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Under Labour even the rich have to pay tax.

Sorry about that‼️

The famous Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from a Kurdish family, ...

Apparently the Kurds are fierce fighters.

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Hod carrier.....heavy work...we need more.

I feel v sorry for the Kurds split between 3 countries.

We and the French created Iran and Iraq after the Great War in 1918 after we conquered the Ottoman Empire using straight lines on a map.

And in NATO.

God help us if it gets nasty.

TRO

Erdoğan has been highly critical of Israel.

TRO

Interestingly Turkey doesn't want an Israeli land grab and is a very powerful player in the middle east. Remember when they shot down a Russian jet....nothing happened.

The plastic boats are stored in Germany. You never stop immigration just reduce it. Unless you're Russia were only ex-Dictators go.

Why is Israel bombing Syria?

Is it another land grab.

Germany will tighten its law to make it easier to prosecute those helping to smuggle migrants to the UK, as part of a new plan agreed between the two countries.

Facilitating people-smuggling is not technically illegal in Germany currently, if it is to a third country outside the EU - which, following Brexit, includes the UK.

Under the new agreement, the Home Office says Germany has pledged to make the activity a clear criminal offence.

TREK

It's been a bad day with jitters everywhere. My only shares that moved up today was a couple of gold shares.

SEPL was a bargain at 140p today but it soon shot up for me to buy.

Https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1062501/renewable-generation-on-course-to-outstrip-fossil-fuels-for-first-time-1062501.html

EVIKING

I posted at 08.44am today....

"AHT - Ashtead

This company has done 100x over last 30 years so it clearly didn't fit the FTSE !!"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday to testify in his corruption trial, facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. The trial originates from investigations beginning in December 2016, related to alleged misconduct during his fourth and fifth terms in office.Netanyahu's defense attorney, Amit Hadad, criticized the indictment, claiming it contained "numerous holes" in all three cases. One major allegation in Case 4000 accuses Netanyahu of offering regulatory benefits to Bezeq shareholder Shaul Elovitch in exchange for favorable media coverage on Walla, owned by Elovitch.Transportation and Communications Ministries voiced strong support for Netanyahu, predicting the case would "collapse like a house of cards," and that the court seeks to "humiliate the State of Israel and harm the security of the state." Netanyahu's trial began in May 2020 after his 2019 indictment, and his testimony now takes place four years later.

Baha Breaking News (BBN) / AC

AHT - Ashtead

This company has done 100x over last 30 years so it clearly didn't fit the FTSE !!

AHT - Ashtead

Packing up its bags to be listed in NY

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