Met chief ‘pressing US for access to unredacted Epstein files’ for Mandelson probe https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/met-commissioner-mark-rowley-epstein-files-mandelson-b2939275.html
Michael
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.”
Curating news so you don’t have to. Mainly, but not exclusively, from the left and from the indie media in the UK and beyond.
I post links to inform and encourage debate. I don't necessarily agree with everything I post.
Mastodon: therightarticle@mas.to
Israel strikes kill 12 in Gaza, including children and pregnant woman, hospital says
Indiscriminate and criminal.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-strike-israel-alaqsa-martyrs-b2939150.html
Israeli soldiers who gang-raped Palestinian prisoner are now free to return to military service
Sums up the evil that is Israel
Israel Launches “Targeted” Invasions of Lebanon as World Focuses on Iran War https://truthout.org/articles/israel-launches-targeted-invasions-of-lebanon-as-world-focuses-on-iran-war/
US-Israeli war on Iran 'unjustified and unlawful', French ambassador tells MEE https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-israeli-war-iran-unjustified-and-unlawful-french-ambassador
New Telegraph owner is so Zionist its CEO got a medal for it https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/03/11/telegraph-owner-is/
Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/judges-clear-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-sexual-misconduct
Israel is openly ethnically cleansing Lebanon https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2026/03/18/israel-lebanon-displacement/
Israel actively arming illegal settlers while condemning Hezbolla and Hamas https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026/03/12/israel-arming-settlers/
Tony Blair warns digital IDs ‘cannot be another government failure’
Here he is again. Like a recurring case of an STD.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/digital-id-card-tony-blair-b2935531.html
The Unbelievable Madness of Our War With Iran https://newrepublic.com/article/207300/trump-israel-madness-war-iran
Who will answer for the murdered Iranian schoolchildren
A US missile strike destroyed a primary school in Iran killing over 170 people, most young children. As US officials deny responsibility and launch an internal probe, can Americans hold the US accountable?
There is no ceasefire in Gaza
and never has been
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/there-no-ceasefire-gaza
Several Labour MPs in talks about defecting to Greens - report https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/will-any-labour-mps-defect-to-greens-403886/
In photos: Thousands rally in London against Israeli-US war on Iran https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/photos-thousands-rally-london-against-israeli-us-war-iran
Cold, damp and mouldy housing thought to be behind 40,000 hospital admissions https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-housing-conditions-cost-of-living-crisis-nhs-hospital-b2941146.html
Trump Is Destroying US Democracy at Unprecedented Rate, Global Watchdog Finds https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-destroying-us-democracy-at-unprecedented-rate-global-watchdog-finds/
Nearly 5 million children are still dying annually before their fifth birthday: Here’s why https://www.globalissues.org/news/2026/03/17/42581
Minister calls for police action ahead of Al Quds Day march in London
More complete unadulterated nonsense from this government.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/al-quds-day-march-london-b2935428.html
How Britain is involved in Trump’s Iran war https://www.declassifieduk.org/how-britain-is-involved-in-trumps-iran-war/
Water firms prevented from increasing bills as much as they wanted
Break out the tiny violins
#Epstein files expose capitalist sexual predators – including Trump https://www.workers.org/2026/03/91392/
Many US soldiers oppose war on Iran, conscientious objector group says https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/many-us-soldiers-opposed-war-iran-conscientious-objector-group-says
Lawrence Wilkerson, Glenn Diesen - U.S. Strategic Defeat in Iran Will Reshape the World - Brave New Europe https://braveneweurope.com/lawrence-wilkerson-glenn-diesen-u-s-strategic-defeat-in-iran-will-reshape-the-world
Israel nut Brendan O'Neill is fixating on Sally Rooney - again https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/03/18/sally-rooney-telegraph/
Kemi Badenoch Defends Shadow Minister Who Called London Muslim Celebrations an ‘Act of Domination’
Timothy is typical of what is left of the Tory party. An incompetent racist buffoon.
Nigel Farage Has Made £370,000 From Videos That Include Promoting Neo-Nazism and Anti-Semitism
Thirty-Two Horses Have Died at the Cheltenham Festival in the Last Ten Years
https://dorseteye.com/thirty-two-horses-have-died-at-the-cheltenham-festival-in-the-last-ten-years/
Why Trump and Netanyahu are the most dangerous men on the planet https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/why-trump-and-netanyahu-are-most-dangerous-men-planet
Teenage Reform council leader faces no confidence vote https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-george-finch-warwickshire-council-b2935362.html
Rich right-wingers are calling for DWP cuts in order to pay for defence https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/03/10/dwp-defence/
New Mexico authorities launch search of ranch previously owned by #Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/new-mexico-search-zorro-ranch-epstein
Hezbollah has ‘no option’ but continue fighting Israel https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hezbollah-has-no-option-continue-fighting-israel
Black people up to 48 times more likely to be stopped and searched in richest areas of London https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/10/black-people-up-to-48-times-more-likely-stop-and-search-london-richest-areas
Social media ban for under-16s rejected after Commons vote https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/under-16-social-media-ban-rejected-mps-b2935156.html
‘Extraordinary cruelty’: images show longterm ‘starvation strategy’ in Sudan https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2026/mar/10/extraordinary-cruelty-images-show-longterm-starvation-strategy-in-sudan
The New World’s GB News investigation raised at PMQs https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-the-new-worlds-gb-news-investigation-raised-at-pmqs/
MoD refuses to apologise after Declassified called ‘extreme’ https://www.declassifieduk.org/mod-refuses-to-apologise-after-declassified-called-extreme/
Rayner slams Labour's hostile immigration policy - but doesn't go far enough https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/03/18/rayner-immigration/
Iran says it destroyed 10 advanced US radar systems https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-it-destroyed-10-advanced-us-radar-systems
Iran and the US economy | Counterfire https://www.counterfire.org/article/iran-and-the-us-economy/
Thousands of lawyers urge Keir Starmer to rethink plans to cut jury trials https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/10/lawyers-urge-keir-starmer-rethink-plans-cut-jury-trials
Sensational, unverifiable, rightwing politics dominates young adults social media feeds, researchers find
There lies the problem. How to combat it?
War in Iran: Elders call for consistency in defence of the international rule of law https://theelders.org/news/war-iran-elders-call-consistency-defence-international-rule-law
Jeremy Corbyn accuses UK government of 'direct involvement' in Iran strikes https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jeremy-corbyn-accuses-uk-government-direct-involvement-iran-strikes
‘The U.S. is trying to control the oil of the Middle East’ https://www.workers.org/2026/03/91400/
These are the heritage sites devastated by US and Israeli attacks in Iran
Vandalism
Speeding Up the “Kill Chain”: Pentagon Bombs Thousands of Targets in Iran Using Palantir AI https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/18/ai_warfare
99,000 DWP claimants left in limbo as appeals caseload backlog grows https://www.thecanary.co/uncategorized-en/2026/03/18/dwp-drowning/
Another Met sex abuser found out: misconduct panel finds Steel groomed Adedeji https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/03/18/metropolitan-police-sex-abuser/