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27 February 2025

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#Ukraine - Life in occupied Ukraine: Donbas - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service

26 February 2025

Russia’s land grab playbook aimed at erasing local identity and russifying “liberated” territories. Three years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian control. Part 1 looks at “ripe for russification” Crimea, which was annexed 11 years ago. Part 2 focuses on Moscow’s subsequent efforts to assert itself in the separatist East. And in Part 3 we explore the Kremlin’s challenges in subjugating the newly occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. As time passes, the uncertainty over the future of what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger.

 Life in occupied Ukraine: Crimea - The Global Jigsaw podcast: BBC World Service


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The War in Donbass (also known as the War in Ukraine or War in Eastern Ukraine) is an ongoing armed conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine. From the beginning of March 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, together commonly called the "Donbass", in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and the Euromaidan movement. These demonstrations, part of a wider group of concurrent pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine, escalated into an armed conflict between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and the Ukrainian government Prior to a change of the top leadership in August, the separatists were largely led by Russian citizensRussian paramilitaries are reported to make up from 15% to 80% of the combatants.


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Aug 7, 2021 — On August 8, 2008, Russian forces began the invasion of Georgia, marking the start of Europe's first twenty-first century war.


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#Russia - Russia and Belarus Flex Muscles | Eastern Express: TVP World

26 February 2025

On this episode of Eastern Express we look into the Union State of Russia and Belarus and their preparations for the Zapad 2025 drills. We explore the military drills and their geopolitical implications. Watch as we uncover the theatrical nature of this upcoming event.

#USA #DonaldTrump #Starmer - LIVE: Starmer and Trump meet at the White House: Times Radio

27 February 2025

Keir Starmer has arrived at the White House in Washington DC to speak about security guarantees for Ukraine with Donald Trump.

#movies #trailers - "Holland" - Official Trailer (2025) Nicole Kidman Matthew Macfadyen, Jude Hill

25 February 2025

Check out the Holland trailer for this upcoming thriller movie starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Macfadyen, Jude Hill, and Gael García Bernal. In this wildly unpredictable thriller, Nicole Kidman is the meticulous Nancy Vandergroot, a teacher and homemaker whose picture-perfect life with her community pillar husband (Matthew Macfadyen) and son (Jude Hill) in tulip-filled Holland, Michigan tumbles into a twisted tale. Nancy and her friendly colleague (Gael García Bernal) become suspicious of a secret, only to discover nothing in their lives is what it seems. Holland is produced by Kate Churchill, p.g.a., Peter Dealbert, Nicole Kidman, p.g.a., Per Saari, p.g.a. The film is written by Andrew Sodroski. Holland, directed by Mimi Cave, streams globally on Prime Video on March 27, 2025. #Holland #IGN #PrimeVideo

#investment #finance - UK's Rolls-Royce hits record high as mid-term goals raised | REUTERS

27 February 2025

Britain's Rolls-Royce lifted its mid-term targets to reflect its confidence in future profit growth after a plan to improve engines and cut costs helped its results beat expectations, pushing its shares up 15%.

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Rolls-Royce is to hand £1.2bn to shareholders after the engineering giant’s chief executive smashed his profit targets two years early.


Tufan Erginbilgic on Thursday said the business was moving “with pace and intensity” as he stormed past a milestone previously pegged for 2027.


#F1 - Did F1 75 LIVE deliver what it promised? The Inside Line

27 February 2025

London’s O2 arena was the centre of the motorsport world last week, with Formula One putting on a spectacular group launch event to celebrate its milestone 75th anniversary season in style. The show itself was a feast for the eyes, and ears, with sonic chameleon mgk up first - before British comedian Jack Whitehall took over as host, though he had no troubles roasting the sport.

Watch the video, and tell us what you think in the comments…

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#usa #measles - Lawrence: Elon Musk got caught lying, and Donald Trump made the lie bigger: MSNBC

27 February 2025

Donald Trump was praised for answering more questions in his first month than Presidents Biden and Obama answered in their first months. But as MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell notes, a lie is not an answer.

And now, having watched how easy it is for Donald Trump to lie to reporters, Elon Musk has decided to do the exact same thing, Lawrence explains.

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