NEW: IDF shot at unarmed medics from as close as 12 metres With @oliveelineham.bsky.social @adamparkr.bsky.social and Michelle Inez Simon news.sky.com/story/israel...

so Trump definitely thinks this was just a conference call right?

The new preliminary ruling from US District Court Judge Casey Cooper is a major win for watchdog groups and others seeking to scrutinize the activity of the Elon Musk-led initiative.

Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries,’ spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan. Here's how she did it: https://twp.ai/1UMbsM

The Bangladeshi politician who built a shadowy global property empire https://www.ft.com/content/ec752835-a6ca-4b82-aab5-15390f5b0499

DOGE quietly deleted the 5 biggest spending cuts it celebrated last week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

Wild on so many levels

Tough read on what’s happening to children in Sudan from Yousra and her team news.sky.com/story/sexual...

New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...

For more than a decade, one anonymous wildlife dealer has been advertising rare and endangered animals to thousands of followers. Read here how @bellingcat.com, with a contribution of yours truly, went on the Hunt for Malaysia's Elusive Wildlife Trafficker. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/02...

I heard democracy might be in trouble, so I had some ideas about how we should fix it.

Car under fire in driving west out of Jenin yesterday. Vid 1: x.com/gazanotice/s.... Geolocation: 32°27'53.7"N 35°16'51.8"E. Time + date is visible on the car screen. These videos also corroborate: x.com/EyeonPalesti... and facebook.com/amid.press/v... @geoconfirmed.org

Tulsi Gabbard and her staff tried their best to obfuscate the identities of regime figures she met in Syria, but then accidentally left all the details in a publicly accessible Google Doc. @jonswaine.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Last week, while most of my team focused on the LA fires, I spent several hours analysing CCTV footage of an 80-year-old grandmother who got shot during an IDF raid in the West Bank. It was a very different story, but one we felt was vital to tell. Watch here: news.sky.com/story/cctv-f...

We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...

More detailed explainer on the Santa Ana winds by @bonnieberkowitz.bsky.social , @asteckelberg.bsky.social elberg.bsky.social, and wild wind map by Laris Karklis. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

Inside Assad’s abandoned family we get to see the sort of lifestyle his family led, all while so many Syrians suffered. Wild stuff from @dominicwaghorn.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/inside...

HTS leader Abu Mohammad al Jolani says Western fears are “unnecessary” and his group doesn’t seek further conflict in his first comments since capturing Damascus. He spoke to our international editor Zein Ja’Far and @celinealkhaldi.bsky.social. More here: news.sky.com/story/syria-...

Former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ruled ruthlessly for over two decades. With the help of Russian and Iranian forces, he also carried out some of the most vicious acts of the country’s 13-year civil war. We have documented many of these, from chemical attacks to the bombing of hospitals 🧵

Our team analysed over 60 videos which show how Syrian rebels advanced through major cities like Aleppo, Homs and Damascus before ousting Assad. Latest w/ @samdoak.bsky.social, @adamparkr.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/how-sy...

How Unitedhealthcare CEO shooting sparked online debate over US health insurance. Latest w/ @joelysantacruz.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/how-un...

Will continue to add to this as more (Blue)Sky people join… go.bsky.app/9GknTmH