Fantastic graphic from the WSJ. Trump just increased the price of a iPhone by nearly 60 percent. Obviously completely unsustainable so won’t be sustained. An American Liz Truss moment

Estland, Letland, Litouwen en Polen hebben hun terugtrekking uit het Ottawa-verdrag over antipersoonsmijnen aangekondigd. (📄 @Lithuanian_MoD)

“Van Gent tot Damascus” vanavond op VRT Canvas en te bekijken via VRT MAX. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... @vrtnws.be #vrtnwsdoc

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

Trump could start wearing a crown and carrying a sceptre, and people would still be in denial about what's happening.

Deze mens gaat de geschiedenisboeken in. Een held. Zijn eerste interview te zien op @aljazeera.com

Defector who exposed Assad’s brutality calls for Syria sanctions to be lifted

Voor @vrtnws-be.bsky.social reisde ik naar Jerevan, waar ik drie Russische deserteurs sprak die naar Oekraïne werden gestuurd. Uitgebreide, emotionele gesprekken over marteling en verzet. Lees hun verhaal vandaag op VRT. "72 dagen gemarteld, omdat ik bevelen weigerde" www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

Een kijkje bij de bakker en de groenteboer in Damascus: “Het regime is weg, de president is gevlucht, dus wie lijdt er onder de sancties? Dat zijn de burgers.” vrtnws.be/p.vPmnnO7RBK3

Israel ramps up operations in occupied West Bank www.channel4.com/news/israel-...

where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:

Op de eerste avond van het bestand in Gaza trokken gewapende kolonisten brandstichtend door Palestijnse dorpen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever. Het Israëlische leger deed daar deze week invallen en arrestaties, en sloot toegangswegen af. https://buff.ly/4atZAuE

Kyiv this morning

“Op plaatsen met veel verkeer zeer hoge stikstofdioxideconcentraties” #Horrible

The first flight from Damascus International Airport was a joyful milestone, as the journey took off successfully, reflecting hope and progress for the future of a new Syria 💚

Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident

Fireworks burst beyond my window, their festive clamor scraping old wounds. In Ukraine, carols are drowned by explosions. This photo from Kryvyi Rih shows a Christmas tree under ruins. The world wraps itself in tinsel and cheer. I sit in its shadow, waiting for a miracle.

Een aderlating voor de publieke omroep www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...

Kijktip!

Here the prisoners wrote their memoirs. Although they were in prison, no one could concentrate on doing anything inside. The prisoners had beautiful hobbies, such as drawing. Look how beautiful and accurate their drawings were! 🥺

Breaking News: Russia’s Channel One, quoting the Kremlin, reports that Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow.

The idol of Hafez al-Assad was dragged through the streets of #Latakia #Syria by the locals.

For over 14 years (and some of these things long before), #Syrians were barrel bombed, tortured, displaced, drowning at sea, starving to death. They have lived through horrors that none of us could put into words properly. There is absolutely fear over what next. But this is a moment of release.

#Syrians destroy a statue of Hafez al-Assad in #Homs

One of the members of Assad's forces, after escaping from #Homs, says: "Bashar al-Assad sold us out, #Hezbollah fled and sold us out, #Iran sold us out," then he curses them.

DAMASCUS: Assad's forces, members of the 127th Brigade, have withdrawn from the town of Rankous in Qalamoun, which is very close to Saidnaya Prison. The notorious prison is nicknamed the "Human Slaughterhouse" These are extraordinary moments.

Syria TV reporting that regime forces have withdrawn from Douma

In one way or another, history in the making… I can’t get no sleep

"some long-dead people who until now were deemed to have been wrongly convicted will be re-prosecuted under a law that did not exist when their alleged crimes were committed."

"Ik heb de kerk hier altijd weten staan. Toen we kinderen waren, lieten we hier kerstbommetjes ontploffen tussen de voeten van de priester." Libanezen meten de schade op tijdens het staakt-het-vuren. Bekijk de #terzake reportage van @vrancki.bsky.social hier: vrtnws.be/p.mnMb8Vj7aYE

#BreakingNews #SouthKorea The South Korean military government plans to establish a media control office to oversee and censor the press following President Yoon Suk-yeol's declaration of martial law. n.news.naver.com/article/002/...

#SouthKorea 🇰🇷: Korean military forces are taking up positions in the National Assembly building in #Seoul, following the declaration of martial law by president Yoon. Scenes like this would be unthinkable in a healthy democracy like ROK, yet this is what we are watching.

Historic moment in Syria. The rebels have taken back nearly all of Aleppo in less than 72 hours, they’ve brought down the Assad regime’s flag in the city center. #freeSyria

Quick map of rebel advances of today across western #Aleppo as of 19:30 local time, based on geolocated footage. It's likely rebel forces have already gained more ground then depicted here, but this map is based on all the gains that have been confirmed so far. #Syria.

Yup.

Si vous manquez d'argument pour faire venir des gens sur Bluesky, dites-leur qu'Andrew Tate s'est fait ban en moins de 24h par la plateforme.

Voorpagina van @politico.com deze week

Ik ging naar de Zuidas om mensen de stuipen op het lijf te jagen. Bij Eva wilden we laten zien hoe eenvoudig en éng gezichtsherkenningstechnologie is. Een paar seconden video tijdens een gesprekje over het OV was genoeg om van alles te weten. Hele video: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Note to reporters, editors and headline writers working on Russia and Ukraine: the ATACMS is a short-range (tactical) missile, not a long-range missile. This consistent error generates a misleading impression and should be corrected.