Powerful FT editorial:
"The world is failing the Palestinian people... Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government. They should halt all arms sales to Israel"

'I learned, covering this war, that hatred is an elixir, a potent political bomb, a seductive answer to the banality of life... It is always available to the nationalist demagogue ready to identify scapegoats, promise vengeance and whip a pliant population into a frenzy' - Roger Cohen on Srebrenica

Had such a lovely half-term trip to York. Went to Jorvik, obvs, but also for the first time went to the National Railway Museum - super fun, especially Wonderlab. Highly recommended for all ages.

The Southport killer had 164,000 documents across his digital devices, including images & videos of dead bodies, torture and beheadings.
@lizziedearden.bsky.social on extreme violence online and the debate over widening the definition of terrorism: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...

Well done @financialtimes.com 👏 for putting this story - 'World breaches 1.5C global warming target for first time in 2024' - at the top of the homepage. www.ft.com/content/fd91...

A statement from two neonatologists was also read out, which said that two of the babies in the case had died for "identifiable medical reasons" and were not "unexplained"

Really interesting op-ed by @dannythefink.bsky.social on conspiracy theories and the promises of populism www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...