‘A few beatings won’t kill you’: judge rejects divorce request of woman abused by husband in Afghanistan
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‘A few beatings won’t kill you’: judge rejects divorce request of woman abused by husband in Afghanistan
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" Mandelson ...remains of the view....let it be known....". Terrible BBC lobby journalism. One could just about live with "Friends of ...claim that" as an alternative formulation, but this fawning acceptance of Mandelson spin does not do credit to the BBC
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This is the chilling effect of libel law. No other area of litigation has libel law's potential to damage public life.
And that's the problem with libel law. The law itself is pretty reasonable. Our hypothetical blogger would be reasonably confident of winning, if their article was fair
But they couldn't afford to.
Lobby journalism at its worst
A photo shows the aftermath of the strike on an Iranian school. A headline reads: "U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says." More copy reads: "An ongoing military investigation has determined that the strike, which killed mostly children, was the result of a targeting mistake. The finding undercuts President Trump’s claim that Iran could be to blame." Photo by IRIB TV, via Agence France-Presse
The U.S. was responsible for a strike on an Iranian elementary school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people, most of them children — was the result of a targeting mistake. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...
US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says
A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme.
Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.
sorry, what?
📣FOI and International Women's Day
Metropolitan police mishandling of violence against women highlighted by recent Times FOI battle
Sharon Feinstein seems to be one of the great investigative journalists up there with Woodward & Bernstein. Disappointed that for some reason she's not giving evidence.
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I just heard Trump repeat on-air that Iran has Tomahawks
It’s past time for Trump and Hegseth to come clean on this. They already know the truth. What they are doing now is simply refusing to accept responsibility.
Nigel Farage did not meet Donald Trump when he travelled to the US president’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Friday - contrary to expectations - as people close to the Reform UK leader say the relationship between the two populist politicians has cooled since 2024
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New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an IRGC facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children.
Times investigation concurs with Bellingcat bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Farage has always fairly heavily overplayed his personal ties to Trump, but this one must kinda sting, given he's likely to take a domestic political hit trying to stay in with his position on Iran.
Israel sure has blown up a lot of buildings in the Middle East lately
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The footage appears to contradict President Donald Trump’s claim it was an Iranian missile that hit the school on Feb. 28. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Read our analysis of the video showing a US Tomahawk missile strike next to Girls’ School in Iran on February 28 here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
striking, if true
Kayfabe" is from the US pro-wrestling subculture that Trump is so fond of - and means fakery, essentially: by wrestlers staying "in character" despite the fact that everyone knows they are just pretending.
"Fatbike" is apparently current in Australia for those unregulated Deliveroo-type e-bikes with thick offroad tyres, that are tweaked to go at more than 30mph and injure people.
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