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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 1h
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,555,700 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 #Ukraine
kyivindependent.com
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,555,700 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,390 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 9h
Was that the same security services you dumped to visit ‘ex’ KGB colonel Alexander Lebedev and party in Umbria just after the Novichok Salisbury attack? Or the same security services whose advice you defied to put his son Evgeny in the House of Lords? Those security services?
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Chris Jones @chrisjones1.bsky.social · 1h
Christ alive, that US deficit
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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 16h
🔴NEW: Who Funds Reform UK? The Business Interests of Nigel Farage’s Major Donors. Me, for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2026/10/12/w...
desmog.com
Who Funds Reform UK? The Business Interests of Nigel Farage’s Major Donors
Crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each recently piled £36 million into Reform UK, Nigel Farage’s political party. The story amplified recent scandals about the party’s donors, with...
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James Leakyboots Batty @jamesbatty.bsky.social · 3h
Note to BBC news: this is how to report on Reform's endless bollix. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
If Russia had interfered with the Brexit vote, Nige would have been the first to know | John Crace
Burnham was lying, Farage told a press conference on Monday. This was clearly just another plot to undermine him
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 1h
Ukrainian freighter hit and sunk by drone strike in Black Sea www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Frachtschiff sinkt nach Drohnenangriff vor bulgarischer Küste
Ein in der Ukraine registrierter Frachter wurde im Schwarzen Meer von Drohnen attackiert. Bulgariens Regierung will den russischen Botschafter einbestellen. Das Liveblog
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Murielle S @frenchieinlimbo.bsky.social · 1h
😜#Brexit
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 1h
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 12h
The Spectator has deleted all the articles written by Lola Salem, Michael Gove’s ex-girlfriend. Michael Gove is the editor of The Spectator.
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Pip @pip6811.bsky.social · 1h
Farage still failing to call out Putin / Ru murderous invasion...
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 16h
NEW | On disappearing stories… MICHAEL GOVE, LOLA SALEM, AND A SUDDEN SILENCE Why did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor? brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/michael-go...
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Michael Gove, Lola Salem, and a sudden silence
Why did a series of newspaper stories vanish and why are right-wing organisations involved in a coordinated campaign to forget about one particular contributor?
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 21h
Imagine how much coverage this would get if Gove were Green - or if she were Black
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20h
Brexit effect • Reduction of UK economy by 6%-8% in real GDP terms • Total cost of £180bn to £240bn as of late 2025/2026 • A £3,700 average decrease in GDP per person • £90bn lost in potential tax revenues per year • £29bn drop in business investment #politicslive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Brexit cost 6% of UK economy, Bank of England company data suggests
Analysis showed how much the UK could have grown if it had not exited the EU.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3h
Rescue operation underway after flash floods swept away home, bridges and parts of the Manaslu trekking trail.
aljazeera.com
More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded by floods in Nepal's Gorkha region
Rescue operation underway after flash floods swept away home, bridges and parts of the Manaslu trekking trail.
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Jane @janeynorth.bsky.social · 8h
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Sukh Singh @sukhsingh.bsky.social · 17h
Hang on, why is he so exercised about a British PM pointing out nefarious intent and action by an enemy of our state who has been proven to carry out chemical weapon attacks on ppl in British soil!? Why is he defending Putin all of the time…!?
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Jeff @jeffm2018.bsky.social · 17h
That the same Johnson that ran off to party with the KGB and put the son of one agent in the HoL? my my. farage will accept anything. Apart from crypto that is. And other bungs.
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Griffin @gryffgroff.bsky.social · 15h
Bozo “Faff” Johnson was the liar. Right from the get-go. Of course there was Russian interference - and of course people on their payroll are going to deny it.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off
theguardian.com
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 18h
This is pretty astonishing: buff.ly/PhlYzPs As is the response from Deloitte Cyprus: it didn't comment "because the documents were more than 20 years old and no longer accessible." They certainly seem to be accessible...
buff.ly
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth, BBC finds
Backdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, investigation finds.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Eight years ago
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 13h
UK must prepare for emerging AI attacks says former MI6 director www.channel4.com/news/uk-must...
channel4.com
UK must prepare for emerging AI attacks says former MI6 director
The UK government has set out its plans for regulating artificial intelligence as it warns an attack on the country is likely.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 15h
I welcome the Prime Minister’s admission that the Brexit deal is a disaster for our economy, but the real test is: will he drop Labour's red lines that stop us fixing it? Today he says no – so we have more work to do!
