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A New Lowe: far-right UK politician tells Joe Rogan Dunblane school massacre was ‘one murder’

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A New Lowe: far-right UK politician tells Joe Rogan Dunblane school massacre was ‘one murder’

Hard-right Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe has caused uproar by telling grating Yank podcaster Joe Rogan that the 1996 Dunblane massacre was only ‘one murder’.  The tone-deaf right-winger also lamented that his father lost his pistols due to changes in law brought in after the killings. Well, boo-bloody-hoo, for daddy. The Oxford-educated ex-banker was talking about UK gun laws with Rogan, who is himself the human embodiment of divorced-man-whose-kids-won’t-speak-to-them energy. Let’s get this straight. In March 1996, Thomas Hamilton, an alleged nonce, walked into a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and massacred 16 primary school pupils and a teacher. He stalked…

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Donald Trump’s cheating team lost and now he is being angry at NATO conference

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Donald Trump’s cheating team lost and now he is being angry at NATO conference

US president Donald Trump has turned up to the NATO conference very angry. And we’re going to assume it is because his cheating national football team got rinsed 4–1 by a very average Belgium side. In fact, the president took the opportunity to basically slag off every country he could think of. So, like, four… Iran was high among them. Commenting on the current shaky truce with a country that just kicked his arse in a sit-down chat with NATO’s buffoonish chief Mark Rutte, Trump said: I think it’s over. I don’t want to deal with them any more. They’re scum.…

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US troops avoiding justice yet another reason to give American military bases the boot

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US troops avoiding justice yet another reason to give American military bases the boot

US troops are avoiding justice for alleged crimes committed in the UK. And that is one more thing you can add to the long list of reasons US military colonies need to be kicked out of Britain. The Week reported on 8 July that two US military personnel had escaped proper justice for crimes committed in the UK. This was due to them being court-martialed under US military law, not in British courts. The outlet reported: Four women and a 16-year-old girl accused US airman Hannes Marschalek of indecent exposure in 2022, while he was stationed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk,…

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Keir Starmer in Ankara as NATO announces £37bn missile deal

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Keir Starmer in Ankara as NATO announces £37bn missile deal

UK PM Keir Starmer was in Ankara on 7 July for a fraught NATO conference as the alliance announced a new £37bn missile deal. The major militarist project, known as Deep Precision Strike, is meant to protect Europe. The Turkey summit will be the outgoing Starmer’s last NATO conference. Anadolu Agency reported: The two-day meeting will focus on implementing defense spending commitments agreed at the 2025 summit, sustaining military support for Ukraine and expanding defense industrial production. The summit is taking place amid renewed debate over transatlantic burden-sharing and continued uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine war. The BBC said the proposed system:…

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Intelligence watchdog finds MI5 knew agent was abusive far-right misogynist

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Intelligence watchdog finds MI5 knew agent was abusive far-right misogynist

MI5 was fully aware that an agent it employed was a far-right misogynist abuser who was obsessed with violence. The office of the investigatory powers commissioner (IPCO) watchdog has now said none of this appeared to concern the agent’s MI5 handlers. A woman, known only as X, whom the agent brutally abused, has called for a full apology. Legal magazine the Justice Gap reported on 7 July: MI5 enacted a cover up after one of their agents, a neo-Nazi obsessed with violence, attacked his then partner, known as Beth. Adding: Following reporting by the BBC, about which the government took legal…

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Israeli general-turned-Elbit executive brags about mass targeting of Palestinians

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Israeli general-turned-Elbit executive brags about mass targeting of Palestinians

Israeli general and Elbit Systems executive Miki Edelstein has bragged that Elbit technology was used to track hundreds of thousands of targets in Gaza and Lebanon. Edelstein was speaking at a ‘land warfare’ event held at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) thinktank. He appeared on a panel with two British officers. The Guardian reported on 6 July: A total of 850,000 targets were detected in real time by the Israeli Tzayad digital army programme across all the military’s theatres of war between 7 October and the end of 2025. The legacy outlet also claimed that RUSI kept Edelstein’s planned appearance…

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Hegseth’s tantrum at UK defence secretary Dan Jarvis can’t stop US decline

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Hegseth’s tantrum at UK defence secretary Dan Jarvis can’t stop US decline

