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''Fears of all out war in the Middle East were growing today after Israel launched deadly air strikes on a number of military sites in central Syria, killing at least 16 people. The Syrian state news agency Sana cited a hospital director as saying that another 43 people were wounded in the attacks'' Reuters Israel seems determined to start World War 3, bombing and killing all its neighbours and drag the US into attacking Iran

He needs to justify being on twice as much money as Madueke first and foremost

A pro-Palestine team in Chile offers football with a dose of protest In a sport where authorities penalise athletes for flaunting political positions, particularly on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Chilean football club Club Deportivo Palestino is an unabashed exception that wears its pro-Palestinian politics on its sleeve – and on its torso, stadium seats and anywhere else it can find. “It’s more than just a club, it takes you into the history of the Palestinians,” says Bryan Carrasco, captain of Club Deportivo Palestino. The club’s brazen gestures have caused offence before. In 2014, Chile’s football federation fined the club after the number “1” on the back of their shirts was shaped like a map of Palestine before Israel’s occupation in 1948. But players’ fierce pride in their Palestinian identity has otherwise caused little controversy in this country of 19 million, home to 500,000 ethnic Palestinians. Club Palestino football team fans celebrate at La Cisterna stadium in Santiago, Chile [Matias

Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney called Donald Trump an “unrecoverable catastrophe” on Sunday and urged fellow Republicans to vote for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in November’s election.

Gaza’s 625,000 school-age children back to school today. Gaza and the occupied West Bank have internationally high literacy levels, and the under-resourced education system was a source of pride among many Palestinians. They wont be going back - 96% of the 307 schools are destroyed. More than 600,000 students, have been deprived of their right to a free and safe education. More than 25,000 children have been killed or injured in Israeli attacks.

Because of the Electoral College, The US Election is Still a Toss-Up. We’ve got a lot to criticise in Britain’s unfair and outdated First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) voting system. America’s system takes the worst elements of FPTP and expands on them, mixing in a bit of 18th century-style bureaucracy for good measure. How does it work? Basically every state (and Washington DC) gets three automatic votes, and then additional votes based on their representation in the House and Senate. The House is at least based on population, but every state gets a flat two Senate seats. That means that California (40 million people) gets the same Senate representation as Wyoming (500k people). What that translates to is an electoral college that does not evenly reflect the core idea of democracy: one person, one vote. But wait – it gets worse. Like in the UK, states are declared on a “winner take-all” basis (with the exception of Maine and Nebraska). It means that if Trump won Texas by a few thousand votes, he’d get all thirty-eight of those electoral votes. Notably, the winner-take-all element was never mentioned in the US constitution – they just chose to do it that way. The result? Few peoples’ votes matter. Voter suppression is easier and more damaging. Third parties don’t stand a chance in hell, and often act only as “spoilers”. Swing-states determine the outcome. Two of the last four US leaders were chosen by a minority of the population. George W. Bush (2004) is the only Republican since 1988 to win the popular vote. For Kamala Harris, who is currently polling ahead of Trump by about 3 points, those swing states will make all of the difference. Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona and North Carolina will determine the next President of the United States. Most of those states are currently polling within the margin of error. Because of the electoral college, this race is a toss-up. Harris will almost certainly win the popular vote. But as we’ve seen here in the UK, America’s jacked-up First-Past-The-Post system doesn’t play fair. That broken mechanism may usher in the end of American democracy itself if Trump rides it to an ill-gotten victory. Both the UK and the US have record levels of distrust and dissatisfaction with politics. They’re both well past due for a democratic update.

