What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

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

Watching this Foreign Affairs Select Committee on the #beeb is miles better than anything the Premier League offers. Not as good as the Championship, of course, but bloody good

Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains – report ‘Stone age’ system of booking cross-border rail tickets holding back climate action by consumers, says thinktank

www.theguardian.com/environment/... This is absolutely right. But not only can it be so bloody complicated getting #train #tickets but also whether you’ll even arrive for connections, never mind at your ultimate destination, remotely on time is a doubt on most #European cross-border journeys

From burning bins to building bridges: how restorative justice helped one woman after Southport riots Stacey Vint was a long-time addict when she was arrested in Middlesbrough, now she speaks publicly about her experience

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Robbery #Boro #UTB

Middlesbrough - 'A Boro win at Ipswich and they're still in the mix' - BBC Sounds The Northern Echo's Dom Shaw spoke to Matty Nixon ahead of the game against Ipswich.

The Northern Echo's Dom Shaw spoke to Matty Nixon ahead of the game against Ipswich. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ndkz9s #boro

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

- Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

#AMOC #climatecrisis
Story by me

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New Borders Map system launched Throughout my #CrossBorderRail work I have not always been very systematic documenting what I learned. But today I have the first version of a better documentation system ready! Thanks to support from...

Right, my new map and database of all #CrossBorderRail lines in Europe is online!

This blog post explains what I am trying to do:
crossborderrail.eu/new-borders-...

At the moment it is all rather provisional, so bear with me, but the idea is to have EVERY line mapped, and basic data available!

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz

The gang of four: how a cabal of property moguls is laying waste to the Tees Valley In a series of articles, I’m going to describe the activities of the Gang of Four, and their incessant drive for wealth accumulation. How this drive is translated into an unending search for the next ...

In a series of articles, I’m going to describe the activities of the Gang of Four, and their drive for wealth accumulation

northeastbylines.co.uk/business/the...

Las nietas de un republicano presentan la primera querella en España por exilio forzado en el franquismo Silvia y Sonia Garófalo Robles ha interpuesto la acción judicial en Barcelona por el caso de su abuelo Luis, que combatió durante la Guerra Civil y huyó a Francia en febrero de 1939 para escapar de la...

Las nietas de un republicano presentan la primera querella en España por exilio forzado en el franquismo

Anschlag auf israelisches Restaurant in der Münchner Maxvorstadt. In der Nacht um 0.45 Uhr werden offenbar durch Pyrotechnik drei Schaufensterscheiben zerstört bzw. beschädigt. Keine Verletzten.
www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/fen...

🐎 The race for second place in the Championship...

🆚 How do the run-ins compare?
🎢 What are the hopes and dangers for all the sides involved?
🔎 Ipswich favourites, but...
👀 Southampton's charge
📈 Can #Boro rediscover form and momentum?
www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/260074...

A much more positive #Teesside #Middlesbrough story, of artist Mackenzie Thorpe, who owes much to his wife, Susan

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2599164...

Fascinating read. Pretty damning - and detailed - report on what appears to be utter mess with #Tees transport plans and #TVCA

Looks like great local journalism from @raycasey.bsky.social and something we need more of if we’re to protect democracy and better scrutinise those in power

As a business founder and as a man, I regret the decades I spent confined by masculinity | Guy Singh-Watson Making women more powerful in my farm business and closing the gender pay gap was not just the right thing to do – it has brought commercial benefits, says Riverford founder Guy Singh-Watson

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🏟️ 📍 Riverside Stadium

⚽ Middlesbrough vs Millwall

#Boro

ÚLTIMA HORA | Lamine Yamal condena los cánticos racistas en Cornellá: “Es una falta de respeto y algo intolerable” www.eldiario.es/sociedad/lam...

‘Human rights departments and programs were gutted of funding and staff. The state withdrew its support for trials for crimes committed during the dictatorship and, among other measures, obstructed the search for the children of the disappeared …’

From testimony and denunciation to irony and humor: A 50-year cultural battle for the memory of the dictatorship in Argentina The anniversary of the military coup finds the country under a government that downplays state terrorism, while literature, film, and other art forms continue to elaborate on the legacy of the genocid...

Fabulous @elpais.com article in English on #Argentina #dictatorship and #memory ‘With the rise to power of the far-right populist Javier Milei, what seemed to be a deeply rooted social and institutional consensus was shattered …’

english.elpais.com/internationa...

Boro promotion race predictor - find out how your final Championship table looks Our Championship league predictor is back, offering you the chance to predict the results and view your final league table

It's that time again! Our Championship predictor is back!! 🚨

Will #Boro win promotion? Predict the remaining games and see how your final table looks here:

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Mayoral election results www.wahlen-muenchen.de/ergebnisse/2...

Council election in % and seats: www.wahlen-muenchen.de/ergebnisse/1...

#Munich vote #Grüne Dominik #Krause as head of city council. Seats: #Greens ahead of CSU and SPD. Even Left ahead of radical far-right #AfD. It shows large constituency for pro-democracy, more tolerant centre ground. Greens need to push through policies to finally make Munich sustainability beacon

Ipswich fans ‘disgusted and ashamed’ after Nigel Farage photo opportunity at Portman Road Ipswich fans have said they are ‘disgusted and ashamed’ after the Reform Party leader Nigel Farage was able to stage a photo opportunity at Portman Road on Monday

Another brilliant reason every sensible #football fan should want the #Boro to beat #Ipswich in the promotion race
#MFC #utb
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The report notes that, ‘the area around the Old Botanical Gardens, the number of crimes has fallen by 66 per cent, from 1,284 to 436.’

Source: ru.muenchen.de/2026/56/Krim...

New #crime stats out for #Munich: ‘The Munich Police Headquarters has released the police crime statistics for 2025. Compared with the previous year, the number of crimes in the state capital has fallen once again. Munich thus remains Germany’s safest major city.’

As Jewish ambulances are set ablaze, we must quell the flames of hate from Golders Green to the West Bank | David Davidi-Brown Britons face a clear choice: fuel the division arising from all the horror abroad or refuse to let that hatred take hold in our own communities, says David Davidi-Brown of the New Israel Fund

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Amid the chaos and hatred, a simple call for tolerance. Sometimes it’s just good to hear, even though not enough people are listening

GB News Scandal: Read our dossier of their flagrant Ofcom breaches SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Twenty journalists analysed 15 hours of television – none of which complied with Ofcom’s regulations. These are their findings

Here's the programme-by-programme dossier in which the @thenewworldmag.bsky.social reviewers tracked the breaches of broadcasting codes which Ofcom seems happy to ignore www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-...

At PMQ'S Keir Starmer was forced to respond to the findings of a special investigation by The New World on Ofcom's failure to tackle repeated breaches of its broadcasting code by GB News.

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk presented the PM with the dossier’s findings

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