Scientology are unhappy about an article we published revealing that the church has been signing up children as young as 13 to work on “staff”.
Here’s the article:
thetimes.com/uk/religion/art…
Readers can make up their own minds about where the “scandal” lies.
The Times claims the highest standards of journalism. The evidence says the exact opposite. Read it here: bit.ly/TheTimesFdm @thetimes @tomfball @gallaghereditor @sebmann1 @matt_dathan
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A Scientology whistleblower told Times journalist @tomfball that the church’s Edinburgh branch hired children as ‘staff’. An allegation which the church denied.
On The Story podcast, Tom describes going undercover to investigate.
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🔺INVESTIGATION: The jihadi mastermind who fled MI5 to bring Isis back from the dead | ✍️ @tomfball
thetimes.com/world/middle-ea…
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Not here much but popping by to tell you that I have a new documentary!
I went to meet a secretive new community, who teach children an ‘alternative’ curriculum. Some people claim they are running… a conspiracy school.
We Are Not a Conspiracy School is out now on @BBCSounds.
Some recent pieces from Ukraine. In @thetimes today a dispatch from Kharkiv where soldiers are pioneering AI drone technology. The future looks dystopic. “For the unlucky bastards in the trenches life is already hell. But it’s about to get a lot worse." thetimes.com/world/russia-uk…
An interview with @oleksiireznikov who said that the war will carry on as long as Putin remains in the Kremlin. His comments reflect a growing resignation among many to a prolonged conflict, a stark reversal from hopes Trump could bring about peace.
thetimes.com/world/russia-uk…
And an interview with @poroshenko who accused Zelensky of “authoritarianism” after the government sanctioned him this year. “Why is he doing this? Because he hates me on a biological, chemical level. And, frankly speaking, I also do not like Zelensky.”
thetimes.com/world/russia-uk…
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On today’s #Worldin10 podcast, As Donald Trump says he’s talking with Vladimir Putin, what has been going on in Ukraine? The Times’ @tomfball unpacks record-breaking drone attacks, nightly bombardments, and Russia’s symbolic victories in Luhansk.
Listen ⬇️
pod.fo/e/2f5219
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A modest block of social housing in south London has an unlikely tenant – the first lady of Sierra Leone.
Our story for @thetimes reveals how Fatima Jabbe-Bio continues to rent her council flat seven years into her husband’s presidency.
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The murder of Sunday Times foreign correspondent David Holden in Cairo in 1977 remained unsolved for decades. Then editor Harold Evans called it “the most profound mystery” of his career. Today, in a special report on @thetimes, we reveal the truth at last thetimes.com/article/c82d28d…
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An anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh is looking into Tulip’s Territory, which belongs to the former Treasury minister’s family
My joint byline with @tomfball search.app/g4cqFJEdMTrjiASk6
In Sudzha there is a house on the hill known as Little Monaco. Until last August it was home to 150 FSB officers. When Ukrainian soldiers accessed the flats they found a trove of information about the lives and activities of these officers.
In @thetimes
thetimes.com/world/russia-uk…
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"These girls are being exploited all over again. Politicians jumping on the bandwagon after years of silence is 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭."
Andrew Norfolk, who exposed the grooming gang scandal in 2011, condemns the reuse of the abuse for political gain.
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