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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. ​Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph.
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Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
20 years ago today Anna Politkovskaya, one of Russia’s most prominent investigative journalists, was murdered. I found no mention of the anniversary in today's Russian newspapers. #ReadingRussia
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Russian papers silent on the 20th anniversary of journalist's murder
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My God. This is the center of Kyiv. A civilian building, a historic one, built in the 1850s. Russian terror knows no bounds. They are attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians just because they can. If Russia is not stopped, it will expand its terror and violence.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a 29-year-old journalist, Mariya Yizhvenko, she was killed in a Russian strike on a business center in Kyiv yesterday 💔🕯 ​Her death was shared by her husband, combat medic Danylo Yivzhenko, and her former colleague Oleksandra Nekrashchuk. ​
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/08/2026
Strawberries, cherries, broccoli, peas, pumpkins, sweetcorn, cauliflower, eggs, milk, beans, cucumber, potatoes. All at risk of shortages. This is the reality of living in a climate emergency. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-…
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The British food items at risk due to extreme drought conditions
Farmers and food supply experts have warned of supermarket shortages as British farmers tackle extreme drought condition
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ajknott.bsky.social @ajknott.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
If England win tonight, I'll be very disappointed if there isn't a chorus of "They're rowing home, they're rowing home, Norway's rowing home." #worldcup
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp, ProPublica documented at least 54 children dying in one hospital from malnutrition in 2025, a surge that began when families rationed food after the WFP/USAID cuts. www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 15/06/2026
WHAT?! “They’re thinking: ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon and all that, but they were wrong,” said Raab, ... “That’s what you have snipers for.” NO. That's depraved monster talking. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🇺🇦💔 Zelensky: As of now, 28 people are injured and four have died in the capital. Due to the Russian strike on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Assumption Cathedral burned down - a church whose history began in the 11th century. 1/3
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Russia has kidnapped and attempted to brainwash many thousands of Ukrainian children. This is a sickening war crime and a measure of how depraved Russian society has become under the Putin regime. www.economist.com/1843/2023/09...
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Russia has taken thousands of Ukrainian kids. Some don’t want to go home
Families search in vain through a maze of foster homes and holiday camps
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Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Nigel Farage says the £5m gift he got from a crypto billionaire was a ‘reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years’ On May 5, Mr Farage told the BBC the money was ‘the only way I can protect myself for the rest of my life’ as he was the ‘most attacked, physically, politician of modern times’
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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A Harvard study just published estimates Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has already caused 600,000 deaths 2/3 of them children. That is his legacy in this world.
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Russia has abducted 20,000 Ukrainian children. These are only the documented cases - reliable sources put the true number at 200,000. That's the scale of Putin's evil. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Demonstrators display 20,000 teddy bears for missing Ukrainian children
Each bear in the installation in Washington, DC, is meant to represent one of the children Ukraine says have been abducted by Russia.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/04/2026
Another example of protecting women and girls? www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-e…
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Call for Reform UK to suspend Hull candidate over 'disgusting' online activity
Reform UK has not responded to our numerous requests for comment
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Some great reporting by @angusyoung61.bsky.social about the shady Reform Party candidates standing for the local elections in Hull. For some reason, these would be voices of the people are hiding that they actually live in luxury London flats & grand country houses, & have little stake in the city.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is a Ukrainian boy, Bohdan. He will forever be eight years old. Yesterday, a Russian drone killed Bohdan as he was playing on a playground in Cherkasy. Bohdan sang in the church choir. Deepest condolences... Russian terrorism must be stopped.
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
John Cartwright has really understood Hull and restored pride in @hullfcofficial.bsky.social. The fans would, I am pretty sure, have wanted their club to treat a very good bloke and coach like him much better than this. www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
hulldailymail.co.uk
John Cartwright's no holds barred press conference as Hull FC boss speaks
Hull FC have confirmed that John Cartwright will be leaving the club later this year
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Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 13/04/2026
1/8 The UK energy headlines are about to get loud again. Before that happens, here’s a simple explanation of how the systems actually work, that I created for my students a while ago and have updated to 2026. It explains why the risk is often misunderstood. #UK #Energy #EnergySecurity
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Hospitals sharing images of children to identify their parents, this is the situation across #Beirut
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Apartment buildings, hospitals, passenger trains and a UNESCO World Heritage site. These civilian sites are the targets for Russia's cowardly terrorist state. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...
