‘Encroached territory’: Why India-Nepal border dispute is heating up again Nepalese rapper turned Prime Minister B Shah has revived a 200 year-old border dispute that dates back to 1816 when the British East India Company signed a treaty with the rulers of Nepal. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/...

Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🦑🌎

"Brentry at 50: How postwar Britain joined the European Community and the implications for today" I was today years old when I found out the UK joining the EEC (the EU in its earlier form) was known as "Brentry" - a portmanteau of "British Entry". www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and...

Why does the White House website look like it's been written by teenaged edgelords - it's like the Trump admin used a site like 4chan to recruit their staff.

"Viktor Orbán returns to Brussels after election setback" Ex-Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán will return to Brussels next week for the first time since his election defeat, attending a summit of Patriots for Europe — the far-right alliance he helped establish. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

DARREN LEWIS: 'Reform's useful idiot Zia Yusuf has been left to sow seeds of hatred' Reform have just 8 MPs compared to the Liberal Democrats' 72 yet they're platformed time and time again by the BBC, whether it's on Laura Kuenssberg's Sunday show or Question Time www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

"Iran's strike on Israel suggests the regime's sense of resilience is growing" Ironically it seems the war has actually strengthened the Iranian government rather than weakened it - despite the high profile causalities as the onset of the conflict www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Zelenskyy's hopes will probably be in vain - Reform tend to have a pathological hated of all things "foreign" second only to their hatred of Starmer. Not to mention the bulk of their members are have probably shared Kremlin funded posts in one way or another.

"Starmer gives big tech an ultimatum over explicit image sharing" British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given companies like Apple and Google an ultimatum to introduce device controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images. www.channel4.com/news/starmer...

"Thousands of patient records taken in cyber attack" Synnovis came into existence following the outsourcing of NHS pathology services and a partnership with Serco* which set up the initial IT infrastructure and systems. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is 'in a tizz' over prostate cancer trial" Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf has chosen to get himself in a tizz about the fact that the potentially life-saving trial is targeting black people because they are the most at risk group. www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2616992...

"Sikhs tell of daily attacks after Henry Nowak murderer jailed" "Children, men, women, pensioners, doctors, people going shopping, people walking in the park" have all been attacked said Dabinderjit Singh, a senior executive at the UK Sikh Federation. www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2617329...

Atlantic 'cold blob' caused by weakening ocean current system that's likely nearing a tipping point, reanalysis finds The impact to the UK could well be bitterly cold winters followed by hot summers* #ClimateChange #AMOC phys.org/news/2026-06...

"Son calls for Iran prisoner exchange for British pair" The couple have been in an Iranian prison for over a year on obviously fabricated charges - the Iran war and crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is further complicating matters as they languish in confinement. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It turned out Greenland wasn't for sale and probably not that easy to invade after all (probably the Iran war fiasco made this increasingly unlikely) - so now it seems Trump wants to try buying the Chagos islands. If successful he'll probably celebrate by building a casino.

Trump's super duper ceasefire unravelling already.

British delusions about Brexit were mocked on ZDF's Heute-Show back in 2018, the show highlighting part of a speech by Angela Merkel where she said about Britain "you cannot belong to the single market if you are not part of the single market", the show describing it as akin to speaking to children.

"Early diet may shape how the teenage brain develops, Swansea review finds" Supported by the IAFNS Cognitive Health Committee, the review found that unhealthy dietary patterns in the early years of life, may have lasting consequences for intelligence later on. www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...

Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband Miliband is correct but inexplicably there's largely been silence over this by most of Labour - Starmer's biggest mistake* I think was not recognising this early on and tackling it. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Housing charity Shelter said "local authorities were struggling to build social homes because of the stranglehold of a £29bn housing debt that was passed on to them by the central government in 2012 as part of a council house financing agreement". This was thanks to David Cameron and Grant Shapps.

"Man's anger as brother left in Afghanistan after data breach" Thousands of Afghans had worked for the British government and a scheme was set up for them to apply to come to Britain however the data was leaked and the Taliban now have this information. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Westerleigh, Woodspring and Hick's Gate: The five mega developments reshaping" Bristol and the surrounding regions. Rural landscapes across South Gloucestershire and North Somerset are set for their biggest transformation in generations. www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse...

"A decade after Brexit, Britain has more red tape than ever" The Brexit-backing rightwing Daily Telegraph hasn't quite managed to join the dots yet: "If the UK wasn’t held hostage by regulation, we could make the most out of leaving Europe" Utter denial 😏 www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

"When is the next heatwave in London? Forecast predicts major mid-June temperature spike" From 35.1C experienced in London on 26 May to thunderstorms, gusts and much cooler temperatures - many probably felt that was the end of the hot weather. #ClimateChange www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Trump probably thinks D-Day is Donald's Day.

