More than 100,000 Havana residents are without water as the heat of the Caribbean summer sets in, raising tensions on the streets of Cuba's capital as the crisis-racked government scrambles to find a solution reut.rs/3PDeu9z

Sorry but I disagree. Had the decision to supply Ukraine with modern fighter jets been taken when, for example, russia began targeting our energy infrastructure on October 10th all of the logistics would have been resolved months ago and they'd be in the air.

‘There is more at stake in Ukraine, than just Ukraine’ My latest article on why, if we do not ensure Russia is comprehensively beaten in Ukraine, the wolf WILL come to our door. talk.tv/news/23136/ukr…

Radayya al-Othma, died on July 5 of wounds sustained the previous day in #SyrianRegime artillery shelling of al-Bara in Jabal al-Zawiya, S. #Idlib. #SNHR condemns any & all bombing of civilian areas. #Syria For more: news.snhr.org/?p=114524

In the wake of Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the Kyiv Independent visited the village of Afanasivka in Mykolaiv Oblast to assess the drastic impacts to the land and its people. Watch the full documentary on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=A38v58…

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Yevgeny Prigozhin’s armed mutiny fizzled out almost as suddenly as it began, leaving analysts divided over what it meant. We asked BBC Russian Service audiences to share their thoughts on what happened and what it meant for the future. bbcrussian.substack.com/p/awful-but-to…

Why a Guatemalan court’s decision to freeze presidential election results is stirring criticism apnews.com/article/guatem…

Dominio das cidades, or “dominion of cities,” a way of describing public security forces temporarily losing control. A way to rob banks that Brazilians learned from studying Hollywood movies such as Ocean’s Eleven. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Am still on a mental health break from 'X' but wanted to recommend this interview with Dan Kaszeta, FRHistS, Legal Juggernaut 🇱🇹 🇺🇦 Not just because Dan is unfailingly interesting but also for the delightful 'YES!' interruptions that, to my ears, have a certain Meg Ryan quality to them :] youtube.com/watch?v=BuRYA6…

Paul Reubens was a subversive. Playhouse is absolutely stoked with hidden filth. Go look. He's always been unregonised. Gays now wouldn't know who he is :{ Cos my gay gen, my cultural memory, I led with a 'Big Adventure' clip in my house mix from that era. mixcloud.com/paulcanning/su…

Florida arrested him for masturbating while watching a film *at an adult movie theater*. Yeah, Florida. Yeah, entrapment. Hollywood dropped him as a result. The tributes need to atone for what they did to him for being a gay man. They won't do that.

Briefly coming back, post referendum loss, to plug this series on ̶t̶h̶e̶ our war to occupy Australia which I uploaded to YouTube. You will learn a F of a lot from watching it. I wish the BBC had bought it - cos it IS British history - but They didn't. youtube.com/watch?v=Dg9kmw…