I was there. I witnessed police brutality, including violence towards women with babies as the police smashed windows on a 'nursery bus', where women were sheltering with small children. There were the tents full of social workers, ready to remove children, which, fortunately, did not happen.

Labour has rolled back protections for trans individuals. The Under Secretary of State for Equalities has just opened the door for vigilantism against trans individuals. UK has dropped in terms of LGBTQIA+ rights under this government. This performative politics doesn't match Labour's own policies.

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky affirme que l’armée ukrainienne a bombardé quinze raffineries russes depuis le début de l’année

Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions of at least seven Navy officers in a move that targeted women and minority officers.

War briefing day 94: Is Israel's assault on Lebanon preventing a US-Iran peace deal??

Horrific. If this was your baby, would you want the World to stop Israel? Israel has to become a pariah state until it respects international law.

Before we even think of raising the state pension age any higher we need to take it away from anyone whose private income in retirement makes them a higher rate taxpayer (or reaches the same threshold in income subject to capital gains or otherwise exempt from income tax).

🎯 Unite general secretary Sharon Graham: “The reality is that Nigel Farage has shown no indication to me that he’s the voice of workers. He voted against the Employment Rights Act, for example."

'Sadly and infuriatingly, we are witnessing the resurgence of authoritarian and far-right movements around the world, movements that divide people and sow discord. Democracy and human rights are precious achievements, born from the catastrophe of the second World War and the Holocaust.'

Iran is stopping message exchanges with U.S., may block Hormuz, Tasnim news agency says reut.rs/4uUifJi

A good start to #PrideMonth

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Divided appeals court panel rules Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service.

BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani just signed an “executive order” to repeal bedtime so NYC kids can watch the Knicks play in the NBA Finals!

Is this shift towards far-right politics across the world a coincidence, or is it driven by Elon Musk, or similar? Imagine what the apartheid Afrikaaners, Mussolini, or Hitler could have achieved under similar circumstances, given the horror they wrought in a less connected era.

🧵START Designing Dairy Agroforestry for Climate, Nature & Farming Resilience The Woodland Trust in Wales has been working with Abi Reader designing a new dairy agroforestry plot.

‼️ Amnesty's new research exposes the anti-trans movement. They have a plan - first they're coming for trans rights and then for women's rights. We'll only defeat them by coming together.

"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

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3372): Defunding social science because the evidence of the research doesn't support your lies

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#2891):

Signs you might be a far right authoritarian party (#3371):

It was wonderful to celebrate Eid-al-Adha at Gracie Mansion with so many of New York’s young people. Eid Mubarak!

Rashida Tlaib is forcing a vote on a Lebanon-centered War Powers Resolution later this week which would, if passed, require that the US end all intelligence sharing and other coordinated activities with the Israeli army related to Lebanon and its sovereignty within 7 days. Tell your rep to vote YES

A longstanding racist anti-choice line. When I used to escort at a clinic in New York City the protestors would single out the Black patients coming in and yell "Black Lives Matter."

Les pluies et averses toucheront une grande partie du territoire, la Bretagne et les Pays de la Loire seront particulièrement concernés dans la matinée. →https://l.lefigaro.fr/Y0jG

Iranian officials demand 'ceasefire on all fronts' as Israel deepens Lebanon invasion and threatens to bomb Beirut.

#PalantirOut We know how President Trump will weaponise any tool he can lay his hands on www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I don't know what this means, but it doesn't sound very good #ClimateEmergency

Genuinely odd sea surface temperature anomaly pattern in the North Atlantic right now: pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

A round-up of court cases from Tayside and Fife.

Dance first, think later? This is a project I have been working on for a while. If you have journeyed through clubs, raves, dancefloors, sounds and crowds of 1990s/early 2000s Northern Ireland I would love to chat!

Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social will be speaking at @wclnews.bsky.social's Wild Summit, in Bristol Beacons, 9 Sept 2026: She'll be discussing water pollution & the fight for cleaner rivers & seas. Tickets & information about the summit available here: share.google/PQXjLRcK8CYK...

The Epstein files are eroding efforts to burnish the billionaire philanthropist’s reputation. on.wsj.com/4okpTup

Watershed Investigations is honoured to be one of 10 journalistic organisations admitted to the Global Investigative Journalism Network this year. We're incredibly grateful & will continue to work to uphold the high standards for which GIJN is known: share.google/6XJg9ep2Zfe1...

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

every single day of the trump admin be like

Love is Love ♥️

As the conflict destroys local production, Sudanese patients are forced to rely on expensive, smuggled medicines.

A large explosion has torn through a fireworks factory in northern Malta, damaging buildings several kilometres away. No workers were inside at the time, but authorities reported two men in nearby fields were injured.

Labour are as vile as the Tories. Westminster is irredeemable. Scotland needs to hit the ejector seat button right now

The @cnn.com report contained in this video veers off in an unexpected direction.

Danish Pension Fund Blacklists SpaceX. Previously, dumped US Treasuries over Trump's threat to Greenland. It says Spacex is “grossly overvalued”, and has “catastrophic governance structure” as Elon Musk strives to be a trillionaire. Any chance of City of London growing a backbone? archive.ph/dsVfR

'"It was the first time that the Israeli army had intercepted one of the peace flotillas in daylight, so that says a lot about their brazen attitude to breaking international law, taking people prisoner from international waters' www.heraldscotland.com/news... @gabymckay.bsky.social

Hate speech is never okay. Racism, antisemitism is never okay. Raising concerns, speaking out against Israel's genocide of Palestinians is not just okay, it is a duty.

"The west is betraying 'liberal values' for a genocidal fascist foreign government. Soon we will all become Israel." www.heraldscotland.com/news... @gabymckay.bsky.social

EU aims for a nicotine-free generation by 2040. As new products lure young users, consultation begins on updating tobacco and advertising rules.

Tax. The. Rich.

"21 kicked out. 28 defected. 39 resigned. 5 suspended. 1 disqualified. 5 lost seats. That’s ~ 99 Reform UK councillors and representatives who have left the party. 22 of them since the local elections just two weeks ago. The party claims “some of the strongest vetting in the country”' via Instagram

The cruelty of the Rwanda policy was the point.

⛔️ C1159 Kingsteps, #Nairn temporary road closure on 05/06/2026 for 1 – 2 days. To allow BT works to be undertaken safely. Traffic management and signed diversions will be in place. Access will be maintained for emergency vehicles, and school transport service contractors.