Advocates believe that the U.S., Israel, U.K. & Germany are pushing for @KarimKhanQC because he may shut down the ICC investigations into U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan and Israeli war crimes in Palestine. We need to know where this candidate stands on at least these two issues.

Dominic Lawson says, "If criminals won’t come to the dock, they should be made to face their sentencing" (archive.li/9dI28). What about Andrew Malkinson and the other 507 wrongfully convicted listed on the Exeter miscarriages of justice registry? Mr Lawson, you conflate being found guilty with being guilty, such a basic error for a supposedly intelligent individual. evidencebasedjustice.exeter.… #letby #lucyletby

The Spectator exists in a different reality.

I believe that all NHS staff should speak fluent English - if they are unable to string a sentence together in our language, then they have no place working in our hospitals. To be frank, they shouldn't even be living in our country. If that makes me a racist, then so be it.

Announcing three major scientific discoveries, one each in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory), and physics (quantum field theory). AI starting to help us improve our understanding of the universe! openai.com/index/building-sc…

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced five "everyday fixes" ahead of the Budget 1. Carer's Allowance will be changed so carers no longer lose their entire benefit when they earn over the limit - instead, their support will reduce by £1 for every extra £1 they earn 2. Import tariffs will be removed on more than 100 products, including baked beans, chocolate and gherkins, to save households up to £21 on their food shop a year 3. Tax-free mileage rates for workers using their own cars will be made permanent at 55p per mile for the first 10,000 miles, with the rate for additional miles rising from 25p to 35p 4. Parental pay will be extended to over 150,000 more parents a year, including self-employed fathers and partners 5. Hundreds more Post Office drop boxes will be rolled out to save people queueing at branches

A small reminder of who Alexei Navalny truly was, before Western media portray him as a saintly martyr for democratic/liberal values. In reality, Navalny was a minor Russian neo-nazi who in the early 2000's filmed low-budget racist video clips equating muslims to cockroaches that needed to be eradicated with legal firearms. Somewhere between filming extremist videos and participating in nationalist marches (back when they were still legal in Russia), he caught the attention of the CIA and MI6 for his destructive potential in Russia. After studying alongside Juan Guaido at the Soros-sponsored "Yale Fellows Program," Navalny was poised to become the new face of the colored revolution in Russia, akin to those seen in Libya/Ukraine/Venezuela.......

Prediction... Burnham will call an early general election this week. He's a populist, and he knows the political opportunity in front of him. Reform are in retreat, the Tories haven't yet recovered, and the Greens are caught up in false accusations of antisemitism from Burnham and the Board of Deputies. But there's something much bigger at play here. Burnham is selling the promise of change while his government continues to defend so much of the political and economic establishment that desperately needs changing. Just look at the last week. Jackdaw approved, the antisemitism in schools report endorsed, and now a few encouraging words about Europe have people falling over themselves to praise him. It's political theatre, and it's working. But the longer he governs, the harder it becomes to maintain the impression that change is already here all we've heard so far is talk. So why not cash in on the honeymoon, and play the oldest trick in politics. Sell the promise of change, secure the power to deliver it, then spend the next five years explaining why meaningful change isn't possible.

This is quite something ! Serbian RTV channel starts yesterday's bulletin by apologizing to viewers👇 "For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly and failed to ask necessary questions. We owe our viewers an apology”

New Action Campaign: Have you noticed how a UN-commissioned finding of genocide turned into a claim? This was Sky News's headline on Monday night: "UN report claims Israel 'genocide' in Gaza has continued after ceasefire" The UN commission of inquiry made no claim. It investigated cases, applied the law and reported its findings to the General Assembly: - Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza. It has murdered 1,431 people after the 'ceasefire', at least 300 of them children. - In the occupied West Bank, Israel committed crimes against humanity, extermination, torture, rape and persecution. It has murdered 254 Palestinians since October 2023. - Israel answered neither of the commission's two requests for information. Then the media got to work. We counted every word of 15 "news" reports: - Israel's denial got 1,178 words. Palestinians got 46, all from one diplomat defending the Palestinian Authority. Not one report quoted a Palestinian about what Israel did. - Haaretz, an Israeli paper, gave the findings more words than any of the 15: 840, or 84% of its report. Sky gave them 407 (58%), The New York Times 532 (61%), Reuters 319 and The Independent 312. - Sky wrote "claims" or "alleges" about the findings nine times, even about the UN's own death toll. In Sky's report Palestinians "died", while Israelis "were killed" in a "terror attack" it called "the atrocity". - Sky gave 21% of its report to Israel's denial and to doubts about the commission. No outlet outside Israel gave them more. - Reuters never told its readers that the commission found crimes against humanity. CBC ran the same copy. - Not one report said Israel had refused to answer the commission. Full report here: newscord.org/editorials/un-g… Participate in the action campaign targeting Sky News, The Independent and Reuters here: newscord.org/action/sky-un-g…

🚨🇷🇸Serbia's winning Student List announces end to arms exports to conflict zones - NO MORE WEAPONS TO UKRAINE OR ISRAEL. The Student List, which won yesterday's parliamentary election in Serbia, announced it would halt all arms exports to countries involved in armed conflicts. This would put an end to weapons or ammo being sent to Ukraine and Israel, either directly or through third countries. "Serbian weapons will no longer be used to spill the blood of innocent people."