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Trump is always respectful and displays admiration when eye to eye with a strong dictator; in sharp contrast to his treatment of Zelenskyy and South Africa's C. Ramaphosa
US declares partial suspension of sanctions on Syria after historic meeting
Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump hold first White House summit between a US and Syrian leader since 1946
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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It's always been there, smouldering in the genetic substrata of society only to flare up when evangelists of hate blow their horns and sound the bells of racism.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Spliced or not, the weight of the message Trump conveyed to his henchmen and gullible followers resulted in a massive act of insurrection by them whilst he played the fiddle like Nero in his throne.
BEWARE:
The BBC’s editing of Trump’s January 6 speech caused controversy – but what did he really say?
The scandal has provided Trump another avenue to attack the media, and to relitigate his involvement in January 6
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November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Their repentant confessions reveal nothing we didn't know/suspected already, yet, they will be useful when and if a war tribunal is held to prosecute war criminals.
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
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November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Of course they have since the alpha-male in the White House no longer supports Cop30 but rather dismisses climate change as "con job".
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
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November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Hypocrisy beyond the pale, or rather, the orange; while Trump and his family (nepotism) tie up business deals with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Russia (with good friend, Putin) --and having been gifted a jumbo jet by Qatar, he accuses Obama (falsely) of graft.
Trump shares false claim Obama earned $40m in ‘royalties’ from Obamacare
US president promoted fictional claim from satirical website that has been debunked repeatedly since 2017
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November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Klokkenluiders Gradi Koko Lobanga en Navy Malela onthulden een corruptieschandaal in de DRC. In plaats van een onderzoek volgde een oneerlijke rechtszaak en een doodvonnis. Nu dreigt de DRC met hervatten executies. Teken de protestmail! www.amnesty.nl/forms/email-...
Doodstraf voor Congolese klokkenluiders
Gradi en Navy ter dood veroordeeld voor onthullen corruptie
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November 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Kinderarts en ziekenhuisdirecteur Hussam Abu Safiya is opgepakt door Israël na een aanval op zijn ziekenhuis. Hij weigerde zijn patiënten in de steek te laten. Sinds december is er niets meer van hem vernomen. Eis zijn vrijlating! www.amnesty.nl/forms/email-...
Palestijnse arts zit nog in Israëlische cel
Israël houdt arts vast sinds aanval op Gaza-ziekenhuis
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November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
De Algerijnse dichter en activist Mohamed Tadjadit staat op 11 en 30 november in de rechtbank. Hij is aangeklaagd voor onder meer 'samenzwering tegen de staat', waar zelfs de doodstraf op staat. Hij wordt enkel vervolgd vanwege vreedzame protestacties. www.amnesty.nl/forms/email-...
Doodstraf dreigt voor Algerijnse dichter
Gearresteerd voor kritiek op de regering op TikTok en Facebook
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November 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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This is the latest twist to the arms race, which essentially made the former USSR bankrupt; this time, the US faces its nemesis.
US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers
China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare
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November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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On the other hand, Leavitt had no ill words for the alt-right propaganda machine that got her boss elected in 2016, Fox News; oh, and btw, the BBC also omitted Trump's heavy use of the dog whistle.
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
Comments by Karoline Leavitt come after allegations that Panorama documentary misled viewers with its editing of a Trump speech
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November 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Orban's best friends, Trump and Putin: that says a lot about the threesome.
Trump-Orbán meeting: US gives Hungary exemption from sanctions on Russian oil and gas
US president also praises Hungarian leader’s hardline stance on immigration during friendly White House summit
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November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Israelis are surpassing the Nazis in their campaign of ethnic cleansing and genocide.

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Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
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November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Sport is just as entangled with geo-politics, war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide as the weapons industry is; however, the former is the façade and the latter the gruesome reality.
Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
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November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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A wrought-iron gate with the words Auswitchz-birkenau would not surprise anyone were it not for the location.
Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In the US, if you want to politically neutralize an opponent/contender all you have to do is to accuse him/her of being a communist/marxist; and a marxist/communist is anyone who favors the poor/working class, etc.
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Trump allies erupt over Mamdani win: ‘On your Marx, get set, Zo!’
Captured on the New York Post cover, Maga allies respond to Democrats’ election sweep with accusations and fury
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November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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"An investigation published by El Faro in May, 2020, revealed audio of Carlos Marroquín, the Bukele administration's chief negotiator with the gangs, telling MS-13 that he personally took Élmer Canales Rivera, one of the most senior members of the gang...
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Read about Trump's best friend and partner in crime, Bukele:

"Bukele’s party, they said, had paid the gangs $250,000 to help get him elected mayor of the capital (where he served from 2015 to 2018), back when he was still claiming to be a leftist....
We published explosive stories about the president of El Salvador. Now we can’t go home
The long read: Days before we ran interviews with gang leaders describing their alleged ties to Nayib Bukele’s government, we left the country to avoid arrest. We fear our exile will never end
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November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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D. Cheney should have been put to trial along with his nit-wit sidekick, G.W. Bush, for their role in the invasion and devastation/genocide of Iraq in 2003; the latter as well as Donald Rumsfeld are still available for prosecution.
Dick Cheney, vice-president and giant of Republican politics, dies aged 84
Cheney, who served under presidents from Nixon to George W Bush, will be remembered for key role after 9/11
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November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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"When anti-BDS laws criminalise dissent, when critics of government policies are smeared into silence, when politicians from left and right alike fall over themselves to prove loyalty to a foreign agenda – what else should we call it, if not capture?"
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Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Beating the dangerous influence of private interests on governments requires independent judges, journalists and a courageous civil society
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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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200 years after abandoning Jamaica, the British have left it to wallow in chaos, as the French did Haiti; witness the silence in the aftermath of Melissa.
Desperation in Black River, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa
People in Black River have not seen any aid, telling the BBC that they are fighting to survive.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM