We applaud the United States for its successful effort to bring its aircrew home. The unwavering commitment to leave no one behind reflects a shared value at the heart of the Israel–U.S. alliance. 🇮🇱🇺🇸

A new report has cast doubt on industry claims about the link between economic growth and airport expansion in Ireland - businesspost.ie/companies/gr…

As is often the case the great @ShippersUnbound and I are fishing in same pond He reveals in The Spectator that Chinese interests purchased the data hub used by Whitehall departments to exchange information - including on highly classified projects A source tells him that the episode was a "stratospheric fuck-up' Sources also tell him that the MoD and Downing Street were both hacked

Breaking: The government’s treatment of trans people in the UK could breach the European Convention on Human Rights, Europe’s human rights watchdog has claimed Michael O’Flaherty, the human rights commissioner for the Council of Europe - which oversees the ECHR - has written to Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, and MPs setting out his concerns after visiting the UK to observe human rights issues. He warned that trans guidance introduced across different areas of society in the UK following the ruling in April by the UK Supreme Court — declaring that the definition of a woman must be based on biological sex — may breach the ECHR 'It should be ensured that steps taken towards implementing the Supreme Court judgment avoid a situation where a person’s legal gender recognition is voided of practical meaning, to the extent that it leaves trans people in an unacceptable ‘intermediate zone 'It is also to be recalled that not all trans people wish to obtain legal gender recognition, and in reality simply live according to their gender identity 'This does not in any way diminish their right to be treated with dignity, to be protected from discrimination, and to be able to participate in all areas of everyday life' thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…