The latest on Pope Leo XIV: his call from the hospital with President Vladimir Putin, where he raised the plight of civilians in Oleshky, Ukraine, and his recovery post lung surgery & cancer diagnosis.
With @MaxFosterCNN on @CNN
Coming up around 1930hrs GMT / 2230hrs in Kyiv / 3:30pm ET in the US I’ll join @MaxFosterCNN on @cnni to discuss the cutting of #Starlink services to #Ukraine and more. Please join us.
Statement on Recent Speculations by some British Individuals and Media
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in London categorically rejects and strongly condemns the recent unfounded and malicious speculations published by some British individuals and media outlets attempting to link Iran to arrest of five suspects in the vicinity of RAF Fairford base.
The Circulation of such fabricated speculations, particularly in the aftermath of the criminal acts of aggression committed by the United States and the Israeli regime against the Iranian people, will serve no purpose other than to fuel Iranophobia propaganda in the UK.
The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to take appropriate legal measures, as necessary, to safeguard the rights and interests of the country and its people in response to misleading and damaging media narratives.
i don’t really care what we call ai.
but i care a lot that the companies developing it have functional sovereignty,
and that the american government doesn’t seem to be interested
@maxfostercnn
Back to the US. Clintons draft in Prince Harry for this month’s Clinton Global Initiative annual gathering in New York with the theme, “How do we get it right?”
I joined @cnni's @MaxFosterCNN this afternoon to discuss what we know about Pickaxe Mountain and the Pentagon's efforts to defeat deeply buried targets such as it.
We can try to say we are „not at war“ but Russia still conducts a shadow war against us. For the German government attributing the attempted Leipzig terror attack to Russia was a big step, but it needs much harsher consequences now to send a message of deterrence. @MaxFosterCNN
Reporting on Germany blaming Russia for the August 4th drone attack at Leipzig airport. Germany’s interior minister saying he believes Germany is under sustained hybrid attack. Russia’s FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accusing Germany of manufacturing a “pretext” and “stoking” the Ukraine war. @CNN@MaxFosterCNN @
The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial indicated they are deadlocked and cannot come to a unanimous verdict, a scenario that could lead to a mistrial - CNN
Oyo Nyimba, a Ugandan king, who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch when he took the crown in 1995, has died aged 34, the prime minister of his kingdom announced.
King Haakon was a grad student a the London School of Economics with me
Would run into him around campus, including at the bar
Recall him being very unassuming
You wouldn't have known he was royalty unless someone pointed it out
A good quality in a modern monarch