Forester naturalist, guiding in Nairobi National Park & the wilder bits of Kenya
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On this day in 1944, 30 RAF Lancasters armed with 12,000-pound Tallboy bombs sink the German battleship Tirpitz near Tromsø, Norway. The raid is the last in a series of air and naval attacks against the Bismarck-class warship. #OTD
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MUHOOZI SUCCESSION BLOW: Muhoozi's bid to succeed Museveni has reportedly hit resistance within the NRM, reportedly forcing him to deactivate his X account
AFP reports that a succession vote was abandoned after only 7 of 28 CEC members voted, & only 4 supported him
Here's why:
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Good luck to our six excellent Conservative candidates standing in today's local government by-elections!
✅ Shahed Mahmood in Huncoat, Hyndburn
✅ Stephen Harness in Croft Baker, North East Lincolnshire
✅ Stephen Davenport in Failsworth West, Oldham
✅ Rob Bateman in Cheddleton, Staffordshire Moorlands
✅ Kay Oakes in Bosmere, Suffolk
✅ Daniel Jackson in Hindley Green, Wigan
🗳️ #VoteConservative
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Nairobi Water has announced an emergency water supply interruption affecting several residential and commercial areas across Nairobi following the vandalism of the Kabete Water Treatment Plant.
the-star.co.ke/news/2026-11-…
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🎯 STRUCK: A senior Hamas terrorist and additional terrorists operating within Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, to eliminate the threat they posed.
Hamas used the hospital complex as a hub for military and terrorist activities against IDF troops and Israel, including:
• Storing weapons.
• Conducting interrogations and torture.
• Operating command-and-control rooms.
• Using hospital facilities as observation posts and shelters for terrorists.
Hamas’ use of the hospital for military purposes constitutes a blatant violation of international law and endangers patients, medical personnel & civilians.
Further updates on its results will follow.
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UK recognition of Somaliland is MASSIVELY important to the UK, especially given its strategic location and the fact we are a historically linked partner. Recognition will unlock investment and security cooperation, and will give Britain a clearer strategic foothold in a critical region - here’s why ⬇️
Somaliland sits on the Gulf of Aden near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. A stable, pro-Western partner there would strengthen UK maritime security, counter-piracy efforts, and trade access via the modernised Berbera port - which is especially valuable amid Houthi threats and growing Chinese influence in nearby Djibouti.
Somaliland was the British Somaliland Protectorate from 1884 until it gained independence in 1960 as the State of Somaliland. Five days later it voluntarily joined the former Italian Somalia to form the Somali Republic, though the legal requirements for this union were never completed and remain contested. The union soon fell apart and Somaliland once again stood independently - IMPORTANT to recognise, they never signed any pact to give up their sovereignty - the UN are the ones that refuse to recognise that!
Since 1991 Somaliland fully restored its independence within its former colonial borders and has since maintained stability and democratic institutions - something Somalia has never achieved - they cannot be compared and they actively oppose each other.
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Australia strongly opposes and voted against Iran’s appointment to the UN Committee for Programme and Coordination.
Iran’s human rights violations and destabilising conduct undermine multilateralism. Australia stands with the people of Iran.
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Join with us in prayer. 🙏
Go to cofe.io/TodaysPrayer to learn more.
ALT God, our refuge and strength, bring near the day when wars shall cease and poverty and pain shall end, that earth may know the peace of heaven through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has laid out a five-point plan for peace in Ukraine:
1. Integrate Ukraine into NATO’s missile, air and drone defences and send all Patriots to Kyiv
2. Unfreeze Russian assets and give them to Ukraine
3. Enforce more sanctions on Russia and ban all Russian fossil fuel supplies to Europe
4. Move the Coalition of the Willing into Ukraine to defend rear areas and critical infrastructure
5. Develop ironclad security guarantees and expel countries from the Coalition that aren’t willing to fight Russia if a ceasefire breaks down
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Kdysi Trump tvrdil, že Zelenskyj nemá v ruce žádné karty. Ten vytáhl z rukávu eso: ničení 🇷🇺rafinerek.
Dnes odpoledne doletěly ukrajinské drony až na Sibiř, 3000 km od hranic. Cílem se stala obří rafinerie v Omsku, která je vůbec největší v celém Rusku. Hoří už několik hodin.
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Cotton, counted honestly and once, was ~8% of US GDP at the time of the Civil War.
This is like saying America was "built on beaver."
America was built on the institution of slavery. It is how America became a world economic power — the buying and selling of people being tied to the economy. That is effectively white supremacy, since it was a race-based system.
Fast forward to other economic policies that were guided by race — housing, employment, etc. There were rules that prevented Black people from equally participating in the free economy.
