Once a gooner … great to see him doing well bbc.co.uk/sport/football/vid…
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One of my greatest priorities as @UN Secretary-General has been fighting the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, pollution & climate change, because I have children & grandchildren that are counting on world leaders to be leaders for nature.
Let’s act with urgency for our children, for our future & for all life on Earth.
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Eyewitness to the Israeli settler attack on Palestinians and @washingtonpost photographer Heidi Levine tells me, “It was barbaric…there were maybe 5 or 6 surrounding her. They had clubs…And they were standing over her, beating her over and over, it was truly horrific. I was worried that she was going to be killed.” - @infinite_jaz
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The Israeli government hates the film NAZA because, using testimony of Israeli officers, it debunks Israeli justifications for the slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. It wasn't about "human shields," military necessity, or any legitimate excuse. trib.al/JQ90NHc
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The Rabbi Dov Lior, the main rabbi of Ben-Gvir's party and of the Hilltop Youth has released a ruling explaining why it is not only legal to steal olives from Palestinians, but also a good thing.
He writes: Harvesting olives in the Holy Land is entirely permitted, and it even carries an added virtue, given the security dangers posed by Arabs approaching the Jewish communities and settlement points."
"Jews are permitted to harvest the olives even in areas far from the Jewish communities, in order to publicly display our ownership of the Land, and in doing so they fulfill the commandment of conquering the Land."
The Jewish religion is being weaponized by our rabbis to steal land and agricultural products from the true indigenous owners of the land.
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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.
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So viel Unverstand und Niedertracht auf offener Bühne.
"Dieser Krieg ist nicht in unserem nationalen Interesse" - Dann wäre also eine von Russland beherrschte Ukraine und die Zertrümmerung der regelbasierten europäischen Sicherheitsordnung in unserem Interesse?
Glaubt #Weidel ernsthaft, dass in der Ukraine Frieden einkehren wird, wenn wir sie zur Kapitulation zwingen? Nie von "De-Ukrainisierung" und Terror in den russisch besetzten Gebieten gehört? Keine Massenflucht aus der Ukraine - oder machen wir dann die Grenzen dicht?
Und nachdem Putin die Ukraine unterworfen hat, können wir wieder in Frieden unseren Geschäften nachgehen und die Verteidigungsausgaben herunterfahren? Heiligs Blechle.
"Dieser Krieg ist gefährlich für uns" - Gefährlich sind die imperialen Ambitionen Putins, den Machtbereich Russlands auszudehnen und Krieg als Mittel der Politik einzusetzen. Wenn er damit in der Ukraine durchkommt, wird er in der Ukraine nicht haltmachen.
"Die Ukraine kann diesen Krieg nicht gewinnen" - das sagen die Leute, die einen russischen Sieg binnen zwei Wochen prophezeit haben. Wie dieser Krieg ausgeht, hängt entscheidend von Europa ab, das über eine vielfach überlegene Wirtschaftskraft verfügt.
Die Ukraine zu unterstützen kostet uns einen Bruchteil unseres Sozialprodukts. Sie fallen zu lassen wird einen sehr viel höheren Preis kosten - politisch und finanziell.
Dieses egoistische, kalte, freiheitsverachtende Deutschland, das Alice Weidel repräsentiert, wäre in Europa ziemlich einsam. Aber Putin würde uns sicher gern als Vasallenstaat unter die Fittiche nehmen.
Da Meinesgleichen ja im AfD-Milieu (wie bei der Putin-Linken) als "Kriegstreiber" gelten, sollte sich Alice Weidel öfter anhören, was Giorgia Meloni zu Russland und der Ukraine zu sagen hat. Sie könnte dort lernen, weshalb die Unterstützung der Ukraine in unseren ureigenen Interesse liegt. Und dass man sich schämen sollte, ihr in den Rücken zu fallen und das als "Frieden" zu verkaufen.
Ukraine has “already lost” the war against Russia, says @Alice_Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party, which is leading German opinion polls. She told @zannymb, that Germany should pull the plug on support for Ukraine against Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Watch the full interview at 6pm London time (1pm in New York): bit.ly/4yrcX9s
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🚨🗣️ Mikel Merino recalls surviving the 2017 bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund’s team bus:
"They told me a piece of shrapnel had become embedded in the seat where I usually sat..."
"That day, I moved to the front because my legs were stiff. The seats there could recline, so I sat in one of them."
“I think I have a guardian angel. I’m lucky to be alive."
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🇮🇱 Netanyahu says Jews have the non-negotiable right to the lands of Israel:
" This is our homeland. It’s called Judea; that’s where Jews come from, and we’ve been attached to it for thousands of years.
The entire claim remains on a fraudulent premise — that Judea is to the Jews as France is to the French or Italy is to the Italians.
That premise is false.Categorically false.
France is the state of French citizens.
Italy is the state of Italian citizens.
Israel is the state of Israeli citizens — not of Jews worldwide.
Jews are not a nationality attached to a sovereign state.
They are a group of people dispersed across many countries, holding many citizenships.
Most Jews are not Israeli. They don't vote in Israel. They do not live under Israeli law. They owe Israel no political allegiance.
Zionism survives by erasing that distinction.
