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Trump wants one like this. #c4news

I'm not sure regulation would prevent such a singular criminal. #c4news

'For now, Palestinians continue to live and to die in the shadow of Israel's army. The yellow blocks dividing the territory are in danger of becoming a permanent part of the landscape.' Good report Secunder Kermani #c4news

'Amidst the ruins of Gaza, everyone is desperate for any sign of hope, but, for Hamas, armed struggle has long been at the core of its identity. And Israeli officials are already briefing they won't even begin to withdraw troops.' Secunder Kermani #c4news

Much as I despise Trump and think the Board of Peace is absurd, but I really hope this deal has actually been done and will work. #c4news

All these young male migrants of fighting age #c4news

@maryeilmicdom.bsky.social Hello, Mary. How are things? Hope all is as well as possible, and best wishes for your birthday.

One can but hope (£) www.thetimes.com/article//art...

Russians already call August cursed. Will it be Putin’s bleakest month?The president has good reason to fear what is traditionally seen as a time of turmoil. The Ukraine war has left his regime facing its toughest testwww.thetimes.com

The number of confirmed Ebola cases has passed 3,000, ten weeks after the outbreak was declared on May 15, in what authorities say is the fastest-growing epidemic on record. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/africa... By @janeflan.bsky.social

Ebola claims its 1,000th victim but true toll could be nearer 4,000Families are forced to shut themselves away with the bodies of dead relatives while they wait for burial teams to arrivewww.thetimes.com

Thomas Glover played his part in the transformation of Japan from feudal isolation to the pre-eminent power in early 20th-century Asia. He helped to lay the foundations of Japanese coalmining, ship-building and beer-drinking. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a... By @dicklp.bsky.social

How a British arms dealer modernised JapanForgotten at home, Thomas Glover is so revered in Nagasaki for his part in the country’s industrialisation that he has been turned into a plushiewww.thetimes.com

Brilliant report by ParaicO'Brien and team revisiting a field hospital they filmed two years ago. The same staff are now gaunt and suffering trauma. The injuries are now largely from drones. The professionalism and dedication remain the same. #c4news

That was powerful by man told to evacuate his caravan, which he has had for 40 years. He explained the loss really eloquently: you think it's just an evacuation and then you realize what you're leaving behind, possibly for ever. #c4news

Trump is the literal bad apple: he corrupts everything and everyone he comes into contact with. #c4news

Human trials are to begin for a drug that could treat almost every person diagnosed with MND. Scientists at UCL developed drug, which helps the body to produce a protein necessary for communication between motor neurone cells and muscles. Not a cure. (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

MND drug entering human trials could help 97% of sufferersIt is no cure, but researchers hope the new treatment will slow the disease that killed Rob Burrowwww.thetimes.com

Almost since the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and, three days later, on Nagasaki, the language used to describe them has been a matter of controversy and contention. (£) www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a... By @dicklp.bsky.social

Nagasaki museum accused of concealing ‘Japan’s dark history’A panel that describes the bloody invasion of Nanking, China, has changed its description from ‘massacre’ to ‘incident’www.thetimes.com

Tibetan plateau feeds Asia’s greatest rivers; more than a billion people depend on those waters. Race for a new Tibetan spiritual leader hides a Chinese scramble to become the upstream sovereign over downstream south and southeast Asia. (£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Beijing’s high-stakes battle on roof of worldA tussle over who should succeed the ailing Dalai Lama could easily spiral out of controlwww.thetimes.com

Eating ultra-processed food is not necessarily harmful to your health because the nutritional quality of a meal matters more than how it was made, a large study has suggested (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a... By @rhysblakely.bsky.social

Good diet matters more than how processed food is, study suggestsHealth of participants in long-term study depended on nutritional quality of what they ate rather than whether foods were ultra-processed or notwww.thetimes.com

If anyone is able to (and I know many are not), this is a good scheme and they're still looking for participants. ourfuturehealth.org.uk/get-involved... It involves a brief questionnaire online and then a 10-minute weighing, measuring and blood-taking at nearby chemist.

Taking partHelp everyone live longer and healthier lives and learn new information about your own healthourfuturehealth.org.uk

Are teenage boys the stupidest creatures on earth? #c4news (I speak as a former teenage boy, of course.)

Was measured and had blood drawn for ourfuturehealth.org.uk H: 73cm (I have shrunk, really, by 1cm at least) W: 74.8kg (90 mins after lunch) Waist: 67cm (first time since about 1970) BP: 128/78 BPM: 67 So BMI is 24.99, 'upper normal', which shows how useless BMI is.

Our Future HealthWe’re bringing together up to five million people to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases.ourfuturehealth.org.uk