reiches geheime Gaspläne sichtbar!
Trotz drastischer Folgen fürs Klima setzt Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche auf den Ausbau fossiler Gasinfrastruktur. Wo? Das will die Bundesregierung verschweigen. Mit der interaktiven Karte schaffen wir gemeinsam Transparenz. fragdenstaat.de/gemeinsam-ge...

French lawmakers set to push bill criminalising speech on Israel Lawmakers move to criminalise speech on Israel, drawing fierce backlash from legal experts and activists

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Orban’s defeat shows that when we stand together against the politics of hate and division, hope wins and the far right friends of Farage can be defeated.

Ludicrous, literally.

Zack Polanski calls for UK to withdraw trade agreement with Israel after strikes on Lebanon

Israel is a rogue state and our government should treat it as such.

Our Government should have suspended diplomatic and trade relations long ago but if not now, when?

The electrical revolution is happening - across several domains - faster and further than almost anyone dared predict. And any country that does not embrace it will be left in the fossil age.

Interne Chats in CDU-Fördergeldaffäre: Hinter den Kulissen Frag den Staat veröffentlicht Chatverläufe zwischen den Abgeordneten Goiny und Stettner und Kultursenatorin Wedl-Wilson. Es sind verstörende Einblicke.

Frag den Staat veröffentlicht Chatverläufe zwischen den Abgeordneten Goiny und Stettner und Kultursenatorin Wedl-Wilson. Es sind verstörende Einblicke.

Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of...

“A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers”

A blaze rips through a car west of Gaza City believed to have been carrying two people, including Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah, whom the network said was killed by an Israeli drone strike

Beirut hospitals 'overwhelmed' by victims of latest Israeli attack, doctors plea for help <article data-history-node-id="437761" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/beirut-hospitals-overwhelmed-victims-latest-israeli-attack-doctors-plea" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/beirut-hospitals-overwhelmed-victims-latest-israeli-attack-doctors-plea" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Beirut hospitals 'overwhelmed' by victims of latest Israeli attack, doctors plea for help</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Beirut's hospitals have been inundated with casualties from the latest wave of Israeli attacks on the city, the Beirut Doctors Syndicate has said.</p> <p>Elias Challala, who helms the group, issued a plea to “all doctors, each within their specialty, to go to hospitals to provide assistance following the large number of injuries caused by the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/8/lebanon-excluded-from-ceasefire-as-israeli-strikes-continue">air strikes</a>, to fulfil their medical and humanitarian duty".</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Terrible. What other tests planned for war refugees?

Vote @greenparty.org.uk

Easter Strolling through Grunewald. 🫠

Pope Leo urges world not to become desensitised to global conflicts <article data-history-node-id="437464" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pope-leo-urges-world-not-become-desensitised-global-conflicts" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pope-leo-urges-world-not-become-desensitised-global-conflicts" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Pope Leo urges world not to become desensitised to global conflicts</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Pope Leo called on people not to become desensitised to global conflicts and to renew efforts toward peace during an Easter vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.</p> <p>“Let us not allow ourselves to be paralysed,” the first American pope said, speaking on one of the holiest nights in the Christian calendar.</p> <p>He warned that mistrust and fear have been allowed to “sever the bonds between us through war, injustice and the isolation of peoples and nations.”</p> <p>While the pope has been an outspoken critic of the US-Israel war on Iran, he did not mention any specific conflicts during the service.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Leo Robson · Toxic Inner Critic: On Nicola Barker Nicola Barker’s explorations have taken her to 19th-century India and a post-metaphysical future. Yet British banality...

‘Nicola Barker’s explorations have taken her to 19th-century India and a post-metaphysical future. Yet British banality has retained its allure, and its uses. Her work is full of people called things like Bill and Jim.’

Leo Robson on Barker’s novels.

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How the Iran war could shatter global food security Fertilizer shortages linked to the war are hitting just as planting seasons begin across much of Africa and Asia, raising the risk of lower yields or even crop failures.

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could trigger a new food price shock pushing tens of millions into acute hunger if it drags on, officials across the world are warning.

‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war Ripple effects of oil and fertiliser shortage felt by farmers in India and Sri Lanka despite governments saying there is enough stock to go round

‘India is going to face a food crisis’: Farmers panic over fertiliser shortages amid Iran war