Mark Saunokonoko

site editor, international desk at Guardian

[Piers Morgan Uncensored @PiersUncensored]

‘If we had known that there were no weapons, I don’t think that war would have happened.’

Piers Morgan asks Alastair Campbell if he’d have made the same decisions on Iraq if he’d known the truth before.

Watch more 👇

📺 https://t.co/Ry66O6lPf8

@piersmorgan | @campbellclaret

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Horrifying. Now we know why Netanyahu continues to ban international media from Gaza.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

Starbucks Korea found itself at the centre of a storm that would force a billionaire to apologise on national television, and see a chief executive sacked. The controversy reverberated all the way to the South Korean president’s office.

https://t.co/5grImuE7WJ

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

This is Camp IV on Mt Everest (~7,900 m), the highest campsite on Earth and the final stop before the summit.

What should be one of the most extraordinary places on the planet has, in many ways, become one of the ugliest faces of Everest's commercialisation. Abandoned tents, empty oxygen bottles, food cans, torn gear, and other waste are scattered across the South Col, turning the world's highest campsite into a graveyard of climbing equipment.

The mountain deserves better.

Video ©: Angelina Angelova.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

No one’s name appears in the Epstein files more than that of Lesley Groff, his assistant. Reading through the thousands of emails, a troubling question arises: what did she know? Great piece @sophieelmhirst https://t.co/xynx08jauT

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a deal to end the war with Iran could materialise "today". Speaking on Monday in New Delhi, Rubio said: "We thought we might have some news last night, maybe today, I wouldn’t read too much into it," referring to the potential agreement.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

Incredible

[Financial Review @FinancialReview]

The high-profile independent MP claims to have “underestimated” the impact of capital gains tax changes, which she pushed for two months ago. https://t.co/UFh4CVlrD5

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“We spotted nine Polymarket accounts, all connected, who made, collectively,$2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. military operations,” says Nicolas Vaiman, co-founder of the small data analytics firm Bubblemaps.

“And now here's the crazy part: 98% win rate.” https://t.co/T79aYM48ZI

[Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef]

Absolutely shameful. Deserves total mockery.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

@ABCmediawatch Disturbing. Great work Media Watch

[Media Watch @ABCmediawatch]

The Commonwealth Bank has been, since July last year, helping to pay for AAP’s finance coverage.

#MediaWatch

[U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) @USAfricaCommand]

Last night's operation targeted a significant presence of ISIS fighters in Northeastern Nigeria eliminating multiple high value individuals including Abu-Bilal al-Minuki.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

Loud bangs heard on Saturday in the centre of Baghdad were artillery being fired to celebrate the formation of the new government, a security source told AFP.

The three blasts, heard by AFP reporter, marked the establishment of a government under newly selected PM Ali al-Zaidi.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

Explosions heard in Baghdad: AFP journalists

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 19-20, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping will discuss bilateral relations and exchange views on key international and regional issues, the Kremlin said in a statement.

[Mark Saunokonoko @saunokonoko]

Five reasons Putin is now talking about the war in Ukraine coming to an end.

https://t.co/gbs1MUMuu3

[NWS Fairbanks @NWSFairbanks]

☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx

[Mark Di Stefano @MarkDiStef]

Bearish that Anthropic would hire its first Australian boss who then posts excruciating AI slop as his own “reflections”.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

Fifth Avenue at Twilight, 1911. Birge Harrison.