The security report the UK government doesn’t want you to see

@fionaharvey.bsky.social just listening - jaw dropping and as ever, depressing. Do you have any more information or links about the report? Thank you! open.spotify.com/episode/2SXy...

And of course double-Trump investment in Xtend via Unusual Machines. I wonder if anyone in the world will intervene? Maybe the American public will wake up.

JFB and XTEND Announce $1.5B Business Combination to Establish a Nasdaq-Listed US Leader in AI-Driven Autonomous Defense Robotics Strategic investors in the merger include Eric Trump, Unusual Machines (NYSE: UMAC), American Ventures, LLC, Protego Ventures, Aliya Capital and...

Xtend you say? I thought that sounded familiar www.globenewswire.com/de/news-rele...

UK has quietly regained its position as the world’s 5th largest economy The United Kingdom has regained its position as the fifth largest economy in the world, according to the latest figures.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/uk-econ...

The Trump administration is considering a bailout for the United Arab Emirates over economic losses sustained as a result of the U.S. war with Iran. President Trump and his family also happen to have extensive business ties with the UAE. trib.al/CpCz4Oc

It all, for some reason, keeps making my brain go back to his visit on 20 April 2025 to Pope Francis, 24 hours before he died.

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Tsunami warning issued as magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes off Japan. - reports

Get a grip on ‘scandal’ of illegal child social care in England, ministers are told Vulnerable children placed in caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, with children’s commissioner saying practice must stop Ministers must get to grips with the “national scandal” of England’s shadow child social care system, the children’s commissioner has warned, as a shocking new report reveals the number of children in unregulated settings has increased by more than 370% in five years. Some of the most vulnerable children in England are being temporarily placed in unregulated caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, which risk the “accumulation of increasing levels of harm for children who have already faced enough distress for several lifetimes”, according to a new report. Continue reading...

Get a grip on ‘scandal’ of illegal child social care in England, ministers are told

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump has said in a social media post that US marines have custody of an Iranian-flagged vessel that tried to get through the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

There was no immediate comment by Iran.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/2p26ry

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.

Yeah, demanding national service is really something a tech company should be doing.

Let's hope the #BBC #GBNews tabloids and social media treat him exactly the same as #Rayner. If they don't - what can we do?

BREAKING: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has called in the bosses of Britain's five biggest banks, as well as the CEO of the Nationwide building society, for talks on Wednesday as she grapples with the deepening economic fallout of the war in Iran

Richard Tice: 'If Rayner had any integrity, she would offer her resignation' YouTube video by Sky News

Here he is telling the moral tale to Sky News… youtu.be/THW3bLHzV6E?...

Tice ‘happy to put things right’ after ‘he failed to pay £100k in corporation tax’ Mr Tice said last year Angela Rayner would resign if she had “any moral decency” after admitting to underpaying stamp duty

Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022.

He's now offering to "put things right".

Go on then Richard - resign.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Crime.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Reform dragged into tax row by Richard Tice’s unpaid £100,000 The party’s deputy leader says he will ‘pay what is owed if numbers need rechecking’ after more revelations from The Sunday Times

In short Rayner had to resign due to concerted media & political pressure over a single stamp duty mistake. Millionaire Tice bankrolled his party through deliberate, dodgy, tax-avoiding corporate tricks and yet the media pressure is limited to a few outlets.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Lives Less Ordinary - Fatima Whitbread: from abandoned baby to world champion - BBC Sounds The British athlete found both a mother and a coach in one person, and went on to win gold

Fatima Whitbread was such a massive idol for me and my friends at school. I had no idea that she was care-experienced. An uplifting listen, especially if you need your faith in human nature restoring. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Exclusive | U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say The preparations mark an expansion of the U.S. naval crackdown beyond the Middle East, as the Iranian military tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

In a major escalation, the U.S. military is preparing to board Iran-linked ships in the coming days, according to Trump administration officials.

😂

Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.

Merchant vessels report gunfire as they attempt to cross Hormuz, shipping sources say At least ​two merchant ‌vessels said they were ​hit by ​gunfire as they ⁠attempted ​to cross the ​Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, ​three ​maritime security and shipping ‌sources ⁠said.

Merchant vessels report gunfire as they attempt to cross Hormuz, shipping sources say reut.rs/3QLIUJa

The US quietly extended a short-term waiver letting already-shipped Russian oil be sold until May 16.

The move reverses earlier signals that the waiver wouldn’t be renewed.

Why are UK universities failing? - LSE Impact The HE sector in the UK faces the prospect of a university going into administration. How have universities fallen so low and is change possible?

🗣️"To speak of the “demise” of the UK university is not to suggest its disappearance, but its transformation into something increasingly unrecognisable."

#AcademicSky #HigherEducation

Iran: Under this new system, only commercial vessels with authorization from the IRGC Navy are permitted to navigate through designated routes after paying the required tolls.
If the U.S. attempts to create any disturbance for Iranian ships, this situation can easily be changed.

The authorization permits transactions involving Russian oil already at sea and will remain valid through May 16, the department said.-Iran Intl