ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

My dispatch from North Karelia: ‘For Russians, Nato is next to Satan’: Finnish guards on alert at Russia border www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Nigel Farage has the unpopular position on scrapping human rights. The media/political discourse always implies his position is gaining ground. The evidence since Trump was elected is quitting has flatlined, and staying in increased.

As our @federicatoscano.bsky.social explains in the piece: family reunification is one of the safest, most secure pathways for migration—supporting integration and reducing risks. Restricting it fractures families and pushes people towards dangerous routes.

“I can’t sleep, I can’t get on with my life.” These are not just words—they’re the reality for Ahmad Shikh Ali, separated from his child due to Europe's tightened reunification rules, with children paying the highest price. Full article below www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb

Americans on the sorrow – and relief – of leaving Trump’s US for Europe. Sad, fascinating piece by @ashifakassam.bsky.social‬ on US citizens who have made the move on why they left and what they think could happen back home @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: We're filing a petition for the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist who is being detained by ICE because of his reporting on law enforcement activity. The First Amendment is clear: Journalists cannot be detained for doing their jobs.

'An act of pure betrayal of the highest order.' The reaction among Villarreal fans to news of the club's proposed signing of Thomas Partey. Story: @ashifakassam.bsky.social

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

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Gaza today: I am messaging with Mohamed, a Bedouin farmer who has been in refugee camps since the IDF destroyed his family's land, orchards, and water sources in Rafa. 'Hello sister, how are you? I'm fine but we're close to starving to death. Here people have become skeletons from hunger.'

Millions of tonnes of rubble left by Israel’s bombardment of Gaza could generate more than 90,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – and take as long as four decades to remove and process, a study has found. @ninalakhani.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Yesterday, Musk's AI slipped up and told us the truth- that Twitter has systematically suppressed pro Palestine content, due to leadership decisions, implicating Musk himself.

New: Meta allows ads crowdfunding for IDF drones, consumer watchdog finds @eko.org www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

'The family said they had suffered stress, anxiety and sleep deprivation because of the loud, drunken, destructive and lewd behaviour of guests, which included vandalism, vomiting and having sex in the block’s communal areas' www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

"Rental laws were relaxed, making evictions easier and tenancy agreements shorter; tax incentives were introduced for non-resident buyers; investment funds were encouraged to enter the property market, benefiting from tax exemptions [and] the hotel industry and short-term rental were promoted".

"Between 2014 and 2024, house prices in Lisbon rose by 176%, and by more than 200% in its central historic districts. The home price to income ratio, a key indicator of housing affordability, reflects this shift with stark clarity: today, Lisbon tops Europe’s housing unaffordability rankings."

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The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.

"It’s there in the title of Amor Oscuro; this is difficult love; it’s an effort to illuminate the other side that could not be shown. And they’re very beautiful": Spanish publisher reprints groundbreaking book of Lorca’s homoerotic sonnets www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

Famine is so close in Gaza that when it does hit it will be too late for aid to arrive and there will be mass death, UNICEF's Global spokesperson James Elder has warned.

Los inmigrantes contribuyeron en hasta 0,7 puntos al alza del PIB per cápita en 2022-2024, según el Banco de España

❗ El representante de Palestina en la ONU rompe a llorar: “¿Cómo alguien puede tolerar este horror?”

A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...

“Lives lost in a desperate attempt to find a better future": Four women and three girls die as migrant boat capsizes off Canary Islands. Via @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

"A court in the Canary Islands has ordered the closure of a centre for unaccompanied migrant children, citing allegations that include physical abuse, hate crimes and threats." "'[E]xtensive evidence and testimony' of alleged crimes taking place in the centre." #Spain #Deportation #Incarceration

Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Gran Canaria centre for unaccompanied migrant children closed over abuse allegations. Via @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

“I want to save as many as these 14,000 babies as we can in the next 48 hours,” he told the BBC.

I need you all to know that Spain received a letter from the European Broadcasting Union ordering them to not comment on the situation in Gaza during the Eurovision Song Contest or else they'd face consequences. This was the message they played before the broadcast, anyway: #ESC #Eurovision

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

Mahmoud Khalil still has not met his newborn baby, because the judge refuses to grant him bail. Having clerked for a federal judge, I know firsthand that public pressure works. Send him a (polite) letter demanding Khalil be set free: Hon. Michael Farbiarz 4th & Cooper Streets Camden, NJ 08101

Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...

Here's JSO's short cut of my protest rant on Politics Live. www.youtube.com/shorts/L_93v...

"I will not get to hug my mom or say goodbye." "I am heartbroken that she will not watch us graduate, she won't be there during the most important moments of our lives." #Kansas #USA #Guatemala #Incarceration #Deportation

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

CBC B.C. launches paid summer internships for young, aspiring #Indigenous storytellers. 7-week program for First Nations, Inuit or Métis individuals aged 18 to 35 in 1 of 5 smaller markets www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #journalism #JournoJobs

EXCLUSIVE Days before ICE agents detained a Tufts student for deportation, the State Dept. concluded the administration had found no evidence of antisemitic activity or support for a terrorist organization and Rubio had no grounds to revoke her visa @johnphudson.bsky.social reports wapo.st/4j8d5Uh

Viktor Orban has consistently undermined LGBTQIA+ rights, democracy and the rule of law since his election in 2010. A fascinating read from @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The thing about Europe: it's the actual land of the free now. Whatever problems Europe has - and it has plenty - it is looking pretty damn good by comparison these days. My Charlemagne this week www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Hungary seeks to ban LGBTQ+ pride events and to use AI-driven facial recognition to identify participants. (More: @ashifakassam.bsky.social in @theguardian.com)

‘It’s really crude’: concern over mix of misogyny, racism and Franco nostalgia among Spanish teens www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Who is Jordan #Bardella, likely successor to #MarineLePen in #French presidential race? Le Pen’s 29-year-old protege is the new anti- #Immigration face of French #FarRight but observers point to his youth and lack of experience By @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Take two Van Goghs daily -- The growing popularity of museum prescriptions. Doctors prescribing time in cultural institutions to boost mental health and reduce loneliness, by @ashifakassam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... via @theguardian.com #SocialPrescribing

Press freedom in Serbia is facing a dangerous turning point, editors warn