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Rachel Lavin
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Data journalist at Bloomberg sharing visualisations on conflict, current affairs & climate change

Formerly The Sunday Times, The Sunday Business Post, The Sunday Independent & The Washington Ireland Program

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Twitter @rachellavin
"Rather than yielding a quick win, the strikes have complicated the task of tracking uranium and ensuring Iran doesn’t build a weapon..."

For more from Bloomberg's nuclear reporter Jonathan Tirone @virtualnomad.bsky.social read 👇
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Satellite Images Question Trump’s Claim Iran’s Atomic Sites Destroyed
The task of ensuring Iran doesn’t build a weapon might just have got tougher.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
IAEA inspectors, meanwhile, haven’t been able to verify the location of Iran's stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium for more than a week.

That uranium inventory is enough to make 10 nuclear warheads and could fit in as few as 16 small containers

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June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
But Iran's nuclear facilities are diffuse.

Across Iran, there has been strikes on the various locations, and stages, of Iran's nuclear fuel cycle 👇

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June 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One reason why:

"Without newcomers, the Spanish population is projected to shrink by 1/3

A low birthrate means labor shortages, which leads to less tax revenue to pay for a growing number of pensions and health care & ultimately, economic stagnation."

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Spain Bets on 1 Million Migrants to Keep Its Economy Growing
The country is bucking European trends with its most ambitious migration push to date, including a proposal for a “mass regularization” of undocumented foreign workers.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So far, Spaniards are feeling positive about it

Over half of the population said that they feel immigration makes their country a better place to live

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May 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Smotrich said: "This time, the operational method is completely different: not raids, but rather occupation, cleansing and holding the territory until Hamas is destroyed.

Along the way, we are destroying everything that is left of the Gaza Strip..."
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Netanyahu Says Israel to Take Over All Gaza, Start Aid Flows
Israel will take over the entire Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, as the military announced it would carry out an “unprecedented attack” on Hamas.
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May 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
On Monday, Netanyahu said that, alongside the increased attacks, Israel would start allowing aid into Gaza again.

Smotrich, who had in the past opposed restarting the aid, said there was no choice, “otherwise, the world will force us to stop the war.”

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May 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This comes as Israel threatens to occupy the entire enclave if there is no breakthrough in mediated hostage talks

But it has also signaled it will hold off until after Trump’s visit to the region next week

Full story here 👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Israel Plans to Control Gaza Aid as International Pressure Grows
Israel plans to set up distribution centers in southern Gaza and move a large number of Palestinians there, as it tries to balance international outrage over a blockade of aid to the enclave with cont...
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May 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Israel is now proposing that aid centers will be established in the army-controlled buffer zone:

"Heads of Palestinian families will be admited to distribution points to receive food packages, but anyone deemed to be a Hamas member will be excluded"

🗺️ for @bloomberg.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Reposted by Rachel Lavin
Every week during the years before its collapse, Stenn sent granular emails to its Wall Street backers listing its biggest clients, line by line. Yet all was not as it seemed...

www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-23/stenn-collapse-how-citigroup-bnp-paribas-missed-fintech-s-warning-signs
Wall Street Missed Warning Signs Ahead of $1 Billion Fintech Implosion
Big banks like Citigroup and Natixis thought they were backing a $1 billion fintech darling. But when Stenn blew up, most of its supposed partners said they had never worked with the company.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"Trump has said repeatedly he wants a deal or will resort to military action. Iran has said it won’t respond to threats and would only agree to indirect talks."

Read full analysis here 👇https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-12/iran

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Iran to Continue US Talks Next Week After ‘Constructive’ Meeting
Iran said the first formal talks with US President Donald Trump’s administration over its nuclear program were “constructive” with both sides agreeing to meet again next week.
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April 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Iran's nuclear sites are spread across the country, ranging from uranium mining to military testing.

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