Ukrainian drones target St Petersburg in attack Russia calls 'unprecedented' The only surprising thing about this new story is that the St Petersburg region is still known as "Leningrad region" I thought that it would have been Petrograd region. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#FarageRiots 2.0

'I'm taking citizenship test amid immigration fears' Cristina moved to England in 2008 when she was 11, despite being an English tutor as well as working with children growing uncertainly UK immigration law is forcing many like her to obtain UK citizenship now* www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Mayo nurse raises awareness of Ireland’s hidden condition" Haemochromatosis is common in Ireland due to population bottlenecks caused by famines and the survival advantages the C282Y gene gives from increased iron absorption but there are downsides to this gene. www.mayonews.ie/news/listen-...

"Fall in official Ebola numbers appears to be good news but it's not that simple" The dramatic fall in numbers would be very good news were it not for the fact that the epicentre is in a conflict zone and there is still potential for spread outside the area. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Six more people charged with violent disorder in Southampton after protests over Henry Nowak's murder" Ironically many of these protestors seem quite hot-headed and violent - and seem to have far more in common with the murderer than the victim. news.sky.com/story/six-mo...

"Scientists may have finally cracked one of Stonehenge’s biggest mysteries" "a new study has suggested, based on evidence taken from the stone itself, that humans actually transported it" - that's been the predominant view for years anyway, not glacial movement* metro.co.uk/2026/06/05/s...

"Downing Street hits out after Vance post about Henry Nowak" This is dangerous and a direct interference in UK democracy both Musk and Vance now helping to whip up hatred in Britain with their lies and inflammatory remarks that are reposted on social media groups. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Simple fix: ban Elon Musk from the UK and nationalize his businesses Then do the same here in the US

"London weather: This weekend set to be nearly 20C cooler than May heatwave" #ClimateChange doesn't just warm the planet, it destabilises weather patterns, which is something climate scientists have bene warning about for years - yet it is largely misunderstood www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

"Russia agrees to repair and restore Afghanistan’s Soviet-era military hardware" Agreement signed at International Security Forum in Moscow set to bolster Taliban’s military strength - Russia is now a key ally of the Taliban, successors of the mujahideen. www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-a...

The expectation is severe heatwaves, droughts, floods, crop failures, energy shortages, and economic strain right across Asia but with problems varying from region to region. The Iran war is already causing fertiliser shortages and affecting planting conditions which is set to get much worse.

"German asylum benefits cuts violate EU law, top court rules" In a victory for rejected asylum-seekers, the European Court of Justice has ruled they must be given more than just the bare minimum to survive. But this relief may be short-lived. www.dw.com/en/german-as...

"The ancient trick making food waste useful and tasty" Fermentation turns food scraps into tangy, preserved, nutritious food. Cheese works the same way — both rely on microbes, but cheese ferments milk while this process transforms leftover cocoa shells and veg. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Repulsive comments by Vance, Nowak's killer is the son of immigrations, while his own wife is the daughter of immigrants. Both sets of parents from the same country - India, not the first time he's gone against his wife's heritage.

Jenkyns appeared to have been upset at proposals to tackle social media misinformation - she claims to support "genuine freedom of speech". She also wanted to set up a DOGE department for Lincolnshire modelled after Elon Musk ideas - which says a lot about her judgement and competence.

Jones praised Mandelson for 'great job' after sacking Senior minister Darren Jones told Peter Mandelson he had done a "great job" after the Epstein linked peer was fired as the UK's ambassador to the US, it has emerged. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Woman falsely identified as officer in Nowak case 'scared for safety' Christi Hill left the force in April 2024 - yet she was wrongly identified by social media users and Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok, leading to "threats of violence". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is likely that the UK saw 250 extra deaths " on the weekend before temperatures peaked" - UK homes are built to retain heat, it seems significant investment in housing is required to modernise housing as we are just at the very onset of #ClimateChange before things get much worse*

Starmer has now quite rightly said that Elon Musk is "trying to whip up division" in the UK following the murder of Henry Nowak* Although I do think with the money and resources that Musk has - things are just going to get worse, too many people are radicalised by social media content.

"Ben Habib shuts down his hard-Right party to help Restore Britain" The Daily Telegraph almost got this right but it wasn't "hard-Right" but "far-Right" - Habib is an odd character, an immigrant from Pakistan who wants to live in the 1950s for some reason. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

"Maga influencer admits Bond Street assault" A Donald Trump-supporting influencer and PR executive has admitted to assaulting a woman by pulling her hair at a London Underground station after racial insults were shouted at the victim. And she got off lightly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The children have parents on care worker visas, which until March 2024 had allowed them to bring partners or children with them to the UK." The UK government clamping down on the children of care workers is a betrayal of people playing a vital role in UK society.

'Mornings and nights no longer exist' at 47C: A day in the hottest place in India The heat is forcing a change in human behaviour - from the hours that market traders can sell their fruit and vegetables to the working patterns of builders and labourers. #ClimateChange www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Number of suspected Ebola cases falls by hundreds as testing ramps up" Some tentative good news about the Ebola outbreak - although this is offset by the fact Eastern Congo is still a warzone and people are suffering from a range of issues. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...