All posts tagged: Trapped

Trump is trapped in his self-inflicted energy crisis

Trump is trapped in his self-inflicted energy crisis

Published by Sam Flores

The first day of Donald Trump’s second term was a national emergency, at least according to the president himself. On Jan. 20, 2025, he declared a “national energy emergency,” pledging to tap into America’s oil and gas reserves. As Salon reported at the time, experts said was a false alarm. At the time, the U.S. was doing fine with its fossil fuel production. The bigger problem, one that Trump continues to deny, centers on curbing emissions and addressing our planet’s overheating problem.  Roughly 18 months later, things have clearly changed. The nation is steeped in an energy crisis of Trump’s own making, largely due to his tariff agenda and war of choice with Iran. Despite a flurry of vague timelines and lofty promises, it doesn’t seem like we’ll be out of the woods any time soon. Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and the recent announcement that the U.S. will take control of the country’s oil fields to the tune of some 65 billion barrels, smacks of desperation. Yes, ExxonMobil has agreed to go …

The London children trapped in Britain’s £500m County Lines drug trade

The London children trapped in Britain’s £500m County Lines drug trade

Published by Sam Flores

Ewan’s* childhood followed a familiar pattern. Referred to the St Giles Trust aged 16 in 2025, he had already experienced years of trauma, missing episodes, criminal exploitation and deteriorating mental health. Known to services from the age of six after growing up in a chaotic home, Ewan’s childhood was marked by trauma and missed opportunities for support. He began using cannabis at just 10, trying to cope with experiences that had left him struggling. By 12, he had been drawn into county lines exploitation to fund his drug use. Within a year, his cannabis use had escalated to as much as six grams a day, while concerns grew over possible gang involvement and he began repeatedly going missing. Source link

Harry and Meghan ‘trapped’ as expert claims they’re ‘spitting blood’ | Royal | News

Harry and Meghan ‘trapped’ as expert claims they’re ‘spitting blood’ | Royal | News

Published by Sam Flores

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (Image: Pool, Getty Images) Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly “absolutely spitting blood” following a new Palace directive emphasising their position as private individuals – and one royal commentator suggests the development could present significant challenges for their future public engagements. Writing in The i, Harry Mount said the pair had been rebuilding relations with King Charles, but indicated the recent directive could jeopardise the delicate progress made between them. The Lord Chamberlain, Lord Richard Benyon, contacted Government departments, the military and Lords-Lieutenant after receiving requests for clarification following the Sussexes’ return to the UK on 26 August. The correspondence, issued on behalf of the King, confirmed that Harry and Meghan “are no longer working Members of The Royal Family” and do not utilise their HRH styles. It additionally specified that operational security matters concerning the pair should be referred to the appropriate police authorities. A spokesperson for the Sussexes stated: “We were a little surprised not to have been told about this in …

Ready tae Drap review – clashing neighbours trapped in a lift get roars of approval | Stage

Ready tae Drap review – clashing neighbours trapped in a lift get roars of approval | Stage

Published by Sam Flores

Trapping three nightmare neighbours in the dodgy lift of their Glasgow high-rise, Ready tae Drap has lots of sparky, slapstick humour – but not so much nuance. Crotchety conspiracy theorist Pat (Isabelle Joss) is in her 70s and armed with barbed, uninvited observations. Saintly, exhausted Muslim mum of two Aaliyah (Tinashe Warikandwa) is on the verge of giving birth to her third child. Dry-humoured Lauren (performed by playwright Éimi Quinn) is the play’s millennial, fourth-wall-breaking narrator, clad in fishnets and bunny ears for a hen-do. It’s a classic setup: can these contrasting characters find common ground in a tight spot? Not really. Quinn’s vivid new play digs into chalk-and-cheese humour and an ever-present threat of body fluids, cracking jokes as blue as Lauren’s favourite flavour of WKD. Within the lift’s cramped confines (with concise design from Heather Grace Currie), Maureen Carr’s direction is dynamic and physical, bringing out the cast’s comedic chemistry: Pat’s gleeful descriptions of her post-menopausal sex life leave Aaliyah and Lauren wide-eyed and the Òran Mór’s full house roaring. But all this …

Nepal-Tibet floods live: Rescuers race to find 100 workers trapped in tunnels as death toll tops 680

Nepal-Tibet floods live: Rescuers race to find 100 workers trapped in tunnels as death toll tops 680

Published by Sam Flores

29/08/2026 – 18:59 Nepal rescuers send air pipe into tunnel with trapped workers Nepali army rescuers broke through to a hydropower tunnel on Saturday and began pumping air and sending a camera inside, raising hopes of reaching workers trapped since devastating floods struck the site three days earlier. Nepal’s government says more than 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects, with rescue efforts focused on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites. Those trapped are among 933 hydropower workers missing since a wall of mud and debris swept down on Wednesday morning, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. 29/08/2026 – 18:07 Nepal warns of climate threat after deadly floods Nepal’s foreign minister warned on Saturday of the growing threat from climate change in the Himalayas, as China offered water and satellite data after devastating floods on their shared border killed hundreds. The US Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday near the high-altitude China-Nepal border was caused by a glacial collapse that sent a torrent of …

Trapped by a Partner’s Defensiveness? Change Your Response

Trapped by a Partner’s Defensiveness? Change Your Response

Published by Jenni Sidey

In my last post, I shared an example of a woman who broke, mentally, physically, and spiritually. I described the moment when her body took over and announced that it couldn’t take it anymore, couldn’t take one more ounce of anger coming at her, that she had nothing left to give to make things work. It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back, and the moment when the broken and dysfunctional system collapsed. Sometimes we need to break to change, to be brought to our knees. But often we can make changes while we’re still standing, although we have to be willing to do things differently. If we don’t change our own behaviors, nothing will change. The first step in getting free from this anger-defensiveness cycle is awareness. That is, to be able to see the patterns we’re acting out—how, in trying to stay safe and keep the peace, we’re actually playing a part in the continuation of this harmful pattern. Jumping to self-blame, still trying to figure it all out, making nice …

They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped | Global development

They escaped south-east Asia’s scam compounds. Then they realised they were still trapped | Global development

Published by Sam Flores

Artillery fire thundered. Windows shattered. Roofs caved in. And thousands of foreign workers – many who had been tricked and trafficked into the vast cyber-fraud industry that has flourished in south-east Asia – fled. For a brief moment, the regional crackdown appeared to mark a turning point in one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries, which has defrauded millions of people globally and generated billions of dollars for organised crime networks. Police and troops across Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar conducted mass raids to empty and demolish some of the region’s massive scam centres. But for many of those who escaped, freedom was only the beginning of another ordeal. Months later, the consequences are still unfolding in Cambodia, where thousands of survivors from Africa, Latin America and Asia remain stranded without passports, money or any clear route home. They have drifted to the capital, Phnom Penh, where they are sleeping rough and surviving hand to mouth. Thousands who have sought help have been placed in immigration detention centres. With those centres now overflowing, one former scam …