Mistakes & the iron maiden: My Pause for Thought BBC Radio 2 explores mistakes and my obsession with an iron.
'sometimes my wrong turns can bring me to the right path, my mistakes can mould my mettle, and my flaws can forge a different kind of beauty.' bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Going live on Radio 2 soon to share my Pause for Thought this morning with Gaby Roslin sitting in for Zoe Ball. On around 7.15am.
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‘No safe place’: people in Rafah describe terror as Israeli assault begins
With fuel dwindling for aid trucks and main entry points to south of Gaza closed, residents wonder how they will survive

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Stray Kids become first K-pop band to walk Met Gala red carpet..
Fans speak out against racist comments allegedly directed at group by some photographers at event

Heard the video - vile racist remarks from some of the photographers. Shame on them
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Israel's blocking of food and medical aid at the Rafah border crossing is sickening.

Injured, limbless children facing famine and death are now eating weeds and animal food.

With peace finally on the table, the UK and the world must demand a ceasefire so that this hell can end.

📢📢 HUGE NEWS! I will be Hay Festival 27 May on why we need to talk about the BRITISH EMPIRE (yes, we do!). A fun-filled, interactive, thought-provoking session jam packed with mindboggling facts from pirates and pyjamas to pandemic cures and space travel hayfestival.com/p-21511-shelin…

India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims - ABC News via ABC News - abcnews.go.com/International/…

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Breaking:

The Israeli warplanes are carrying out intense aerial bombardments in the vicinity of the Rafah crossing.

What does this mean? Who does this mean? What are their names? Even in death, do they not have names?

Hamas says it accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal aje.io/qzz5uf via Al Jazeera English

Arsenal will pay tribute to murdered school boy Daniel Anjorin, before Arsenal v Bournemouth.
Daniel was killed in a sword attack in Hainault.
The club are asking fans to join a 1 minute tribute. I am at the match, let me know/RT if you want me to record the tribute

On this day, 4 May 1978, Bangladeshi garment worker Altab Ali was murdered in a racially motivated attack while walking home from work in East London. 10 days later, thousands of anti-racists marched across London, taking the coffin of Altab Ali to Downing Street. Rest in peace.

May the 4th be with you!

For #StarWarsDay here is the awesome work of Murat Palta who illustrates iconic movies in Ottoman miniature style.

‘Ottoman Star Wars’ is one of his most renowned works #MayThe4thBeWithYou

A thread on Murat Palta Ottoman miniature take on movies…

Still on the other side of the planet & have just heard from Mum...

#PollingDay in #Newham in utter shambles. Queues around the block, due to 'identity card problems/being understaffed.'

Her opinion: 'They don't want people in poor areas to have a say. Just like in America.'

🚨 Work news: I’m joining the brilliant AJ+ video news team. This is a bitter-sweet announcement. After the moth-eaten coverage from mainstream news of Gaza after October 7, and a stream of job rejections (even after an NYT fellowship), I was ready to quit journalism.

Compassion for the most vulnerable’: bishop thanks protesters who blocked asylum coaches
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Rebuilding homes in Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, UN finds
Agency pushing to raise funds as research shows 44 years of development in health and education could be erased by the war

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🚨❗️🆘 More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past six months. #StopSendingArms to Israel or risk complicity in committing war crimes and genocide! #CeasefireNOW #AllOnYouBiden #BidensLegacy