Good morning,
I’m excited to the writing to you from The Common Sense Network office in London! The team and I have just landed back in London after two weeks in the Middle East working on a range of exciting documentaries that I’m excited to tell you more about that later.
Today, I want to reflect on something exciting that happened at Common Sense Studios yesterday. Around 60 people gathered for a special Black History Month event where we looked at African folklore, spirituality, and myth pre-colonisation. Joined by special guests Kelechi Okafor, Solomon, and Adowa from Adechi Atelier, a very charged room discussed purpose, meaning, and suffering.
If you missed the event, you are in luck because it was recorded and will be released on our YouTube channel shortly.
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Zelensky rallies EU support as Trump says Ukraine leader ‘more difficult to deal with than Putin
US President Donald Trump has renewed his sharp criticism of Volodymyr Zelensky, saying the Ukrainian leader is “more difficult to deal with than [Russian President Vladimir] Putin”.
Trump, who recently made a controversial deal with Moscow to import its diesel to the American market, called Ukraine’s fresh wave of strikes on Russian oil refineries a “disgrace”.
Zelensky had paused the attacks for three days at Trump’s request for a ceasefire on energy targets, but said on Thursday they would resume because Moscow had never stopped.
Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York
Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court on Thursday to plead not guilty to new charges of conspiracy to commit torture.
The US government initially accused Maduro of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons-related offenses, before adding new charges against him and Flores last week.
Maduro and Flores were captured in January during a US military raid, after which they were taken to New York, where they remain in jail.
The couple has pleaded not guilty to the allegations and both have argued to have the case thrown out on the grounds that they qualify for sovereign immunity. Their trial is scheduled for June 2027.
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