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US attacks Iran less than a week after blocking extra Epstein file release

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US attacks Iran less than a week after blocking extra Epstein file release

The US has recommenced its bombing of Iran — less than a week after Trump’s ‘justice’ department (DOJ) blocked a court-ordered release of further Epstein files. Epstein revelations, or Trump’s attempts to avoid them, have been so synchronised with the US-Israel war on Iran that it has been dubbed “Operation Epstein Distraction”. The attacks breach the US’s commitments under its ‘Memorandum of Understanding‘ with Iran. US protecting the guilty A US judge had ordered the Trump regime to release files no later than 2 July, along with the identities and email addresses of individuals the DOJ had unlawfully redacted. Under legislation…

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Canary Catch Up: A week of TV announcements – including on the BBC’s Doctor Who

Canary Catch Up: A week of TV announcements – including on the BBC’s Doctor Who

Hello and welcome to Canary Catch Up. Each week, our resident telly addict Rachel Charlton-Dailey will bring us bang up to date with the shows she’s been obsessed with, what she’s hate-watching, and what she can’t wait to get stuck into. Something I was painfully aware of when I started this column was that some weeks there wouldn’t be a lot of TV to talk about. Living with chronic illness means I sometimes can’t look at screens, and some weeks the telly is just crap. Last week, unless you’re interested in football (which I’m not), there wasn’t really a lot to watch.…

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Reform council accused of banning displays for Refugee Week and for Pride month

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Reform council accused of banning displays for Refugee Week and for Pride month

The Reform-led council in St Helens has instructed all local libraries to take down displays promoting or funding anything relating to Pride or Refugee Week. This Orwellian – and bigoted – move comes just as Refugee Week is set to commence, between the 15th and 21st June, and shuts down the long-seen practice of libraries highlighting resources which increase understanding and compassion towards marginalised communities. At the same time, the council have afforded £200k of taxpayers’ money to pay a consultant to ‘educate’ elected Reform councillors on the inner workings of the council over four years. This follows a comment made…

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Supervillain Palantir has had a terrible week in UK Parliament

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Supervillain Palantir has had a terrible week in UK Parliament

The past week in Parliament has seen two major blows for AI-peddler Palantir. In a highly unusual Commons debate, MPs including Jeremy Corbyn laid bare the links that disgraced ambassador Peter Mandelson forged between the UK government and the authoritarian US tech company. Mandelson lost his position after his ties to pedophile ringleader Jeffrey Epstein came to light. In a blow to PM Keir Starmer, it later transpired that Mandelson was handed the ambassadorial post in spite of failing his security vetting. Meanwhile, an influential cross-party science committee condemned the public sector’s increasing reliance of Palantir’s AI as placing the UK…

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