US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

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#maddow

CNN put together a montage of Trump saying as far back as March 9 that his war against Iran "is going to be finished pretty quickly," then him saying that same thing over and over for the past six weeks

What the fck is going on at BBC News?

This must be a clear breach of election period broadcasting rules. Why aren't Ofcom and the Electoral Commission stepping in?

@ofcom.bsky.social @electoralcommission.org.uk

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Hey why don’t you have a guess which major UK news outlet has nothing, nada. Zilch on Tice’s tax affair from yesterday?

Screenshot from right now, search term ‘Tice’

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Hungary’s PM-elect Peter Magyar says he would enact an ICC arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu and detain him on arrival.

The election winner said Hungary would stay a member of the International Criminal Court which his predecessor Viktor Orban began withdrawing from last year.

I'm always skeptical of BBC-bashing, but BBC News website hasn't reported on the Tice tax scandal since 12 April, when the headline was "Tice £91,000 tax row is 'minor administrative error', party claims".

ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary

For those attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, a small question:

When you're sitting there at your table, do you think it'll cross your mind that the guest of honor is actively covering up his role in a massive child sex trafficking operation?

❗️Russia is preparing a massive strike in the coming days, - monitoring channels

📍Probable targets: Kyiv (Solomyansky, Darnytsky, Obolonsky, Syrets, Zhulyany), Cherkasy, Chechelivskyi district of the Dnipro and an aircraft repair plant in Lviv.

🇮🇷 The situation in Iran has not yet given the Russians what they were counting on. Namely, to help Iran respond more strongly, specifically in the energy sector, so that restrictions arise on the energy market, so that more sanctions are lifted from Russia due to the deficit in the world, — Zelensky

⚡️ We will fulfill what we promised. I think Hungarians will will unblock 90 billion — Zelensky announced the restoration of "Druzhba" in April

🇺🇸 The US produces 60 Patriot missiles per month. I asked, starting with Biden: give me a license, we will double your production. We were ready, — Zelensky

Germany and France propose “light” EU membership for Ukraine Germany and France proposed a "light" membership format for Ukraine in the European Union featuring symbolic benefits. The plan allows Kyiv to participate in mi

🇩🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦 Germany and France proposed a “light” membership format for Ukraine in the EU featuring symbolic benefits. The plan allows Kyiv to participate in ministerial and leadership meetings without voting rights or access to the common budget.

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🔥Pilots of the Pentagon Battalion 225th OSHP destroyed two field depots of ammunition and other enemy facilities

Great Britain's wind farms achieve record energy generation levels - edie Generation from wind power in Great Britain reach record levels for the first quarter of 2026, with almost 30 Terrawatt-hours (TWh) produced.

"Generation from wind power in Great Britain reach record levels for the first quarter of 2026, with almost 30 Terrawatt-hours (TWh) produced." www.edie.net/wind-generat...

It looks like the world is being wise about the world cup. I am an American, it is NOT SAFE for anyone here. They give idiots a gun, authority, and no training.

If I murder someone, I go to jail or worse. If ICE murders someone for no reason, they get praise from the president.

Meta just paid the lowest effective federal tax rate in its history.

Thanks to tax breaks and loopholes, it avoided $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes.

But now it's planning to lay off 10% of its global workforce (8,000 people) by May 20 — with more job cuts later this year.

Trickle down hoax.

More than 48,000 children and teens (ages 0–19) have been killed by gun violence in the United States since the Columbine massacre in April 1999. As of April 2026, firearms remain the leading cause of death for American children and adolescents

I know I'm preaching to the converted, but if Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, Sandy Hook, Aurora, San Bernadino, Pulse Nightclub, First Baptist, Las Vegas, Parkland, El Paso, Uvalde, Lewiston and so many others aren't going stop your country in its tracks . . .

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

Labour MPs need to realise this isn’t about getting rid of Starmer it’s about destabilising the Labour govt and getting rid of all of you .. for Nigel and his mates ! The media have been on overdrive on this since July 24 .. it’s the latest attempt but not the last !

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency

It’s not media cluelessness – it’s cowardice and complicity But there’s another word starting with “C” that describes some journalists: courage.

Journalists might've once had the excuse that the didn’t realize how bad MAGA extremism would be. But they can't plead cluelessness now. What’s left are cowardice, complicity and courage. Pick one.
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BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war? The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of announcements by President Trump

Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?

The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades on financial markets ahead of public announcements by President Trump, including during the Iran war.

This war is so damn confusing. It’s why we shouldn’t let drunks and dementia patients run it.

So to recap:

-$160 BILLION+ unconstitutionally collected in tariffs from 🇺🇸 corps, despite Trump saying foreign co’s pay

-they pass that cost to us

-Now corps collect the💰back… from us?🤔

heads they win, tails we lose!😕🤷🏼 (almost like this was the plan all along)