Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using toxin from dart frog, UK says There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.

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Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council

Does the minister have a private Baku address we can follow him on?

Dutch foreign minister quits over failure to secure sanctions against Israel Caspar Veldkamp quits after cabinet reaches deadlock on adopting harsher measures over situation in Gaza

We need many many more leaders of the calibre of Kaspar Veldkamp @ministerbz.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Headline: BBC under pressure to pull Sally Rooney dramas over vow to fund Palestine Action

Headline: Tory minister Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at far right protest.

Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.

As I just said on CNN, my father's parents were Nakba survivors. I don't want Israeli children to live in fear and I don't want Palestinian children to starve to death. There is nothing anyone could do to make me put nationalistic talking points above basic human rights.

'Die trying to live' - Survivor on Srebrenica genocide On the 30th anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia Herzegovina, Paul Cunningham tells the story of one man who survived the genocide, but whose four brothers were killed.

@paulnews.bsky.social moving #Srebrenica memoria

Day 5 of my country visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, learning from the Izvor Foundation about the work being done to overcome trauma and heal the wounds of the past.

Looks like #edirama is going to win a fourth term with a clear majority www.panorama.com.al/mobile-home/...

Political unrest has returned to the Balkans | Newstalk Political unrest has returned to the Balkans. Bosnian State police attempted arrest of Serb leade...

My latest piece on @newstalkfm.bsky.social with #PatKenny

www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Bosnia state police fail in attempted arrest of Serb leader Dodik Bosnia's state police, SIPA, on Wednesday tried to arrest Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik who is wanted for attacking the constitutional order but were stopped by his armed police forces, a SIPA spokeswoman said.

Ok it’s all gone up several notches

Bosnia state police fail in attempted arrest of Serb leader Dodik  - www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Luke O’Neill: US science is under attack – the rest of the world will suffer the consequences Lately, when I meet scientists from the US, the main topic of conversation is how the Trump administration is attacking science. They fear for their jobs and the ability to fund their research.

Luke O’Neill: US science is under attack – the rest of the world will suffer the consequences

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'Qatargate': Explaining the scandal that has Netanyahu panicked ***

Mounting evidence from @barpeleg.bsky.social reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped facilitate the funding Hamas’s military as it was planning the murderous rampage of October 7
#Qatargate
Excellent exposition with @allisonksommer.bsky.social
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@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @marklowen.bsky.social reporter arrested and deported from Turkey after covering protests…

Just leaving this here…

Not arguing with that I am saying that Stephanie Flanders points out - did you listen to it? - that Trump may adopt same negotiation strategy

Newscast - The Week: Defence Spending, Benefit Cuts and The Spring Statement - BBC Sounds James and Chris are joined by Lucy Fisher and Stephanie Flanders to discuss the week.

I fear @stephanomics.bsky.social of @bloomberg.com is prescient in suggesting Trump may repeat his Afghanistan’ deal’ in Ukraine leaving the Europeans in lunch.

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NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.”

The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Amazing: of all the books in all the world Mr Free Speech Zuckerberg wants to ban, it’s the one about him | Marina Hyde Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factchecking, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

“Whether the Meta boss and his ex-lieutenant Sheryl Sandberg are truly beyond awful is neither here nor there. I thought he was done with factchecking” 😛😂😳

Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🤯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.

His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.

Analysis: If Ukraine is sacrificed to the Russian dictatorship, no country in the region is safe Donnacha Ó Beacháin says Russia’s main game is imperial dominance, and the problem with imperial appetites is, they tend to grow with the eating.

Moscow has made clear that it doesn’t plan to negotiate in any meaningful sense.

Instead, Russia seeks approval for its occupation and ethnic cleansing.

My op-ed in today's @thejournal.ie

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Happy #internationalwomensday.

Today, ahead of International Women's Day, the Defence Forces Women's Network together with the Air Corps Women's Network held an event to mark the occasion.

Speakers included Maj Gen Maureen O’Brien (Retd), Nuala Moore, Author and Lucy Nugent, CEO of Children’s Health Ireland.

#AccelerateAction

Should post the video from Instagram also

It Was an Ambush Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.

They cared more about his attire than Putin perfidy…

Great article by @radiofreetom.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Two 🇺🇸bullies attacking a man who has tried to save his country 🇺🇦 and greater Europe from Russian aggression.
We stand with Zelenskyy💛💙♾️

A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...

A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.

Despite shocking Gaza plan, 'Netanyahu didn't get anything he wanted from Trump' ***

“#Netanyahu didn’t get anything he wanted from #Trump” @alonpinkas.bsky.social fascinating insights talking with @allisonksommer.bsky.social of @haaretzcom.bsky.social #podcast