Hi ,

Donald Trump has wasted no time since taking office, with a raft of executive orders being signed in the short time he's been in charge.

They include dismantling diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) departments, pardoning those jailed for the riots on January 6, 2020, declassifying records on the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr, ending birthright citizenship, leaving the World Health Organisation, and withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement.

But one stands out as particularly unusual - formally renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

Now, this newsletter didn't think you could do that, but will henceforth officially rename Edinburgh as 'Ferretburgh'.

Yours,

Ali

Story of the week

An in-depth look at a Ferret investigation

The physical and mental abuse Sana suffered took place over many years and left her isolated, lonely and “psychologically destroyed”.

A Kurdish refugee living in Glasgow, she is talking candidly about the extreme violence she suffered at the hands of her former husband and his family. 

Sana – we’ve changed her name to protect her identity – is speaking to The Ferret at Freedom from Torture’s centre in Glasgow where torture survivors are counselled and helped to rebuild their lives.  

What did we dig up this week?

A round up of our investigations in the last seven days

Union sparks living wage row at elite Scots golf club

Unite criticised Loch Lomond Golf Club’s November advert for a £12 per hour spa receptionist position, after the real hourly living wage for over 18s was raised to £12.60.

Question of the week

Should companies be forced to pay the living wage

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Best of the rest

Investigations we've enjoyed from around the world

Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts

Cyprus Confidential files suggest offshore scheme was used to evade tens of millions in VAT on long list of expenses. (Guardian)

Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait

Satellite images have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed Crimea. (BBC News)

The trial at the tip of the terrorgram iceberg

Brandon Russell, an influential figure in the American neofascist scene, is on trial over an alleged plot to knock out Baltimore’s power grid and trigger a race war. (Wired)

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