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Imagine the reaction in the US if ~175 schoolgirls had been killed by a targeted Iranian missile. (Or anyone's missile.)

This is an atrocity.

Fertiliser disruption from Iran conflict prompts global food shortage warnings Prices have jumped and exports been hit as war puts pressure on one of the world’s largest producers

Another big Polycrisis indicator:

The conflict in Iran is disrupting fertiliser production and exports in the Middle East, tightening global supplies and raising fears of higher food prices, industry executives and analysts have warned.

Vegetarian diet lowers risk of cancer, Oxford study finds The new study - led by University of Oxford researchers - is the largest ever of its kind.

Reading and acting on this post could well save your life.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Elon Musk’s X skipped government meeting on violence against women, minister tells LBC | LBC Liz Kendall said she chaired a meeting with all the major tech companies on Monday morning, to discuss the issue and mark International Women's Day

"No one from Elon Musk's X attended a meeting on violence against women and girls hosted by the UK government, the technology secretary has told LBC."
www.lbc.co.uk/article/musk...

Five Iran Women soccer players defect with help of police following Asian Cup in Australia Sources say the individuals are in a safe house managed by the Australian Federal Police.

From @theathletic.com: Five players have defected from the Iranian women’s soccer team and are being cared for in a safe house operated by the Australian Federal Police.

Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC

🫠 Good to see politicians committed to public service rather than their personal bank accounts.

Great advice

Call off King's US state visit over Iran war, urge Lib Dems The party says the planned trip should be scrapped after Donald Trump's criticism of the UK's response to the war.

Call off King's US visit over Iran, urge Lib Dems

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Investigation launched into cause of Glasgow Union Street blaze, fire service says

An investigation has been launched into the cause of the Union Street fire in Glasgow, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed

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Ed Miliband, famously closing coal mines as a 14-year-old minister in Thatcher's government during the miners' strike

UK-EU SPS Agreement - Legislation in scope To cut red tape and costs for importing and exporting with the EU, the UK will align with EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) legislation.

UK government releases list of 76 EU laws that it says UK will align with under food standards treaty with EU www.gov.uk/government/n...

You can’t blow up the sun: 4 reasons renewables are a security imperative - Greenpeace International When the global economy is dependent on a centralised, combustible resource, missiles do more than just cut off power or disrupt shipping. They rock the very foundation of global stability.

Great from our colleagues in Lebanon

"The current crisis is a tragic, undeniable argument for why we must accelerate the transition to renewable energy"

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

War in Iran exposed that Europe failed to stand up to a business lobby that slowed decarbonisation

It committed a "strategic error of slowing a transformation necessary for security & independence....truth is that rearguard action on fossil dependence is bad for business"
www.ft.com/content/a6be...

Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief Jessika Roswall cites Poland and Finland, which have made border areas near Russia or its allies ‘more hostile’ to cross

Countries can rewild land borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief

- Jessika Roswall cites Poland and Finland, which have made border areas near Russia or its allies ‘more hostile’ to cross

#rewilding
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Screenshot of a Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) reading: “Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!President DJT”

Trump is insulting all those, including British families, worried about his illegal war driving up their energy bills.

Enough is enough. Keir Starmer must show Trump the UK won’t be pushed around and call off the King’s state visit.

Westminster isn’t working!

It’s time for a fresh start with independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#BothVotesSNP

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.

That's $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

Thousands of lives lost.

People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Eleven countries ask Ukraine for help with Iran's drone warfare Kyiv is reviewing official requests from countries neighbouring Iran, as well as from the US and European countries, which are now asking Ukraine for help with anti-drone air defence.

Eleven countries ask Ukraine for help with Iran's drone warfare

The seventh US service member to die protecting the child rapist in the White House from being outed in the Epstein files has been identified as 26-year-old Sgt. Benjamin Pennington of Kentucky.

Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.

Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.

The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.

The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ayatollah, named Iran’s supreme leader Though he has never held office, Khamenei has long wielded behind-the-scenes influence in governing affairs.

Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ayatollah, named Iran’s supreme leader

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

I’m trying to share positive nature stuff but, well, in the enveloping global darkness, this from Simon Tisdall is spot on. We desperately need wisdom, empathy and restraint from our global leaders and, in Britain, courage to step away from Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#NoMoreWars

The major fire next to Glasgow Central station has spread.

Follow LIVE updates on the situation: www.heraldscotland.com/news...

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Iranian supreme leader’s son takes country’s top job, cementing hardliners’ grip on power | CNN When millions of Iranians poured into the streets in 1979 to end the rule of the former shah, their revolution seemed to have put an end to the practice of passing power from father to son. Not so.

When millions of Iranians poured into the streets in 1979 to end the rule of the former shah, their revolution seemed to have put an end to the practice of passing power from father to son. Not so.

The Iran war exposes the limits of Russia’s leverage in a fragmenting regional order The war will not affect Russian plans in Ukraine – but it will likely force a rethink of long-held Russian strategic concepts.

Depending on the outcome of the US-Israel-Iran war, Russia may well see its already weakened strategic position in the Middle East further undermined. https://bit.ly/3N8mHDM