Iran alleges ceasefire violations and backs out of talks, Trump's slush fund put on ice, Freedom 250 concert disaster, signs of hope out of Georgia for Democrats, and much more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!

NEWS: Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Kyiv, striking a 24-story apartment building and causing a partial collapse with people potentially trapped under rubble. At least four people were injured as fires broke out across multiple districts, including near a kindergarten. 1/

Scientists engineered biocompatible lipid-shell nanocarriers to encapsulate the enzymes, allowing them to travel through the bloodstream undetected by the immune system. The dissolve the mechanical blockage and restore blood flow without requiring a single invasive incision or stent deployment.

💩 Our rangers have been out dog poo surveying at Kingsley Common - do you want to guess how many poos they found in just 250 metres? 318. Love our heathlands? So do the rare ground nesting birds and reptiles living here. Please pick up your dog's poo and help protect them.

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BREAKING: A federal court has blocked the National Science Foundation (NSF) from transferring a major supercomputer away from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Wyoming. This is good news! (🧵👇)

The countdown to #WorldEnvironmentDay on 5 June is on! Follow the latest stories, events and actions from around the world as people come together #NowForClimate: www.worldenvironmentday.global/2026/latest/...

Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The Joint Intelligence Committee report describes ecological collapse as posing catastrophic & irreversible risks to the UK. I asked what steps the Ministry of Defence is taking to coordinate action across Govt. Parliament must be allowed to scrutinise these findings and the Govt response.

Call us radical, but we believe coastal communities and future generations deserve both jobs and a healthy ocean - and the communities in our new report are already proving it's possible. Check out stories from the communities >> www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Yesterday I witnessed something extraordinary: the author Sarah Wynn-Williams sitting silent on a stage at @hayfestival.bsky.social. And she got a standing ovation. I hope the attempt to censor her backfires magnificently. I have just ordered her book. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Planning an event for #WorldEnvironmentDay? Whether you are a school, community group, business, city, or government, you can host an event to take action #NowForClimate. Every voice counts! Register now: https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/2026/get-involved/register-activity

Looking through the Mandelson files, has Wes Streeting said in public Israel is committing war crimes, or does he just keep that sentiment for DMs? www.gov.uk/government/p...

"Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes" - Wes Streeting, in a private message. So it turns out that government ministers were not, after all, incapable of understanding what is happening there. Just incapable of saying it in public, and of acting on that knowledge. #MorallySupine

🙄 Trump's deepening Iran disaster reminds us of this quote: "A war hasn't been fought this badly since Olaf the Hairy, High Chief of all the Vikings, accidentally ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside." (Blackadder Goes Forth). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

The final solution for AI in academia is a scenario where students are submitting AI-generated homework to be graded by AI-generated faculty using AI agents, all of which is being overseen by highly paid administrators who are extracting money from the students in exchange for a degree. The end.

Nigel Farage has missed 100% of his parliamentary votes since March, choosing media tours over representing his constituents. No other workplace allows you to completely vanish while pocketing a taxpayer-funded £100k a year.

📢 This Labour govt's Reform-pandering policies on asylum and immigration are reason enough not to vote for them at the next general election. The same goes for their goonish authoritarianism around protest and dissent. They have crossed the line on both issues... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Iran suspended talks with the US, oil prices spiked 8%. Netanyahu orders attacks on Beirut. Trump gets more bad news in court. Then Trump tries to run damage control on it all. Your midday update is here:

The headline talks about Antisemitism fears. Yet both people were criticising a genocidal Israeli Government. This constant conflation of criticism of Jewish people with criticism of Israel makes me as a Jewish person feel less safe. Such a dangerous decision by Labour.

According to Zack Polanski, this ban shows 'a Labour government doing everything possible to silence criticism of the Israeli government' By @willem-moore.bsky.social

Drop in to the Western Rother Beaver Group’s open day 17 June 10-4pm Discover more about Beaver reintroductions & offer your thoughts  https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/living-landscapes/partnerships/the-sussex-beaver-trial/sussex-and-se-beaver-partnerships/western-rother-beaver-group

Thanks to ISDS, taxpayers face a £300m bill as coal investors sue over an aborted coal mine. That’s 6 times what the company invested. Our climate policy is being held to ransom by these toxic corporate courts 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Renewables are READY. 🟢 Wind and solar already dominate new power capacity and beat fossil fuels on cost, with storage and smart grids keeping them reliable. 🟢 Clean, homegrown renewables can shield tens of millions from price shocks and energy blackmail.

“Taxpayers should not be left footing the bill for something that almost certainly would never have been built.” Corporate courts are allowing corporations to sue us for hundreds of millions. Our climate policy is being held to ransom - and we need to fight back. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Electoral reform is a key part in tackling disillusionment in the political system. I spoke with @alexsobel.co.uk, CEO of @makevotesmatter.bsky.social, and Chief Executive of @electoralreform.bsky.social on @politicshome.bsky.social about what Burnham as PM could mean for our voting system.

Discarded vapes are causing huge waste facility fires. Would a £5 deposit on all vapes make people recycle them properly?

Energy profits “is not something that falls within our remit”, says Head of Ofgem. What does regulating energy companies mean then?

🟨 Print Edition — Hedge Funds and Tech Bros: Reform UK James Orr’s Road to Damascus How did Nigel Farage’s head of policy move from corporate law to political religiosity? Peter Jukes and Nafeez Ahmed report The post Hedge Funds and Tech Bros…

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NEW EPISODE: "The Two Party System Is Dead: It's Time For A Fairer Electoral System". @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social hears from @alexsobel.co.uk and Darren Hughes @electoralreform.bsky.social podfollow.com/byline-podca...

As the climate warms, such extremes are expected to become more frequent. Read more in our news release 👇

⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️ A massive data centre, BIGGER than the village they want to build it next to, has been proposed in Fife. If you're in the area PLEASE file an objection to it, the damage it will do is unbearable to think about. aprs.scot/auchtertool-... 👇 More resources below👇

UK 🇬🇧 AND 🇺🇸 USA It's NOT a coincidence !

"There are power cuts 22 hours a day, air conditioning isn't working, life support systems and incubators shut down, you can't do operations." #Trump blockades Cuba... @cubasolidarity.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2axT...

When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster. He's now an MP in Westminster And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...

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You can’t embargo the sun or sanction the wind. As more countries invest in renewables, energy systems become more stable and resilient to global shocks. This shift is already underway: www.worldenvironmentday.global/2026/latest/... #WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate

The AI data centre frenzy is unfolding across Australia so fast that most people still have no idea what’s actually being built, or what it could mean for our future.⁣

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Today I ‘interviewed’ Facebook whistleblower on stage at Hay…& she couldn’t say a word. Facebook took legal action to prevent her speaking. What pathetic, pointless vindictiveness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“This is censorship...This is a demonstration that some of the worst abuses in our time are not confined to kings, emperors, governments … but to a class of companies that have assumed the sovereign affect, and seek to assert their power the same way that some of those despotic nation states do.”