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A wonderful tribute from one great reporter to another on a very sad day. RIP George. A lovely man, who inspired so many of us with his empathy, humility and warmth. bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment…
Thanks so much to everyone at @wamu885 for all your help and for such a warm welcome. It was great to work with you!
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Good night & good luck to @ritula - a brilliant colleague over many years. As warm in person as she is on air. Always supportive, thoughtful and encouraging. The World Tonight family is going to miss her x
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Today's BBC coverage of the anniversary is full of poignant testimonies and stories, many of which were genuinely hard to read. I am especially unlikely to forget this one, as told to @BBCJamieCoo
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On this week’s @bbcworldservice Pick of the World with @annadoble we’ve amazing audio from @sherryrehman @Nangiana @RystadEnergy @BBCJamieCoo @bbctanyabeckett @erjnaylor @AliceGioia @clarkerowbotham @dmgrattons 09.32 BST or via @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct41x…
Breaking a long silence here to congratulate ‘psychic Sue’ @suesmith8 for accurately predicting a 2-1 win after extra time for @Lionesses on #Newshour @bbcworldservice yesterday lunchtime.. (from 35 mins in) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yf…
Credit for this goes to @krichevskaya whose new film about @tvrain has its premiere in Russia this week
Joke among opposition groups in Russia: 'Have you read "Special Operation and Peace" by Tolstoy?'
Via @BBCJamieCoo @bbcworldservice
With thanks to and the help of.. @ChrisCoons @edgarsrinkevics @VPrystaiko @bbclysedoucet @ArkadyOstrovsky
In-depth, smart, fast-paced insight on the #Ukraine crisis. It's all here - courtesy
@BBCJamieCoo and the Newshour team @bbcworldservice
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The Danish film #Flee has just become the first to get an #Oscars nomination for best animated film, best documentary and best international feature. We've an interview with director Jonas Poher Rasmussen coming up on Newshour @bbcworldservice
I loved hearing @mullingar_rc & @martymull’s memories of Meat Loaf’s 1989 tour of rural Ireland. Great stories! The last 7 minutes or so of last night’s programme. Enjoy. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013j…
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Please listen @bbcworldservice #Newshour 1300GMT for a tribute to #richardrogers from his great friend and #pompidou partner, Renzo Piano. He is speaking to @BBCJamieCoo What a titan Richard was. And what visionary and changed landscapes he has left us 🙏🏽@RSHParchitects – at Merton, London
Back with 2nd edition of Newshour. Among the highlights: @GovInslee on #COP26 & the US infrastructure bill; Sierra Leone's Vice President on the Freetown tanker explosion & Guilherme Machado @NoticiasdaTV on the death of 'Brazil's Adele' #MariliaMendonca
On air with Newshour @bbcworldservice. The mayor of #Freetown @yakisawyerr has the latest on the fatal oil tanker explosion.
On Newshour @bbcworldservice at 21GMT: @iaeaorg & Iran agree on nuclear monitoring; @NeamatNaqdi on Taliban violence;
@NaomiBroady on #EmmaRaducanu; Barbara Sampson on 9/11 forensics & reports by @BBCMarikoOi @sommervilletv @LauraTrevelyan
Old school radio reporting takes on tyrannical big tech in the latest humdinger of a read from my sadly soon-to-be former colleague @HaningtonPhan. Highly recommended!
Thanks @onusherwood for paying tribute to your friend and collaborator #LeeScratchPerry on Newshour @bbcworldservice (20 mins in) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172xv…
Afghanistan’s acting President - according to the constitution - @AmrullahSaleh2 spoke to me on Newshour @bbcworldservice about talking to the Taliban & resisting a ‘clerical dictatorship’ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09sxy…
On Newshour shortly.. interviews with the man who says he's caretaker Afghan President @AmrullahSaleh2, filmmaker @sahraakarimi on her escape from Kabul & Will Oldham @signifyingwolf on #DonEverly
Huge thanks to Sunday's teams @elleotz @pcoletti @deeseb @AlbanaKasapi @LABailey @WahibaASA and @Jon_FF @RozitaRiazati @ellispalmer94 @uazadnews & everyone who spoke to us on a momentous day. Back on air with more Afghanistan coverage at 1400 today..
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On air now @bbcworldservice with an extended edition of Newshour. Entire programme devoted to rapidly unfolding events in Afghanistan with @hamidi_rangina @suahilshaheen1 @KateClark66 @TomTugendhat and - of course - @bbclysedoucet