Wonder what it could be ? Racking my brains 🤔

Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk has the ‘qualities’ to win the Ballon d’Or, according to his Ukraine international teammate Georgiy Sudakov. 🙃Along with...the moon is made of cheese, and I promise not to come in your mouth

Why are Chelsea’s owners locked in a civil war? Todd Boehly is unsure about Chelsea’s recruitment strategy (Picture: Getty) Boehly and Eghbali are believed to have conflicting visions for the future of Chelsea over a number of issues, both on and off the pitch. According to Sky Sports, Boehly is unsure of the current recruitment strategy being implemented by Eghbali. Boehly is also thought to have reservations over the fact that no significant progress has been made on redeveloping Stamford Bridge. So neither of them seem interested in the teams terminal decline into mid table mediocrity - its all about the money for them

Its like the Cold War 'spheres of influence' where The US and CCCP were desperate to dominate South and Central America, Middle East, Africa and South East Asia terrified that there would be a 'domino effect' of countries becoming Socialist. So, as you know the US installed dozens of right wing dictators, death squads, to murder and kill any opposition, trade unions etc all to be US Corporate 'friendly'. I know China and Putin were/are active in Congo so the installing of this puppet is it a one off, or are there others ?

Social media owners are in essence publishers. If you or I published hate speech - which Elon Musk (Lone Skum) good anagram btw and Fuckerberg seem to allow we'd be prosecuted. They are responsible for ongoing violence, deaths and misogyny and people aspiring to something they will never be

Unless the cunt croaks

Lying piece of shit -he was part of the problem and financially benefited from it

Adnani has appeared at least twice on former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, and on one occasion told him that his ambition was to achieve “full spectrum energy dominance”. Headquartered in a serviced office building in Sevenoaks, Better Earth describes itself as an “energy transition company”. Its website, which is currently under construction, says it will “work directly with national governments and regions that are seeking both inward investment and/or to reduce their emissions ahead of 2030”. The apparent lack of transparency extends beyond the nature of the firm’s clients: the company no longer has a person of significant control registered at Companies House. The initial filing states that its single share is owned by another company called “Emissions Reduction Corp” registered in Carson City, Nevada. US company searches reveal the firm was previously called Carbon Royalty Corporation, a Delaware-based company whose directors include Adnani and Nicole Shanahan, who was until recently Robert F Kennedy Jr’s running mate in his campaign for US president before he endorsed Trump. Delaware is a “dark” jurisdiction but sources suggest Carbon Royalty Corporation has raised $40m since it was incorporated in 2021 and its investors appear “undisclosed”, although this is not illegal. Baroness Margaret Hodge, the former Labour MP who led parliament’s Public Accounts Committee from 2010-2015 said there were “at least four very serious public interest questions” to be answered about the appointment. “What on earth is an ex-prime minister of the United Kingdom doing, working for a company with an opaque structure? In my experience those who choose to have a UK company owned by a foreign entity only do that because they may have something to hide. What is it in this case? Given the sensitivities around nuclear capabilities we should know who he is in business with, where the money is coming from and why he is using a financial structure that appears to hide the beneficial ownership of the company.” Better Earth, Amir Adnani and Boris Johnson declined to respond to the Observer’s inquiries about Better Earth’s line of work, funding or any other matters. The appointment also raises further question marks over Johnson’s relationship with Baroness Owen, a previously unknown junior political adviser who had worked for a matter of months with Johnson at Number 10. Her appointment to the Lords, where she took the title Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge in July last year, became the subject of intense speculation. With just a few years’ job experience under her belt, she now holds the position for life. In her maiden speech in November last year, she thanked Johnson for “putting a great deal of trust in me”. That trust has now been extended to a senior role in his new company, Better Earth, though her role has also not been widely publicised. She recently updated her House of Lords page to note that she has a paid position as “Vice President, Better Earth Limited (energy transition company)” though she does not appear on the company’s website, X feed or LinkedIn page. Former Boris Johnson aide joins Lords as youngest ever life peer Owen mentioned climate only briefly in her maiden speech earlier this year, preferring to showcase her interest in technology, and has no previous employment experience in environmental, nuclear, or green issues. She declined to answer any of the Observer’s questions about her role. Owen joins two other former Conservative ministers at the firm: Chris Skidmore, who resigned the whip and the party over Rishi Sunak’s oil and gas plan, is Better Earth’s COO, while Nigel Adams, a Johnson ally and former minister without portfolio, is CEO. There is no suggestion that either Skidmore or Adams were in breach of transparency rules. Before Johnson became a director of Better Earth in May this year, he wrote to Acoba, the government watchdog, alerting them to the appointment. This came during the same period Acoba had accused him of refusing to answer its questions about whom he’d met as a consultant on behalf of a hedge fund, Merlyn Advisors, during a trip to Venezuela. The incident led the committee’s chairman, Eric Pickles, to warn that Johnson’s behaviour had proved its rules were “unenforceable”. Like Trump he puts money and pussy as top priorities

