The children of Gaza erupted with joy as they heard the news of an imminent ceasefire.

What a surprise. Elon cheated when he bought Twitter.

SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to properly disclose his Twitter ownership stake

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Ukraine carried out one of the largest scale defense operations across Russia overnight hitting at least 12 regions.

ATCAMS and nearly 200 drones were used; targets included factories producing weapons components and substances, oil refineries, oil depots, warehouses, and air defense facilities.

Ahmed al-Mansour: The Egyptian fighter in Syria causing Sisi alarm - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ahmed-al-mansour-egyptian-fighter-syria-whos-causing-sisi-alarm

Lebanon’s PM-designate, Nawaf Salam, has pledged to “rescue, reform and rebuild” the crisis-hit country and has extended an olive branch to Hezbollah.

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At least 38 Palestinians have been killed, including two children, in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the early hours of this morning, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.

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British MPs and cultural figures criticise London Met decision to block Palestine protest marching from BBC - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-mps-and-cultural-figures-criticise-london-met-decision-block-palestine-protest

“Report by Jack Smith says evidence ‘was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction’ had Trump not won re-election in 2024” - or had Garland not dragged his feet on this whole thing!!

More than a week into the Los Angeles (LA) wildfires, the flames are on course to becoming among the deadliest ever in the state of California.

We look at where the fires are still burning, and why they're so destructive? aje.io/49dgbp

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Trump’s inauguration and sit up with Trump’s Cabinet nominees and elected officials.

This is what oligarchy looks like.

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Hundreds of L.A. landlords have hiked rents on desperate people fleeing the wildfires.

Landlords for at least 400 properties appear to have ignored the law and the warnings of California's Attorney General and illegally raised rents since the fires began.

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The far right have been allowed to dominate TikTok.

That has to changed. I've hired someone brilliant to run my TikTok account - we have lots planned 👇
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Father of Israeli captive says Netanyahu 'committing war crimes' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-captive-father-says-netanyahu-committing-war-crimes

Israeli attacks have killed 46,645 Palestinians, including 18,000 children, since the war on Gaza began in October.

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“Secretary of genocide.”

Protesters interrupted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Atlantic Council, criticising his support for Israel's war on Gaza.

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Russian MP proposes buying Alaska for $16.2 billion in exchange for Russian assets abroad being unfrozen.

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Faith in democracy is collapsing everywhere.

A rising authoritarian right is exploiting that disillusionment.

Unless we offer an alternative to our broken economic model - then democracy will die.

New column 👇

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