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CNN @cnn.com · 09/07/2026

President Donald Trump delivered another series of false claims at a press conference Wednesday at the NATO summit in Ankara. | Fact check

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Fact check: Trump’s false claims at his NATO press conference | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump delivered another series of false claims at a press conference Wednesday at the NATO summit in Ankara.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Also feels like almost no one is willing to say the blindingly obvious ‘What happened in Belfast is awful and - right now - there is no evidence that it was anything other than an isolated evidence. All this stuff about communities ‘not being safe’ isn’t based on any evidence’

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/05/2026

Breaking news: U.S. forces launched a new round of military strikes on Iran in response to attacks on American warships, officials said. No American vessels were hit, and U.S. forces responded by striking Iranian military facilities, officials said.

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U.S. launches strikes on Iran after attacks on warships, military says

The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on three American naval vessels, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. None of the U.S. warships were hit.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet. Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.

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European Leadership Network (ELN) @theeln.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

ELN Senior Associate Fellow @ziyameral.bsky.social has written for @theipaper.com on the perilous situation the world finds itself in, and Britain's lack of readiness to respond to the potential outbreak of World War 3. Check it out below ⤵️ inews.co.uk/opinion/worl...

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World War 3 is closer than you think. And still Britain is half asleep

Few people have the courage to say why we're really not ready

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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I was just disinvited from the Air War College where I’d been asked to lecture on my book, which is a history of U.S. civil-military relations.

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BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 27/02/2026

After a suspected Russian strike on its Kyiv HQ, a Ukrainian drone firm opened its first UK factory Its Shark-M can loiter for 7 hours, strike 110 miles away and use AI trained on battlefield footage 🤔How did Ukraine's drones become so effective?

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The drone company Russia tried to destroy - now in the UK

YouTube video by BFBS Forces News

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking at Trinity College, Cambridge, to mark the announcement of Professor Alvin Jackson as the first holder of the Childers Professorship in Modern Irish History, a new university chair endowed by a donation from the government of Ireland.

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking in the Wren Library in Trinity College, Cambridge,

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/02/2026

London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

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Who's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction?

He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 21/02/2026

"Instead of acting united, EU countries are racing to produce new weaponry on their own terms. The result is a divided military landscape that creates neither credible deterrence nor strategic coherence." @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/opinion/euro...

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Europe’s fragmented rearmament undermines its own security | Euractiv

Europe risks falling into a dangerous rhetoric-reality gap; it cannot claim unity while pursuing contradictory national policies

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Dan wasn't even born before decimalisation (nor was he anywhere near the UK when he was born) but still he yearns for Britain's pre-decimal times 55 years later.

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Is US, a NATO ally, turning away from the West?

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Imagine being so "patriotic" that you protest the Royal National Lifeboat Institute for saving lives. Racist morons fuelled by hate.

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Protesters accuse RNLI of being 'taxi service' for asylum seekers

Dozens of campaigners accuse charity of using lifeboats to 'facilitate' illegal immigration

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

“I am too scared to drive my 5-year-old daughter to school in my husband’s car. I’m terrified ICE will detain me and our daughter will end up alone,” she said. “This is just as scary as the war in Ukraine, except now we don’t have Dmytro with us..." www.thedailybeast.com/laughing-ice...

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Laughing ICE Goons Seize Dad Who Fled Ukraine War at Walmart

Dmytro Kulyk is facing deportation as refugees become the Trump administration’s latest target.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

47% of Europeans want X banned across the EU, so the flipping Scandiwegians are doing something about it, with proper Viking energy. W is now accepting registration ahead of it's launch. wsocial.eu

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W — Trust your feed

We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12/02/2026

Good response to Jim Ratcliffe's appalling comment on immigration. @jakerichardsmp.bsky.social: "Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country, one might question whether he is the patriot that we need to comment on this issue."

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Noooo.. hype over chatbots?? difficult to believe

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/02/2026

"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families" extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto.

Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Three women in Istanbul late 1800s.. an Armenian, a Greek and a Jew.. Can you tell who is who?

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.

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Stephen Ryan 🌻🍉🌍 Stiofán Ó Riain @stephenryanrathlin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Some time after this photo was taken, someone said something like 'this should have been the end of it all'.

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John Pollock @johnpollock.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The simple fact is that if Joe Biden had delivered a speech at Davos as rambling and as disjointed as what we saw Trump deliver there would have been uproar in the US and calls to remove him from office. Instead news organisations feel compelled to explain away what we saw and imply a strategy.

