Orwellian Dystopia

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: 90% of my time I am finance minister — that’s my business. 10% of my time I’m in the Defense Ministry, having fun in the West Bank.

Trump: By the way, we’re kicking Iran’s ass, you do know that, right? One way or another, it's gonna end very soon, and all the prices will go down.

India banned Jack Dorsey’s messaging app. There’s just one problem: it works without the internet.

Donald Trump modestly posting about himself.

"Israel is protecting the West and the free world." Israeli President Isaac Herzog defends his country's military actions, saying Israel never sought its current war and is fighting in self-defense after the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack. "We want peace... We did not seek that war. It was waged upon us by horrific, barbaric terrorists."

A new plague outbreak is hitting Russia and it has already killed a lab worker in Siberia. Five hospitals are now under quarantine and the government is trying to cover it up. Pneumonic plague infects the lungs, progresses extremely rapidly, and spreads person-to-person through respiratory droplets. Here we go again… • @bennyjohnson

The World Health Organisation says the pneumonic form of plague is especially contagious and "can trigger severe epidemics". @SkyNewsThomas explains everything you need to know about varieties of the disease.