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US and China clash over fentanyl and tariffs at global drugs meeting The United States and China traded barbs at a U.N. drugs meeting on Monday, with Washington accusing Beijing of failing to stop sales of precursor ​chemicals for fentanyl and China dismissing the allegation as false while calling ‌the U.S. irresponsible.

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Taking multivitamin daily could help to slow biological ageing, study suggests Researchers working to unpick whether daily multivitamin results in people staying healthier as they age Taking a multivitamin every day for two years appears to slow some markers of biological ageing – albeit to a small degree – research suggests. While chronological age is based on how long a person has lived, biological age reflects the state of the body. Estimates of the latter are often based on changes in patterns of DNA methylation – modifications to DNA that accumulate with age and affect how genes function. Continue reading...

Taking multivitamin daily could help to slow biological ageing, study suggests

To my Palestinian sister in ICE detention – I will carry you until you are free | Mahmoud Khalil

Sunday marked one year since Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, was arrested last year for his political advocacy.

He writes to Leqaa Kordia, a fellow Palestinian who has been in ICE detention in Texas for nearly a year:

UK to launch its first war crimes trial against member of Assad regime | The National

Former Syrian Air Force Intelligence operative faces charges of crimes against humanity

“Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War U.S. military commanders have reportedly been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric to push war on Iran, selling the conflict to American troops as an existential “holy war” in apocalyptic language th...

U.S. military commanders are reportedly invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about the biblical "end times" as the U.S. bombs Iran.

Obama calls on Virginians to vote for redistricting in special election “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat,” Obama said.

Early voting in Virginia has kicked into full gear as voters weigh a new map that could deliver four blue seats in Congress — and one former president is urging voters to say yes.

“Virginians can respond by making sure your voting power is not diminished by what Republicans are doing,” Obama said.

JD Vance vow comes back to haunt him as Leavitt refuses to rule out Iran draft

JD Vance made a vow to voters that he and Donald Trump would stop sending “young people to fight stupid wars” in “faraway lands,” according to a recently resurfaced clip from 2024.

Trump looks increasingly desperate to restrict voting rights He is now threatening not to sign any other bills until Congress passes the SAVE America Act.

Trump is now threatening not to sign any other bills until Congress passes the SAVE America Act.

A judge finally called a newsroom raid what it is Seizures of journalists’ materials have the same impact as traditional prior restraints

When a judge orders a journalist not to publish a story, it's recognized as a prior restraint.

But when the government raids a journalist's home and seizes their materials, like it did with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, that’s seen as something different. It’s not.

Trump threatens not to sign any bills until Congress approves strict voter ID act

Save Act would limit voting access in the US and centers on Trump’s unfounded claims of noncitizens stealing elections

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Lindsey Graham threatens Saudi Arabia with 'consequences' if it doesn't join Iran war Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) vowed that there would be "consequences" for Saudi Arabia if the U.S. ally did not join in the war against Iran."The American Embassy is being evacuated in Riyadh because of sustained attacks by Iran against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Graham wrote in a Monday post on X....

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) vowed that there would be "consequences" for Saudi Arabia if the U.S. ally did not join in the war against Iran.

@jamesnaish.bsky.social three burst tyres due to potholes in Normanton on Soar. This is causing so much disruption Nottingham County Council need to make some repairs

Cash strapped Reform run Nottingham county council bought 150 union jack flags to promote their far right agenda .

Reform now say we're 'activist' - these texts show that is false Reform UK's deputy leader has labelled Nottinghamshire Live an 'activist' organisation

To ban or not to ban: Reform UK Nottinghamshire County Council vs Nottingham Post an update from Nottinghamshire Live.

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Was the US behind the strike on Iran’s girls’ school? There are mounting indicators that the US is responsible for a strike on a girl’s school in southern Iran - one of the worst mass casualty events of the conflict so far.

Was the US behind the strike on Iran’s girls’ school?
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Israel bombs Lebanon’s capital Israel has bombed areas in southern Beirut, as well as conducting a special operation in the Bekaa Valley.

Israel bombs Lebanon’s capital
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The conflict is spreading ‘quickly and dangerously’ – Middle East security expert We spoke to Emile Hokayem, the Director of Regional Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The conflict is spreading ‘quickly and dangerously’ – Middle East security expert
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War in Iran has ‘terrible parallels with Gaza’ – director of international crisis group We spoke to the director of Crisis Group's Iran Project - Ali Vaez - in Geneva.

War in Iran has ‘terrible parallels with Gaza’ - director of international crisis group
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Blair’s legacy in Iraq means we need to ‘stop and think’ – former ambassador, Lord Ricketts Earlier we spoke to the UK's former national security adviser Lord Peter Ricketts.

Blair’s legacy in Iraq means we need to ‘stop and think’ - former ambassador, Lord Ricketts
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Nigel Farage is in Mar-a-Lago tonight (not Clacton, obvs). Via Politico: "What Farage should be doing: Sorting out his Reform documents with Companies House. The party is overdue on submitting a [legally mandatory] statement."

I wonder if Farage and Badenoch are having a little think about whether they should have been so gun-ho about supporting this war. You sure that's going to be a popular long-term position pal?

Oh, just the business vehicle of Nigel Farage masquerading as a political party breaching its obligations at Companies House.

Farage Panics When Confronted That Majority of Reform UK Voters Admit to Being Racists and Fascists - Dorset Eye Oh dear, what has Nigel Farage unleashed? When confronted by the latest polling of Reform UK voters and their attitudes towards non-white people, he tries to ridicule the polling and spin it. And…

Farage Panics When Confronted That Majority of Reform UK Voters Admit to Being Racists and Fascists

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Here's Farage full of self importance a day before he flew talking about his big trip at a Guido event.

I wonder if that slightly dismissive throw away remark made its way to the president.

Or whether Trump now grasps that Farage has zero influence on UK policy.

Nigel Farage has called Starmer a coward for npt supporting US strikes yet his parties position is not to support US strikes
Pretty clear Farage did what his boss Trump told him to say #trumpspuppet

2021: Nigel Farage, "I'm just not quite sure you're right to be in charge of British business"

2026: "Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm"

His change in itinerary? Surely not the dignified appearance at the return of the fallen?