Sheryl Crow speaks out after Trump’s UFC 250 event: “To stay quiet means to turn a blind eye. And so I am saying this. What happened last night on the lawn of the White House was disgraceful and void of decency. Powerful, rich people filled the lawn to watch a violent sport that ended with a vile and racist comment. All while the average American cannot afford healthcare, gas, and cost of living. Do not be fooled. This administration is corrupt and does not give a damn about the American people. It only cares about making money hand over fist at the expense and in spite of our democracy. If we continue to support this kind of distraction from reality, we are no better than them. Let's be better, America.”

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It looks as though Vladimir Putin may have ordered an arson attack against the British Prime Minister last year. That is an incredibly serious escalation and shows why we must redouble our efforts with Ukraine and the rest of Europe to resist and deter Putin’s aggression.

10 years ago my wife, the mum of our kids & the MP for Batley&Spen was killed by a far right extremist. At anniversaries I try to be optimistic about the future. But not this time. In the ten years since she was killed we have gone backwards & I fear our democracy is now at risk

US President Donald Trump says he "never cared about regime change" in Iran. "This is third group we’ve dealt with… most rational group yet," he told the Wall Street Journal. iranintl.com/en/202606141396

‘Trump urges Iranians to protest’ … ‘we are coming’ Result? 40,000 dead Iranians.

We were told the war was necessary to: • remove the ayatollahs and IRGC from power • get Iranians to rise up and take control • eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons capacity • end Iran's support for terror around the globe • create stability in the Middle East None of those things happened. None. Instead, Iran is getting billions. Its homicidal regime is intact, worse than ever before. It keeps its weapons-grade uranium. It gets to keep its proxy armies in Hamas and Hezbollah. It is getting de facto control of the Strait of Hormuz and has been transformed into regional superpower. This "deal" is a fiasco. Not just for Israel, but for the world. And it will take years to repair the damage.

🚩🚩🚩 this is very significant. Up to Jan 2024 Harborne could have been registered as a permissible overseas donor for 15 years. In Jan 2024 the law changed and you now have to register every two years. That's probably why the number change. But had Harborne registered when he donated to Farage in April. I suspect not, hence the non declaration & cover-up. If not it was an illegal donation. Prove me wrong @Nigel_Farage.

And yet, one of the most shameful incidents of the entire four-year-long major war was the conduct of the USA—which initially pressured Ukraine to submit to a tyrant, only to later wash its hands of the matter entirely and forget the Budapest Memorandum. In fact, it was one of the most shameful events in the entire 250-year history of the United States—an act that reset its image as a "bastion of democracy and universal human values" to factory settings. t.me/MirovichMedia/14816 Oh, and by the way, mass murderer Putin wished Trump a happy birthday.

Until the text of the US-Iran deal is signed and released, there is going to be a lot of spin on both sides. But here is my initial take. This war was a mistake, and it needs to end. The President thought that the Iranian regime would collapse quickly, but it did not. In fact, it has been strengthened strategically by its survival against a heavy US-Israeli assault and carrying out some effective counterstrikes. Many countries in the region are now courting Iran and looking to deescalate and rebuild ties. A sign of which way the wind is blowing. Getting the Strait of Hormuz open is the most important outcome of this MOU. Of course, the Strait was open before the war. Now we are paying to reopen it with sanctions relief. Iran has taken a theoretical point of leverage and turned it into a very real and powerful one, imposing costs across the global economy and rattling President Trump. As for the nuclear issues, there really is no agreement, other than to negotiate over the HEU stockpile and an enrichment moratorium. Iran knows how to drag out those negotiations, and try to pocket concessions along the way. It is possible that no deal will every be reached, and very likely that if one is reached, it will be worse than what we could have achieved through diplomacy before the war. Iran is not likely to take seriously that the US would return to war, certainly before the US midterms. So that means we will be conducting diplomacy without a credible threat of force. If any agreement ultimately reached actually safely puts Iran's nuclear ambitions out of reach, I'll acknowledge it. It's just too early to make that judgment. Trump is mainly focused on comparing his deal favorably to the JCPOA. But we are a long way from being able to make that comparison, and it may end up no better, or weaker than that deal. But in some ways, Trump's deal and the JCPOA are already similar. Nothing on ballistic missiles, nothing on proxies, nothing on weakening the regime or helping the Iranian people. And plenty of sanctions relief that will strengthen the regime, and be poured into the missile program and proxy network. Honest critics of the JCPOA will not twist themselves into pretzels to defend Trump's approach. Israelis are deeply disappointed in this outcome, but they should not be surprised. After some initial overlap of Trump's and Netanyahu's interests, there was a strong divergence. The United States needed this war to end. Netanyahu wanted to continue. Trump's claim to include Lebanon in the ceasefire and his harsh shutting down Israeli attacks on Hezbollah is also a win for Iran. After the JCPOA was signed, Obama and Netanyahu worked together to strengthen Israel's campaign of strikes in Syria to intercept Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah in Lebanon. So let's hope we see the removal of Iran's enriched uranium and a long-term suspension of enrichment, with full verification. But to achieve those goals, Trump's team is going to need to engage in far more sophisticated diplomacy, backed by qualified experts, than they have to date. If it is a phase one splash with no follow-up on implementation of later phases, like in Gaza, we will be much worse off after, and because of, this war.

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Carney: The new world order will be built from Europe. Canada is the most European of non-European countries, and we are transforming our cooperation with the EU ... In a more dangerous and divided world, Canada has chosen to build and work in partnership with Europe.

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BREAKING: The UAE is unlocking billions for Iran as negotiations with the U.S. to end the war reach the finish line, per Reuters. Sources say Iran could gain access to $10–20 billion in funds, with at least $3 billion already released. The broader deal may also free up tens of billions in Iranian oil revenues frozen by U.S. sanctions.

Caroline Lucas: "We need to recognise that what happened on the streets of Belfast was being orchestrated by the far right, by Elon Musk, by a network of people who actually want this to happen, so it wasn't quite as spontaneous as it looked.. and that has to be stopped"

Nigel Farage has just re-instated this man into Reform UK. Let that sink in. Britain is better than this.

A good moment to remind everyone that the tories increased national debt from 1tn to 3tn. The interest on this alone costs nearly twice the defence budget. They also slashed the defence budget. The tories are responsible for the dire state of the uk.

This is SO incredibly important! Imagine the world of pain we could have avoided if this had been in place before Please do this now - takes seconds and could change everything! Thank you x