OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
More details here - bsky.app/profile/kyle...
File was reportedly taken down but is live again on DoJ website now
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter
we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news
to be clear:
1] Peter Mandelson was deputy prime minister (de facto) at the time under Gordon Brown
2] Epstein had already done time in jail for soliciting sex from a minor
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
🗣️ “The numbers tell a story straight away: while around 75% of murders are solved in Israel’s Jewish communities, it is around 15% in Arab areas.”
📩 Read our latest Unreported World newsletter, from Channel 4 News' @krishgm.bsky.social:
Health officials in Washington state said they have confirmed the first U.S. human case of bird flu since February, with a strain that has previously been reported in animals but never before in humans.
China has lagged the United States in aircraft carrier technology.
Now, the launch of the Fujian will bring Beijing closer to its goal of eroding U.S. maritime primacy in its backyard.
"In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth."
https://bit.ly/49jRoi1
The intensity of rainfall will increase in the coming hours across South Wales, along with the south and west Midlands.
Flooding impacts and travel disruption are likely to increase.
Rain radar below shows observed rainfall - pink indicating heavier bursts.
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise to an all-time high this year.
At this rate, it will take the world four years to pass the 1.5-degree threshold that experts say would constitute catastrophic warming. https://wapo.st/49e2vck
but… this is increasing income tax… just in another way.
A map showing the central line journey from London Liverpol Street to Epping - where anti-asylum hotel protests have been met with left-wing protests against their action. The journey takes less than 40 minutes.
Fascinating to see a conspiracy theory emerge that left-wing protesters have been 'bussed in' from central London to travel the immense distance to... Epping.
It's a journey that takes less than 40 minutes on the tube, Londoners travel twice that for a pint with a mate.
Excellent excellent work @danneidle.bsky.social
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
“I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
This is just a devastating but unmissable report from Gaza
Musk’s cost-cutting goals are getting exponentially smaller as he’s slowly realizing that the government is not a car company.
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
“If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky.”
Cooler heads have not prevailed - Trump has posted this on Truth Social following the extraordinary meeting with President Zelenskyy.
The Bishop of Liverpool is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and harassing a fellow bishop.
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
Yeah, so, Ange in.
Boris Johnson has made the claim now in French that the UK* got vaccines faster thanks to Brexit.
This is incorrect.
*he says Angleterre but let’s assume he means UK
Am about to interview Victoria Atkins and Steve Reed about farmers inheritance tax for tonight's prog.....any thoughts welcome
Channel 4 News is officially on Bluesky