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth threw a tantrum at his new UK counterpart Dan Jarvis over a supposed lack of cooperation in the war the US just lost with Iran. As well as this fake claim (the UK cooperated plenty), Hegseth blasted European partners for not doing his bidding during the illegal, unprovoked war. Hegseth and Jarvis were in Europe for a conference of NATO defence ministers. Former US Marine Hegseth, famous for his extreme-right tattoos, reportedly accused: some countries of “free riding” and others of being shameful for not allowing their airbases to be used by US jets bombing Iran…

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

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Israel’s petulant fascists are determined to wreck any chance of peace

Pariah state Israel appears determined to wreck any chance of peace between the US and Iran. The settler-colonial state has kept hitting Lebanon after failing to achieve its major aim — regime change — in the war it coaxed a rudderless Donald Trump into starting. Legacy outlet Newsweek reported on 19 June: Israel said it carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight into Friday, after Israel’s military said four soldiers were killed in fighting with the Iran-backed group that threatens to derail a U.S.-Iran framework intended to halt hostilities across the region. UPDATE | Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health…

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UK announces £750mn drone package to Ukraine

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UK announces £750mn drone package to Ukraine

The UK has said it will deliver 150,000 war drones to Ukraine by the end of 2026. This will be part of a £750 million package of military support. The package also includes air defence systems and is funded partly by frozen Russian assets. Additionally, Ukraine opened a drone factory in the UK in January. Drones for Ukraine The government said in a 20 June statement. The announcement highlights the ongoing significance of Ukraine to British foreign policy. The UK will provide 150,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the year as part of a £752 million funding package to…

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General who led shadowy army psy-ops unit is new Economist defence editor

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General who led shadowy army psy-ops unit is new Economist defence editor

The UK legacy media are having a normal one again. The Economist magazine just announced a currently serving British Army general would become its new defence editor upon leaving the military. Turner led 77 Brigade, the army’s propaganda unit, from 2020 to 2022. Current defence editor Shashank Joshi announced Turner as his replacement on 18 June: I’m delighted that Alex Turner will succeed me as defence editor of @TheEconomist later this year. Alex, who is currently an army officer, is highly experienced, an accomplished military historian and a talented writer. He will be a fantastic journalist. https://t.co/kqgT3E39uz — Shashank Joshi (@shashj)…

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Avi Lewis ruins Canada PM Mark Carney over ‘Iran war was worth it’ gaffe

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Avi Lewis ruins Canada PM Mark Carney over ‘Iran war was worth it’ gaffe

Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Avi Lewis has just rinsed ex-banker PM Mark Carney over a bizarre claim that the US war on Iran was “worth it”. Lewis said Carney’s comments were ‘disturbing’ and an ‘insult’ to Iranians killed by the “imperial’ war of aggression. He also said the war had harmed the Canadian workers hit with higher costs for basic necessities. Lewis — think Jeremy Corbyn plus Zack Polanski plus a bit of Naomi Klein (he is the left-wing author’s husband) — is the socialist, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Canada’s most left-wing electoral party. Lewis was responding…

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‘10,589 percent rise’: UK purchases of Israel arms spiked massively during genocide

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‘10,589 percent rise’: UK purchases of Israel arms spiked massively during genocide

The UK bought massive amounts of Israel’s military gear between 2023 and 2025 — the most intense years of the genocide. UN figures show a spike of 10,589 percent in Israeli imports with the British police and military being major recipients. Israel has been found, by the UN, to have committed genocide against Palestinians. Declassified UK reported: Figures from the UN Comtrade database show that UK imports from Israel of arms, ammunition and related parts increased from just £55,000 in 2023 to almost £5.9 million in 2025. That is equivalent to around a 10,589 percent rise during two years in which…

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One killed in US ‘narco’ strike as Trump’s Latin America shadow war builds steam

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One killed in US ‘narco’ strike as Trump’s Latin America shadow war builds steam

One person was killed and two injured in the latest ‘narco’ boat strike in the eastern Pacific on 17 June. While all eyes are on US-Iran peace talks, US president Donald Trump’s administration is still terrorising Latin America. The US has killed over 200 people in the Caribbean and Pacific under the guise of stopping ‘narco-terrorist’ boats. The US military’s southern command posted on X: On June 16, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was…

