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Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to the Knesset. More on Axios: www.axios.com/2025/10/13/t...

Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset

"Cigars and champagne, who the hell cares about this?"

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 45m

A direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed the Gaza deal, which in essence, provided US security guarantees for Hamas. More on this story from Axios: www.axios.com/2025/10/13/g...

Scoop: Direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed Gaza deal

"Based on the meeting we just had, we have a deal."

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 1h

According to reports, President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar has been exfiltrated from the country by a French military plane. It comes as the country has seen weeks of intense riots, due to energy and water shortages, which has lead most other countries issuing travel warnings to the country.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 23h

Vice President of Palestine, Hussein al-Sheikh, says he’s prepared to work with Trump, Blair and partners.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 23h

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on St Helena Island, South Carolina, has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. The shooting occurred early this morning at Willie’s Bar and Grill. Police say the circumstances are still under investigation. apnews.com/article/sout...

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s ICE goons secretly detained an autistic 15-year-old boy during a bathroom break, and didn’t notify his family. His mother reported him missing a week ago, but yesterday it turned out that ICE goons had him detained the whole time in Houston, Texas.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Lostprophets singer and pedophile, Ian Watkins, has died after being attacked in prison in HMP Wakefield in the UK. Watkins, 48, was serving a 29-year jail term he received in December 2013, for multiple sexual offences, including serious crimes against young children and babies.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Zelenskyy discuss in a phone call the possible supply of Tomahawk long-range missiles to Ukraine, sources say. More on Axios: www.axios.com/2025/10/11/z...

Trump and Zelensky discuss Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine, sources say

Putin said supplying Tomahawks to Ukraine would be a "completely new, qualitatively new stage of escalation."

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

Police are searching for Tylar Jarod Goodloe, 18, after the mass shooting at the homecoming game in Leland, Mississippi.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 1d

At least 4 people have been killed, and 12 injured after a mass shooting at a high school homecoming game in Leland, Mississippi. The US accounts for more than a third of the world’s mass shootings despite only having 5% of the world’s population.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Someone made $192 million in the fall of Bitcoin yesterday. Insider information from Trump wouldn’t be surprising.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s doctor issues a health report on Trump’s health, saying his cardiovascular health is that of a 65 year old, 14 years younger than his age of 79. It’s an absolute lie. He’s riddled with heart disease and has been for about a decade. Only the best healthcare is keeping him alive right now.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister of the UK, the BBC reports. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

If you are flying into the US, this is the video you will be greeted with. A partisan political speech from the Secretary for Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, the puppy killer.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

When even Tucker Carlson is suggesting that Trump is clamping down on free speech, that’s really something…

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Nineteen people are dead or missing in the US after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility yesterday, authorities said - a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled homes miles away. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/u...

19 people dead or missing after massive blast at Tennessee military explosive plant, officials say | CNN

Nineteen people are dead or missing after a massive blast obliterated a building at a Tennessee explosives facility on Friday, authorities said — a “mass detonation” so significant that it rattled ho...

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s ICE goons pin Chicago TV news producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and haul her off in an unmarked van, smashing into a civilian vehicle as they drive off.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Trump announces an extra 100% tariff on China and export controls "on any and all critical software," effective 1st November, which is the date that falls after their planned meeting in South Korea, which Trump mused today about cancelling but hasn't yet formally bailed on.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

M7.8 earthquake in the Drake Passage, between Antarctica and South America. It is stronger than the M7.5 earthquake in the second half of August. NOAA has issued a tsunami threat alert.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

In the latest episode of British satirical puppet show, Spitting Image, Trump finds out he lost out on the Nobel Peace Prize.

We need a laugh right? 😄

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Venezuelan officials, hoping to end the country’s clash with the US, offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to this unpaywalled New York Times article. archive.today/jSCBV

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Venezuela asks the UN for an emergency meeting over US military actions, saying it expects "armed attack" soon. www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

Venezuela says that it expects a US "armed attack in a very short time." This is just one of the many reasons the dotard (Trump) in the White House didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize today.

Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 2d

US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, announces Qatari air force base in Idaho.

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Our Earth Affairs @ourearthaffairs.bsky.social · 3d

Maria Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela". Trump will no doubt be whinging and whining about it for the rest of the day, and probably the rest of the year too.

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