David Mark Thomas

Editor of African Business Magazine @africanbizmag / Pitch to: [email protected]. Fun = Books/playing footie/rock music/movies

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

Trump’s shift back closer toward the European position on Ukraine looks to be confirmed in this G7 statement overnight - the US has signed up to language backing more military support for Ukraine and stronger sanctions on Russia - that’s a significant win for Starmer/Macron/Merz

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

We must be morally prepared for the fact that Russia will deliberately try to destroy Ukraine's many ancient monuments and its most important sites of cultural and historical heritage.

Today, they desecrated the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with their violence. They struck the Dovzhenko Film Studio. The Mystetskyi Arsenal art center was damaged, as was a church in Dnipro.

Saint Sophia of Kyiv is in danger. So are the ancient landmarks of Kyiv, the thousand-year-old churches of Chernihiv, the museums of the Zaporizhian Sich, and the historic treasures of Lviv.

Since fascist Russia is somehow unable to defeat the Ukrainian army, and its missile terror against civilians is failing to produce results, the mighty and invincible Russia will now bravely wage war against historic churches with even greater ferocity.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

The award for the most stylish World Cup arrival goes to DR Congo 😎🇨🇩

[UEFA @UEFA]

🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!

We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Today, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has become as long as the entirety of World War I.

And Russia is still no more capable of defeating Ukraine than it was in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025,

And it never will be. That question has already been settled.

[UnHerd @unherd]

Support in Northern Ireland for a united Ireland has fallen to a 10-year low, according to new polling.

@archie48earle reports 👇
https://t.co/NQZDN3fKEM

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

Africa’s top referee has been removed from the World Cup’s list of match officials after being denied entry into the United States.

Omar Artan, who was due to become the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup, was named the Confederation of African Football men’s referee of the year in 2025.

More here 👇
https://t.co/VdSuNMNFJo

[S. I. Rubinstein @si_rubinstein]

On Henry Nowak.
https://t.co/wR4tGs7Bp1

[David Mark Thomas @davethomas1989]

@Metallica Toss up between Bleeding Me & Outlaw Torn. Great to see this album finally getting its due.

[Victoria Freeman @v_j_freeman]

Every week we seem to encounter an instance of instruments of British justice not working for us or actively working against us. It’s not an exaggeration to say we’ve reached crisis point. Influencing justice feels remote from ordinary people. Democracy doesn’t seem to touch it.

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

What a fucking disgrace this case is

[Ciaran @CiaranBloo]

Every diaspora be like “In my culture the most important things are family, food and supporting one of England’s 3 biggest clubs”

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

As Henry Nowak lay bleeding to death in the middle of a quiet residential street in Southampton, his wrists were chained together in handcuffs.

Police officers, who he thought were coming to his aid, had fallen for the lies of his attacker, Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man who claimed the 18-year-old finance student had racially abused him.

Digwa had in fact stabbed Mr Nowak four times with an 8in ceremonial knife 👇
https://t.co/ZuB2K5sThn

[Sarah Deech ☕️ @londonette]

Imagine booking on a special tour of Judaica at the @britishmuseum, part of Jewish Culture Month, not because you’re genuinely interested, but because you are an antisemite who wants to disrupt it and scream about Palestine.

It is utterly shameful this is happening in the UK. And too many good people are staying silent.

As filmmaker Laszlo Nemes said recently, there is “an orgy of antisemitism overtaking the West.”

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that many people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble.

I wrote this for @ManchesterMill - I hope it’s insightful and fair.

https://t.co/Vh6P57t40G

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

Soweto giants Orlando Pirates claimed a first South African league title in 14 years with two own goals helping them secure the victory they needed on Saturday. https://t.co/o497ZmXyAi

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Senegal's president sacks prime minister Sonko after months of tensions https://t.co/v2FEG4zGKy

[Virunga National Park @gorillacd]

It is with profound sadness that Virunga National Park confirms the deaths of two Park Rangers following a deadly armed attack on the ICCN post at Kamuhororo, on the southern shore of Lake Edward, this morning, Thursday 21 May 2026.⁠
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Read the full statement: https://t.co/rWtsDSnfGC

[Botswana Government @BWGovernment]

𝗡𝗢, 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦.

[William Samoei Ruto, PhD @WilliamsRuto]

It has been quite an experience to follow @Arsenal Football Club's epic adventure, from times of struggle and crushing setback, to successive seasons of recovery and resurgence on their glorious path to the summit of the English Premier League.

In this time, we have witnessed the power of hope, resilience, focus and relentless hardwork in action, and watched a team of dedicated professional do battle against formidable adversaries, matchday after matchday.

Tonight, the great reward is won. The team is victorious. It's faith and dedication is vindicated. And our commitment to succeed through work, discipline and teamwork is affirmed.

Congratulations to the Gunners