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UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house Marianne Sorrell, a retired teacher from Somerset, says she is ‘very traumatised’ after arrest at Cardiff rally

Thank goodness the UK police are protecting everyone from these clearly terrifying 80 yr-old ladies www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Gaza: ‘We have 6,000 trucks of aid we can’t bring in’ says UNRWA We spoke to Sam Rose, who's acting director of UNRWA affairs in Gaza.

Gaza: ‘We have 6,000 trucks of aid we can’t bring in’ says UNRWA
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Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making. The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

🌊 Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026 #OSM26!
📍 Glasgow, Scotland | February 22–27, 2026
🪸 Call for Abstracts " Advancing Knowledge of the Atlantic Deep Sea"
🗓️ Deadline: August 2026
🌊 Submit here: agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...
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Depends whether you think it’s OK to leave a 10000 yr legacy of waste… Personally, I don’t. I was more in favour until I discussed the waste issues with a physicist…

Gaza aid ship activists accuse Israel of ‘forcibly intercepting’ vessel as Israeli foreign ministry says ship heading to Israel – live Freedom Flotilla Coalition says ship’s communications were jammed after Israeli defence minister threatened to ‘take all necessary measures’ to prevent the humanitarian ship from reaching Gaza

The statement from the Israeli defence minister suggests he thinks it’s fine to starve a whole nation if terrorists have behaved appallingly enough. It is not. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Not at all a false statement. Nuclear energy produces waste which leaves a legacy problem for generations.

Sellafield nuclear clean-up too slow and too costly, say MPs Parliamentary committee raises concerns over ‘suboptimal’ workplace culture at ageing waste dump

If you ever needed evidence that nuclear is not a cheap alternative to renewables… www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Ten jewels of English nature at risk from development and Labour’s planning bill Across the country, irreplaceable and often internationally important sites could be lost as a result of cuts to habitat protections

There’s just no justification for this. We need a functioning planet to survive… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact State superintendent Ryan Walters tapped chief of Heritage Foundation, key player behind Project 2025, for curriculum

I assume 1984 will be on the English syllabus www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more

If only parthenogenesis was a thing in humans 😂 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why did 30 Met officers kick the door down at a teenage tea and biscuits meeting in a Quaker house? When six young women hired a room to discuss the war in Gaza, the gathering ended with 30 officers storming in to make arrests

Because they are misogynist bullies? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments

#Brexit is undoubtedly the most stupid thing Britain has done in my lifetime www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez ready for space flight with all-female crew – follow live The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin is due to undertake its 11th flight with six women on board

And the definition of ‘crew’ is…. #pedantrycorner www.theguardian.com/science/live...

Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries, but raises them to 125% for China – business live Stocks surge after US president makes the announcement on Truth Social

He’s like a spoiled child www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

Next continues success story by reporting first £1bn in annual profits Retailer ‘defies gravity’ to become only fourth in UK to pass £1bn profit threshold

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

And yet they still don’t pay the living wage

Major UK investors join push for retail giants to pay workers ‘real living wage’ Axa and Scottish Widows back ShareAction campaign for chains such as Next to pay at least £12.60 an hour

If all businesses paid a living wage, that’s slash the welfare bill… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Did Jeff Goldberg even say thank you?

😂

Ask ChatGPT to review it for you and make sure your review begins “Certainly I can review this chapter for you…”

Marriage triples risk of obesity in men – but not women, study reveals Polish research also finds increased risk of both sexes being overweight if married

We all need to buy our husband a Peloton so we can get back the body we signed up for 😂 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

You couldn’t make it up www.bbc.com/news/article...

The octopus sex scandal that rocked the Antarctic | First Dog on the Moon Why should we care and what business is it of ours anyway?

First dog on the moon explained it hilariously www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lost history of Antarctica revealed in octopus DNA Genes show signatures of an ice sheet collapse and warn of a precarious future

It’s happened at these sorts of temperatures previously. See: www.science.org/content/arti...

Global sea ice hit ‘all-time minimum’ in February, scientists say Scientists called the news ‘particularly worrying’ because ice reflects sunlight and cools the planet

If we don’t stop burning fossil fuel we are heading for potentially catastrophic sea-level rise

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Minister to seek Govt approval for State-led LNG terminal Minister for Transport, Environment, Climate and Energy Darragh O'Brien will seek Government approval to develop a State-led liquified natural gas terminal.

Stupid waste of money investing in fossil fuels www.rte.ie/news/politic...

Western Australia premier apologises after calling US vice-president JD Vance a ‘knob’ Cook says ‘you’ve got to have one unprofessional moment’ as description wins applause at pre-election event

I think we can probably all agree 😂 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Trump never had a peace plan for Ukraine. He had a plan for Ukraine's surrender, with a colonial resource grab. As Zelenskyy rightly refused it, or to cooperate in Trump's TV spectacular, the US has now cut Ukraine off.
That's what blackmail looks like.
That's what the world is up against.

Mystery donor’s £17.5m gift could turn Scottish estate into rewilding showcase Scottish Wildlife Trust plans to create rainforest, restore peatland and end deer stalking on Highland sporting estate

Some positive environmental news www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...