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Tax Justice UK
43 minutes ago
Every year, $100s billions that should be funding schools, hospitals & social care is disappearing into tax havens to fuel crime, conflict & new private jets. The UK facilitates 26% of this global tax abuse, and has the power to expose it. Demand they act.
taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/iP_tax-haven...
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Expose tax haven secrets
No more secrets, no more safe havens for dirty money.
https://taxjustice.eaction.org.uk/iP_tax-havensMP/?utm_source=BSky&utm_medium=TJUK_org&utm_campaign=recur_privatejets
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Martin Calladine
about 22 hours ago
I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for Labour that voters refuse to recognise the difference between the government's progressive, well-intentioned racism and the destructive, toxic racism of Reform and the far-right.
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Martin Calladine
about 7 hours ago
These are not legitimate political tactics justified by the threat of Reform. These are insane fog-of-war actions of the kind that are entirely outside the boundaries of acceptable conduct and that need to be officially recognised, condemned and punished.
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Alasdair Mackenzie
about 20 hours ago
Pretty sure itâs racism which is tearing Britain apart
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Shabana Mahmood: âIllegal migration is tearing Britain apartâ
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a âgolden ticketâ for asylum seekers
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/shabana-mahmood-immigration-asylum-reforms-interview-rdzhs2thg
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
about 22 hours ago
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
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Adam Bienkov
1 day ago
This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation
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Adam Bienkov
1 day ago
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform. Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c231x8rj1zpo
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Dan Sohege
1 day ago
Labour are now the "darker forces" Mahmood is scaremongering about. Depriving people who have fled unimaginable horror the ability to rebuild their lives in safety and security, which this does, is sickening. Labour is sickening.
#r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c231x8rj1zpo
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Hillary J. Haldane
3 days ago
Morocco is killing dogs ahead of the World Cup. Itâs cruel. This is what FIFA gets hosts to doâkill animals, move unhoused people, erect barriers around neighborhoods they deem in poor tasteâFIFA compels countries to commit the inhumane and inexcusable in the name of the beautiful game.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
9 days ago
22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal: Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
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Brian Merchant
3 days ago
How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs
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Whatâs really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-ai
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Tammi Gaw
3 days ago
Never underestimate mediocre white men's ability to solicit sycophancy from other thoroughly mediocre white men. It's why they hate diversity - it shows how inadequate they are and would be without the power structure they hold so dear.
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Arthur Snell
5 days ago
In 1996 I did a little in internship at BBC Westminster. At the time, Robbie Gibb was one of the producers there. Even in that period, he was self evidently a pro-Tory apparatchik, who made no attempt to hide his agenda from his colleagues or even from the little work experience kid.
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NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter-the-bbc-could-send-back
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Molly Crane-Newman
4 days ago
Jeffrey Epstein, two days after Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018: âyou see, i know how dirty donald is. my guess is that non lawyers ny biz people have no idea. what it means to have your fixer flipâ
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Alan Rusbridger
4 days ago
The BBC can retrieve something from this mess (and show US broadcasters what a spine is) by sending Donald Trump a four letter response: âSee you in court!â
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the presidentâs bluff
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71564/four-word-message-bbc-should-send-trump-about-1bn-lawsuit
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Trump is a convicted felon who has been found guilty of sexual assault and has been held liable for fraud. The greatest thing ever to come out of this would be for the BBC to show some backbone and take him on.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Can Donald Trump sue the BBC for $1bn and which party would win?
US president has said he will bring proceedings if the documentary containing an edited speech from 6 January 2021 is not retracted
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/can-donald-trump-sue-bbc-which-party-would-win
5 days ago
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âDo something ⊠not for me. Iâll be executed on Tuesday. Do it for the other 32 Egyptians. Theyâre going to execute us all.â A piece for all the shills pushing Saudi Arabia's PR-driven reform narrative.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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âIâll be executed on Tuesdayâ: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudiâs death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid âhorrifyingâ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salmanâs rule
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/12/foreign-prisoners-killed-saudi-arabian-jail-tabuk-prison-egyptians-executed-non-violent-drug-crimes-mohammed-bin-salman?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1762931576
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Patrick Galey
5 days ago
People who benefit from the status quo and who dismiss our demands for action as unrealistic, know this: Weâre not going to politely acquiesce in our own extinction forever
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil
Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/12/tussles-break-out-between-protesters-and-security-at-cop30-in-brazil?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Jonathan Emmett
5 days ago
đđŒ I love these ads, part of
@badvertising.bsky.social
's campaign calling on
@london.gov.uk
to ban advertising by airlines and other high polluting businesses on TFL. TFL should not be promoting climate-hostile businesses at a time of
#ClimateBreakdown
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#FlyLess
Photo:
@crisortunity.bsky.social
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Olivier A.
