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Portsmouth, UK
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RIP #LyudmilaSemernya brave primary school teacher in #Mariupol killed by brutal Russian assault that targets schools & hospitals. Heartbreaking report by @paraicobrien @Channel4News
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⚡️⚡️Arter 4 years of continuous pressure and reprisals against the editorial staff, Russian authorities have forced the last opposition newspaper, "Novaya Gazeta", to shut down.
This media outlet kept covering reprisals and censorship until the end ⛔️
novayagazeta.ru/articles/202…
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RBC reports that Russia’s Novaya Gazeta is being evicted from its Moscow headquarters after 29 years, forcing the closure of a museum dedicated to murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
Editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov says the newspaper must leave its offices in central Moscow by November 9 and has yet to find alternative premises.
The museum, opened in Politkovskaya’s former office in 2021, contains her desk, computer, glasses, letters and other personal belongings.
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BREAKING Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta announces it is closing, citing pressure from authorities.
"Novaya Gazeta is ceasing to exist," editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said in a statement published on YouTube
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"They killed us."
Russia's renowned newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it is formally shutting down, a day after it was evicted from its longtime Moscow editorial offices. (the paper had pretty much stopped publishing after the invasion of Ukraine)
t.me/novaya_pishet/60821
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I don’t get it! No matter how many times Reform is found to be an incompetent shambles of a political non-party it gets promoted again and again by the BBC. Whose BBC is it? They tell us its OUR BBC. So bloody well prove it and stop fawning over them! #bbcqt
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So, @bbcquestiontime yet again has Zia Yusuf on
But #bbcqt had always favoured Farage’s parties
During 10 yrs when Brexit was a key issue, they had UK Members of the European Parliament on 50 times:
- ALL pro-Brexit
- 47 from Farage’s parties (45 UKIP 2 Brexit Party)
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#bbcqt
Freedom of Movement is NOT an unconditional right under EU law: it is conditional on finding a job or being self-sufficient i.e. not being a burden on taxpayers. Otherwise there is no right to stay.
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Ten years ago today.
In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine, hampering the country's defenses during a devastating Russian attack; and Trump waived sanctions on Russia that Congress, led by his late friend Lindsey Graham, had pushed for.
Now, Putin has proposed a summit with Trump and Xi to decide Ukraine’s fate for them, bulldoze a century of international cooperation, and frame Russia as an equal to the U.S. and China.
We’ll see if Putin’s puppet continues to dance on his strings.
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Much punchier accusations from Sir Malcolm Rifkind - a former defence and foreign secretary:
"I choose my words very carefully. I think this week Donald Trump has shown himself as a person to be repulsive; as a President of the United States to be a disgrace to his own people as well as to his international responsibilities.
"We all know his actual reasons for this are a grubby attempt to win a few more votes in the midterms by trying to get oil prices down.
"In order to achieve that, he has not only betrayed Ukraine in the middle of a war, fighting for its very existence, but he is also directly - not indirectly - directly responsible for the deaths of many Ukrainians who will not now be protected by the attempts that have been successfully made using intelligence provided indirectly by the United States."
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Very interesting to see on SKY news the opinions of EU senior members who welcome us back to the EU if we can rejoin. I do hope our new PM progresses this . The quicker the better for SME's #JOINEU
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It’s been really amazing this past week to watch so many people FINALLY waking up to the fact that Trump is on Putin’s side, that Trump is actively trying to help Putin win the war, that Trump is a Russian asset.
It’s ALWAYS been the case, but I’m glad people finally get it.
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There are certain decisions that will go down as history-defining moments. This is one of them. It's a terrible misjudgment of Putin, who has made it clear he wants to destroy the West. We shouldn't help him do it.
Trump waives many Russian sanctions, tariffs under new law backed by Lindsey Graham foxbusiness.com/politics/tru…
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Beyond irresponsible. What part of enforcing a law passed 86-11 by the Senate does the President and his advisors not understand? It’s unconscionable that this administration is capitulating to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine and butchers innocent civilians every single day. If the President wants to actually bring down energy prices, he can do it by solving the Iran problem, not by doing a solid for Vladimir Putin.
apnews.com/article/russia-sa…
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A historic video – November 22, 1994:
The U.S. President thanks Ukraine for giving up its nuclear weapons. In return, the U.S. promises to stand by Ukraine’s side to safeguard its independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity well into the future.
That future has arrived—yet today, Trump and his circle act as if none of this ever happened.
t.me/MirovichMedia/15617
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From The Telegraph:
Donald Trump has been threatened with “sanctions” by a judge for refusing to co-operate in the defamation case he has brought against the BBC, court papers reveal.
Judge Enjoliqué Lett rapped Mr Trump on Friday over his lack of co-operation with the court during the discovery process, when each side can compel the other to provide relevant evidence.
The BBC’s lawyers filed five separate motions seeking the US president’s compliance and claimed Mr Trump was having to be dragged “kicking and screaming” to co-operate.
According to the latest filings, submitted on Friday by Judge Lett, “the court has admonished the plaintiff for his lack of participation to no avail”.
“The court expects strict compliance,” he added, “the failure of which will lead to sanctions.” Legal experts warned the president could face having his suit dismissed in the most extreme case.
“Potential sanctions in civil litigation might include award of attorney’s fees and costs and even the dismissal of the plaintiff’s lawsuit,” Jason Sullivan, a lawyer, said.
Dmitry Bam, a professor at the University of Maine Law School, said sanctions could be escalated if Mr Trump continued his defiance.
“That could again include attorney’s fees, fines, treating certain facts as presumed established against Trump, all the way up to dismissing the case. Most judges would only take that last step as a matter of last resort.
“Beyond the case, the court could hold Trump in contempt for violating a discovery order. Even the President must follow ordinary civil procedure rules,” Prof Bam added.
Peter Brook retweeted
There's no more pretense.
The shameful truth is now clear.
By withholding critical Intel and Internet services, and lifting sanctions on Russia to replenish Putin's war machine, @realDonaldTrump & @elonmusk are now fully complicit. They're on Putin's side.
nytimes.com/2026/10/14/world… via @NYTimes
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RIP RJ Mitte. Like the rest of the cast, he was fantastic on Breaking Bad and was part of one of television’s greatest scenes.
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The Russians have just attacked the CHPP-5 thermal power plant in Kharkiv – Zelenskyy.
According to the President, the Russians have carried out more than 200 attacks on power generation and transmission facilities in Ukraine, as well as 17 attacks on gas and oil infrastructure, over the past week.
There is no energy truce; Trump has lied to the whole world, as always.