Whose job is it to arrange the ships into fun patterns with AIS jamming? because I have some ideas for them

Last year Barnet Council granted planning permission for 33 luxury flats to an Iranian banker linked to Mojtaba Khamenei. He was sanctioned soon after. This being Britain, the council exempted him from affordable home rules, but made him complete bat and newt surveys www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

* GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER PISTORIUS: WHAT DOES TRUMP EXPECT FROM A HANDFUL OF EUROPEAN FRIGATES THAT THE POWERFUL US NAVY CANNOT DO? THIS IS NOT OUR WAR, WE HAVE NOT STARTED IT @reuters.com

Dirty money, golden postcodes: Iran’s £200m London empire. @yeomans.bsky.social and I delve through the London luxury property linked to the regime. www.thetimes.com/article/7f4d...

So... It was the guy that everyone thought it was all along?

"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"

Really proud that our project on the escalating pace of rescues and disasters in the English Channel was given a Special Commendation at the European Newspaper Awards. You can read it here: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Bought some bergamot oranges by mistake thinking they were tangerines or something, and it is truly remarkable how something can be simultaneously the best smelling thing in the entire world, and also taste the worst

Reminder that this wasn't just an accusation, this was captured on film

Three vessels struck in Middle East Gulf ▶️Two bulkers and a containership have been damaged in this morning’s attacks ▶️A fire erupted on board one bulker, forcing the crew to evacuate ▶️There have been at least 10 attacks on vessels in/near the Strait of Hormuz www.lloydslist.com/articles/202...

Opposition to the United States' military action against Iran has risen by 10pts among Britons over the last week Support: 25% (-3 from 2 March) Oppose: 59% (+10) yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...

SCOOP: Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots went beyond what the U.S. expected when Israel notified it in advance — marking the 1st major disagreement between the allies since the war began, per a U.S. official, Israeli official and a source with knowledge.

"Smoke has covered the entire city. I have severe shortness of breath and burning in my eyes and throat." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On student loans discourse, has anyone policy-minded considered the viability of allowing grads to take breaks, similar to a mortgage holiday? Pausing repayment entirely for a year or two when saving for a first home/starting a family etc, then adding the pause onto the end of the repayment term.

‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’ No notes. as.ft.com/r/65cf2b43-6...

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

The enormous unfairness in the current system is demonstrated by the modeling done by the IFS here. Many medical students have loans of £70-100k and won't actually start paying down their loans for many years ifs.org.uk/articles/how...

"The trade was not that you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai."

Every time the sun comes out, I sit in it and smile and then I think of this @morganj0nes.bsky.social tweet. It's a big leaf day.

But Trump is putting the West in an impossible position. Of course there will be anger over another US war in the ME. But there would be anger too if we could have helped stop our allies getting killed in the blowback & didn't. There are no winners in a world where Trump makes the rules.

2 MRI scans, 6 x-rays, physiotherapy, hydrotherapy and a hospital appointment: just a regular week in limb reconstruction...

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein may have trafficked women through UK airports up to a month before his 2019 arrest. In a June '19 email, his assistant booked an LHR>JFK trip for an unknown woman - and even asked the agent to put in a false hotel record. Read here: www.thetimes.com/uk/article/j...

5 German tourists have been rescued from “an ice floe carrying a sauna tent, a motorised saw and an onboard motor after they lost control of their DIY vessel in the Stockholm archipelago.” They attempted to “create their motor-powered floating sauna when the swell from a ferry broke the ice.” 🤪🥂

It is to our eternal shame that we live in a world that tolerates this outcome

I can’t remember the last time a single photo dominated the front page of every major newspaper in the UK. Phil Noble of Reuters, take a bow. 👏🫡

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

While I empathise with the pressure delivery drivers are under, anyone capable of making this mistake shouldn't have a driving license, let alone be a professional driver

Two Congressman named a group of men as Epstein's co-conspirators. While two of them, Sultan Bin Sulayem and Les Wexner, are well known associates of Epstien, the other four appear to have no connection to him at all. There are dangers in carelessness www.occrp.org/en/news/powe...

This piece in The Spectator by @shippersunbound.bsky.social has an absolutely mad detail that I was not previously aware of spectator.com/article/auth...

Scoop: A woman with ties to Andrew proposed buying a modelling agency for Epstein to "access what you are looking for" and getting a license to recruit 16-year-olds www.thetimes.com/article/woma...

The Epstein files are also a rare chance to see how the richest people in the world seem to talk about business in the same way that your schoolfriend on Facebook advertises her MLM. Except they're playing with billions.

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Peter Mandelson got five-figure payoff for sacking as ambassador

After all the reporting, its still hard not to be shocked by how women and girls were just livestock to Epstein and his class. They "would have been good five years ago... find new"

BREAKING: The Metropolitan Police: "Following this (Epstein) release and subsequent media reporting, the Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation."

Nice to be reminded that it's almost a year to the day since Peter Mandelson texted me to tell me to "stop bothering" him with "ridiculous nonsense"

"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said, using the words briefed to them by their leader, who was directly involved in the conversation."

Russia is putting "all vessels at risk" by jamming and spoofing satellite systems, according to 13 governments. Research by the Royal Institute of Navigation found, among ships impacted by interference, 14% ended up in an "illegal or unsafe" situation as a result www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

No one writes like @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

This is the memes-to-murder pipeline in action. A far-right influencer reignited a years-long scandal over welfare fraud, which led to Tim Walz to abandon a third term and to Trump to send in ICE. It all stems from that. The stuff happening online has consequences. And it’s getting worse, fast.

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

I've been thinking about this story for days. Now @thenation.com has tracked down the student who ate another student's AI-generated art. "That’s part of why I spat it out, because AI chews up and spits out art made by other people." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Royal Navy confirms it sent out HMS Severn, HMS Mersey and Wildcat helicopter to monitor Russian warship Boikiy and tanker as they transited the English Channel on Tues Pic of the Boikiy from last year by Eddie Mitchell, when he and I approached it by fishing vessel thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Bravo @ben-cooke.bsky.social. Brilliant scoop, and hard to imagine a more important one. “This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak. www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...

Britain sent HMS Dagger to monitor the Grinch as it passed through Straits of Gibraltar, and aided with intelligence gathering and tracking, Defence Sec John Healey says.

France has seized the falsely-flagged tanker Grinch with help from Britain and other allies. French Forces said allies including Britain's Permanent Joint Headquarters helped plan the raid. Grinch has history of dark activity, including STS transfers near Kerch. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Newsom selling knee pads for world leaders who roll over for Trump. Which I'm sure will be remembered really nicely by his world allies if he secures the nomination. www.thetimes.com/article/efb9...

Russian military-linked cargo ship Kapitan Danilkin taking a detour off the normal traffic routing in the English Channel... Anyone got any ideas? Weather diversion?