Boris Johnson failed to disclose that he met a uranium lobbyist while prime minister before entering into a new business with a controversial Iranian-Canadian uranium entrepreneur, the Observer can reveal. Johnson’s new company Better Earth Limited also employs Charlotte Owen, a junior aide with just a few years work experience whom he elevated to the House of Lords last year at the age of 29, sparking intense controversy. Transparency campaigners say there appear to be “serious public interest questions to be answered” over the nature and timeline of Johnson’s relationship with his co-director, Amir Adnani, the founder, president and CEO of Uranium Energy Corp, a US-based mining and exploration company, championed by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon. Amir Adnani, a Canadian citizen who is the director of a network of offshore companies based in the British Virgin Islands, incorporated Better Earth in December last year. On 1 May, Companies House filings reveal, “The Rt Hon Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson” was added as a director and co-chairman. And this summer, Charlotte Owen – now Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge – joined the company to work alongside him as its vice president. Times So that will be his next armpit hes sniffing, another young filly, who he will impregnate with his caffeine polluted carbohydrate heavy Etonian sperm to add to his fourteen kids from different women.....

Yup clues in the name Declan Rice about as English as Paddy O Reilly

Once i was in the market square at Pirraeus -it was the time of Stavros Poppadapadapadapoulis when there was a socialist uprising. On my mind was 'If a man gives you a glass of water, do you ask for bacon ?' It is a problem for brexiters and the commies, but for me it was simple - you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it do backstroke, esprcially in a recession. The water is full of migrants that are Erdogan spies, but most are commie agitators that drink champagne and the horse vomitted. That is not climate change

The working relationship between the most important people at Chelsea is understood to have broken down beyond repair. Boehly believes he can get together more than £2.5billion in order to buy out Clearlake’s Eghbali and Jose E Feliciano. He is determined to see through his long-term plans for Chelsea, which include building a new stadium, and wants rid of his fellow investors Torygraph

Haha Big Oirish banner - Grealish and Rice are Snakes. They have Irish grans and could have played for the Republic

Fire services in England dealt with nearly 25,000 wildfires this summer, almost four times that recorded over the same period in 2021, figures show. Some forces tackled more than 50 wildfires a day amid droughts and record-breaking temperatures of more than 40C. More than 800 wildfires were recorded on 19 July alone.

