Ex BBC and WFP now living without acronyms on Norfolk-Suffolk border.
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May 19
Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choices in the face of hunger and poverty aggravated by aid cuts. I don’t post much these days but this story from @yogital needs to be told. Also, beautifully shot. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q2…
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Mar 8
Great to see all-woman panel analysing latest on #Iran on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on #InternationalWomensDay
@bbclaurak @amanpour @PennyMordaunt @zarahsultana
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24 Dec 2025
Looking forward immensely to hearing @MishaGlenny take over the legendary In Our Time. I still remember him introducing me to Serbian politics over breakfast in Belgrade.
24 Dec 2025
“I think follow what you really want to do… We are a curious species.”
Melvyn Bragg gives advice to journalist Misha Glenny, who is taking over as presenter of Radio 4’s In Our Time in January, and talks about the lasting impact of the programme on listeners.
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4 Oct 2025
Elon Musk 'fired X worker for telling him he wasn't popular' dailymail.co.uk/news/article… via @DailyMail Probably my last tweet as @elonmusk has made “X” unbearable. So long, #Twitter. I miss you.
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31 Mar 2025
🔴Following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in #Myanmar, WFP is on the ground, scaling up emergency food distributions and support amid ongoing humanitarian crises.
We urgently need funding and access to enhance our impact.
Hear from WFP's @micdunford 👇
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8 Dec 2024
📌𝐒𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐚: In an 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 with @AJEnglish, Deputy Executive Director, @CarlSkau pledged:
"We are determined to stay and deliver. In Aleppo, we've distributed ready-to-eat meals, We call for protection of civilians & respect of international humanitarian law."
#Syria
As I said in @AJEnglish, this is a crisis upon crises in #Syria. @WFP has food prepositioned and is committed to staying and delivering assistance to Syrians in need across the country. We are reaching people even across lines. Civilians & humanitarian workers must be protected.
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7 Dec 2024
#Syria: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”, as Lenin said
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10 Oct 2024
Two of the sources said that Ocalan had been allowed recently to speak directly to the PKK leadership that is based in the Qandil Mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan. “Ocalan told them it was time to discuss laying down their arms,” one of the sources said.
10 Oct 2024
EXCLUSIVE | Three well-placed sources tell Al-Monitor's @amberinzaman that exploratory talks for a possible resumption of negotiations between the Turkish government and imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan were already underway. al-monitor.com/originals/202…
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8 Oct 2024
Since July, @WFP has supported 200 communal kitchens, serving hot meals to 175,000 people daily in #Sudan. "These kitchens are a lifeline for those trapped by conflict," says Eddie Rowe, WFP Sudan Director.
📰 Learn more in this @Reuters article: reut.rs/480Go6k
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31 Aug 2024
‘My land is a river now’: photos from @SimonTownsley in Bentiu, #SouthSudan will stop you in your tracks. telegraph.co.uk/global-healt…
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22 Aug 2024
Famine is NEVER
🔴 Inevitable
🔴 Unforeseen
🔴 Unstoppable
Food assistance during crises can make the difference between life and death. #FightFamine
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18 Jul 2024
Food, water, wifi or honeycomb and salami? Jean-Martin Bauer @CreoleBauer, one of the UN’s brightest, thinks big and thinks differently about how to tackle hunger. | | The Guardian Long Read theguardian.com/news/article…
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4 Jul 2024
Turnout was high #dogsatpollingstations on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. #GeneralElection2024
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On #WorldRefugeeDay, we stand in solidarity with over 500,000 refugees who have found safety and shelter in the #DRCongo 🇨🇩@WFP calls for long-term solutions: ➡️integrating refugees into communities
➡️providing access to markets and education
➡️ promoting peace.
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12 Jun 2024
Crime - election special report.
On the ground in Middlesbrough we found drugs, knives and forgotten victims.
Our full report is stark with lives ruined by antisocial behaviour and drug dealing.
Story with @RebeccaWearn
& @stefildes bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cnllzz…
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LIVE: UN's World Food Program country director discusses situation in Gaza x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDGllPnj…
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31 May 2024
📌𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽 🔜 𝗡𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴
WFP Country Director for Palestine, @mfjhollingworth will brief journalists on the situation in Gaza.
🕥 10:30 am NYT
📺🎧You too, can listen in via live stream at bit.ly/4dWC9eV
@UN_Spokesperson
#Gaza #NewsUpdate
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22 May 2024
Thousands of families fleeing #Rafah find themselves with limited food & clean water.
To reach more people with our resources, @WFP is using existing food stocks to provide up to 400,000 hot meals a day across Gaza.
But people need more. Here is what they told us 👇
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16 May 2024
"We have not been able to get the aid in at scale."
Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, tells @AmolRajan about the evidence of famine in the north of Gaza.
#R4Today
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