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Ex-defence minister Al Carns condemns ‘unbelievable’ waste of war industry

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Ex-defence minister Al Carns condemns ‘unbelievable’ waste of war industry

Ex-defence minister Al Carns has condemned the waste and inefficiency of the British war machine. The former commando wants more to be spent on war. He’s wrong, but his latest interview does expose certain grim truths about the UK war machine. Carns resigned his cabinet post as a junior defence minister on 11 June, citing Starmer’s failings on the so-called Defence Investment Plan (DIP): We owe those who serve the UK the kit to do the job and the loyalty to stand by them when it's done. We are failing on both. I’ve spent my whole time in government making that…

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Yemen at the heart of Israel’s push for a military foothold in Somaliland

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Yemen at the heart of Israel’s push for a military foothold in Somaliland

Israel’s alliance with Somaliland is gathering steam. The settler-state appears is expanding its military footprint in the region and, as diplomatic relations grow closer than ever, Israel seems likely to  get what it wants. On 13 June, Drop Site News reported that in an unprecedented display of support, the Muslim-majority nation witnessed “the public waving of Israeli flags—not in protest, but celebration.” They added that: Videos shared on social media from Somaliland’s day of independence on May 18 showed Israelis dancing in the streets of Hargeisa alongside locals, with blue and white stars of David flying beside Somaliland’s red, white, and…

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UN says drones killed over 1000 people in Sudan civil war in 2026

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UN says drones killed over 1000 people in Sudan civil war in 2026

The United Nations (UN) has said that over 1000 people have been killed by drones in Sudan in 2026. Both the Sudanese state military and the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces militia use drones. The three-year old war has displaced millions and killed thousands. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said: We are seeing a global shift in how war is waged. The UN has warned for many years against the development of lethal autonomous weapons. This reality is now upon us. Adding that: Relentless drone attacks have caused mass casualties and terrorized civilians. Turk was speaking at a UN event in…

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Documentary on US bombing of Iran school to air in July

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Documentary on US bombing of Iran school to air in July

On 28 February, the US bombed a school in the opening stages of its unprovoked attack on Iran, killing more than 150 people, many schoolchildren. The UN condemned the attack: A strike on a school represents a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community. There is no excuse for killing girls in a classroom. Now, Sky News and Forensic Architecture prepare to debut their documentary about the tragedy that shocked the world. Iran: Children of Minab film The US tried to deny it had bombed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school at the time.…

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Algerian national team introduces Kansas to football – and they love it.

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Algerian national team introduces Kansas to football – and they love it.

In news nobody saw coming, it would appear that the Algeria men’s football team are receiving a warm welcome at their World Cup base camp in Kansas. Americans don’t really get sport. They are famously terrible at most sports of note, after all. Presumably that’s why the make up their own rubbish games – American ‘football’ anyone? – and pretend that these sports have their own credible world championships. But times are a-changing in down in rootin-tootin Kansas… or something. A state is known for virtually nothing – except that old film about Dorothy and her dog and some wizard. Yet…

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Terms of Iran and US peace deal to be formalised on Friday

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Terms of Iran and US peace deal to be formalised on Friday

Iran and the US are set to sign a new peace deal this Friday. The US has been humiliated on multiple fronts, to say the least. The Oman-brokered deal, as we have often repeated, offered unprecedented concessions, but the US and Israel attacked Iran anyway. The full terms of the new deal are not yet clear. But we are being told the details are finalised, to be formally signed on 19 June. Here is what the news agency Reuters has reported: STRAIT OF HORMUZ: * Iran immediately reopens the ​Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, while the U.S. ⁠lifts its naval…

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Iran war may be ending but humiliated Trump could hit Cuba next

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Iran war may be ending but humiliated Trump could hit Cuba next

The disastrous Iran war may be ending. But a humiliated US may look to Cuba as the next victim with Trump’s crony Marco Rubio applying heavier sanctions. The Americans have been making their aggressive intentions clear for months. US outlet The Hill reported on 11 June that the US State Department: announced that it will sanction Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET) amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and the island country. At the centre of the move was Trump’s Cuban-American henchman and secretary of state Marco Rubio. Rubio said: the latest sanctions are pursuant of President Trump’s…

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