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Zionism is a crime against humanity.

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BREAKING – Now Portugal is planning to recognize Palestine as a state

Almost every nation in Europe is becoming pro-Palestine

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Hussain “Hoz” Shafiei @HussainShafiei

Matt Kennard @kennardmatt

The whole thing was a plan. Everything we’re doing in Gaza was planned.

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1960503499092820013

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abu. 26

Over 5 million views for this

Let’s get it to 10 million

This is the evidence Keir Starmer and David Lammy were desperate to keep secret

They are guilty of participating in genocide

We will not rest until they face justice

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Matt Kennard@kennardmatt

abu. 24

This is a UK spy plane sent over Gaza by Keir Starmer on July 28

Pilot forgot to turn off transponder

It spent 3 hours circling Khan Yunis, where most of fighting was

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1959728733172252707

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Sprinter Express @SprinterExpres0

@tobararbulu # mmt @tobararbulu

Russia has the right to create a buffer zone in Ukraine for its own security, said German politician Alice Weidel, co-chair of the AfD party, in an interview with German media. She criticized the main demands from Brussels directed at Moscow.

Main points from the interview:

Putin is not obliged to give up territories or trust the West;

It is time for Merz to forget support for Kyiv and save Germany from collapse; It is important to open channels for negotiations, but it is naive to believe a solution can be reached immediately;

Sending German soldiers to Ukraine would be a fatal mistake;

Zelensky is a tragic figure. Western partners have implanted false hopes in him.

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African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size

From reuters.com

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African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent’s true size

(https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-union-urges-adoption-world-map-showing-continents-true-size-2025-08-14/)

By Catarina Demony and Ayendeng Bior

Updated August 16, 2025

Bideoa: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-union-urges-adoption-world-map-showing-continents-true-size-2025-08-14/

Summary

AU aims to reclaim Africa’s global position, supports map change
Mercator map distorts Africa’s size, says AU Commission’s Haddadi
‘Correct The Map’ campaign promotes Equal Earth projection

LONDON/DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) – (This Aug. 14 story has been refiled to clarify the number of AU member states in paragraph 3)

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.

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Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.

“It might seem to be just a map, but in reality, it is not,” AU Commission deputy chairperson Selma Malika Haddadi told Reuters, saying the Mercator fostered a false impression that Africa was “marginal”, despite being the world’s second-largest continent by area, with over a billion people. The AU has 55 member states.

Such stereotypes influence media, education and policy, she said.

Criticism of the Mercator map is not new, but the ‘Correct The Map’ campaign led by advocacy groups Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa has revived the debate, urging organisations to adopt the 2018 Equal Earth projection, which tries to reflect countries’ true sizes.

“The current size of the map of Africa is wrong,” Moky Makura, executive director of Africa No Filter, said. “It’s the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign, and it just simply has to stop.”

Fara Ndiaye, co-founder of Speak Up Africa, said the Mercator affected Africans’ identity and pride, especially children who might encounter it early in school.

A vendor sells a map of Africa along the streets of Bujumbura, Burundi/April 24, 2015/REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

“We’re actively working on promoting a curriculum where the Equal Earth projection will be the main standard across all (African) classrooms,” Ndiaye said, adding she hoped it would also be the one used by global institutions, including Africa-based ones.Haddadi said the AU endorsed the campaign, adding it aligned with its goal of “reclaiming Africa’s rightful place on the global stage” amid growing calls for reparations for colonialism and slavery.

The AU will advocate for wider map adoption and discuss collective actions with member states, Haddadi added.

The Mercator projection is still widely used, including by schools and tech companies. Google Maps switched from Mercator on desktop to a 3D globe view in 2018, though users can still switch back to the Mercator if they prefer.

On the mobile app, however, the Mercator projection remains the default.

‘Correct The Map’ wants organisations like the World Bank and the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth map. A World Bank spokesperson said they already use the Winkel-Tripel or Equal Earth for static maps and are phasing out Mercator on web maps.

The campaign said it has sent a request to the UN geospatial body, UN-GGIM. A UN spokesperson said that once received it must be reviewed and approved by a committee of experts.

Other regions are backing the AU’s efforts. Dorbrene O’Marde, Vice Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission, endorsed Equal Earth as a rejection of Mercator map’s “ideology of power and dominance”.

Reporting by Catarina Demony in London and Ayen Deng Bior in Dakar; Additional reporting by Ngouda Dione and Will Russel; Editing by Toby Chopra

Catarina Demony

Thomson Reuters

Catarina is a UK-based breaking news correspondent. She previously worked as a multimedia journalist in Portugal and Spain, where she covered everything from elections to natural disasters. Catarina has previous experience in TV and local journalism, co-founded a project telling the stories of Portuguese-speakers living in London, edited a youth-led news site and worked for several NGOs. She recently produced a documentary about transatlantic slavery and its legacies in today’s society.

