Freddie Scappaticci timeline: The life, activities and murders of an IRA double agent irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024…

Surreal to see Evan on the cover of @time. I know he would rather have written the cover story than be the cover story. But as we approach one year of Evan’s wrongful detention, it’s good to see so many articles about him. Journalism is not a crime. #FreeEvan

I just saw Yulia Navalnaya last night, who told me she had finally figured out what to tell people when they asked about Alexey Navalny: “he’s doing well under bad circumstances.” Sources close to the family say she didn’t know. “They killed him today,” a source said.

Rigorous impartiality: What has been breached in the quest for a DUP deal and why the British will regret it, by ⁦Katy Hayward⁩ consoc.org.uk/rigorous-impar…

What's Russia's 'reconstruction' of Mariupol really like?

We spent months collecting testimonies and evidence of how Russia is rebuilding the city it invaded and destroyed. The reality is a far cry from the propaganda.

Russia's new Potemkin village:
ig.ft.com/mariupol/

In 2019, a London teenager named Zac Brettler plummeted to his death from a luxury building on the Thames. This is my story about his parents' effort to solve the mystery of what happened to him - after British authorities gave up on doing so. The New Yorker newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Volodymyr Zelensky is considering a sweeping “reset” of Ukraine’s military and civilian leadership in an attempt to reinvigorate its war effort nearly two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

My Financial Times report on the latest developments: on.ft.com/4bqCUeP

Full performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman with Luke Combs at the Grammys.

Her smile at the beginning is the best.

NEW: All parties have backed a motion calling on the UK PM Rishi Sunak to give the Executive the resources it needs to deliver effective public services. It will be on the floor of the Assembly tomorrow.

Here is the full motion: That this Assembly endorses the letter sent to…

The Taoiseach today met with First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly in Stormont. Here's why the return of the devolved government in Northern Ireland on Saturday was a landmark moment: nytimes.com/2024/02/03/wor…

anti immigration protesters now marching from parnell square to o’connell street chanting “Leo leo leo, out out out” against the taoiseach. Passersby are looking on with unease as they are set to collide with an anti-racism rally. Lots of police keeping the groups apart

Anti racism rally underway on O’Connell Street in Dublin ahead of a planned far right rally planned for later today nearby. Much larger crowd chanting refugees “are welcome here” as others wave Irish flags from the sidewalk in front of the GPO