The world’s nuclear stock is estimated to be around 13,000 warheads, of which around 10,000 are operational, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. This is, as one character in A House of Dynamite puts it, reality.

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @isabelh.bsky.social and Evdoxia Lymperi on the day's stuff, plus a letter from Vienna from @alexei-korolyov.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

recommended reading on China and geostrategic challenges Michael Kovrig's Strategic Narratives michaelkovrig.substack.com?r=hdn&utm_ca...

The world’s nuclear stock is estimated to be around 13,000 warheads, of which around 10,000 are operational, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. This is, as one character in A House of Dynamite puts it, reality.

Russia, China and the US are led by ageing strongmen whose deaths will throw the international order into disarray, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.

Books and films informed our atomic nightmares during the Cold War. They are doing so again, writes @isabelh.bsky.social.

6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

4/ Congressman Dan Goldman promised to follow up on the incident, which he called another example of “secret police officers who are attacking our communities with excessive violence…and they just think that they can do it with impunity, because nobody is holding them accountable.”

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

Dumb speech? Emily Atkin counts the ways ... heated.world/p/trump-deli...

There is no crime wave in Washington, but Trump might want to direct his law enforcers to this problem, reported by Reuters: "White extremists are committing a growing proportion of U.S. political violence, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data project,

What does the delayed US State Department say about Israel? Not a lot, it seems. UK is lambasted for "criminalising silent prayer" whatever that is, but the section on Israel is much shorter than last year’s and somehow fails to mention the deliberate starvation or the 60,000 violent Gaza deaths.

BREAKING: China has sanctioned two Lithuanian banks in response to the listing of two Chinese banks in the latest package of Russia sanctions www.mofcom.gov.cn/zwgk/zcfb/ar...

🚨 #ResistanceMatters @nupinytt.bsky.social @norwaymfa.government.no @norwayinusa.norway.no #ICYMI

Anyone see a pattern here? The New Yorker reports that Trump has appointed Lawrence Taylor to his recently invented President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition (for schools.)

Turkeys don’t usually vote for Christmas, and governing parties don’t usually vote for proportional representation. But Reform’s rise could change that, writes @tom-clark.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Couldn’t happen to a nicer crew…

Netenyahu’s murder of the Al Jazeera journalists was premeditated, the FT reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists last month warned that Netenyahu was smearing Sharif with unproven ties to Hamas to pave the path for his assassination. Israel has killed more than 180 journalists,

Israelis murder al Jazeera journalists in Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Rags for everyone else, riches for Mr Osborne observer.co.uk/news/busines...

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

As he approaches reincarnation, the Dalai Lama has set up a fight with Beijing that will endure even beyond death, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Prospect summer double out now! As per journalistic law, a double issue means a bumper issue. Highlights include @oliverbullough.bsky.social on the state of our water, @isabelh.bsky.social on the Dalai Lama, @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social on Matthew Goodwin plus Mark Gatiss, Brian Cox, and loads more

why does Trump alway look as though he wants to move in on Xi for kiss? It's really creepy.

And this from @isabelh.bsky.social on German economic and security fights, what they mean for climate, employment, and where Europe goes next www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...

👇 Interested in Orwell? In China? In both? One week from today, come hear what @isabelh.bsky.social Cindy Yu & I have to say about the topic at this in person @orwellprize.bsky.social Festival event in London

What should the ‘🇨🇳 Audit’ include – and should there be a public version? We asked 4 experts in today's #Tangram ✍️ Charles Parton, @isabelh.bsky.social, @george17.bsky.social, @samagoodman.bsky.social#Tangram #ObservingChina

‘A useful contribution the Audit could make...would be to encourage HM Government to build on the existing commitment to nurture and invest in 🇬🇧 expertise on 🇨🇳 at every level,’ argues @isabelh.bsky.social, Member, China Observatory Advisory Council #Tangram #ObservingChina

Across Europe, as in the UK, right-wing parties that dismiss climate action are gaining ground. And Germany has just lost its most senior champion for a green transition, writes @isabelh.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Israeli tanks are blocking efforts to put out a fire in a medicine store in a Gaza hospital. How much lower can Israel go?

Cimate change in the US: and it is just starting. All while Trump is destroying climate programmes and cutting FEMA aid. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Germany has a government again. It is keen to revive the nation’s economy and become more independent militarily. But @isabelh.bsky.social asks: will happen to Germany’s climate ambitions? www.prospectmagazine...

The People's Republic of China is a rare example of a "Big Brother" state where Orwell's work is widely read. So, what *does* Orwell mean in China? Join us live in London with @jwassers.bsky.social, @isabelh.bsky.social and Cindy Yu. www.orwellfestival.co.uk/booking/p/ch...

The United States once kept India and Pakistan from war. Who can do so now? @isabelh.bsky.social analysis the precarious conflict. www.prospectmagazine...

On that 400million bribe Trump is expecting from Qatar. Is there anything wrong with the current Airforce 1? After the US taxpayer has paid to bring the plane up to necessary security standards they will also have to pay to transfer it to the “Trump Presidential Library”

The United States once kept India and Pakistan from war. Who can do so now? essential context on this crisis from @isabelh.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/asia/6...

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Alberta the petro-state behaving like a petro-state.

Control our borders? Another Brexit lie exposed. We spend vast effort trying to regain what we've lost Lack of access to the Eurodac fingerprinting system – which storing 7m+ fingerprint records was lost to Britain with Brexit #brexitlies www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

DonaldTrump staged a 100 days made for TV event in a US wheelbarrow factory in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Apparently nobody noticed the wheelbarrows are made in China. Everything the man does is fake.

Staggeringly unhelpful intervention from Tony Blair on climate. He complains that "people" (who they?) are being asked to make financial sacrifices for the climate then proposes the most expensive and unproven solution, the darling of the fossil fuel lobby, carbon capture and storage. (CCS)

JD Vance to Represent Satan at Pope's Funeral www.borowitzreport.com/p/jd-vance-t...

Trump calls "tariffs" the most beautiful word in the dictionary. My favourites are "rule of law" and "due process." He seems to have skipped over those.

Trump and his enablers are mass murderers.

And I am sure the excited crowds will give him a warmwelcome

Over 200 Israeli academics accuse Trump of exploiting antisemitism to target universities www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

“The children’s drawings of the survivors and the dead showed pregnant bellies and walking sticks, all rendered in coloured pencils.” An archive of material at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social has given new insights into the 2003 genocide in Sudan. www.prospectmagazine...