Only Parliamentary nerds noticed. One such nerd Rex Patrick noticed and reports on a transparency dummy spit by Labor on the floor of the Senate.

At about 3:30 pm each Senate sitting day (except Thursdays, when it occurs at 11:45 am) ‘Formal Business’ is dealt with. This includes boring matters, such as the seeking of approval for senators to be absent, but also more interesting matters such as the ordering of the Government to provide documents to the Senate and referrals of matters to Senate Committees.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference last weekend was another troubling declaration of intent by the Trump administration.

From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years....

Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

BY Mary Beard

Arab and Muslim-majority countries have condemned US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for arguing that Israel has a biblical right to much of the Middle East.

In an interview with Tucker Carlson released on Friday, Huckabee, a Baptist minister and self-described Christian Zionist, said it “would be fine”if Israel took territory stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates. He later added that Israel is not seeking to expand its territory and has a right to maintain its security.

The Arab League, a coalition of 22 member states, slammed the remarks as “highly extremist,” saying they are “inconsistent with the fundamental principles and norms of diplomacy.”

According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Epstein files comprise over six million pages.[1] So far about three and a half million files have been made public, among them 180,000 images and 2,000 videos

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that the UK and its allies should deploy non-combat troops to Ukraine right now, to "flip a switch" in Russian President Vladimir Putin's head.

Speaking exclusively to Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg alongside the former head of the military, Adm Sir Tony Radakin, Johnson said troops should be sent to peaceful regions in non-fighting roles.

"This week’s news that Russian dissident Alexei Navalny died after allegedly ingesting poison from a South American frog while imprisoned in the Arctic is a reminder that Russia also has a long history of assassinating critics of the regime."

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This sentence buried in an article in The Conversation about political assassinations is cleverly using the word “allegedly”. If you believe that Navalny was poisoned with a dart frog thingy, you would also believe that my grandmother was a professional cyclist circumnavigating the moon on Michelin tyres. 

In Australia, a child of ten can go to prison for shoplifting, while an executive engaged in multimillion-dollar bribery gets away with a fine. Aleta Moriarty with the story.

On an average night in 2025, there were approximately 884 young people in detention and over the course of a single year, 4,578 children passed through detention.

Juvenile Justice. Caging children while corporate criminals go free

by Aleta Moriarty

Welcome to Scheer Intelligence, in this episode, Robert Scheer sits down with media scholar Nolan Higdon to dissect the explosive revelations emerging from the Epstein Files — newly exposed documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

At nearly 90 years old, Scheer says he has never seen anything like this.

Techno-Fascism Exposed: The Epstein Files and the Naked Ruling Class

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US President Donald Trump has said he would “love” to see Russia and China join his ‘Board of Peace’, established to guide the stabilization of Gaza following the Israel-Hamas war. Moscow earlier signaled that it was contemplating the idea, while China has declined, citing commitments to the UN.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday, Trump said many countries had already joined the board, and that “we have a lot that are going through the process of getting on.”

“I would love to have China and Russia,” he said. “They’ve been invited. You need both. You need all persuasions. No discrimination.”

BRICS News: India balances, Russia negotiates, China builds—and the bloc evolves in real time. In this Think BRICS analysis, we break down BRICS 2026 strategy behind the latest global power shift.

In this episode of BRICS News, we at Think BRICS, break down BRICS 2026 developments shaping a multipolar world.

This BRICS News analysis explores what mainstream headlines call “fracture” but what may actually be strategic construction. We examine Russia BRICS strategy and the reported Russia dollar negotiations, asking whether Moscow’s tactical engagement with the dollar signals retreat—or leverage. At the same time, China yuan global currency ambitions accelerate, reinforcing de dollarization through expanding trade settlements and financial infrastructure.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. has been gathering the most air power seen in the Middle East since the Iraq invasion in 2003. 

CNN says the U.S. military is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend. 

London: The British government has signalled plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, as police launched further inquiries into his former security team.

The proposal will depend on the outcome of the police investigation but it represents a dramatic reversal on the government stance last year, as new polling shows strong public support for the official act to ensure the former prince could never become king.

Russia and Japan are not holding any negotiations on concluding a long-elusive peace treaty, as bilateral relations have hit rock bottom over Tokyo’s “unfriendly” stance towards Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Peskov weighed in on remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during her policy speech to the parliament. She acknowledged that while Russia-Japan relations are in “a tough spot,” “the Japanese government’s position remains unchanged, aiming to resolve the territorial issue and conclude a peace treaty.”