A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave—That Sha’ath, a civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, was plucked to spearhead this new era in Gaza… www.ft.com/content/814f... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN—The body was originally conceived as part of the US president’s push to create a new governance framework for the shattered Palestinian enclave in… www.ft.com/content/0ee7... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

It's Davos this week, so please find attached a list of phrases that you may hear and what they actually mean. Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...

a reminder.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

NEW: The first big new malaria treatment in a generation is close, offering hope at a time of rising resistance to existing drugs and steep cuts to global health funding. www.ft.com/content/9070... Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid. www.ft.com/content/6d5e...

A sad day for Turkey and a new stage in the government's operation against the municipality of Istanbul: Ekrem Imamoglu will officially appear in court on 142 charges; he faces up to 2,352 years (?!) in prison. m.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2025/...

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.

on.ft.com/4mpXYq8 UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state

Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state on.ft.com/4ngcj9X

How times have changed. Jeb Bush, Republican presidential hopeful, on illegal immigration, 11 years ago www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/41X8Jsz

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

#Belarus It’s a joyful day, and I’m grateful to the US and allies for their efforts to free those unjustly jailed. But let’s be clear: It’s infuriating that people’s lives, health, and dignity depend on the whims of one man who thinks he alone can decide their fate.

Wonderful and surprising news out of Belarus, as Lukashenko sets free 14 political prisoners in a deal brokered by Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg.

Multiple Israeli airstrikes have targeted Tehran’s top military commanders, nuclear sites and bases across the country. Verified footage, photos and official statements from Israel and Iran confirm some of the key locations that have been hit. on.ft.com/4jQdz0O

A very big day in Malta - the bomb-makers involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia have been sentenced to whole-life terms. The first time the state has had to make its case before a jury -- and they managed to make it stick. www.ft.com/content/1896... @daphne.foundation

Honoured to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children and settler soldiers in the West Bank. 👏 @alisonkilling.bsky.social @peter.andringa.me @digitalcampbell.ft.com @samlearner.bsky.social @christopherjm.ft.com @jamesshotter.bsky.social

Amazing to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Ukrainian children on Russian adoption websites and settler-soldiers in the West Bank. @christopherjm.ft.com @jamesshotter.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @samjoiner.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social

This reminds me of my favourite Chatham House rule story 🧵 Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London. Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/

„The aid plan which is being proposed is a tool which facilitates the forced displacement of the people,” Philippe Lazzarini said. “And ultimately we know that in [the] context of war, forced displacement of people may constitute [a] war crime.” With @jamesshotter.bsky.social on.ft.com/4jm8GN2

What will an emboldened Netanyahu do next? https://www.ft.com/content/f7f43ca2-f3f2-4159-bf64-b49f64eb8199

This is a brilliant, wry description of where we are at the end of the week

It's officially a "plunge", people

Mike Waltz claimed on Fox News last night that Jeffrey Goldberg may have been "sucked into" or "deliberately" added himself to the Signal group chat. Full records of the chat published by the Atlantic today confirm that it was Mike Waltz himself who added Goldberg to the group.

A European 'reassurance force' in post-conflict Ukraine will take shape over the next month, French President Emmanuel Macron has said, adding that France and Britain are sending military officials to Kyiv to develop specific plans for deploying troops. www.ft.com/content/a982...

Wir schließen uns Meiers Redaktion an: Das ist ein inakzeptabler und willkürlicher Eingriff in die #Pressefreiheit! Wir hoffen, dass das Auswärtige Amt wie angekündigt deutlich Stellung gegenüber der isr. Regierung bezieht. Mehr zur Situation im #Westjordanland in Kürze auf unserer Website. (3/3)

... auf palästinensischem Privatland an der Weiterfahrt gehindert", schreibt die FAZ. "Die von der Gruppe gerufene israelische Polizei sicherte schließlich die Weiterfahrt, nahm aber Meier und einen der Israelis fest, offenbar auf Drängen der Siedler und ohne Befragung der übrigen Anwesenden." (2/3)

#Israel: Die israelische Polizei hat den @faznet.bsky.social-Korrespondenten Christian Meier bei Recherchen im Westjordanland vorübergehend festgenommen. "Siedler hatten ihn und weitere Journalisten sowie eine Gruppe israelischer Menschenrechtsaktivisten..." (1/3) zeitung.faz.net/faz/politik/...

Surely a contender for the funniest thing a judge has ever said www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the United States attacked Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, the White House said, following a first-hand account by The Atlantic reut.rs/4j22NVw

I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza, mediators say: on.ft.com/3WmSbaN

World hits 1.5C warming Or to put it another way: The people who questioned climate science and emissions cuts were wrong then, are wrong now, and we will all pay a huge price if we listen to them. www.ft.com/content/fd91...

Elon is Big Brother . . . at least if you buy one of his cars 😱