6 days ago
C'Ă©tait ouf. Ils sont gĂ©niaux sur scĂšne et le public Ă©tait bien chaud. Ăa fait longtemps que j'avais pas autant transpirĂ© en concert đ„”. On va aller reposer me ms jambes de vieille personne maintenant.
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Sam Whyte
6 days ago
Every single aspect of Dubai that I hear Dubai people enthusing about is a bad thing.
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Peter Geoghegan
6 days ago
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News. GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âEnforced veganismâ: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/25/enforced-veganism-ofcom-gb-news-flout-accuracy-rules-say-climate-campaigners
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Samira Ahmed
7 days ago
Written before the BBC resignations but this by
@arusbridger.bsky.social
is really worth reading.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBCâs entire governance structureârather than individual storiesâthat should cause most concern
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/bbc-news/71517/the-bbc-has-bigger-impartiality-problems-than-its-coverage-of-trump
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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocideđđ
7 days ago
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
speaking sense over BBC 'there are people on the right of British politics who are following Trump's America + don't believe in a free, independent press...+ strong BBC... we are deeply worried that we're seeing right wing populism damaging our institutions like the BBC'
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Sam Adams
8 days ago
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us theyâre still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
https://apnews.com/article/openai-chatgpt-lawsuit-suicide-56e63e5538602ea39116f1904bf7cdc3#
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
8 days ago
âFifa is a parastate that acts like a parasite, treating World Cup hosts like its own private Vegas buffet.â đ„đ„đ„đ„
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing
8 days ago
Important protest calling out the
#ManCity
owners for the atrocities and war crimes taking place in Sudan. Solidarity from NUFCFAS
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Philippe Auclair
8 days ago
'"If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.â [Mamdani] was alluding to Donald Trump, but the sentiment also applies to Fifa.' Excellent analysis and advice from
@julesboykoff.bsky.social
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A fantastic essay on the FIFA scandal that few know about, and the man best placed to expose it.
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Jules Boykoff
8 days ago
My latest
@theguardian.com
: As a genuine soccer fan & generational political talent, freshly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani might be able to achieve the unthinkable: force the FIFA behemoth to share its lucre by targeting its tax exemptions & extreme privilege
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Zohran Mamdani has upended US politics. Now he should take on Fifa | Jules Boykoff
New Yorkâs mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa next
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-has-upended-us-politics-now-he-should-take-on-fifa
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Jules Boykoff
8 days ago
"Tax exemptions allow Fifa to suck vast amounts of money out of its hosts. The majority of the cost of preparing the tournament falls on hosts, while Fifa pockets all the revenue [from] broadcasting & marketing rights"said
@ncgeehan.bsky.social
@fairsq.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Zohran Mamdani has upended US politics. Now he should take on Fifa | Jules Boykoff
New Yorkâs mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa next
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/08/zohran-mamdani-has-upended-us-politics-now-he-should-take-on-fifa
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Sam Wetherell
8 days ago
Perhaps the dumbest take in the last few days has been British people, including people on the left, loudly proclaiming we are too vicariously interested in New York local politics.
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The Football Association of Ireland has been instructed to call on UEFA to suspend the Israel Football Association. Irish clubs win a landslide vote at an Extraordinary General Meeting today. A small but significant victory for democratic accountability in the game.
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Tariq Panja
8 days ago
â⊠It is literally the same people. Club owner. Government. Football match. Bodies. The choice is simple. You either care or you donât.â Important piece by
@barneyronay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester Cityâs owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/08/silence-over-sudan-manchester-city-owners-football
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Sam Kunti
13 days ago
"Qatar's cynicism is unbelievable," writes
@frankctangberg.bsky.social
on the eve of the World Social Summit. "It is difficult to imagine a country where the government's policies stand in sharper contrast to the UN's ambitions for decent work than Qatar."
www.panoramanyheter.no/amnesty-gulf...