In fact, one of the most glaring features of American capitalism is racial inequality. The racial wealth gap exists because specific policies were put in place to suppress economic participation.
So yes, capitalism is tied to white supremacy.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
America's economy was not built on slavery. Enslaved labor produced roughly 10-13% of GNP around 1860, with cotton at 5-6%. U.S. dominance came from post-1865 Northern industrialization, long after abolition.
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Egipto designó a estas organizaciones como exportadoras de terrorismo. Así sin vueltas.
Ahora abran la foto y miren de dónde son. Luego me cuentan, en medio del crecimiento del palestinismo, quienes son los primeros que se van a joder en los próximos años.
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The UK *nominated* Iran to join this committee.
Why @Ed_Miliband? Is this what you shook hands over?
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Out of curiosity, did you know that Somaliland fought alongside Britain, America, and the West against Hitler, the Nazis, and Mussolini, while Somalia sided with the Axis fascists?
Here in Hargeisa, the War Cemetery remains preserved, respected, and carefully maintained a living reminder of that shared history and the sacrifices made by generations before us.
Lest We Forget. 🌺
Today, on #RemembranceDay, we pause in Mogadishu to remember.
We honour all who served and sacrificed, among them the Somali seamen who kept Britain’s ships sailing through both World Wars.
We will remember them.
#LestWeForget
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I hope everyone takes a good hard look at this picture.
Trump’s under-construction ballroom is now bigger than the rest of the White House. Much bigger.
The contrast says everything you need to know about this President and his priorities.
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A Sudanese Baker Prepares Bread in North Darfur, Sudan.
#SudaneseCulture #ثقافة_سودانية
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69岁区锦新或坐牢到80多岁，葡萄牙已向中方交涉
11月10日，人权观察要求澳门撤销对民主派前议员区锦新的判刑，立即无条件释放他。69岁的区锦新于11月6日在澳门首宗国安案中被判囚12年半。
人权观察称，他可能坐牢到80多岁，如此重判“令人愤慨，也极其残酷”。
据法新社报道，美国驻港澳总领馆9日强烈谴责判刑，批评北京以国安权力打压和平政治异议。葡萄牙外交部在宣判当天就向中方交涉，称区锦新是葡萄牙公民。澳门政府回应外界批评时称，区锦新是中国公民，案件“纯属澳门特区的内部事务”。
欧盟对判刑深表遗憾，国际特赦组织称判刑“不可接受”。联合国人权高专办指出，案件在9月闭门审理，区锦新未能由自己选择的律师辩护。
区锦新曾任澳门立法会议员20年，长期参与筹办六四烛光晚会。他的女儿告诉葡新社，从父亲被捕到宣判约15个月，家人一直没能探视或和他通话。“以他现在的年纪，我真的在想，他还有没有机会走出监狱。”
澳门首宗国安案：曾组织六四纪念的69岁民主派前议员区锦新被判12年半
11月6日，澳门初级法院以颠覆国家政权、与境外组织联系危害国家安全及违反保密等罪名，判处69岁的民主派前议员区锦新12年6个月监禁。这是澳门主权移交以来首宗国安刑事案件。
区锦新曾担任澳门立法会议员长达20年，也是当地六四纪念活动的长期组织者。
法院指控他与境外组织合作，传播煽动居民仇恨中央政府的政治信息，并试图影响澳门行政长官选举。
区锦新于2025年7月被捕，今年9月接受闭门审讯。其家属质疑律师选择受到限制，人权观察组织则批评案件违反正当程序，恐对澳门的政治言论产生寒蝉效应。
就在前一天，香港民主派人士黄之锋刚被判处10年监禁。港澳两地连续两天有知名民主派人士被判重刑。
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When you hear European politicians defending the criminals trying to sabotage Nayib Bukele's efforts to clean up El Salvador, you'd think they were advocating for innocent, harmless people.
It's an embarrassing display of ignorance.
MS-13 gangsters turned El Salvador into the murder capital of the world, but Bukele reversed that decay. The streets and the people are finally safe.
In fact, El Salvador is now safer than most EU countries and even America. Instead of trying to spoil these milestones, people should be celebrating that Bukele.
It's pathetic. These politicians and humanitarians were silent while MS-13 terrorized El Salvador, but now they want to lecture the one man who actually fixed it.
Bukele has better results than any of them. They should stop crying about criminals and start taking notes on how to actually protect citizens.
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Fisherman literally RIDES GIANT WHALE'S BACK as he risks his life to free it from fishing net
Jonathan Quispe says he acted after hearing whale's 'distressed cries', fearing it could die if left trapped
He performed the daring rescue off Peru's coast with nothing but a knife
