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And Sunak also keeps repeating that he will “stop the boats”. Again neither he nor No 10 seem to realise that continuing to promise something which isn’t credible any time soon doesn’t benefit you, is poor strategy, it just advertises impotence.

Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto turns textiles into delicately sculpted organic looking worlds #womensart

Palestinian embroidery is traditionally symbolic of the culture and an activity communally shared between women. #WomensArt

Boxing week, that blissful period when nothing happens, is the real gift of Christmas theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Happy Christmas. Where’s the humanity Israel? When did you forget history and humility? Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 as assault on Gaza widens theguardian.com/world/2023/dec…

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Fighting terrorism did not mean Israel had to ‘flatten Gaza’, says Emmanuel Macron theguardian.com/world/2023/dec…

Photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir who lives in Iceland wanted to show her husband, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight and posted a photo of herself hanging out the washing on FB #womensart

Preaching sustainability while hawking fast fashion – meet the greenwashing influencers theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

No ceasefire?! No compassion? #Gaza

Another intense evening of attacks here in Khan Younis, in #Gaza

Despite what has been assured, attacks in the south of #Gaza are every bit as vicious as what the north endured. Somehow, it's getting worse for children and mothers. Your voice matters. We must believe we can be a part of Stopping The War on Children ... Silence is complicity

The honour of presenting @BBCNewsnight falls to me tonight. I have worked on the programme for 32 years, around the world, risking my life many times for its journalism. You can well imagine my feelings at cuts to our staff and budget of more than 50% bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Without original films, investigations and its own correspondents, hard to see how it's Newsnight. So proud to have worked on this show, with one of the very best teams in news, anywhere. We need more of what Newsnight has always been about, not less. bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…