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With Over 550 Drones, Russia Unleashes Daytime Attack on Ukraine
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Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Back to the Cold War in today’s weekend long read. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/the-trawle...
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The trawler skipper’s daughter and the umbrella assassin
A chilling Cold War tale
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2026
Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 24/02/2026
Pippa Heylings MP: "The Institute for European Environmental Policy has found that since Brexit, the EU has introduced 28 new or strengthened pieces of environmental legislation that the UK has not adopted." "We have weakened protections in habitats, pesticides, forever, chemicals and fisheries."
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Devastating but powerful reporting from @lukeharding1968.bsky.social in Kyiv on how Russia is trying to freeze the city and its people. It’s utterly horrific www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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‘Everything is frozen’: bitter winter drags on for Kyiv residents as Russia wipes out power
Kremlin’s repeated targeting of power grid has left thousands without heating, reliant on shelters and desperate home hacks
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Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
New weekend long read on the Hull company owned by Robert Maxwell and its business links with the Soviet Union. New subscribers - free or paid - always welcome. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/shiver-me-...
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Shiver me timbers
The forgotten story of how Robert Maxwell bought a Hull company to cement his links with the Soviet Union
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2026
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Russia is now murdering miners on their way home from work as part of its attempt to freeze Ukraniain families to death. The Putin regime is evil beyond belief and must be defeated. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/w...
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Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners
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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Greetings from Kyiv. Saturday morning. No power. No water. No heating. I’m reading that similar problems are reported across the city. Total blackout in Kyiv.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Don’t forget what Ukrainians are going through.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/01/2026
Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
This week in San Antonio I met two traumatized young boys who were locked up for 6 weeks at Trump’s “baby prison” in Texas. Taken when they checked in for a routine hearing, their mother waiting in the car with their backpacks for school. It’s insane this is happening.
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Russia is not interested in peace. The only currently available way to end the war in Ukraine is to help the Ukrainians to win it. We should stop distracting ourselves by pretending otherwise. Wasting time is costing lives.
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Liam Byrne MP @liambyrnemp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I don’t think we’ve got the Brexit people voted for. Our traders face a daily nightmare getting goods across the border. Here’s one example of just why. Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told us about the 26 stamps he needs on loads of forms. To move one trailer across the Channel…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/01/2026
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.' TRUMP: Who said that? Q: The premier of Greenland TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Spare a kind thought for rugby league refs this Christmas and the hard work they put in to make the game happen. This documentary sounds really interesting. www.theguardian.com/sport/no-hel...
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The life of a rugby league referee: fit, fanatical and fuelled by self-belief
A new documentary film shows elite referees are dedicated, passionate and desperate to get decisions right
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This is what is happening to people in the holy land this Christmas. #Gaza giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @financialtimes.com
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Winter storms flood Gaza as population remains stuck in tents
UN estimates that 55,000  families have been affected by rain in enclave where reconstruction is a distant prospect
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We are wasting a lot of time discussing "peace agreements" amongst ourselves. But Russia started this unprovoked, illegal & disgusting war and clearly has no interest in peace. The way to end the war is to turn up the pressure on Putin and ensure Ukraine wins it. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goals
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/12/2025
📝 "The latest (research), says that GDP per head, the best measure of prosperity, is 6 to 8 per cent lower than it would have been had Brexit not happened. That’s around £3,000 for each of us." 📉 Brexit is worsening the cost of living crisis for us all. bit.ly/3MvK89r
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Brexit made us poorer and it’s getting worse
Economists disagree on the detail but it’s clear that barrier-free trade would be a big boost
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 25/11/2025
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
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USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record. @independentsage.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
An alliance made in Hell: immoral, abusive employers in the Arabian Gulf and callous, insatiably corrupt politicians in poorer countries. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/w...
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Kenyan Workers Get Abused Abroad. The President’s Family and Allies Profit.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/11/2025
How many more warnings will it take before we wake up and finally act on climate change? www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
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Angus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New extra bit from me. aqyoung61.substack.com/p/trust-shel...
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Trust shelves plans to bring historic steam trawler back to Hull from the South Atlantic
Virtual reality film will tell Viola's story
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