@WarMonitor3 More Wildberries warehouses are going offline.......
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Jeremy Quantrill
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Ukraine has fired 6 domestically produced Flamingo cruises missiles which are currently flying over Russian airspace to an unknown target.
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The man was stood down from the MoD after colleagues alerted private company Mitie of his social media posts and that he carried a knife
He was assigned to Badenoch’s security team weeks later
Story:
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
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@AlexTaylorNews "Ceuta is technically part of Spain" like "Corsica is technically part of France"
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Following the usual hysterical "they're invading Europe" coverage, here is an actual map👇
Ceuta is technically part of Spain, BUT you need a visa or refugee status to cross to the Spanish mainland. That's why practically all have already gone back to Morocco, despite what most reports together with populists, Russian trolls and others have been suggesting
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@BenZaranko Cheques, what are those, can I swipe them on my phone? Maybe Paypal is a better option or how about find some councillors who are able enough to improve peoples lives in their community rather than just bicker and score points against each other.
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Question for the devolution nerds:
Ben Houchen won't be allowed to cut income tax *rates*, but what's to stop him using his share of local income tax receipts to send out cheques worth the same amount, as a *spending* programme? Practicalities? Lacks the spending powers?
Ben Houchen@BenHouchen
So devolution means getting people's taxes to spend but not being allowed to give it back to them 🤷♂️ Last time I spoke to the PM, devolution was about whitehall not dictating what areas can or can’t do. Doesn’t sound much like devolution to me? Just an excuse for a tax grab
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"I've lost everyone. My parents. My brothers and sisters. My son..."
Ukrainian Defender Danylo Voronov lost his entire family in a Russian strike on Radushne, Dnipropetrovsk region.
At the moment a Russian ballistic missile hit their home, his parents, seven brothers and sisters, and his 1.5-year-old son, Artem, were inside.
Danylo says Artem was a cheerful little boy who was always smiling and loved pressing the keys of a piano. His family believed he had a gift for music.
This is an unimaginable tragedy.
Deepest condolences to Danylo.
May he find the strength to endure this devastating loss.
📹: Suspilne / Svoi Kryvyi Rih
Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en
A whole family of six killed by the Russian strike on Radushne, Dnipropetrovsk region, An unbelievable tragedy.... Three kids killed, six, eleven and seventeen years old. Several people are still missing. Fragments of bodies are being identified. Deepest condolences...
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Italian PM Meloni:
The Government has decided to temporarily suspend the free movement regime provided for by Schengen in maritime and air connections with Spain, reintroducing border controls.
This is an extraordinary measure, adopted to safeguard national security and prevent possible repercussions for our Nation.
The measure will be kept in force only for the time necessary, with particular attention to limiting any impact on summer tourist flows.
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@faisalislam Infantile gets lots of $$$$, thats why.....the one and only reason, call it his pension.
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“These are assets with qualities that cannot be replicated by technology.”
The lead investor in the Infantino FIFA plan (most seem to be focussed on his brother’s role in the Trump family) only launched his sports investment fund Thrive Eternal in April, having previously specialised in the application of AI…
He launched that shift with an investment in the SF Giants (by the way the sports team that pioneered dynamic pricing in stadiums).
The thesis here is that AI can not replicate live sports/ footy and so will become more valuable, relative to music, writing, films etc for which production can be partly automated.
Thrive is partnered with OpenAI in other areas… there is a bunch of AI tech money going into sports, behind this thinking, essentially that authenticity will increase its value.
‘Iconic franchises and cultural institutions rooted in tradition, identity, and shared experience. In a world shaped by abundant intelligence where creation scales and distribution fragments, we believe they will matter even more.”
This answers the question of investors interest in FIFA, and there are abundant US-based investors in this thesis.
It doesn’t answer the question of why FIFA needs the equity investment. It’s already sat on a mountain of cash, which it could just hand out for development to every member association straight away, as Cordero just acknowledged.