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David Clark @david-k-clark.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

There should be a strict rule in the Chagos Islands debate that if you can’t point to them on a map, you shouldn’t be allowed to express an opinion about them.

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

An Élysée spokesperson said on Sunday that President Emmanuel Macron will ask the EU to activate its Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) – dubbed the bloc’s trade “bazooka” – if new US tariffs materialise.

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EU trade ‘bazooka’ back on the table, as Greenland tariff threat blows up US deal | Euractiv

French President Emmanuel Macron will ask the EU to activate its Anti-Coercion Instrument if new US tariffs materialise

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15/01/2026

Brexit failed, and Farage was one of its key architects. "In a sane world, Farage would not be able to show his face in parliament or in a TV studio without being reminded of two things. His adult life was devoted to a cause that his compatriots now regard as a mistake." on.ft.com/4pEaXpC

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How Nigel Farage gets away with it

His two great liabilities, Brexit and Donald Trump, are unmentionable in British politics

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

If a shop was selling the material Grok has been producing, it would be prosecuted. So the question is whether X is subject to the same laws as everyone else, or whether it can intimidate govts into exempting it. Equality before the law is not "fascism". It's one of our best defences against it.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 11/01/2026

Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors. Excellent opening in particular.

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America’s Strategic Alliance with Denmark and NATO

A statement by 14 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A happy new year from me and George, who is never impressed..

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Kyiv did not sleep once again last night. On the last weekend of the year, the capital should have smelled of mulled wine, cinnamon, chocolate and joy. Instead, our city was filled with smoke, gunpowder, explosions, screams, and curses. The Russian attack lasted twelve hours.

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Have yourself a wonderful Turkish boxing day with simit and Iznik christmas tree decorations 😍

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

It's an unusual form of isolationism...

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all who mark it today ❤️🙏

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

The US has sanctioned European researchers and policymakers studying misinformation, framing independent inquiry as a free speech violation. The Trump admin's refusal to allow regulation of platforms is US tech policy by other means—now being enforced through sanctions. Scholars must pay attention.

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Who says British public is not ready for war? We are shopping and planning insane amount with great energy just for shops being closed for two days..

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Definitive proof that in Sadiq Khan's London, Christmas has been cancelled altogether www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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London's Christmas lights: A view from the skies

Aerial photographs taken at night show central London dazzling in festive light displays.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Just did a Substack Live with Ukrainian General Volodomyr Havrylov. He gave a fascinating overview of the changes in the war. For instance, now Ukraine is close to inflicting 50% of the casualties on the Russians using only 10% of the Ukr military. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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Phillips O’Brien and Volodomyr Havrylov

A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 18/12/2025

"Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn assets for Ukraine, according to European intelligence agencies." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

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Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets

Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Horrendous news from Australia.. Prayers with all the victims and their families.. And may we all learn to be as brave as this man when the time calls for it.. Worst of humanity meet the best!!

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Much of the current debate surrounding immigration continues to be based on misinformation. As our trustee, @nandosigona.bsky.social and Laurence Lessard-Phillips show in this new report, people significantly overestimate the number of irregular migrants in the UK. i-claim.eu/project/publ...

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Public understanding and attitudes to irregular migration in the UK - I-CLAIM

This report summarises findings from the February 2025 I-CLAIM survey of 1,147 UK adults, exploring public knowledge of irregular migration, how people define it, and their attitudes toward irregular ...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Nothing says "smash the political establishment" quite like begging the Prime Minister to put your mates in the unelected House of Lords.

In the summer I wrote to @Keir Starmer
to ask that Reform have some
representation in the House of Lords,

He didn't give me the courtesy of a
response, despite Reform winning the
elections in May.

This makes me more determined to
smash the political establishment than
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🎙️In the latest Global Security Briefing episode, Dr Burcu Ozcelik and Nicholas Hopton join host Neil Melvin to discuss key insights from the Doha Forum and the shifting Middle East security landscape. Listen here: bit.ly/4rQaTW6

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 07/12/2025

"In most cases, the drone operators cannot be identified. Authorities, however, increasingly suspect that there could be potential foreign involvement by hostile powers in some cases, though inexperienced hobbyists are often to blame." DW p.dw.com/p/54tpw

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Close encounters between drones and planes rose this year — authorities – DW – 12/07/2025

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Ziya Meral @ziyameral.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Is US, a NATO ally, turning away from the West?

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 07/12/2025

Highly recommend analysis

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The commander of the German Army, Christian Freuding, said in an interview with The Atlantic that the Pentagon has cut off communication with the German Defense Ministry, including coordination of military aid to Ukraine. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

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