How climate change is driving extreme fires in Greece Just as an enormous wildfire tears through the suburbs of Athens, scientists in Europe are racing to understand why "extreme" fires like this are becoming more common. The conditions for some of these fierce blazes have become between three and 20 times more likely, according to the first research of its kind. The new annual review of what is causing extreme fires, and whether we can predict them, comes off the back of a staggeringly destructive wildfire season from March 2023 to February 2024. Record-breaking flames scorched Canada and turned skies far away in New York orange and grey. The largest recorded fires in the European Union killed 19 people in Greece, and blazes in western Amazonia brought filthy air to local towns. Today's major study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Earth System Science Data, finds carbon emissions from wildfires in 2023-2024 were 16% above average, spewing out 8.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And, had it not been a quiet fire season in the African savannahs, the global emission from wildfires would have been the greatest of any fire season on record since 2003, they said. Image:Parthenon shrouded in smoke from Greek wildfires Image:Pic: Reuters What is an 'extreme' wildfire? There is no single definition of what constitutes an extreme fire, because it is relative to the location, said one of the authors Dr Douglas Kelley, from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH). It could be measured by things like burned area, intensity, or how unusual they are, depending on the region. But they used three mega blazes in Canada, Greece, and western Amazonia last year as a benchmark. The current flames in Greece would count as an extreme fire because of its proximity to and potential damage to people, said fellow author Dr Joe McNorton from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). At 200 square kilometres, this year's fires in Greece are still much smaller than the 900 square kilometres burned last fire season. That's because the current flames are at the "wildland-urban interface", which brings with it "potential loss of life, destruction, economic devastation" said Dr McNorton. Image:Pic: Reuters Climate change raised the chances of unprecedented fires last year Human-driven climate change made the tinderbox conditions of 2023-24 up to three times more likely in Greece, similar in Canada and 20 times more likely in western Amazonia, today's paper found. They then looked at "how likely we are to get them in the future", said Dr Kelley. If the world warms by up to 2C by 2100, sticking to Paris Agreement goals, they project such a fire in Canada will be two to three times more likely, but no change in Greece and western Amazonia. But if temperatures warm by more like 3C, extreme fires like last year will be up to 11 times more likely in Canada, three in Greece and 1.3 in western Amazonia. Other research shows the number of intense fires has been rising. How does climate change impact extreme fires? Climate change is "clearly increasing" fire conditions, said Dr Matthew Jones from the University of East Anglia. Warmer temperatures dry out forests, which make a fire "more likely to spread", said Dr Kelley. It can also cause more vegetation to grow, which provides more "fuel" for the fire. Human factors also influence fires, like starting them themselves, or breaking up the landscape, or how well they fight them. 0:59 Play Video - Drone captures damage of Greece wildfires Drone captures damage of Greece wildfires How do fires impact climate change? Although the number of extreme fires is on the up, the total amount of land being burned has been decreasing. That is a bit of a "red herring" said Dr Jones, because it's due to a fall in the less harmful savannah fires, as things like agriculture break up the grassland, often bringing better protection or irrigation. But what scientists are really concerned about is the rise in wildfires in forests. Forest wildfires release more carbon emissions, pose a higher risk to people, take longer to recover, and mean the loss of huge carbon storage. Image:The total amount of land burned globally has been falling, largely due to a decrease of fires in savannah areas Pic: Jones et al (2024) Image:CO2 emissions from fires have not changed much even though land area burned has fallen, because now more dense forests are burning Pic: Jones et al (2024) Read more from Sky News: New warning about 'demise' of Great Barrier Reef Britain's smallest house 'at risk' due to climate change That's why global fire emissions have barely budged even though land area burned has fallen - and there's a fear global emissions from fires could soon increase. More extreme fires in Canada and western Amazonia are "quite worrying... in ecosystems which hold a lot of carbon and in some cases, don't experience much fire today, so they haven't really adapted to it," said Dr Kelley. Image:70-year-old Sakis Morfis inspects the damage in Greece What can be done? Dr Clair Barnes from Imperial College London, who was not involved with the study, said she hopes the report will both "guide preparations for wildfires, and help the world understand the simple fact that fires will keep getting worse until fossil fuels are replaced with renewable energy sources". Scientists agree that emissions need to fall in order to avoid future risk - but that will take a long time to have an impact. In the meantime, the authors said, leaders should consider protecting forest boundaries, reducing the amount of natural fuel fire, imposing fire bans on high-risk days, and investing more in early warning prediction systems.

Probably not -seeing as hes not the manager

Chelsea owners ‘exploring’ sale as Boehly, Eghbali ‘relationship deteriorates’ Come back Roman...

Over 600 000 Russian conscripts killed taking small Ukrainian villages and towns. All conscripts of any country should tell their masters to shove their orders up their fucking arses and go and fight themselves imo. Did Putin really want these Pyrric victories ? (Pyrrus was a Greek who fought the Romans but with massive casualties decimating his army for small victories).

Carney Chukwuemeka and Cesare Casadei have been reinstated to the first-team - just weeks after Enzo Maresca insisted there was no way back for any of the club's exiled stars.