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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 2d

‘We need infrastructure, people and peace in Gaza’ says returned trauma surgeon

In his role at one of the busiest trauma centres in Europe, Professor Martin Griffiths has spent years operating on the victims of gun and knife injuries in London. But nothing prepared him for what h...

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 4d

Two years of war in #Gaza. Two years too long.

It’s time for a #CeasefireNow.

Time to release all the hostages in Gaza and Palestinian detainees.

Time to lift the siege and allow a standard flow of humanitarian aid and commercial supplies under the coordination of the UN including UNRWA.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 6d

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 7d

Reform UK’s Nigel Farage with the Russian Ambassador (that he denied meeting), and with Oleg Voloshyn's wife Nadia Borodi, Voloshyn bribed Nathan Gill.

Farage is still silent.

It’s deafening.

#ReformRussianBribes

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 8d

#𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱.

#Russia's fuel ⛽ crisis could go the same way as Kazakhstan's in 2022💥?

@themoscowtimes.com

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

Putin Can't Hide Russia's Gasoline Crisis - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Gasoline in Russia is being rationed from its western Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East. The nation that parades as an energy superpower cannot keep its own drive...

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Zaytoun UK @zaytouncic.bsky.social · 9d

Zaytoun is a cosignatory of this Open Letter published by the Fairtrade Foundation this morning.
The full statement is here www.fairtrade.net/uk-en/get-in...

Please share.
#Palestine

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 12d

Mass displacement continues across the #Gaza, with families forced from their homes into uncertainty.

Families flee on foot, unable to afford transport for themselves or their belongings.

UNRWA remains a lifeline. Amid destruction and famine, our teams continue to provide shelter and healthcare.

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 12d

Luke Akehurst supports PR?

I won't let that put me off my support for a fair voting system.

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 13d

I've no idea if scientists are sadists with too much time on their hands. But frogs can't be boiled slowly without them noticing

The myth stems from C19th experiments by Friedrich Goltz, who used frogs with destroyed cerebrums. Unlike other frogs, they didn’t respond to heat because they couldn’t

Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 14d

I've pledged my support for this great @ukrainesol.bsky.social – have you?

#StandWithUkraine
#UkraineWillWin
#Ukraine

✊🏻🇺🇦

tinyurl.com/j92hd7yr

Equip UA frontline to stop drone + missile attacks

Fund a vital rapid-response vehicle to help intercept Russian drones and missiles before they hit Ukrainian cities.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 15d

A Israeli academic asked his followers on X which sanction would really convince ordinary Israelis that they are isolated internationally.
"Expulsion from football tournaments" was the most popular answer, followed by "ending visa-free travel to Europe"

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 16d

Flag wars aren't new. My Twitter bio has in the past displayed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 - not forgetting 🇵🇸🇺🇦

Here's an article about an earlier flag war: Weimar Germany 😬

#Flags #History

blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/09/16/f...

Five things we can learn about current English ‘flag wars’ from Germany in the 1920s and 1930s | Historical Transactions

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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 22d

We're fundraising for a vehicle for the UAV Interception Platoon of UA's 129th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade, who work tirelessly to detect, track + neutralise incoming threats, so they can deploy at speed to intercept missiles and drones.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-defen...

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 18d

The atrocities in #Gaza continue to be reported on @channel4news.bsky.social

Recognition of #Palestine isn't enough.

The genocide must end.

#CeasefireNow

www.channel4.com/news/israel-...

Israel ramps up Gaza offensive – as France set to recognise Palestinian state

France and five other EU countries are expected to join the UK, Australia and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state.

www.channel4.com

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 19d

Joint Nazi-Soviet parade in Brest #OnThisDay in 1938 after Hitler and Stalin successfully invaded and partitioned #Poland.

#OTD

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 20d

On 15 November 1988 Palestinians declared independence. 147 of the UN's 193 member states recognise #Palestine.

The UK recognition of the State of Palestine is welcome but almost four decades overdue.

The Palestinian declaration of independence 1988

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 20d

Hereford united against racism.

#Hereford 🐂
#ShowRacismTheRedCard 🟥
#KickItOut 🟥

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 22d

It is mutually owned.

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 23d

@nationwideuk.bsky.social As a loyal customer of #Nationwide, this is disappointing news.

I'm sure other customers will have similar feelings.

Did Nationwide use savers' money? If so, how much went to support #Farage #ReformUK?

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 28d

Nigel - How about a bit of transparency?

#NigelFarage #Reform

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Sign the Petition

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · Sep 9

Labour won't be using First Past the Post to choose its new Deputy Leader.

So why does the government keep telling us that it's the best system for electing MPs? 🤔

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · Sep 9

Mohammed and Islam were shot to death by the Israeli army in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, while walking back to their refugee camp last night.

They were only 14 years old.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · Sep 8

At the Reform UK conference, Dr Aseem Malhotra made a number of claims about Covid vaccines, some of which were misleading or simply not backed by any credible evidence.

We’ve fact checked a few of his claims 👇

Covid vaccine claims at the Reform UK conference: fact checked – Full Fact

A cardiologist called Dr Aseem Malhotra, who we have fact checked before, made unevidenced and misleading claims at the event in Birmingham.

fullfact.org

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · Sep 5

More distressing stories of Palestinian lives ruined by the genocide in Gaza.

#CeasefireNow
#SaveGaza

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Sep 5

Israel destroys tower block sheltering displaced families
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Israel destroys tower block sheltering displaced families

Israel's Defence Minister today warned the Gates of Hell were opening in Gaza as the IDF intensified its strikes on Gaza City.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · Sep 2

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a resolution passed by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) on Monday, which found that Israel’s actions meet the legal definition of genocide under the UN Genocide Convention of 1948.

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