Anyone who tuned into the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) World Food Day programme last week would be forgiven for coming away feeling that the world’s food system is in good hands.

Julian Assange’s vision was a new world built from transparency, data and dreams - a world where truth hums electric and unbroken, where no boot tramples the record, and no algorithm erases the witness.

Despite the fragile ceasefire, the brutality in Gaza has continued, with Israeli forces reportedly killing at least six Palestinians on October 14, 2025. This occurred just after Hamas released the last Israeli hostages.

In Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip yesterday, exhausted people danced, celebrated, blew horns, and beat drums after hearing the news of the new ceasefire, summoning sunlight after a 2yr storm of bullets and bombs.

Is it only me who can see the – my word – 'stupidity', of what the UK is witnessing week on week - month on month – year on year – in that place of power, people call parliament? What are we to learn from these lessons?

The current health secretary – Wes Streeting – has just announced that injections for weight loss will now be widely available – free – on the NHS.