Associate Professor in History. Views my Own. Books: Solidarity and Pressure: The Story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement and Paving the Path to Peace
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Egyptian-American surgeon Adam Hamawy has won New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, becoming the state’s first Muslim member of Congress.
A former US Army combat surgeon, he volunteered in Gaza and says what he witnessed there pushed him into politics.
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Police say explosive devices found in Belfast are linked to ‘rightwing terrorism’
Shocking, yet wholly unsurprising. Just last month, MI5 warned that rightwing extremists ‘are tipping into terrorist intent’.
The far-right terror threat is here and now.
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Senator re-elect Jon Ossoff slams Trump after a major win:
“In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption, and incompetence of the failed, lame duck president Donald Trump.”
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‘Tonight we can turn that inshallah into alhamdulillah’.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed gave an impassioned victory speech as he beat Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan senate race.
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Abdul El-Sayed: "We are being actively bullied by the dumbest people in the room"
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Trump Says He Will Move to Israel to Become Prime Minister If U.S. Turns on Him tmz.me/4Aap1wW
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🚨 NEW: The leader of Reform UK in Hampshire has been charged with 35 offences, including 12 counts of rape and making indecent images of a child
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.@jonstewart on Haley Stevens's surprise switcharoo across party lines to endorse her "nightmare," Mike Rogers
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Terrible casting. Would easily be the worst actor to ever play bond by a mile.
CALLUM TURNER is rumored to have been cast as the next JAMES BOND (via @showbiz411)
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Man caught in car with £14k of drugs as a lamb ate chips in the back seat avoids jail bbc.in/4im0eQs
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🚨 A Venezuela era só o aperitivo. O prato principal era o Brasil!
Donald Trump acaba de escancarar sua lógica imperialista: segundo ele, o dinheiro obtido com o petróleo venezuelano já teria pagado, várias vezes, os custos da guerra no Irã.
E adivinhem o que estava na mira desse laranjão maluco? As riquezas do Brasil!
Terras raras, petróleo e minerais estratégicos. A Reuters revelou que o acesso às nossas reservas era um objetivo da Casa Branca e poderia ser facilitado com Flávio Bolsonaro no poder.
Agora imaginem o tamanho do estrago com a família Bolsonaro entregando nossa soberania de bandeja para Trump, enquanto buscava proteção política nos Estados Unidos.
O projeto era transformar nossas riquezas em instrumento dos interesses americanos. A Venezuela mostra até onde essa ambição pode chegar.
O Brasil não é colônia dos Estados Unidos. E nossas riquezas não existem para financiar as loucuras de Trump nem os interesses do clã Bolsonaro! 🇧🇷
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The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus.
You want to know what insults Jesus?
Kicking the sick off their healthcare.
Bombing schoolchildren in Iran.
Deporting moms and babies.
Covering up the Epstein files.
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Good riddance from the People's House. Good riddance from any legitimate political discussion. And thank you, Congresswoman Stevens, for affirming who we have known you to be.
Clearly, Haley Stevens is not a representative of the people. She is a representative of a foreign interest lobby complicit in a genocide, and that is her legacy. This is the legacy she has chosen, and it is the legacy that will follow her to the end of her political days. The American people must ensure that it does.
Her actions are un-American and defame the very party and ideals she has claimed to represent. She has objected to ads naming the hardships working families face because of spending elsewhere, but the facts are the facts. Because of politicians like her, Americans have less and go without so that we can fund foreign genocide and war. She is on the wrong side of history, and on the wrong side of basic morality and decency.
This move should serve as a canary in a coal mine, putting the power and influence of AIPAC on nationwide display. We are confident that Michigan will once again reject her ideals and rhetoric. And we hope that her words fall on more educated ears because of the work we have done.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Lisandro Martínez is under formal investigation by regulatory authorities after his bizarre second yellow card and penalty concession against Chelsea triggered high-risk betting flags across international markets.
According to insider reports, European gambling monitoring agencies flagged an anomalous spike in high-stakes wagers placed on a "Martínez Red Card + Penalty Conceded" micro-market, with multiple accounts linked to a shell syndicate registered in Cyprus.
A source close to the investigation allegedly leaked:
🎙️🗣️ "The betting patterns were completely off the charts minutes before the incident. Off the record, there are private messages circulating where Martínez allegedly told an associate: 'If Manchester United aren't ready to win, I might as well make some money off it.' Authorities are now tracing the crypto-wallets tied to those foreign accounts." 🇦🇷🔴💸
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This idiot has been exposed as a fraud and a liar — he is a landlord with 6 houses. That was yesterday. So of course, the BBC ignore that and put him back on television tonight to plead his pretend poverty caused by… paying his staff properly.
"Andy Burnham, come and have a chat with me. Come and work in my business, I'll show you what we need."
Small business owner Paul Bowen asks Prime Minister Andy Burnham for more support following this week’s Budget measures.
#Newsnight