Bellingcat has further analysed videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents. The footage shows an agent wearing a black beanie step behind Pretti. His right arm then appears to recoil at the same time the first shot is heard.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Bessent: "I find Europeans very disappointing bc they're on the frontline of the Ukraine-Russia war. India started buying sanctioned Russian oil & guess who was buying refined products? Europeans. The Europeans have been funding war against themselves... they put trade ahead of the Ukrainian people"

KAINE: The president repeatedly mistook Iceland for Greenland, right? We're not mad at Iceland, correct? RUBIO: Yeah, he meant to say Greenland, but I think we're all familiar with presidents who have verbal stumbles. Some made a lot more than this one KAINE: Nice try

RAND PAUL: What if a country indicts our president for violating a foreign law -- should we extradite him or be okay if they get him by force? RUBIO: We're always going to act in our natl interest PAUL: What I'm saying is our arguments are empty. It's a ruse. We do what we do bc we have the force

6/ And finally, in this Odesa round-up, sad news from the sea. People are posting about a sudden mass death of seahorses. The little marine creatures are being washed up on the beach at Langeron Beach, not far from "Nemo" hotel.

(WSJ) - Saudi Arabia on Tuesday ruled out the use of its airspace and territory for a potential U.S. attack on Iran, complicating the Trump administration’s options .. @wsj.com #OOTT www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Sure buddy. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Russia is ready to host Ukrainian President Zelensky in Moscow if he is prepared to meet Putin. Ushakov said Russia would guarantee Zelensky’s security and provide conditions for work during such a visit. #Ukraine

🚨 This should alarm everyone. The #UK has lost measles elimination status — not because vaccines failed, but because vaccination rates fell. The US is on track to lose it too. #Measles is highly contagious, dangerous, and vaccine-preventable. www.bbc.com/news/article...

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

Anderson Cooper played side-by-side video of Noem and Bovino smearing the victim of Saturday's shooting, then said, "If either of these public officials had an ounce of decency, they would call up Alex Pretti's parents and apologize."

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch

Trump: "By the way, there's another beautiful armada floating toward Iran right now. So we'll see."

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...

Oh look. New photos hung up in the White House. Shouldn't someone neutral be the third party in the trilateral "peace talks"?

A little earlier I mentioned the attack on a train in Kharkiv, which injured 2 passengers. Firefighters have now released the first photos. #RussiaIsATerroristState

Russia is clearly committing genocide. Trying to freeze the people into submission is a clear breach of one Geneva convention. Now bombing passenger trains is, as Zelenskyy says here, just brushed off. It was 5th story on a BBC radio bulletin an hour ago.

14 European countries sign a declaration to clampdown on Russia's shadow fleet All ships must sail under the flag of only one country, be operationally safe and insured. Tankers that don't meet these requirements will be considered stateless allowing countries to detain them.

Just horrific. 18+ video but it has to be shown as two more civilians are deliberately murdered in occupied Ukraine. A couple, who look quite elderly, try to escape Hrabovske in Sumy region, on a sledge. FPV drone pilots kill the woman on the sled, then return to kill the man.

Nice. This is probably the result of the working group on UNCLOS: ”Vessels shall sail under the flag of only one State and vessels that sail under the flags of two or more states, using them according to convenience, may be treated as a ship without nationality, as according to UNCLOS Article 92.”

America 2026: we save gay Iranians from execution by exposing them to measles www.foxnews.com/politics/us-...

#BREAKING: During a town hall event on Tuesday, Rep. Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social was assaulted by an attendee who sprayed her with an unknown substance and demanded she resign from Congress. She declined treatment and continued the event a few moments later.

President Zelenskyy, himself Jewish of course, also marked Holocaust Memorial Day, along with senior officials in his administration.

It's Holocaust Memorial Day. Ukraine's former Intel Supremo, Kyrylo Budanov laments the words "Never again" have been ignored.

1/2 So to Odesa. A scene of utter devastation this morning. 23 people have been injured during repeated drone swarm attacks on the city. Apartment blocks, schools even religious places counting the cost. #RussiaIsATerroristState

Good morning world, though the world seems to be sleeping as Russia grows in confidence it can continue to commit war crimes with impunity It's the daily Ukraine thread, Day 1434 - all the important, fact-checked news in one handy thread. Every. Single. Day. Coffee welcome☕️🙏

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

There's a predictable approach to denial that we're already seeing, which I call the Four Pillars of Disordered Doubt, which allows actors to constantly question evidence that don't fit their preferred narratives.

I've had to flag this as it's difficult to watch. The torture by Russia of its own troops, says everything about how the "three day special operation" is proceeding. #EATP for Putler.

"People in Tehran, including officials, say the real death toll may approach 20,000. In 1989 China’s leaders survived mass protests by killing thousands near Tiananmen Square. Iran appears to have followed that script." www.economist.com/middle-east-...

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Bellingcat has geolocated the site of a mass killing in north-east Syria. The Ayn Al Arab (Kobani) area is affected by recent fighting between Damascus-aligned forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

It's Day 1433 of Russia breaking all known laws and rules of combat, Geneva Conventions, morality and its own economy. It's also called the illegal invasion of Ukraine. Here's Monday's daily thread - and it's not been a bad start to the week for Ukraine.

Activists raise money to send to the detainees inside. As a for-profit contractor, CoreCivic charges prisoners fees for things like phone calls and food.

To those of you have been saying (justifiably) that this image is chilling, bear in mind: in this split second of time, this is Alex Pretti trying to stand after already being shot once.

Welcome to a new daily Ukraine thread, documenting the country's fight against Russian tyranny. Day 1432 is Burns' Night, so it seems apt to begin with a quote from the Scottish Bard: “Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.”

Protesters in Los Angeles projected an anti-ICE video onto the Twin Towers, an ICE-linked detention facility where the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department actively collaborates with ICE for deportation screenings.

As a founding member of @who.int, the United States of America has contributed significantly to many of WHO’s greatest achievements, including the eradication of smallpox. WHO has always engaged with the US, and all Member States, with full respect for their sovereignty. 1/4

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

the nyt style section vs. der spiegel

Dollar Store Himmler is on the case.

A drunk posts:

We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.

Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"

CNN cuts to reporter Sara Sidner, who is in distress: "I'm trying to breathe"

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.