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The Alternative for Germany party defines the family exclusively as a mother, father, and their children. @Alice_Weidel, the party’s co-leader, explains why she supports that description while raising two children with her wife. Watch the full Insider interview with @zannymb: bit.ly/47u7QKu
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“At a time when Donald Trump’s party is struggling to hold both houses of Congress and his own approval ratings are cratering to historic lows, the President has been campaigning hard all week against . . . Volodymyr Zelensky,” Susan B. Glasser writes. “Yes, Trump’s October preëlection surprise is that he’s finally decided to begin openly helping Vladimir Putin in Russia’s war of conquest against Ukraine.”
“Trump has pivoted to Putin so many times before that it should hardly astonish anyone that he did it again,” Glasser continues. “But these crises that Trump provokes with such regularity always manage to reveal something new, and this one has been no exception, showing a President so politically cornered by the consequences of his war in the Middle East that he turned to Putin to help him out with less than three weeks to go before the midterm elections.” Read her latest column: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/y7…
There is always a religious zealot in any religion willing to distort its teachings for their own blatant self-interest. No more representative of Judaism than Afghanistan’s rulers are of Islam.
Top settler rabbi rules Jews may harvest olives from Palestinian-owned groves haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-1…
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🚨 BREAKING: The Trump administration has finalized a rule allowing hunters to lure black and brown bears with donuts, bacon grease, and other food before shooting them at close range in Alaska’s national preserves.
The move reverses a Biden-era ban despite warnings from wildlife advocates about risks to bears and public safety. meidasnews.com/news/trump-ad…
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The Foreign Press Association, which the ABC's staff are members of, said it was the "latest in a long line of violent attacks by Israeli settlers against journalists and other civilians."
It accused PM Netanyahu of "dismissing" the attacks as work of a few "troubled youths."
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians during the olive harvest in the West Bank on Friday, with a Washington Post photojournalist beaten during the violence.
Palestinians threw rocks back at the settlers, many of whom were masked.
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Speak to any hard-bitten older farmer around me in Somerset, or anywhere in Britain, and they will tell you that they grew up among fields teeming with corncrakes, grass snakes, hares, hedges full of yellowhammers and other songbirds, car windscreens splattered with bugs after the shortest summer drive, nearly all now gone. 98% of wildflowers, gone. Huge shoals of herring, cod, and other fish in the sea, a distant memory. Across almost every indicator, the losses during just one human lifetime have been catastrophic. The data is all there, as are the anecdotes. Britain is among the most nature-depleted countries on earth.
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Il furto elevato a dovere religioso per i sionisti ebrei israeliani : il rabbino estremista israeliano Dov Lior, riferimento religioso del partito del ministro Ben-Gvir e dei coloni israeliani, ha emesso una FATWA che legittima il furto delle olive dei palestinesi e incita all’annessione della Cisgiordania occupata.
Il Rabbino considera rubare il raccolto e la anche la terra dei palestinesi: un “dovere religioso e nazionale”.
Il Rabbino di Ben Gvir non si limita a giustificare il furto delle olive ai palestinesi: lo trasforma in un atto meritorio, persino nell’adempimento di un principio religioso.
Scrive: «La raccolta delle olive in Terra Santa è del tutto consentita e comporta persino un valore aggiunto, dati i rischi per la sicurezza rappresentati dagli arabi che si avvicinano alle comunità ebraiche e agli insediamenti».
E aggiunge: «Agli ebrei è consentito raccogliere le olive anche in zone lontane dalle comunità ebraiche, al fine di dimostrare pubblicamente la nostra proprietà della Terra, e così facendo adempiono al comandamento di conquistare la Terra».
Il messaggio è inequivocabile: rubare il raccolto delle olive dei palestinesi diventa un modo per rivendicarne anche la loro terra. Prima si invoca la “sicurezza”; poi si afferma un diritto di possesso e furto; infine si chiama in causa Dio per giustificare il saccheggio e pulizia etnica.
È così che rabbini come Lior strumentalizzano la religione ebraica: non per porre un limite all’ingiustizia e al terrorismo dei coloni ebrei israeliani ma per darle una giustificazione sacra. Ai palestinesi si sottraggono le olive, si cacciano via dalla propria terra e si nega perfino ill DIRITTO di chiamare furto ciò che viene SACCHEGGIATO.
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"Putin will uns vernichten. Er respektiert uns nicht, nicht unsere Souveränität und nicht unsere territoriale Integrität. Er glaubt tatsächlich, dass wir kein Land und keine Nation sind. Glaubt man da wirklich, ihm würde nur der Osten unseres Landes reichen? Natürlich nicht." @ZelenskyyUa
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The Times has pulled together the evidence of Russian activity around the 2016 referendum: Russia-linked social-media networks, bot activity, state media propaganda and the same wider interference techniques seen in other democracies.
But the most important point is still the one Parliament’s Russia Report raised in 2020:
Britain never properly investigated it.
Russia expert Keir Giles puts it starkly: the UK “carefully looked away from what was happening.”
That is why asking whether anyone can prove Russia changed the result misses the point. Before you can assess impact, you have to establish what happened.
And ten years later, Britain is still trying to answer that question.
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