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Arbeiderpartiet pĂ„ tur til Qatar â som utnytter arbeidsfolk
En skulle tro at en Arbeiderparti-regjering ville ta et klart oppgjÞr med land som utnytter arbeidere. Men denne uken deltar utviklingsminister à smund Aukrust (Ap) pÄ FNs toppmÞte om sosial utvikling ...
https://www.panoramanyheter.no/amnesty-gulfstater-menneskerettigheter/arbeiderpartiet-pa-tur-til-qatar-som-utnytter-arbeidsfolk/406199
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"The final part of his statement does more than recognising the legitimacy of President Trump, it endorses his political programme and actions and argues others should support them too." Professor Miguel Maduro on Infantino's breach of FIFA's code of ethics
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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Gianni Infantino accused of âclear violationâ of FIFA statutes over Donald Trump praise
"I think we should all support what heâs doing because I think itâs looking pretty good," the FIFA president said.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6784737/2025/11/06/infantino-fifa-statues-donald-trump/
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Many thanks to
@billlaw49.bsky.social
for putting my contribution to his excellent Arab Digest newsletter outside of their paywall. A piece on the staunchly misinformed criticism of the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters.
arabdigest.org/sample-newsl...
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Room for Racism: How Maccabi Tel Avivâs Hooligans Exposed The UKâs Blind Spot Over Israel - Arab Digest
Summary: this eveningâs Europa League between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Aston Villa has been hugely controversial with the West Midlands police decision to ban the Israeli clubâs fans being attacked on sev...
https://arabdigest.org/sample-newsletters/room-for-racism-how-maccabi-tel-avivs-hooligans-exposed-the-uks-blind-spot-over-israel-2/
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Adrian Ramsay
9 days ago
Itâs absurd that private jet fuel is still untaxed when ordinary people are seeing living costs go up and up. I joined We Are Possible to call on the Chancellor to end this unfairness & make the richest pay their fair share, to support our public services & a healthy environment
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"The ban exists because a cross-border ethnic and religious war is being waged between irrevocably opposed sides." a) That's not true, it's a reference to the context of the ban. b) It's a gross misrepresentation of that context.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Fraught, tense and visceral: thereâs never been a football match quite like Maccabiâs visit to Aston Villa | Barney Ronay
Undeniably strange and redolent of wider horrors at one remove, this Europa League tie was a groaning platter of geopolitics with a tiny little sprig of sport dusted across the top
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/06/fraught-tense-and-visceral-theres-never-been-a-football-match-quite-like-maccabis-visit-to-aston-villa
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If we had functioning political systems that served the interests and wellbeing of ordinary people, Chat GPT would be shut down as a danger to public health. But our political systems serve the interests of the egotistical billionaires foisting this crap on us
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT âgoadedâ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/us/openai-chatgpt-suicide-lawsuit-invs-vis
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Atul Gawande
10 days ago
I helped make a film, out this week, called âRovinaâs Choice,â about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused â already 600,000, â of them children.
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Peter Walker
10 days ago
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
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Zoe Gardner
10 days ago
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT
#r4today
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Patrick Galey
10 days ago
The history of humankind will contain a chapter wherein a small group of white men from colonising nations known as âshareholdersâ sacrificed civilisationâs future for some stock buybacks and a company car And it wonât judge those who profited. It will judge those who allowed this
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Tariq Panja
11 days ago
This is extraordinary.
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Dan McCrum
10 days ago
A folly built on redundant leviathan piles, and bones: âFifteen members of the Huwaitat tribe who protested against their eviction were sent to prison, some for up to 50 years, and three others were sentenced to death, according to human rights observers.â
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Dan McCrum
10 days ago
âAt the marina, excavations by late last year had dug out 100mn cubic metres of soil, the equivalent of 40 Great Pyramids of Giza.â The âmarinaâ is more than a kilometre inland.
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Dan McCrum
10 days ago
Monumental hubris, every detail is jaw dropping.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabiaâs Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salmanâs utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
https://ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-line/
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