Labour's asylum plans are a victory for the far right only. That progressive soul of the party... it's cooked.

This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

Malnutrition is devastating people right across Sudan. More must be done to end this crisis: 🔴 Unimpeded and safe access for humanitarians 🔴 Increased funding to respond

“[Major tipping points] all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity" - Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

António Guterres: "To turn this ceasefire into real progress, we need more than the silencing of the guns”. Gaza needs safe access for humanitarian staff, the rapid upscaling of aid, the removal of bureaucracy, and critical funding. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

MSF secretary general Chris Lockyear on how governments around the world - through political, military, or material support - are complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

To count as genocide, the 1948 UN Genocide Convention says that at least one of five acts must have occurred. Now, a UN commission has found that Israel has committed four of them www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

At least 192 Palestinian journalists have now been killed covering genocide in Gaza www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Designed to control independent organisations, silence advocacy and censor humanitarian reporting," say MSF and other NGOs www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

"Israel is running two Gaza campaigns: one for military control of the strip; another for narrative control of how the world understands what happens there" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Institutionalised starvation and dehumanisation www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

“Those who go to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's food distributions know that they have the same chance of receiving a sack of flour as they do of leaving with a bullet in their head.” - Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, MSF deputy medical coordinator in Gaza msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

"Our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away": the message from more than 100 aid agencies including MSF www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

@who.int staff residence in Deir al Balah was attacked 3 times today as well as its main warehouse 2 WHO staff & 2 family members were detained. 3 were later released, while one staff remains in detention. WHO demands the immediate release of the detained staff & protection of all its staff. #Gaza

"MSF has a responsibility to act with moral clarity and humanitarian consistency in the face of mass atrocities. The same should apply to the UK government." Our op-ed on Gaza by @docnat.bsky.social, in the Guardian today: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A message to the UK Government: MSF is witnessing a genocide in Gaza. And you are complicit. msf.org.uk/issues/gaza-...

MSF: "The Israeli authorities’ decision to allow a ridiculously inadequate amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege signals their intention to avoid the accusation of starving people in Gaza, while in fact keeping them barely surviving" www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

"We are witnessing, in real time, the creation of conditions for the eradication of Palestinian lives in Gaza" msf.org.uk/article/sieg...

MSF UK calls on the Prime Minister to uphold the UK's obligations as a UN Security Council member, act under International Humanitarian Law to protect all civilians in Gaza, and publicly condemn the Israeli government for the atrocities it is inflicting. msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

Data visualisation from MSF. This interactive feature compiles information and testimonies collected by our teams between October 2023 and February 2025 during the all-out war waged by the Israeli army against the people of Gaza gazainsidethewar.com/en

An MSF hospital in South Sudan - the only hospital treating a region of more than 110,000 people - has been bombed. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Two years ago, MSF doctor Javid Abdelmoneim received a cryptic message from his cousin in Khartoum that said "Your dad is safe". But safe from what? In the latest episode of Everyday Emergency, Javid shares his deeply personal experience of returning to Sudan on assignment.

"The consequences for Sudan’s 51 million people have been devastating. Tens of thousands are reportedly dead. Hundreds of thousands face famine. Almost 13 million people have been displaced." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“We cannot go back to repeated attacks on healthcare facilities when the health system in Gaza is already hanging by a thread, and no supplies have entered in weeks." msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

🚨"We woke up, at around 2 AM local time to 20 minutes of airstrikes and heavy artillery – just like the past 15 months of war. We are appalled and outraged by these new unacceptable massacres of civilians." - Claire Nicolet, MSF Head of Emergencies. msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

"The grim reality is that the fragile two-month pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas is now over. It appears very unlikely that a deal that would end the new Israeli attacks can be achieved soon." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

JD Vance: "Peace can only be arrived at with diplomacy." Proceeds to cause huge diplomatic incident live on air.

A flawed and dangerous decision from a government so many expected better of

David Miliband, a former Labour foreign secretary who now runs US aid charity the International Rescue Committee, has criticised Starmer for cutting the UK aid budget…

Shortsighted politics that will absolutely cost lives and credibility rather than prevent conflict www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A "clear breach" of the refugee convention www.bbc.com/news/article...

MSF urges the US government to immediately resume funding of critical medical and humanitarian aid. Our statement on Trump's dismantling of USAID, from earlier this week: msf.org.uk/article/usai...

In terms of how empires fall stories turning the whole thing over to a ketamine addled tech baron and a band of incel teens is probably one of the most pathetic options

'If you care about a two state solution, then, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵." @laylamoran.bsky.social calls on the government to stand up to 'bully' Trump over plans to take over Gaza. articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq3Mvm2i5N...

Emmanuel Lampaert, MSF representative in DRC, explains the escalating situation in the northeast where clashes between armed groups and government forces have pushed tens of thousands of people from the homes msf.org.uk/article/expl...

So, OpenAI doesn't like the idea of others taking their work and passing it off as their own 👀 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Four minutes into the new presidency and the richest man in the world is doing a nazi salute on global TV but don't worry the real problem is pronouns

This inauguration is like a Comic-Con for pieces of shit.

The temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza is a relief, but it arrives more than 465 days and 46,000 lives too late msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

We know this information, but it's worth taking it all in. The Gaza ceasfire deal is already too late. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Reports now from across the news spectrum: A Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas has been reached after 15 months of brutal violence and dehumanisation www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

"Blinken’s plan envisions significant involvement from the international community and Arab countries, including the possibility of deploying troops to stabilise security and facilitate humanitarian aid delivery" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

free speech champion Liz Truss wants to “fix” media outlets she disagrees with

“The nationalities reflect the wars of this region. Our patients are from Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Gaza. Almost all have PTSD or some kind of survivor guilt." Inside MSF's specialist reconstructive and rehabilitative hospital in Amman www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

"What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground throughout this conflict is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organisations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza" msf.org.uk/article/gaza...

MSF has been forced to end operations on board the Geo Barents in the face of the absurd and dehumanising laws and policies of Italy and the EU. Since 2021, the ship has saved over 12,000 lives. We'll be back. msf.org.uk/article/msf-...

“Persuasive technology is a massively underestimated and powerful force shaping the world... It has taken control of the pen of human history, and will drive us to catastrophe if we don’t take it back” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...