As they get back on social and gain confidence in the new Trump era, the Proud Boys are also getting back into the streets.

Enrique Tarrio told me they plan to have a presence in Portland by the end of the month. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...

Headlines going to the English requirements but I'd completely missed this part of the plans, yet another act of idiotic self harm. Completely incompatible with the government's stated aims on housebuilding, growth, etc.

Good god, the last thing the UK government should want is for other countries to reciprocally increase their language requirements for *checks notes* British people.

As I’ve said before, you really don’t want hundreds of thousands of us coming back to the UK embittered, angry and poor.

Trump blows up six more civilians.

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

More than 50 professionals gathered last month at Here East in London to debate dangerous ideas. Gavin Poole, CEO of Here East, shares some of their key findings.

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“Neither flu nor RSV have kicked in yet this season, so if you feel grotty and with a fever, it’s most likely to be Covid. “

So sad. Beautiful voice.

"New dawn for Gaza"/"Trump is a genius" latest

Cadet groups have opened in kindergartens in at least 26 regions of Russia. Preschoolers are being taught hand-to-hand combat and firearms training.

This is terrifying and disgusting on so many levels. And this will remain a problem for years and decades to come.

⚡️ Russia's largest oil terminal in occupied Crimea is still on fire.

"Poisonous smoke floats over the city, which can be seen even from Stary Krym (25 kilometers away)," local media reported.

This lot aren't attempting to hide their fascism, one of the symbols on their website is the Jerusalem Cross, A Crusader symbols appropriated by the far right about ten years ago, 'Deus Vult' is where we are...

"There's going to have to be a change of leadership..."

Sir Mark Lyall Grant, who served as UK ambassador to the UN, says he can't see how President Trump's Gaza peace plan can "get to the final stage" under the current Israeli or Palestinian leadership.

#Newsnight

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Great stuff…except it reminds me of the babushkas handing out sunflowers to the invading Russsians and we saw how that worked out

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

The decline in Russian oil purchases comes amid tightening economic measures by the US. In August, President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on India for purchasing Russian oil.

However, while state-owned refineries are cutting supplies, private refiners are increasing volumes.

🇮🇳👀 Indian state-owned refineries reduced their purchases of Russian oil by more than 45% from June to September, Kpler reports.

Russian oil supplies to Indian state-owned refineries in September totaled approximately 600,000 barrels per day, down from 1.1 million barrels in June.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Trump IMV remains a strategic disasterzone, even if with Syria and maybe Gaza a specific confluence of circumstances means he might push towards better outcomes.

But let's not pretend that Bush, Obama and Biden didn't make a contribution to the disastrous condition the global order is now in.

Something a bit problematic in US-centric commentary about the potential trajectory of Trump's efforts to get this Gaza ceasefire to stick that ignores Israeli and Palestinian responses on the ground signalling how it might be different to Biden's efforts.

‼️🇺🇦 This is not the first time Russia has failed to fulfill Putin's order to seize Donbas, — Zelensky

Ukrainians have held back another wave of Russian attacks in the Sumy and Donetsk regions - and this proves once again that Russia cannot achieve its goals.

Govt promotes charging using cable gullies across pavements but many councils resist them bit.ly/4q8Ze3V preferring to install lamppost charging but unit prices are much higher than domestic electricity and have 20% VAT added compared with 5% for home power

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.