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‘See, I'm stuck in a city but I belong in a field’ 🎵 // History and art (and politics) 💜🍷🇮🇷🌹

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

I think Ed deserves credit and support for this. He will have driven it, and fair play to the PM for listening. Many wanted us to go further. We may yet, but this is a start and it should be welcomed.

The backlash from the US is already coming. That’s no surprise, given Trump and what he stands for. Being on the wrong side of the worst President of the modern era is probably a good place to be on this issue.

It remains to be seen how the government will stop settlement goods and services being laundered through Israel proper. But it’s a good start, and one that will mean a great deal to Palestinians, and to people here and abroad who want a values-based Britain.

There are signs from the Foreign Secretary’s statement that this is part of a wider reset of relations with Israel, and hopefully more active support for Palestinians. This offers encouragement that more will follow.

These positions are the bare minimum a Labour government should be taking, and it should never have taken so long to get here. For the moment though, it’s encouraging to see the party living up to some of our shared collective values.

https://t.co/xwbwmces6p

[The Independent @Independent]

A pigeon received oxygen from firefighters after they noticed it was struggling to breathe following a fire.

After Oakland firefighters put out a vehicle fire on 14 July, a distressed pigeon who appeared to have suffered from smoke inhalation, “came up to them seeking help”.

[no @zedonarrival]

my stomach hurts so bad for iran may allah strike the VAR down

[Pistachio 🇮🇷 🇵🇸 @HarleyShah]

Instead of rest and nutrition like everyone else, Iran has to go through immigration controls before and after each match and get members of the delegation selected at random for further sabotage.

And they are still playing well! Despite the disgraceful treatment. Go team Melli 💛

[val @mysteriousskn]

josh o'connor for all three

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

Faiza Shaheen cooked the executive vice chair and head of Palantir Technologies UK.

[N @dearvotion]

Something has shifted in the realm of print and I’m absolutely into it.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

This is Apartheid.

It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide.

To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

“A toddler in Gaza released from Israeli custody has been returned to his family with suspected torture wounds.”

Read that again.

[kev joon @never_oppressed]

I don’t know how many times I can say this but my god. I have *never* seen something like this. These are gutters and streams that run the sides of streets on almost every street and alley in Tehran. They are destroying a city in ways we haven’t witnessed before.

[Malachy Browne @malachybrowne]

Official statements placing U.S. forces in the area – along w/ analysis of social posts, videos, sat. images – suggest U.S. forces bombed a school in Minab, Iran during strikes targeting an IRGC base. Over 150 were killed, Iranian officials say. https://t.co/ZFIjTVPjBZ

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

After 36 years in business, Brixton News will close on Friday. TfL tripled their rent demands to £120,000 - but since reduced the figure to £85,000, after failing to find a willing tenant.

We can reveal TfL are still yet to confirm the new vendor — and in promo materials envisage the retail unit to be coffee shop.

[Sonia Sodha @soniasodha]

Glad to see the first paragraph of this piece by Gordon Brown - it really needed saying

https://t.co/hG1yMWhZET

[kev joon @never_oppressed]

People love to glamorize the Pahlavis but no one ever pauses to ask a simple question: what happened under the reign of Pahlavis that propelled Iranians to topple 2500 years of monarchy?

[leah ↔ lff @evenstqrs]

“oh it’s okay you don’t need to pause the movie for me!” so you hate me?

[Shadow Knight @shadowknightdk]

generational casting

[𝐒𝐭✰𝐫 ⧗ 🕷️ @wandastark828]

Jud and blanc this whole movie

[gabe @poetsonfilm]

new favorite duo just dropped

[richard bacon @richardpbacon]

“I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.

"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”

[HTSI @htsi]

For sale – Pauline Karpidas’s surrealist wonders https://t.co/c0ooiTQIEj