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Ahmad Algohbary @AhmadAlgohbary

GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo·

@GermanyDiplo

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

An investigation?

The scenes are broadcast live on air. You should be imposing sanctions and stopping arms shipments to Israel. Otherwise, Germany is complicit in the genocide in Gaza.

History will remember you, and it will remain a stain of shame upon you.

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1960022306673373236

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Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani

@GermanyDiplo

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

#Journalists and media workers play an essential role in putting the spotlight on the devastating reality of war. We have repeatedly called on the Israeli government to allow immediate independent foreign media access and afford protection for journalists operating in #Gaza. 2/2

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Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno

A Call for Help from a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza to International Journalists

Journalists, Please ACT NOW – HELP THEM

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1960767082842243481

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Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs

BBC: “We’re just reporting what the Israeli Defence Forces have said...”

Exactly.

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1960718174132781277

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abu. 28

Let foreign journalists in. Enough blockade, including on freedom of information!

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FREEDOM TO REPORT@Freedomtoreport

abu. 28

Over 1,500 journalists from 60+ countries signed our petition demanding access to Gaza. Colleagues inside are asking us to be there. Israel must open the gates, the world has the right to know. Please, listen to Mohammed Asad call.

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1960827702992085351

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Sulaiman Ahmed @ShaykhSulaiman

“We don’t need words, we need military intervention”.

We have never experienced a genocide before, many people are calling for all countries to unite and save the Palestinians from being exterminated by Israel.

Bideoa; https://x.com/i/status/1960711151899304160

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Irlandarra @aldamu_jo

abu. 28

Children of Palestine , holocaust survivors .

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1960907817629393395

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abu. 19

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

As the US had to leave Vietnam and Afghanistan, the time has come for the US and Europe to leave Ukraine in peace and stop using it as a proxy.

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abu. 19

Again Zionist “settlers” kill Palestinians in their homes. How many “Wounded Knees” have there been since the Nakba? Israelis are following the American model in the annihilation of the native “Indians”

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abu. 20

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

The Ukraine war was a mega-messy-bus accident. No sense crying over spilled milk. No sense looking for scapegoats. When we point at Putin — three fingers point back at ourselves.

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abu. 20

Emmanuel Macron may want “boots on the ground” in Ukraine — but Trump and Putin disagree. Best way to protect Ukraine is not to instrumentalize it as a proxy.

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abu. 20

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

A condition for durable peace is embracing the UN Charter, a commitment to mutual respect, the sanctity of treaties, the will to live together. This commitment is missing in the “collective West”

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abu. 24

erabiltzaileari erantzuten

Theodor Adorno’s remark that “after Auschwitz it is impossible to write poetry” could be applied mutatis mutandis to Gaza. Yet, today poets are writing poetry to honour victims of the Gaza genocide. Poetry is memory.

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abu. 24

Hannah Arend’s pertinent analysis of the “banality of evil” has gained enhanced significance in the light of Netanyahu’s genocide and the complicity of Trump, Starmer, Macron, Merz.

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erabiltzaileari erantzuten

In modern international law the right of self-determination of peoples is jus cogens, the principle of territorial integrity is a norm that must be made compatible with self-determination and human rights.

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Victor Tunyov @Truevaluator

The Gaza Tribunal, led by US international law professor Richard Falk, calls today for immediate international armed intervention to stop Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians.

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2022 mar. 4

didn’t expect my work to be viewed this way. Full presentation https://clc.to/Fl7Eag

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Adam Tooze@adam_tooze

2022 mar. 4

“Russia is a monetary sovereign, but acts as a non-sovereign.” On Russia’s MMT in 2019 and the implications for war economics. Chartbook #91. https://adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-91

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Earth Hippy @hippyygoat

Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine

WELL DONE!! “Stop The Genocide In Gaza” on the red carpet at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Italy

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1961804696869323163

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George Galloway @georgegalloway

A girl stands barefoot at a soup kitchen in Gaza, determined to stay in her city despite the siege and danger: “We don’t want to evacuate to the south, no matter what happens… we’d rather die here than leave.”

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1961803089817595934

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Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani

Biblical scenes

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Ryan Rozbiani@RyanRozbiani

abu. 30

This is scarier than any horror movie No one should have to fight like this to survive in 2025

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1961868783007494520

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Dr. Winfield, MarieYolette, L – CPsych; HSS-MMD @jesuieserenity

This is scarier than any horror movie No one should have to fight like this to survive in 2025

Bideoa: https://x.com/i/status/1961868783007494520

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