James Shotter
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Jerusalem Correspondent @financialtimes.com, via Warsaw, Zurich and Frankfurt. All views my own. RT ≠ endorsements. Tips to [email protected]
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
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January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave—That Sha’ath, a civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, was plucked to spearhead this new era in Gaza… www.ft.com/content/814f... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave
Civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority faces daunting reconstruction task
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January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Ali Sha’ath: the new Gaza chief who must rebuild the shattered enclave—That Sha’ath, a civil engineer and former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, was plucked to spearhead this new era in Gaza… www.ft.com/content/814f... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN—The body was originally conceived as part of the US president’s push to create a new governance framework for the shattered Palestinian enclave in… www.ft.com/content/0ee7... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN
Body was originally planned to oversee Gaza but charter’s expansive wording suggests it could mediate in other conflicts
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January 19, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Broad mandate of Trump’s Board of Peace sets it up for rivalry with UN—The body was originally conceived as part of the US president’s push to create a new governance framework for the shattered Palestinian enclave in… www.ft.com/content/0ee7... @jamesshotter.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
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It's Davos this week, so please find attached a list of phrases that you may hear and what they actually mean.
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It's Davos this week, so please find attached a list of phrases that you may hear and what they actually mean.
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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NEW: The first big new malaria treatment in a generation is close, offering hope at a time of rising resistance to existing drugs and steep cuts to global health funding.
www.ft.com/content/9070...
Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
www.ft.com/content/6d5e...
www.ft.com/content/9070...
Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
www.ft.com/content/6d5e...
New malaria drug promises to beat resistant strains
Novartis-led project should help curb spread of deadly disease in Africa and Asia
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November 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
NEW: The first big new malaria treatment in a generation is close, offering hope at a time of rising resistance to existing drugs and steep cuts to global health funding.
www.ft.com/content/9070...
Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
www.ft.com/content/6d5e...
www.ft.com/content/9070...
Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
www.ft.com/content/6d5e...
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A sad day for Turkey and a new stage in the government's operation against the municipality of Istanbul: Ekrem Imamoglu will officially appear in court on 142 charges; he faces up to 2,352 years (?!) in prison.
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Son Dakika | İmamoğlu suç örgütü iddianamesi hazır! İşte Ekrem İmamoğlu için istenen ceza
Son dakika haberler - Son dakika haberi! İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcısı Akın Gürlek basın mensuplarıyla toplantı gerçekleştirdi. 'İmamoğlu çıkar amaçlı suç örgütü' iddianamesinin hazır olduğu belirtil...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A sad day for Turkey and a new stage in the government's operation against the municipality of Istanbul: Ekrem Imamoglu will officially appear in court on 142 charges; he faces up to 2,352 years (?!) in prison.
m.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2025/...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Phenomenal. In my 10 year update of A Brief History, I make the point that in the first edition, not one disease had been successfully treated using gene therapy. Today that number is at least 7.
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on.ft.com/4mpXYq8 UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state
UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state
[FREE TO READ] Move comes as Israel intensifies military action in Gaza and expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank
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September 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
on.ft.com/4mpXYq8 UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state
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Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state on.ft.com/4ngcj9X
Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state
Move comes as Israel intensifies military action in Gaza and expansion of settlements in the West Bank
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September 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Starmer set to announce UK recognition of Palestinian state on.ft.com/4ngcj9X
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How times have changed. Jeb Bush, Republican presidential hopeful, on illegal immigration, 11 years ago www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How times have changed. Jeb Bush, Republican presidential hopeful, on illegal immigration, 11 years ago www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/41X8Jsz
August 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/41X8Jsz
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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#Belarus It’s a joyful day, and I’m grateful to the US and allies for their efforts to free those unjustly jailed.
But let’s be clear:
It’s infuriating that people’s lives, health, and dignity depend on the whims of one man who thinks he alone can decide their fate.
But let’s be clear:
It’s infuriating that people’s lives, health, and dignity depend on the whims of one man who thinks he alone can decide their fate.
June 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#Belarus It’s a joyful day, and I’m grateful to the US and allies for their efforts to free those unjustly jailed.
But let’s be clear:
It’s infuriating that people’s lives, health, and dignity depend on the whims of one man who thinks he alone can decide their fate.
But let’s be clear:
It’s infuriating that people’s lives, health, and dignity depend on the whims of one man who thinks he alone can decide their fate.
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Wonderful and surprising news out of Belarus, as Lukashenko sets free 14 political prisoners in a deal brokered by Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg.
Lukashenko frees Belarusian opposition leader after meeting Trump envoy https://on.ft.com/3ZJ4Nuu
Lukashenko frees Belarusian opposition leader after meeting Trump envoy
Sergei Tsikhanouski was jailed for 18 years after challenging Alexander Lukashenko for the presidency
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June 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Wonderful and surprising news out of Belarus, as Lukashenko sets free 14 political prisoners in a deal brokered by Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg.
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Multiple Israeli airstrikes have targeted Tehran’s top military commanders, nuclear sites and bases across the country.
Verified footage, photos and official statements from Israel and Iran confirm some of the key locations that have been hit.
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Verified footage, photos and official statements from Israel and Iran confirm some of the key locations that have been hit.
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Israel’s strikes on Iran in videos and maps
[FREE TO READ] Multiple air strikes targeted Tehran’s top military commanders, nuclear sites and bases across the country
on.ft.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Multiple Israeli airstrikes have targeted Tehran’s top military commanders, nuclear sites and bases across the country.
Verified footage, photos and official statements from Israel and Iran confirm some of the key locations that have been hit.
on.ft.com/4jQdz0O
Verified footage, photos and official statements from Israel and Iran confirm some of the key locations that have been hit.
on.ft.com/4jQdz0O
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A very big day in Malta - the bomb-makers involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia have been sentenced to whole-life terms. The first time the state has had to make its case before a jury -- and they managed to make it stick. www.ft.com/content/1896... @daphne.foundation
Two bombmakers jailed for life over murder of Maltese journalist
Trial of suspects in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death was seen as test of EU county’s ability to tackle organised crime
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June 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A very big day in Malta - the bomb-makers involved in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia have been sentenced to whole-life terms. The first time the state has had to make its case before a jury -- and they managed to make it stick. www.ft.com/content/1896... @daphne.foundation
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Honoured to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children and settler soldiers in the West Bank.
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June 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Honoured to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Russia’s abductions of Ukrainian children and settler soldiers in the West Bank.
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Amazing to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Ukrainian children on Russian adoption websites and settler-soldiers in the West Bank.
@christopherjm.ft.com @jamesshotter.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @samjoiner.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social
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June 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Amazing to win two @amnesty.org awards for our visual investigations into Ukrainian children on Russian adoption websites and settler-soldiers in the West Bank.
@christopherjm.ft.com @jamesshotter.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @samjoiner.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social
@christopherjm.ft.com @jamesshotter.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me @samjoiner.bsky.social @samlearner.bsky.social
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This reminds me of my favourite Chatham House rule story 🧵
Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London.
Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/
Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London.
Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/
May 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This reminds me of my favourite Chatham House rule story 🧵
Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London.
Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/
Way back in the pre-crash boom period, Gordon Brown as Chancellor hosted one of his big global investment conferences at the QEII in London.
Muggins here, a junior Treasury official, had a cheap seat as one of the organisers…1/