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An unarmed Iranian ship was invited to take part in an Indian naval exercise alongside the United States. Its sailors were welcomed on land and paraded before the president as a gesture of cooperation. Then, at the last moment, the United States abruptly withdrew from the exercise,only to turn around and torpedo the very ship it had just stood beside. What followed was even more grotesque. After attacking an unarmed vessel, the US refused to rescue the sailors it had thrown into the sea, abandoning them to drown. The grim work of recovering bodies was left to the Sri Lankan Navy. This wasn’t warfare,it was treachery of the most disgraceful kind: an ambush carried out under the pretense of diplomacy, followed by a cold refusal to show even the most basic human decency to the dying. It would represent a collapse of every norm that supposedly governs civilized conduct at sea. And yet, instead of outrage, much of the American media response has been indifference or rationalization. The bombing of a girls’ school is brushed aside; talk of carpet-bombing Tehran is floated as if it were just another policy option. When atrocities are normalized and cruelty is laundered into “strategy,” the line between reporting and complicity begins to disappear.

There is growing concern about the BBC’s political coverage and the way recent events have been reported. Too often, reporting appears to rely on assumption, interpretation and anonymous briefing, presenting a picture that does not reflect the mood within the Labour Party or among voters. Commentary risks being treated as fact, and Westminster speculation has too often been given greater weight than the views of the wider membership and the electorate. The Parliamentary Labour Party is not the Labour Party. MPs were elected under the Labour banner, on the party’s manifesto and under the leadership of Keir Starmer. The democratic mandate rests with the members and the voters, not simply with internal briefings and political gossip. Over the weekend, the public pushed back strongly against the narrative being constructed. People challenged the claims, questioned the evidence and made it clear that they expect facts, attribution and balance, not speculation presented as reality. The Cardiff University analysis, highlighting the disproportionate level of coverage given to Reform compared with its electoral weight, has added to concerns about balance and proportionality. The BBC is funded by licence fee payers and carries a duty of strict impartiality. If reporting continues to rely on narrative framing rather than verifiable fact, public trust will continue to erode. If you share these concerns, the appropriate response is to use the BBC’s formal complaints process and ask for transparency and review. Make a complaint here: bbc.co.uk/contact/compla… Or write to: Director General BBC Broadcasting House Portland Place London W1A 1AA Public trust sustains the BBC. If enough people believe standards are slipping, their concerns should be formally heard.

@PhilipOConnor5 @BBCNews I’ve turned him off twice today. Can we not just have the news without the constant evaluating. That’s not reporting the news, it’s twisting it, it’s propaganda. Just give it a rest!

I really do not think I can take any more of Chris Mason's biased "reporting". It's intolerable @BBCNews .

BREAKING: The family of Alex Pretti releases a powerful statement about his senseless murder at the hands of Trump's masked fascist goons. Please share this far and wide... "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital," the family said in a statement provided to CNN. "Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman." "The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed." "Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you." It is our responsibility as Americans to get the truth out there. Petti was not attempting to harm anyone. He was swarmed, beaten, and disarmed by vicious federal agents who were looking for someone to hurt. Once they had removed his gun — which he had a legal permit to carry — they executed him in cold blood by firing numerous bullets into him. Then, the Trump administration proceeded to immediately falsely smear him as a "terrorist" who wanted to carry out a mass shooting against law enforcement. They're utterly shameless. “He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” said Pretti's father Alex. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong, so he did participate in protests.” Rest in power Alex. The rest of us will carry on the fight. Please like and share.

This is getting absolutely ridiculous now. Headline: Rayner’s family home was valued at almost twice the amount of other recently sold properties on her street. Article: Behind a paywall so most people will take that insinuation at face value The reality? 🧵1/10

J Hunt forgot he owned 7 flats, G Cox failed to declare £400K, IDS forgot a company paid him £25k, T Villiers forgot she owned £70k of Shell shares, Zahawi forgot to pay £4.8 million in taxes while Johnson & Sunak forgot just about everything. Tory hypocrisy ay 🙄 #Rayner

If Tories want a 'Tax Investigation' into Angela Rayner, fine. First, let's do Nadhim Zahawi, Sajid Javid, Nadine Dorries, Rishi Sunak, George Osborne, Liam Fox, Priti Patel, Sir Geoffrey Cox, Lord Ashcroft, Boris Johnson, etc, etc. And the systematic Covid Fraud.

Angela Rayner has more guts and integrity in her little finger than the entire Conservative Party. #c4news

Hello, is that Angela Rayner. Listen, if you want to beat the system, purchase seven flats. There'll be no questions asked whatsoever by the media. #C4News

@ngusdair Our town is on that line. We had a family get together last Sat, been planned for months. One person couldn’t get here at all (from Havant) and another spent more time sitting on trains than they did here. Can’t safely arrange anything for a weekend anymore.

I expected my trip to the UK to shock me. I didn't expect it to feel like such a radicalising experience. It is now two entirely unrelated countries pretending to have something to do with one another: London and the inland southeast, vs. the rUK. 🧵

Diane Abbott to the House just now. Entirely, irrefutably right.

@yellerKat Exellent, Phormium apparently. It’s awfully ugly but now I know what it is I have more respect for it so maybe it can stay! Thanks again.

@Val6264 Circle to Search says NZ flax

Can anyone tell me what this plant is - apart from very large and quite ugly. It’s a broad leaved grass thing. #plants #flowers #gardenersworld #garden

@yellerKat Oh, thanks, I’ll have a look at that

"Do not listen to anybody who tells you the NHS should move in the American direction. "Our system is wildly expensive, inefficient and very very cruel." Bernie Sanders sends a message to those looking to privatise the NHS: Get lost.

@Number10cat @PoliticalPics Pawtrol, dats wot our kitty Charlie dus evfury mawnin, pawtrol not march, marchin’s for hoomins.

My pal @PoliticalPics caught me on the march:

Kemi Badenock followed by Lulu, I’m going back to bed to save my sanity, it’s mental out there. #bbcbreakfast

Dear @UKLabour, What the hell are you doing? And why aren’t you doing this?

If Sir Jim Ratcliffe wore 10 real £40,000 Rolex's on each arm, and they all got stolen, and he went into London every single day. It would take him 5,000 days, 13.7 years, and 100,000 Rolex's to pay back the £4bn he has dodged in taxes.

@Number10cat On pawtrol

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