The Los Angeles Times feature on Flashpoint, Knight First Amendment Institute's short doc about protests, the police, and the press, is *amazing*. It's at the top of the LA Times' homepage, and also here: latimes.com/shortdocs

Thanks very much to Facebook for recommending that I be friends with someone who actually died two years ago

The Guardian is live blogging a Taylor Swift concert theguardian.com/music/live/202…

NEW: TikTok sues the US government over the new law calling for a sale or a ban of the app. read more here about today's filing: nytimes.com/2024/05/07/bus… w David McCabe

Breaking - Rishi Sunak facing new Tory unrest. A lot of dismay around tonight after Labour's clean sweep of mayoralties on Saturday. Some Tory MPs angry over spin on Friday that the party might win London and West Mids. Bumpy hours ahead
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Message from a friend: “A first. After all this photo ID controversy my local polling station has just accepted without batting, ha, an eyelid my MCC membership pass.”

Naturally I approve of this. Wonder if it will also work at French border control when biometric data comes in

Hersh Goldberg's parents are the bravest people - with a plea for peace, an end to violence and the release of their son and other hostages

Scoop of the year for Antonia Cundy Madison Marriage Paul Caruana Galizia for the FT's Crispin Odey investigation #ThePressAwards

FT Edit wins news app of the year! #ThePressAwards Malcolm Moore Hannah Rock

The best in the business - Madhumita Murgia wins science and tech writer of the year #ThePressAwards

The brilliant Jennifer Williams wins broadsheet feature writer of the year at the #ThePressAwards

Congrats to the FT's Sarah Neville - health journalist of the year at #ThePressAwards !

Just rushing out to buy Liz Truss's book while stocks last

Israel says Iran has launched drone attack via Financial Times
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