Tusk says the opposition around Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis is getting support from an army of Russian bots online and even public compliments from the Kremlin's chief ideologue, accusing them of trying to destroy democracy and the rule of law.
Reeves says we should be back in 🙏🏼 www.bbc.com/news/article...
England’s water companies failed on environment. Sewage dumped in rivers. 2666 pollution incidents in England in 2025, 40% more on 2016. Execs rewarded, none prosecuted. Customers fleeced. Even with nationalization, it will take a generation to recover.
The author shared an Axios report saying Iran’s supreme leader had ordered a “maximum” response to any U.S. attack. https://t.co/kkDaPfgXzw #Iran #USA #Geopolitics #IR #US
The statement comes after a confrontation outside the Constitutional Tribunal building on Friday night, broadcast live on television, that has pushed a decade-old dispute into the wider European political debate. #Poland #RuleOfLaw #JudicialIndependence
The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress. #TexasSenateRace #JamesTalarico #DemocratsInTexas
Here's the question I would ask if I were a reporter or editor: how many us service members were killed or wounded because scarce air defenses needed to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones headed for US bases were diverted to protect Israel, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and gulf shipping instead?
France’s National Assembly has approved an amendment to its proposed 2027 budget that would tax digital content providers €0.055 per gigabyte of data delivered to French internet users. This could raise €10B annually, largely from tech giants like Google, Meta and Netflix. The tax is not yet law.
There appears to be a majority in the new Knesset opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to resume bombing of Iran in the coming week. And a majority opposed to Netanyahu's continuation as caretaker prime minister. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
I repeat: There is physically less oil (and refined products) available right now. Transport routes are blocked. Wells shut-in. Stockpiles dwindling. It’s not a corporate conspiracy. It’s the reality of relying so much on a fuel source that’s at the whims of wars, dictators, and natural disasters.
US voters keen to pull the plug on more wars in the Middle East and to sharply restrict arms sales to Israel.
More than 320,000 people demonstrated across France against the rising cost of living and poor public services, with clashes between some protesters and police. #Protests #CostOfLiving #France
Trump and Netanyahu have a chat to coordinate their resumption of bombing of Iran, which could be as early as tomorrow. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
The current protests in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Albania have spread to Switzerland. Here people are also angry at the cost of billionaires and poor public services.
Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus. #EbolaOutbreak #DRCongo #PublicHealth
