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WAR GAINS
Just as Keir Starmer finally took a stand on Gaza, it emerged his government had ramped up military supplies to Israel at breakneck speed late last year.

CHAGOS CHEQUES
The UK's deal to hand the Chagos islands to Mauritius includes a one-off £40m payment to create a trust fund for displaced Chagossians. Sounds familiar?

DIGITAL EXAMINATION
Things are working out nicely for a company at the centre of this government's first cronyism scandal last summer, Public Digital.

TIPPING POINT
While millions of users abandon X/Twitter, Elon Musk's platform is making back a few quid by selling "verification" to accounts linked to terrorists.

ALL IN MODERATION
Mark Zuckerberg might now be regretting his explanation earlier this year for Meta's relaxation of its content moderation policies.

HANCOCK AND BULL
Rides don't come much easier than the one given to Matt Hancock at the Covid Inquiry's hearing on the test and trace system last week.

US-EYE
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa laid the flattery on with a trowel at his recent Oval Office meeting – and he needed to.

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