An accessible roundup by @julianborger.bsky.social of the transatlantic rupture - and its cloak and dagger context - emerging over the US push to appoint a new High Representative in Bosnia, and European opposition to the same. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Great reporting from Bosnia and Herzegovina on how the national team of a still fractured nation is supported by @julianborger.bsky.social

A brilliant article by @julianborger.bsky.social, and surely the only time since the 17th century that waving the Swiss flag would be considered an act of obnoxious nationalism? 🇧🇦🇨🇭

„It is also defiance. If Serbs and Croats can display their ethnic symbols, why not us? This younger generation believes in the nation even more than we did.” Excellent close-up of a complicated country from @julianborger.bsky.social here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

When you’ve spent as much time in Bosnia as @julianborger.bsky.social has, you’re able to detect subtle shifts in public attitudes, and write about them in compelling, historically-informed fashion. A great piece on the ‘return’ of the golden lilies to Bosnia. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Four days left to enter the Kurt Schork Awards - free to enter and offers a $5,000 cash prize for a "local" reporter, a freelancer and a news "fixer": ksmfund.org/2026-awards/ #journojobs

Amnesty International hiring a "head of economic and social justice" to be based in London, Mexico City, Johannesburg or Nairobi: careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...

I'm quoted by @julianborger.bsky.social in his piece on the #PeaceImplementationCouncil for the @theguardian.com. #Europe+, less Italy, held the line against being jammed with the US-selected High Rep nominee. But it's evident that there is no coherent strategy... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Speaking tomorrow afternoon at Listowel Writers’ Week (Kerry), now with @julianborger.bsky.social. Tickets & info here: writersweek.ie/project/sall...

"Blair's understanding of AI is superficial at best, and he seems to absorb the boosterish vibes of the ultra-rich tech leaders with whom he socialises without making much effort to actually understand the technology itself." www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-d...

In Jerusalem Palestinians are being forced to demolish their own homes to make way for an Israeli biblical theme park. with Guardian colleagues @quiquek.bsky.social and Sufian Taha www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

"They have bound their fate together so tightly that it will be very hard for either of them to unstick themselves from its legacy": @julianborger.bsky.social on the symbiotic but tense relationship between Trump and Netanyahu. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance

Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them

It’s totally normal to award a billion-dollar infrastructure project, without tender, to a company incorporated 5 months ago. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Marathon? I’m sure every hour in JD’s presence must feel like an eternity - but come on, he just got there.

"FRAGILE CEASEFIRE AT RISK AS ISRAEL BOMBARDS LEBANON" @julianborger.bsky.social / #AndrewRoth / @willchristou.bsky.social for @theguardian.com The fate of the deal on a ceasefire in #Iran conflict is uncertain. Both gave divergent versions of what's been agreed. #TheGuardian #TomorrowsPapersToday

Do read @jakubkrupa.bsky.social updates and analysis of Vance's speech, which seems to be taken from the Trump post election playbook but with a nationalist Christian misting. Chief among the culprits for Europe's said woes are radical left and "feminists". www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Trump’s deadline for Iran looms… again – The Latest

A necessary deep dive into the long dystopian history of a world in which a succession of old guys of varying mental stability have easy access to the means to destroy the planet in minutes, by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social

This will be exhibit A in future war crimes trials if he carries out his threats. Tragically, it's those following the manifestly unlawful orders that are the ones most likely to be held to account.

Essential piece by @julianborger.bsky.social As Trump ramps up his threats to Iran, will US military officers disobey orders or help commit war crimes? www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

Palestinian Christian communities in the West Bank, arguably the oldest Christian communities in the world, have survived invasions and empires but say their survival has never been so tenuous.

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

The yardstick is Project Sapphire, which removed 600 kg of enriched uranium from Kazakhstan. It took a month, with the full cooperation of the Kazakhstani government.

Woody Brown is non-speaking, autistic and a brilliant new novelist. I interviewed him, and he's bloody amazing. Would be great if you could share www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Revealing words from Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel.

Trump administration is taking money Europeans and others have paid for arms for Ukraine and other purposes, not delivering said arms, and spending their cash to help with self-created Gulf mess. This is not a trustworthy power. Credibility incinerated.

Iran says Trump ‘negotiating with himself’: what next for war? - The Latest

Around 7000 Americans were killed on Iwo Jima and 19,000 wounded, and it was part of a campaign that ended with a nuclear weapon being used, so maybe not the wisest comparison.

In what should be a surprise to no one, the US and Israeli attack on Iran has serious climate consequences. Our new analysis, covered in @theguardian.com this morning, tallies the climate costs of the first two weeks of the attacks.

‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid

My latest tracking the long and drawn out case of alleged Exxon hacker-for-hire Amit Forlit. Arrested under an Interpol Red Notice in 2024, Forlit's request to appeal against extradition was denied today making it more likely he will face trial in the US. @desmog.com

The UK is a high trust society! 82% of us regard our fellow citizens as good. "Will there be a civil war?" Is not a debate anyone normal is having, it exists solely within a media bubble that can't process 2024. bsky.app/profile/jose...

We didn't just find his videos - we also found Farage's outtakes, which show when his money-making sideline is interrupted by a text message or phone call, requiring him to re-record the video, he appears quick to anger.

Latest reporting: UK nat'l security advisor Jonathan Powell took part in the pre-war Geneva talks, thought "surprising" Iran offer should be pursued: blend down all HEU and make no more; no sunset clauses; 3-5-year enrichment halt. It's an illegal and unnecessary war.

The Joe Kent nonsense is an excellent opportunity for your semi-regular reminder that Jewish Americans opposed the Iraq war more than any other religious group, something that will be obvious if you stop mainlining online brain poison. news.gallup.com/poll/26677/a...

Confirms US and Israel chose to escalate. Good scoop by @patrickwintour.bsky.social & @julianborger.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Powell’s attendance at the Geneva talks, … helps in part to explain the UK government’s reluctance to back the US attack on Iran, a reluctance that has put the UK-US relationship under unprecedented strain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Keir Starmer gives Zelenskyy a hug as he arrives at Downing Street The Ukrainian leader is visiting as the government announces a new UK-Ukraine drone deal

NEW Somewhat unexpectedly, the US government has submitted an Article 51 letter to the UNSC articulating the US int'l law justification for attacking Iran. As someone who used to help draft these letters for the USG, I find the administration's legal arguments completely unconvincing. 1/n

EXCL: UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell attended final talks between US and Iran - and judged Tehran's offer on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent rush to war @patrickwintour.bsky.social & @julianborger.bsky.social reveal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If you want deeper context for the headlines about Iran right now, my second book, No Conquest, No Defeat, examines the foundations of Iran’s security thinking & traces the historical roots of its nuclear & missile programs, proxy networks, and hybrid warfare strategy. academic.oup.com/book/33514

SCOOP. From my OUR LAND newsletter: Trump's DOJ is helping to get a convicted FBI informant tied to Russian intelligence out of prison. The lie this guy told the FBI—Joe Biden took a $5m bribe from Burisma—was the main evidence for the GOP impeachment drive. 1/2 link.motherjones.com/public/44694...

NEW: A fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using an image from Saturday’s dignified transfer honoring six fallen US soldiers, it promises access to the president’s “private national security briefings.” www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...