Joshua Kushner@JoshuaKushner
Today we announce Thrive Eternal, a permanent capital holding company that will be concentrated in a small number of assets that we can own and steward over many decades. Across Thrive Capital and Thrive Holdings, we are building and investing through a moment of exponential change; backing emerging technologies, the infrastructure that powers them, and the businesses they can transform. Increasingly, we see a fourth category. These are assets with qualities that cannot be replicated by technology. Iconic franchises and cultural institutions rooted in tradition, identity, and shared experience. In a world shaped by abundant intelligence where creation scales and distribution fragments, we believe they will matter even more. Thrive Eternal is built on the belief that the most enduring of these assets share common characteristics: they benefit from long-term stewardship, they compound through cultural resonance, and they are enhanced by technology rather than displaced by it. Our work at Thrive has always been informed and inspired by a deep appreciation for product, brand, and the ways in which consumers form lasting relationships with the things they love. We have been building towards this for a long time. Our first partnership is expected to be with the San Francisco Giants - an institution built on more than a century of shared identity and community, and among the most iconic sports franchises in America. We have reached an agreement, subject to league approval, to acquire an ownership stake. We feel privileged by the opportunity to be long-term partners to the Giants.
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@WarMonitor3 Spain seem to repeating the mistakes of Merkel with same predicable consequences
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The Italian government is considering suspending the Schengen Agreement with Spain over the recent Ceuta incident.
Wow…
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@faisalislam @Concacaf I had no idea Monserrat played football, how they get a vote is laughable and thus shows how we get such appalling people leading FIFA when offering such tiny places so much money can obvious persuade them to vote the 'right way' Well done Concacaf for standing up.
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The reported payment of $40m per FIFA member implied by the part privatisation plan would be worth… 47% of Montserrat’s Annual GDP or $9443 per capita.
Montserrat is part of @Concacaf which has rejected the plan
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Professor Richard Sheehan at UND told me before the World Cup that FIFA ticket income would increase not 3 fold but 7 fold… he also described the way in which development funds were handed out to member states in a way that essentially also bought majorities…. And now applies to the decision on choice of host of World Cups too.
It tends to distribute these development funds equally to the 211 member associations, meaning tiny Montserrat gets a windfall from FIFA worth 2.5% of its annual GDP, or $500 per person.
The equal distribution model has existed since the 1990s, and was supercharged by FIFA President Gianni Infantino as part of his election pledge. It is driven by the one-country, one-vote system, which has also been used to select the World Cup hosts from this year on.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@Number10cat @FIFAcom Free speech does not extend to defamation of character just ask the Essex PCC...
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Dear @FIFAcom - When you're too corrupt for Nigel Farage, you've got problems
Nigel Farage@Nigel_Farage
Football is for the people. UEFA are right to take a stand and Gianni Infantino must resign.
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@Number10cat @FIFAcom Well, in court you probably would have to, yes...
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@Number10cat @policylaila Yes, if they were not going to sponge off the rest of us...No, if they were....maybe its still too hot for you to distinguish the difference in these two answers....
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@policylaila So your parents were economic migrants? Would Reform policy let them in now?
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My parents chose to come here not for what Britain could give them for free, but for what it allowed them to build for themselves.
They came because Britain stood for something: freedom, fairness, opportunity, and the rule of law applied equally to everyone.
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Football is for the people. UEFA are right to take a stand and Gianni Infantino must resign.
UEFA@UEFA
Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations
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@SkyNews I look forward to retweeting this when the torrential rain returns in September. If only there was a way to capture all the rain that falls on the wettest parts of the UK....it might make a difference for the future.
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The Jodrell Bank Observatory, which has housed the UK's largest telescope for nearly 70 years, has lost its funding and could now close.
All as part of broad cuts to British science.
Britain will no longer participate in searching for signs of life on other worlds.
It’s easy to say that these things should not be a priority as Britain tightens its belt.
But the cut to the observatory's annual budget amounts to a grand total of £2.8 million.
In 2024-25 alone, the government spent £2.1 BILLION on housing illegal migrants in hotels - 750 times more than the annual budget of the observatory.
As in so many other fields, Britain pioneered the study of modern astronomy.
We remain home to some of the brightest scientific minds in the world.
We will need their contributions if we are to be a competitive society and economy in the future.
But Tory and Labour governments have decided to lavish billions on foreign nationals while neglecting the foundations of national strength.
Decline is a choice.
Reform will invest in Britain’s strengths.
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