Marco Silva 🌍
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Senior journalist for @BBCNews reporting on climate change disinformation. Investigations for #BBCVerify and @BBCTrending 🔎
London, United Kingdom
Joined April 2009
Judging by how often US President Donald Trump has repeated the slogan “Drill, baby, drill”, you might be tempted to think he coined the phrase. 🧵
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RT @CopernicusEU: 🧑🚒 Portugal is impacted by major wildfires in the north and centre of the country as of 29 July, with more than 2,000 fi….
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RT @WMO: Japan just experienced it's warmest day on record at 41.2 degrees Celsius recorded in Tamba city, according to the Japan Meteorolo….
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RT @metoffice: 📰 Groundbreaking new partnership to deliver a world class public weather service announced. Read our news release 👇. https:/….
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RT @WMO: 2024 was the tenth year in a row the global mean temperature record was broken. Find out more about the global #StateOfClimate he….
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RT @meteofrance: ⚠️ #MétéoDesForêts Le risque de feux reste encore élevé sur le pourtour méditerranéen ces prochains jours. Soyez prudents….
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@bbcworldservice Very happy that @MichaelSteele's story made it to @BBCRadio4's Pick of the Week programme, which showcases the best of BBC radio: (from 14'08'').
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Andrew Peach presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy? We've been examining a series of claims circulating online: .(With @BenChu_ @jakehorton0305 @KaylaEpstein).
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Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce.
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RT @CopernicusEU: Since late June 2025, much of Europe has been affected by an intense heatwave. 🌡️. This #VideoOfTheDay, based on #Coperni….
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On Thursday, Turkish officials also described as “disinformation” suggestions that the PKK was somehow to blame.
Bazı sosyal medya kullanıcıları tarafından, İzmir, Manisa ve Hatay’daki orman yangınlarının, PKK’ya bağlı olduğu iddia edilen bir grup tarafından üstlenildiği yönünde paylaşımlar yapılmaktadır. Bu içerikler, bağlamı çarpıtılmış, eskiye ait ve maksatlı olarak servis edilmiş
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But, of all the posts seen by #BBCVerify linking the PKK to the current fires, none provided any credible evidence to back this claim, beyond a screenshot of a 2020 article published on a PKK-affiliated website.
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The group has often been accused of starting fires - and one of the PKK’s affiliates is known to have in the past said it carried out arson attacks.
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The PKK has called for more autonomy and greater Kurdish rights. It is banned as a terrorist group in Turkey, the EU, UK, and US. In May, it announced it would be laying down its arms and disbanding.
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The Kurdish group has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, but has now said it will dissolve itself.
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While Turkish authorities are investigating how the fires started, far-right and ultra-nationalist voices have been claiming the PKK - the Kurdistan Workers' Party - is to blame.
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For the the past week, hundreds of wildfires have broken out in Turkey, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people. But on social media, posts alleging that the outlawed Kurdish group the PKK is behind them have been getting millions of views. 🧵
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RT @WMO: Europe is experiencing a record-breaking heat wave, which is likely being reinforced by exceptionally warm sea surface temperature….
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RT @IPCC_CH: #IPCC's 2022 #ClimateReport shows heatwaves in Europe will become more frequent, more intense & will last longer. By 2050, ab….
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RT @hausfath: June 2025 was the third warmest June on record after 2024 and 2023 in the ERA5 dataset. It was approximately 1.3C above prein….
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For the @BBCWorldService's #WitnessHistory show, Michael Steele told me the story of his slogan:
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The story behind the catchy political slogan much loved by US President Donald Trump
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Michael Steele is proud of the slogan he created, but he says that maybe it’s time for it to evolve into something else. After all, decades of burning fossil fuels have been driving the rapid warming of the planet.
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