Some very sage intelligence heads on Iran.
youtu.be/h4SF3FR4lsw?...
Some very sage intelligence heads on Iran.
youtu.be/h4SF3FR4lsw?...
Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. are acquiring a drone company that is seeking to meet Pentagon demand after Trump banned the use of Chinese drones.
Weβre barely a week into Trumpβs war and already his family has found a way to cash in.
Everything is for sale.
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
I so want Spain to win the World Cup now.
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
The lead U.S. cyber agency is stretched thin as Iran hacking threat escalates
Iβm putting @mrjamesob.bsky.social in charge of getting my kids to school on time after that.
Trump talking about curtains β¦ during an event to commemorate fallen soldiers.
Following the strikes in Iran, European gas prices have risen by more than 22%. (AFP)
BREAKING Smoke rising from US embassy in Kuwait City, reports AFP correspondent
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If confirmed, this will set the backdrop to the days ahead & beyond:
www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260228-us-israeli-strike-on-iranian-school-kills-more-than-50-students-state-media-says
Iran has fired ballistic missiles into:
Israel
Bahrain
UAE
Qatar
A minor point given whatβs at stake, but Iran has qualified for the US hosted fifa World Cup kicking off in June.
And a helpful leverage tactic ahead of the next international media rights negotiations I suspect.
@lbc.co.uk wonderful interview with Labour MP Karl Turner. Almost parody. Wonderful.
Totally; thereβs clearly a ceiling to reform support - and the emerging reality is the vast majority donβt want divisive, racist politics.
Isnβt Anyone But Reform - ABR - the key takeaway here?
Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard βkey energy facilitiesβ against a possible Ukrainian βattack.β Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election
apnews.com/article/hung...
This is 1st class from @bbcstever.bsky.social - a fascinating look inside Russia & the challenges of reporting there:
youtu.be/VZzsaqC8n_U?...
He really doesnβt get it, does he.
The chart shows the share of total income going to the top 1% of earners over the last 200 years. Income of course is for the poor - the really rich people simply collect capital gains etc. That said, the post-WWII emergence of a middle class increasingly seems like a historical outlier.
The irony of a communist state & former communist state leading the way in income inequality.
The next co-host of the Fifa World Cup in just 4 months time β¦
uk.news.yahoo.com/violence-eru...
Ah.
Ahead of the curve β¦ so, so good:
U.K. showing the US how to do Epstein justice.
π¨NEW: The Israeli Government Installed & Maintained Security System at Epstein Apartment
The Israeli gov't installed security equipment and controlled access to a Manhattan apartment building managed by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to emails recently released by the Dep't of...