The world's focus is on the conflict with Iran But in the Occupied West Bank settler attacks & restrictions on Palestinians are intensifying We visited the village of Duma, its one exit / entrance has been closed off by the Israeli army Settlers standing guard tried to stop us walking in Clip from our latest report With @EP_Lawrence @Stanleigh77

Thank you for all the messages of support After a very brief stay in immigration detention, the decision has been reversed and I have now been allowed to enter Israel Grateful to all those who offered their help Concerned to hear other journalists have faced similar issues in recent weeks 🙏🏽

'Every year, when the boys graduate from school... I shed tears all day long and say to myself: "I wish I were one of them"' Heartbreaking & courageous testimony from young Afghan women banned from formal education beyond primary school - and barred from many jobs Our report on the 5th anniversary of the Taliban takeover, filmed by brave local journalists working with @MarjanaSadat

Some reflections on five years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan: substack.com/@seckermani/not…

Five years ago I watched the Taliban sweep into Kabul Their subsequent rule has been devastating for so many Afghan women and girls - barred from an education beyond primary school and from most jobs… along with dozens of other restrictions Human rights groups call it gender apartheid The Taliban’s victory over American & Afghan Govt forces has (largely) brought an end to decades of conflict - a massive step in a country where dozens of civilians died every day But they squandered the opportunity to gain genuine legitimacy by implementing such draconian measures Even many (privately) within the group disagree with the ban on education - but clearly dont care enough to push for change

A trip to a very different part of the world… a “private city” - established with funding from US tech billionaires - on a Latin American island “Prospera” is part of a wider movement - that includes libertarians / crypto enthusiasts / people who want to implant data chips into their body & reverse ageing But it’s a movement that’s also backed by some of the richest and most powerful / successful men in the world… and it’s challenging established notions of governance

Thank you so much for your selfless, altruistic and generous development of our homelands Please let me where I can send a cheque as a token of appreciation? 😡

Great speaking at the 60th anniversary of the @decappeal last week about the crucial work they do across the world to tackle humanitarian disasters

Bitcoin Billionaires, Trump & Farage Watch this great report on cryptocurrency’s ever growing political clout ⬇️

Shabbir Ahmed's sickening crimes clearly deserve the harshest of sentences But given he arrived in the UK as a child and developed his criminal behaviour here (and is now a 73 year old man) I don't see why Pakistan would / should accept his deportation? His victims would be better served by him serving a genuine *life* sentence in jail rather than being able to start afresh in Pakistan

Israel has killed over a dozen people in southern Lebanon, after Hezbollah killed 4 Israeli soldiers overnight Hezbollah accuses Israeli soldiers of trying to take more territory - Israel accuses Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire Lebanon - now again - a major sticking point in the US-Iran negotiations And crucially it comes at a time when Trump & Vance are growing vocally more impatient with Israel's stance