Victoria scraps ‘gag clause’ banning doctors from raising voluntary assisted dying with patients

⚡️ EU must take Russia sanctions into 'its own hands,' commissioner says.

The European Union must take greater control of its sanctions policy against Russia as U.S. priorities shift, EU Economy and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Feb. 18.

UNBELIEVABLE.

Am I the only person who remembers who Kirill Dmitriev is?

He was in the Seychelles in January 2017 plotting with Trump envoy Erik Prince, a Jared Kushner envoy, Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed and a host of shady characters who'd worked to steal the 2016 election for Trump.

JD Vance, Elon Musk and others in the Trump administration are openly challenging the centuries-old power of the nation’s judiciary, foreshadowing a possible constitutional breakdown of American government.

One year since Alexei Navalny was murdered by the Putin regime. Tomorrow his wife Yulia Navalnaya is our guest on @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING. At a time Trump can barely bring himself to say Putin caused the war in Ukraine her voice is more important than ever

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Yulia Navalnaya on the anniversary of her husband Alexei’s death at the hands of the Putin regime. So much courage and still fighting for change alastaircampbell.org/2025/02/121-...

Glad that readers are responding so forced to the marriage notice of the Guardian to OpenAI. If you want to read the background to this deal & support a new independent outlet, please read this from 3 weeks ago & sign up for a new edition out soon. Yours, A Human

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Europe scrambles to respond as US and Russia prepare for Ukraine peace talks

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I had insomnia the night Russia invaded Ukraine and watched it unfold in real time. And tonight watching, here in London, that's what it feels like again. A dark, implacable malevolent takeover. That's accompanied by almost total silence amid so much noise.

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Many thanks to Kerry Burgess via Twitter ... we get an inside look at a BBC (and ABC) staff training session. #StopIsrael

NEW: Episode 7 - Chemical Attacks.

This episode should actually blow your mind. There’s been a lot about Boris Johnson & Evgeny Lebedev but it’s the meeting with his father, the ex-KGB colonel that you need to pay attention to…

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“Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die”
Gordon Brown

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German court orders X to give data access to democracy researchers ahead of federal elections

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