As the world slips ever closer to global warfare, with South Africa offering to be the mediator between the US/Israel and Iran – basically the equivalent of letting Pep Guardiola referee a Manchester City game – there’s very little to be happy about.
The countries involved in the conflict are trying their hardest to win the battle for hearts and minds with selective reporting, and the fake news sites are furiously peddling their wares. It’s hard to know what to believe. And it’s sometimes harder to accept the things that are (probably) true.
And so, as ever, we turn to humour.
This is (almost certainly) fake news, but it’s very well done:
Indeed. Frying pan and fire stuff.
More tomorrow, when I wake up to find out which new country has joined the fun.