The Riviera Reporter

The Riviera Reporter is the French Riviera's English language news magazine for residents. Founded 1987.

[Gouvernement @gouvernementFR]

Afin de prévenir toute propagation de l’hantavirus de souche Andes sur le territoire national, le Gouvernement a publié un décret lundi 11 mai 2026. ⬇
https://t.co/vIjObarmXt

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

TUCKER CARLSON: “The idea that Israel accidentally k*lled tens of thousands of women & children in Gaza is a total lie-they murdered them on purpose. It's not even debatable; it's a fact.”

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

🇳🇴 Norway took its oil wealth and built the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund — investing in pensions, healthcare, and the future.

🇬🇧 Britain sold ours off in the 1980s, handed control to private corporations, and spent the revenues on short-term tax cuts.

🔴 Today, Norway has one of the highest standards of living in the world — while the UK is stuck managing decline.

🔵 Thatcher’s Conservative govt was responsible for handing over control of North Sea oil to private corporations, dismantling public ownership, and prioritising free-market policies over long-term public wealth.

Thatcher forfeited long-term public income from oil in favour of short-term privatisation proceeds and tax cuts.

🔴 Norway, by contrast, retained public control and built up the $1.6 trillion Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund from its oil wealth. The UK spent most of its oil revenues on general government spending during the 1980s, with little legacy investment.

[Bark @barkmeta]

Let me explain what just happened 👇

5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil.

5 minutes…

These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch.

There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made.

Someone in that room picked up a phone.
And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars.

American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it.

This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions.

This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight.

You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question.

Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that.

The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

You want the NATO allies to join you in a war you started without ever consulting these allies about the war or explaining your war aims. We’re meant just to meekly fall in line.
You recently supported a US invasion of a NATO ally (Denmark/Greenland) but now you want these same allies to join your war.
Your president disparaged and misrepresented the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan. But now you want them to join with you again in a war of your making.
You went to war with Iran without a thought of how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and without involving your allies in the matter. But now you want the NATO allies to bail you out, even though there’s still no plan for Hormuz.
You want the NATO allies to join you in a war in which you still cannot articulate the endgame. Or what victory would look like.
You went to war thinking the Iranian regime would quickly topple, that Tehran would not attack the Gulf States or close Hormuz. Why would we align with such Epic Stupidity?
You and other know-nothing blowhards started this war all on your own. You can finish it on your own. If you’re able to …

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Here’s Rory Stewart talking a lot of sense about the Iran war:

“We need to get out immediately. Every day this continues, it gets closer to a global economic meltdown and closer to a much bigger conflict and the beginnings of a third world war.”

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Nigel Farage breaks MPs' code of conduct with 17 breaches

Who would have guessed
https://t.co/LgZlxgnN98

[Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons]

@campbellclaret @MarkJCarney Macron speech also excellent. Newsom nailed his warnings to Europeans with “Trump is a T-Rex. You mate with him or he devours you, one or the other, you need to stand up to it. Stay tall and united.” Good showing for the rules-based, liberal, universalist international order.

[The Riviera Reporter @RivieraReporter]

@BladeoftheS That's what Reform wants for the UK.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Airbus said it was ordering immediate repairs to 6,000 of its widely used A320 family of jets in a sweeping recall affecting more than half the global fleet https://t.co/soLozjkeQw

[The Riviera Reporter @RivieraReporter]

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[The Riviera Reporter @RivieraReporter]

@bluhue123 Boycott ABCs advertisers and tell them you're doing it. Money talks and changes minds.

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

BREAKING NEWS:
Syrian asylum seeker found beating up a teen girl outside a club. He pushed her over and kept kicking her! It took 2 bouncers to stop him!

Labour wants to give him a 2nd chance!🤮
Correction: It was a Reform MP

See how your racism determines what you'l tolerate?

[Nice-Matin @Nice_Matin]

Les hôteliers parlent d’une saison "exceptionnelle". Leurs établissements sont pleins à craquer. Reste-t-il des chambres libres? à quel prix? Nous avons cherché.
👉 https://t.co/vwpxdamJYB

[Nice-Matin @Nice_Matin]

Depuis plusieurs jours, le Var et les Alpes-Maritimes subissent une vague de chaleur intense qui rappelle l’épisode caniculaire historique de 2003. Si les températures restent légèrement inférieures aux records de l’été 2003, cette nouvelle canicule se caractérise par des nuits particulièrement chaudes et une persistance de la chaleur. https://t.co/HuVKyZSUoj

[Nice-Matin @Nice_Matin]

L’automobiliste âgé de 33 ans qui a percuté plusieurs amis sur la RM 6202 est entendu, depuis dimanche, à la brigade de Levens. Il a frappé un militaire. Seule une victime, grièvement blessée, est encore hospitalisée.
👉 https://t.co/VxkwpuBSrQ

[The Independent @Independent]

‘Texas law does not apply’: JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts’ Democrats https://t.co/2QthiK0MoL

[Reuters @Reuters]

Mexico sets minimum export prices for fresh tomatoes https://t.co/Wpf8Q8fsSF https://t.co/Wpf8Q8fsSF

[20 Minutes @20Minutes]

Les évêques de France veulent revoir la promotion d’un prêtre condamné pour viol
➡️ https://t.co/iGe8MGenYc