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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 19h
Bravo, that man. Thank you to all the people of Ukraine.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15h
"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
theatlantic.com
Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h
Pollsters Redfield and Wilton, which have consistently produced some of the highest figures for Reform of any firm, employed a senior aide to Farage to oversee their political polling, without disclosing his role. A second Farage aide was also used to place exclusive polling by R+W in the press
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage adviser had unpublicised role at polling firm
Exclusive: Chris Bruni-Lowe used Redfield & Wilton Strategies role to develop potential campaign tactics, sources say
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 14h
🧐🧐🧐
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 17h
We need to support our maternity services and prevent the systematic failures that have harmed this country from happening again. Listen to Helen Morgan and Ian Roome speak about the maternity crisis and the work they are doing to highlight the issue.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h
The FT, with the data.
Chart showing US diesel prices soaring from the start of the Iran War
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17h
Putin is dragging Trump down with him.
chadbourn.substack.com
On Board The Sinking Ship
Trump’s allegiance to Putin will destroy him
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Pip @pip6811.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Pushed for the exit, played the markets, sitting comfortably off... all the while, continually deceiving the fools. Farage, a dream tool for the ever increasing wealthy.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The officials (in Europe), who received calls from American officials on Saturday and Sunday or were briefed on them, said the US was lobbying European capitals and Kyiv in an attempt to end the attacks on Russian oil refineries."
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“The Trump administration is threatening to stop the procurement system that provides Ukraine with weapons in order to press Kyiv to halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure,” the FT reports.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
As Putin fails on the battlefield and at home, Russia is now planning to assassinate European civilians, previously considered a step too far.
ft.com
Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Everybody knew Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum - the evidence was there - but people were too afraid of Farage’s mob to say it. So it’s good to see Burnham finally speaking the truth.
observer.co.uk
From Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...
The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Russia is plotting to assassinate executives of European defense companies -FT 📹:Germany's domestic intelligence chief,Sinan Selen,said that Russia is prepared to carry out sabotage and assassination operations.He also warned that Russia is deliberately planning acts of violence against individuals
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The owners of the oil tanker Minerva Zen travelling from St Petersburg to the US East Coast say it is actually carrying liquid fertiliser not oil.
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 11/10/2026
Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant shortly after Trump announced 'energy ceasefire' #Ukraine
kyivindependent.com
Russia struck Kharkiv's power plant shortly after Trump announced 'energy ceasefire'
Ukraine's Presidential Office confirmed that the attack occurred after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
some of us worked this out a decade ago but it’s refreshing to see a prime minister say it out loud
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump announced this. Seems to be news to people in Ukraine.
Donald J. Trump
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Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 11/10/2026
Donald Trump claims Ukraine and Russia have agreed to ‘energy ceasefire’ – live updates #Ukraine
theguardian.com
Zelenskyy says Trump claim of Ukraine and Russia ‘energy ceasefire’ was news to him – live updates
Ukraine’s president says Kyiv would accept a deal if Moscow does after US president posts announcement with no detail on social media
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Pip @pip6811.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Agreed. Let's hope, he has endured very difficult conversations from those nations who fully support Ukraine... ...it'll be interesting to see how the markets will react, tomorrow... here's hoping, Trump's wicked treachery seriously backfires!
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
General Keith Kellogg: “Russia has been targeting schools, churches. Ukraine is attacking military targets. Russia is not winning and Ukraine has been really putting pressure on. (…) Ukrainians will not stop hitting Russian refineries, as they should. It’s a war and they are attacking correctly.”
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Trump tells Russia he will lift sanctions and buy lots of Russian oil. Of course, Putin responds to the influx of American money by refusing to negotiate the end of his attack on Ukraine. Then Trump tells Ukraine they need a different president. No, we do! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...
nytimes.com
Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’
Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/10/2026
🚨 Tomorrow is the day MPs will debate rejoining the EU. This is your last chance to email your MP and ask them to attend the debate. Now is the time to make the case for EU membership! ♥️ bestforbritain.org/take-action/tell…
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The third data center in Russia has been torched by Ukrainian long-range drones. The facility is located in the Vladimir region. 80 different cloud services operated by Yandex are currently not available.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
🇺🇦 Go Ukraine! Take Russia offline & blow Putin's resources the F up. "Ukrainian drone strikes have knocked out two of five data centers belonging to the Russian tech giant Yandex..." 🧾 arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
arstechnica.com
Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to "Russia’s Google"
One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.
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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Total chaos in Russian cities after Ukraine's strikes on just two Yandex data centers wipes out GPS, payment systems, taxi apps and the largest websites, across the country. Russia's centralized North Korean style internet is the country's weakness, they are fucked.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Yandex datacenter in Vladimir received drone sanctions, and is currently being migrated to the cloud. According to the Yandex status board, all Yandex services are completely unavailable in Russia. Maybe targeting our datacenters was a bad idea. Enjoy your digital detox.📵
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