Ruth Comerford
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Ruth Comerford
@ruthcomerford.bsky.social
Journalist @BBC
Officers called for immigrants to be shot, revelled in the use of force and perpetuated gross misogyny and racism.

Grim reading but incredible incredible work from Panorama and the team
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Met Police chief Mark Rowley speaking to BBC after secret filming exposes culture of misogyny and racism
Sir Mark Rowley says nine officers and one staff member had been suspended, with two more officers removed from frontline duties.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The prime minister has warned Reform UK "will tear this country apart" ahead of the Labour party conference.

Britney Spears & Joy Division have made the playlist.

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Starmer takes aim at 'toxic' Reform ahead of Labour conference
The Labour conference is set to be dominated by questions over how to respond to Nigel Farage's party.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"These are the two things I got from the United Nations; a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter."

Scathing speech from Donald Trump at the UN assembly today, taking aim at immigration, renewable energy and the body itself.
Also something about cows.
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Donald Trump tells UN meeting London wants
President Trump tells the United Nations London has
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September 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"We fight but the heroes are our children who rose up against a fierce dictatorship and gave their lives for a better country."

Tireless Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died, aged 106.

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Rosa Roisinblit: Argentine human rights activist dies, aged 106
A leading member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, she helped convict men who abducted hundreds of babies.
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September 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"there is no meeting planned"

Russia's foreign minister has put a dent in the hopes of a Ukraine-Russia summit, as hostilities continue on both sides
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Russia trying to stop meeting on peace and prolong war, says Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky urges Western allies to impose fresh sanctions on Moscow if it shows no interest in peace.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Charges against an American influencer and teen pilot who has been stranded on a remote island in the Antarctic since June have been dropped.

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Charges dropped against teen pilot detained in Antarctica
Ethan Guo must leave the island and pay $30,000 dollars to charity for illegally landing on Chilean territory, a judge says.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Eligibility for compensation has also been extended to employees of one of Al Fayed's private airline companies

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More than 100 survivors of Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse claim compensation
Eligibility for compensation has also been extended to employees of one of Fayed's private airline companies.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Healey is "unable to say for sure" whether any anyone has been killed as a result of the MoD's Afghan data breach - which put thousands of lives at risk

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Defence secretary 'unable to say' if anyone killed after Afghan data breach
Details of nearly 19,000 people who wanted to leave Afghanistan were mistakenly leaked three years ago.
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July 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just in - Pro-Palestinian activists have broken into RAF Brize Norton undetected and sprayed two military planes with red paint.

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Pro-Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton to daub planes
Palestine Action says the two activists were able to enter and leave the Oxfordshire base undetected.
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June 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Israel carried out several air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on the eve of Eid Al Adha, saying it was targeting Hezbollah drone factories.

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Lebanon: Israel strikes southern Beirut on eve of Eid Al Adha
Israel's military says it was targeting an underground drone factory of armed group Hezbollah.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Israeli warplanes dropped six bombs simultaneously a Gaza hospital, killing 28 people. The Israeli military said it had conducted a "precise strike" on Hamas operating in a "command and control centre" which it claimed was beneath the hospital.

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Israeli air strike on hospital kills 28 people in Gaza, civil defence says
Israel's military said it was targeting a Hamas command centre which it said was beneath the hospital.
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May 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"It's not our war" - the US will walk away from peace talks unless signs of a truce emerge quickly, Marco Rubio says - just as the US and Ukraine ink a deal on minerals

More on this from me
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US will 'move on' from Ukraine peace talks if no progress soon
The US Secretary of State's comments come as Ukraine says it took a first step towards signing a minerals deal with the US.
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April 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Joe Biden told a conference in Chicago that the US government had "taken a hatchet" to Social Security

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Joe Biden gives first speech since leaving White House
The ex-president uses the speech to criticise the Trump administration's cuts to the welfare agency.
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April 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In December, a BBC File on 4 investigation revealed David Tudor had been allowed to stay in post - even though senior clergy were aware of serious safeguarding concerns about him.
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David Tudor: Church of England launches review into disgraced priest
The review aims to improve practices but will not reinvestigate allegations against Tudor.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ex-Fifa chief Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were cleared of corruption today - for the second time
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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption by Swiss court
Tuesday's ruling is the second time the two men have been acquitted over payment made in 2011.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here's a quick summary on what we know about why Heathrow airport is closed
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Heathrow airport closed: What we know so far
Flights around the world are facing disruption after a fire at a nearby substation caused a power outage at the airport.
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March 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM