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Trench warfare. First Person Shooter. 🇺🇦 Azov Brigade storm Russian trenches. Serebryansky Forest

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“Putin’s Road to War”, FRONTLINE, Julia Ioffe interview

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“Life in the Taliban's Afghanistan”, VICE News (13/2/2022)

Six months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, women’s rights are rapidly eroding.

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”Why Z is for Putin”, The Economist

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Irpin, Pete Kiehart

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“The End of Oil, Explained”, Explained, Vox + Netflix

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Photos by @amivitale. The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan. How can we turn our backs on all the innocent human beings who will be targeted? I will be searching for ways we can help. This post from the @GeorgetownUniversity Institute for Women, Peace and Security at giwps.georgetown.edu/how-to-save-the-lives-of-afghan-women/ is a good place to start (link in profile.) In the meantime, we can support humanitarian visas, support those protecting those who spoke out and ask the U.S. government to make protecting women, especially women activists, a priority.

@FastCompany has also written an article on getting involved. Go to fastcompany.com/90666326/how-to-help-afghanistan-things-you-can-do-right-now-for-a-country-in-crisis to help today. (Link in profile.)

Please follow these brave, thoughtful journalists there right now. @afshinismaeli @everydayafg, @pbbphoto, @wakil.kohsar

#afghanistan #war #peace #women (at Afghanistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSp2lyAM7ou/?utm_medium=tumblr

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What other high jinks can compare with using Denis Rodman, a basketball player, to measure the size of an h-bomb? Photographs of Mr Rodman standing with Kim Jong Un allow a reliable estimate of the North Korean dictator’s height (it would be foolish to trust official statistics on such a matter). From Mr Kim’s height you can estimate the size of his head; from that you can get the size of nuclear weapons with which he has posed.

“Open-source intelligence challenges state monopolies on information”, The Economist (via ttamarshall)

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“Daniel Morgan murder: Met Police 'institutionally corrupt', says report”, Channel 4 News (15/6/2021)

"One of the most devastating episodes in the history of the Metropolitan Police" is how Home Secretary Priti Patel put it.

In a damning report, the force stands accused of institutional corruption and putting its own reputation above the proper investigation of the 1987 murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.  

Despite five police inquiries and an inquest, and now an apology from Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, no-one has ever been brought to justice over his killing, leaving Mr Morgan's family, 34 years on, still waiting for justice.

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“Where Symbols of the Far-right Really Come From”, Do Your Research, VICE News (22/1/2021)

The internet has changed the way extremist groups brand themselves. On this episode of Do Your Research, VICE correspondent Krishna Andavolu talks with experts to find out where symbols of the far-right come from. 

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From An Inauguration Like No Other, one of 22 photos. The U.S. Capitol is seen behind a fence with razor wire during sunrise on January 16, 2021, in Washington, D.C. More than 20,000 National Guard soldiers will be guarding the city as preparations are made for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th U.S. president. # Samuel Corum / Getty

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“Uighur doctor tells of 'forced abortions and removal of wombs' in China”, ITV News (2/9/2020)

A beauty salon in an Istanbul suburb is not the place you would expect to hear some of the gravest accusations against a government.

It is also not where you would expect to meet a woman who, though ashamed, speaks of knowingly taking the lives of babies.

At her request we are not naming the woman, a Uighur doctor, but we are broadcasting her disturbing testimony.

She says that for much of her career she worked for the Chinese government as part of what she describes as its population control plan to curtail the growth of the Uighur population.

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“Death Toll Rises In Beirut Blast Linked To Seized Russian-Owned Ship”, RFE/RL (5/8/2020)

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“Massive explosion rips through Lebanese capital Beirut”, BBC News at Ten (5/8/2020)

A massive explosion has torn through the Lebanese capital Beirut causing.   Dozens of people are known to have been killed in the blast with many more unaccounted for — officials say they expect the death toll to rise sharply. Many thousands of people have been injured.

It's not yet known what caused the explosion.  Lebanon's prime minister says his country is facing a catastrophe and Beirut is in mourning. He vowed to hold to account whoever was responsible.  It is not yet clear whether the explosion was deliberate.

The huge blast in the city’s port sent shockwaves across the city, destroying many buildings and blowing out windows many miles away.

Hospitals in the city were overwhelmed by thousands of injured people seeking treatment. 

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen.

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“President Trump Exclusive Interview”, AXIOS on HBO

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‘Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Social distance. If you can’t do that, I don’t have much respect for ya’ — Tom Hanks shared this compelling message about staying safe

follow @nowthisnews​ for daily news videos & more

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“Supremacist safari - A birdwatchers’ app inspires a field-guide to protesters’ symbols”, The Economist