global headlines back to back. what an absolutely sick, terrifying world women must navigate.

Almost 20 years ago, Jean Charles de Menezes was killed by the police on a tube train. Cressida Dick ordered the kill shot. Kier Starmer didn’t bring any charges against her or her team. Her reward Met Commissioner. Why aren’t these people ever held accountable?

‘Gisèle found that she was carrying four sexually-transmitted diseases. “I have had no sympathy from any of the accused. One who was HIV-positive came six times. Not once did my husband express any concern about my health…”’ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

This case gets worse and worse. It’s the most bone chilling thing. She recognizes one of the rapists as a neighbor shes had regular repeated interactions with over the years. Insane. Men are not okay. bbc.com/news/articles/…

In 2021, we revealed the King secretly gave a CBE to a Saudi donor who paid millions in a deal brokered by royal aides Paying for an honour is a crime But The Met covered up the scandal, never investigating properly or speaking to the men at its heart—Charles and the Saudi 1/5

Word of the day is ‘struthious’ (18th century): prone to ignoring unwelcome facts and letting a situation worsen without any intervention. From the Latin for ‘ostrich-like’.

The Guardian today quotes Israeli minister Smotrich: '“No one in the world will allow us to starve two million people, even though it might be justified and moral in order to free the hostages.”

Mark Zuckerberg—who recently purchased a $300 million, 387-foot megayacht, powered by four gigantic diesel engines—tells us about the importance of "stopping climate change before we destroy the planet". 🤡

"Not all men" - but so many men helped Gisele Pelicot's husband: The 73 men who came to her house and raped her. The 3 men who left - and didn't call the police. The thousands of men who saw the ads on the website - and didn't call the police. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Keep down the prison population by not jailing people for peaceful protests. Or even for being subpostmasters.

Jenrick, favourite to win the leadership, supports Trump. Badenoch, second favourite, is a fan of Douglas Murray. The Tory Party has ditched Conservatism and become a far-right movement. This is a disaster for British democracy. My new column for MEE: middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-tor…

A US citizen was shot dead today by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank. These guys are getting ready to go to bat for a foreign occupying entity.

Look who's back 😄

358 years ago today the Great Fire of London finally came to an end. The city had been destroyed — and it was rebuilt in a very strange way. This is the story of what makes London's urban design so unique...

reminder, everything you see & hear from Gaza is the tip of the iceberg. No video or photo can convey the smell of death, the sound of 24/7 drones, the feeling of shaking ground, the desperation of hunger & the pain of a cesarean without anesthetic, the sensory terror of genocide

Israeli forces killed 26-year-old American Ayşenur Eygi. At the same weekly protest they shot an American teacher just weeks ago. She just arrived Tuesday—with the same group 23-year-old Rachel Corrie was part of as she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer.zeteo.com/p/26-year-amer…

Sir Tony Blair branded 'despicable' by Fire Brigades Union for comments on Grenfell fire news.sky.com/story/sir-tony…

More Jewish vigilante groups roaming the University of Toronto campus today. This one calling themselves J Force.

🇮🇱 media: We did it 🇺🇸media: Who knows

In light of the IDF murder of US/Turkish Foreign national, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, in the West Bank it is important to remember the similar targeted killing of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022. The IDF vehemently denied that sniper shot, the USA carried water for the