Laila Ali
@lailaonmars.bsky.social
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Former journalist @Guardian @BBC and Al Jazeera English. Working on a novel.
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Owen Jones
10 months ago
There is no legal justification, none, for attacking that hospital. Where is the outrage?
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UNICEF Ireland
11 months ago
Peter Power, UNICEF Ireland executive director, spoke to RTÉ's Claire Byrne today about the attacks on children in Gaza. He said hundreds of children have been killed or received horrific injuries from the bombings. The ceasefire must be reinstated now.
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Joe English
about 1 year ago
"You always take care of your safety. Every day, you warn the kids, your wife, be careful. Although we're taking care of every kind of danger, the danger came to us." A must-watch report by NBC's Matt Bradley and team on
#Lebanon's
children
www.nbcnews.com/video/scarre...
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Scarred: The young victims of Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been extended another few weeks as both sides accuse the other of violating the agreement and amid new reports from Lebanese authorities that Israe...
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/scarred-the-young-victims-of-israel-s-airstrikes-in-lebanon-230195269734
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James O’Brien
about 1 year ago
Grimly fascinating.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa
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Tom Fletcher
about 1 year ago
The children of Gaza are not collateral damage. They are as deserving as children everywhere of security, education and hope. My remarks to the UN Security Council.
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https://www.unocha.org/news/un-relief-chief-urges-security-council-safeguard-gazas-children-and-uphold-ceasefire
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Financial Times
about 1 year ago
Rupert Murdoch’s UK tabloid newspaper business has apologised and agreed to pay 'substantial damages' to Prince Harry as it admitted for the first time that unlawful activities took place at The Sun
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www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Brilliant lists. Can’t wait to open a few of theses.
#booksky
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Thrilling debuts to big-name authors: 40 of the most exciting books to read in 2025
From the most anticipated literary debuts to the return of heavyweights like Stephen King and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, there's plenty to add to your TBR pile this year.
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250109-books-to-read-in-2025
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Gaza war death toll could be significantly higher, researchers say
A study in The Lancet suggests Gaza ministry of health figures over a nine-month period might be too low.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjvl4klzweo
about 1 year ago
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Gnanasara: Controversial Sri Lankan monk jailed for insulting Islam
Galagodaatte Gnanasara was convicted on Thursday for his anti-Muslim remarks, which date back to 2016.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8jdy8j41lo
about 1 year ago
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Owen Jones
about 1 year ago
This is important. A British Muslim was fired by his workplace after calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. If we do nothing while people are fired, we will all end up silenced. Please support and share this crowdfunder 👇
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Fired for standing in solidarity with Palestine, CEO's son in the IDF!
I am Hisham, a family man. I am originally from Egypt with friends in Palestine (not that I needed to have any to advocate for Humanity). I am also a Muslim.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/got-terminated-because-of-palestine/
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Meghan Markle has a new Netflix cooking show — and people are already ready to hate it
"With Love, Meghan" has already attracted haters. The show doesn't actually debut until Jan. 15
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/06/meghan-markle-has-a-new-netflix-cooking-show--and-people-are-already-ready-to-hate-it/
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Mike Kegil
about 1 year ago
A great saying
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A difficult read but this is what it means to bear witness.
#Gaza
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The struggle to reunite children with families in war-torn Gaza
An estimated 17,000 children are unaccompanied or separated from family who would ordinarily care for them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyxewylpz9o
about 1 year ago
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Joe English
about 1 year ago
"Last winter.... there were still some buildings to take shelter in. Today, after 14 months of war and the destruction of infrastructure, most people in Gaza are living in tents that barely isolate the cold wind and rain."
#Gaza
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Gaza: Winter puts babies at even greater risk of disease and death
MSF’s pediatric department in Nasser Hospital has been full since July, and more than 25 percent of patients have respiratory distress syndrome.
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-winter-puts-babies-even-greater-risk-disease-and-death
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UNICEF
about 1 year ago
Children on the move are often escaping poverty, violence or climate threats. Migration can offer them a second chance. This
#MigrantsDay
, join UNICEF in calling for safer migration pathways, stronger child protection systems and an end to immigration detention of children.
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‘Everything is gone’: how Israeli forces destroyed Jabaliya refugee camp
A chronicle of Jabaliya’s destruction, using eyewitness accounts, satellite imagery and video footage
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/18/jabaliya-refugee-camp-gaza-destruction-idf
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James O’Brien
about 1 year ago
This is unbearable.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Heartbreaking what the children of
#Gaza
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#Lebanon
have had to endure.....
#ChildrenUnderAttack
#Ceasefire
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Really thought provoking read on
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Aid agencies: History will judge your failure to call out Israeli war crimes as complicity
You don’t have to wait for the charge of genocide to be legally established to condemn Israel’s generational war crimes in Gaza.
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/editorial/2024/12/12/aid-agencies-history-will-judge-your-failure-call-out-israel-war-crimes-gaza-palestine
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George Eaton
about 1 year ago
“Just under half of Britain’s very highest paying jobs were located in London 30 years ago. Today that figure is almost 75 per cent.” Remarkable stat from
@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
in this excellent column on our unbalanced economy.
www.ft.com/content/eb02...
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The London problem is holding young Brits back
Americans and Europeans have a choice of places to prosper
https://www.ft.com/content/eb0261af-77f2-4f13-94fd-d5be1ee9069a
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