Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

I've read that the IDF has been forming units composed entirely of settlers. This is a major mistake. This article illustrates why.

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"Drug smugglers" my ass! Trump is guilty of mass murder!

Peace Talks Day is off to a great start.

BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.

BREAKING: We’re taking the government to court over Palantir.

The government is refusing to hand over important briefings given to Wes Streeting about the £330m NHS data contract with Peter Thiel’s surveillance firm

So we’re taking legal action.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...

EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East – Europe live Representatives from EU countries are meeting in Luxembourg today

EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East – Europe live

Labour's great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee It looks unlikely that Labour will emerge as the largest party at the next general election (though it’s by no means impossible). If just one term is Labour’s destiny, what legacy will it leave behind? There is already in the making one great success that can’t be reversed, the transition to homegrown clean energy. This is a true “taking back control” escape from the clutches of febrile oil and gas markets. Indeed it might become such a political success that it could rescue Labour’s electoral fortunes. Historically it may come to be recognised as equivalent to the 1948 creation of the NHS, with Ed Miliband the Nye Bevan of our day. He has fought his cause in much the same ruthless way Bevan did. He faces the same ferocious (and politically deranged) opposition from the right, who will have to eat their hats over rejecting renewables. Just as the NHS is a prime reason for pride in Britain, we can expect the same national pride in homegrown energy independence, freeing us from rollercoaster markets and mercurial foreign oil and gas dictators: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump or ayatollahs. That’s the vision in Miliband’s rallying speech today, a future that looks achievable,...

Labour's great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee
->The Guardian | More on "Labour's green energy historic legacy" at BigEarthData.ai | #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy

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🤡🥴“In the Russian Federation, they have once again declared the complete capture of the Luhansk region,” - Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Gerasimov.

Yes👇

Palantir in the NHS is linked to Mandelson

Mandelson is linked to Wes Streeting

Wes Streeting is defending Palantir’s involvement in the #NHS

Nothing to see or everything to see

Palantir must be removed from the NHS

Antisemitism laws only exist to punish Black and Brown people for being racist to white people 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡 😡

Archaeologists Find Homer’s Iliad Papyrus Inside a Mummy in Egypt - GreekReporter.com Archaeologists found a rare Iliad papyrus inside a Roman-era mummy in Egypt, highlighting the spread of Greek culture.

“Inside one of the mummies, the team discovered a rare papyrus containing a passage from Book II of the Iliad by Homer. The text includes part of the “Catalogue of Ships,” which lists Greek forces involved in the campaign against Troy.”

greekreporter.com/2026/04/19/h...

LT. GEN. HERTLING: Ukraine is very proud nation fighting for its territorial integrity and sovereignty. And anyone who suggests that they should give up territory to get a peace deal is out of their mind.

And good Lord, isn’t that what United States fought for 250 years ago?

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Turns out the phrase “America First” is preceded by the words “Sell Out.”

Rare and beautiful 'extinct' bird rediscovered after 100 years of no sightings The night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) is a small green-and-yellow bird species long considered near-mythical across Australia’s interior.

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www.earth.com/news/rare-bi...

Curlew conservation scheme makes breakthrough in Fermanagh A conservation measure aimed at reversing the decline in the curlew population has yielded a breakthrough as the first recorded instance of a 'headstarted' curlew that has established a breeding territory has been identified. As part of the 'headstarting' conservation measure, curlew eggs are taken from the wild, protected and reared in a secure and safe environment until fledglings are ready to be released into the wild. A curlew released in Co Leitrim two years ago has established a breeding territory in Sliabh Beagh, Co Fermanagh, marking the first recorded instance of a 'headstarted' bird returning to establish a breeding territory in Ireland. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine said the curlew, bred as part of a conservation programme was identified with a mate less than 50km from where it was released. While the curlew's call was once synonymous with the Irish landscape, population numbers have declined by 98% since the 1980s, leaving the species on the brink of extinction. The decline has been attributed to changes in landscape and land-use. As with many wading birds, curlews nest on the ground, leaving eggs and young chicks vulnerable to predators. In recent years, conservation measures have been introduced through...

Curlew conservation scheme makes breakthrough in Fermanagh
->RTE | More on "Curlew headstarting breeding territory Ireland" at BigEarthData.ai | #Conservation

UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9% Most analysts had predicted the rate would remain unchanged at 5.2%.

Further confirmation that gloom over the labour market was considerably overdone.

Employment numbers also look broadly stable, and real wages still rising (slowly).

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Carp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

Martin Wrigley MP lambasts Palantir's mad manifesto saying it's "either a parody of a RoboCop film, or a disturbing narcissistic rant from an arrogant organisation. Either way it shows the company’s ethos is entirely unsuited to working on UK government projects.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#Farage #ReformUK #grifters

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?

The wild card: Trump may have a good reason to fear Melania President Donald Trump may fear his own wife, First Lady Melania Trump, as she navigates the fallout of her longtime friendship with the late Jeffrey Epstein.“Why had the presser been called?” wrote T...

www.alternet.org/the-wild-car...

Or more stupid...

The US under Mafia rule:

Florida college student was arrested for making a Netanyahu joke in a Whatsapp group chat.

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy, is running for Congress in New York's 12th District as a Democrat.

Deadline White House with Nicolle Wallace today

'I wanna investigate HHS'

'I wanna know who's paying for the words coming out of his mouth'

about Robert F Kennedy Jr

glossy black squirrel standing on iron fence

A very glossy Squirrel of the Day for April 20, 2026 #sqrlpix

assuming this is true, if Trump fires Cain and this nuke thing is reported as confirmed, the congress will remove Trump with Raskin's bill. if they don't, everybody should forget everything.

This, at first glance, looks like someone in BBC News should be resigning.