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NYC/UN Correspondent: BBC: Persian Service. Iran, US politics & some Canada.

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@BBCBreaking
BBC Breaking News
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"Mistakes have been made" - BBC bosses Tim Davie and Deborah Turness' resignation statements in full
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Deborah Turness says "mistakes have been made" but "allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong".
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@BahmanKalbasi
Bahman Kalbasi
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Mexico’s Government says they have no knowledge of Iran’s alleged plot to kill Israel’s Ambassador in Mexico. https://t.co/Zjv2v86z4j
@BarakRavid
Barak Ravid
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🚨🚨🚨Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) planned to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico, Einat Kranz-Neiger, but the plot was foiled last summer by Mexican security services, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. My story on @axios https://t.co/Hu304ctYUE
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@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
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🚨 CNBC: "Announced corporate job cuts surging past 1 million so far this year, with 153,000 new layoffs just in October according to Challenger. That is the worst October since 2003."
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@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
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Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20
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@Acyn
Acyn
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Stephen Miller: The Anti-Mamdani vote which is really the pro-NYC vote, the pro-America vote needs to unite behind a leading candidate and that’s Andrew Cuomo.
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@willsommer
Will Sommer
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Kash Patel has fired a senior FBI official after public flight data showed Patel used a government jet to fly and see his girlfriend perform at a wrestling match.
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The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician...
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@John_Hudson
John Hudson
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SCOOP: A classified US report has found that Israeli military units committed “many hundreds” of potential violations human rights violations in Gaza that will take “multiple years” to review -The findings mark the first time a US government report has acknowledged the scale of
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@ShibleyTelhami
Shibley Telhami
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UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan: Emergency security council session criticizes killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF https://t.co/57lmdheVCv
theguardian.com
Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF
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@KhalilJeries
Khalil Sayegh
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Breaking: The Israeli military has struck part of the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City.
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@zeteo_news
Zeteo
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“My findings were beyond reasonable doubt that this was an intentional killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.” Retired Army Colonel Steve Gabavics tells @mehdirhasan that the killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was intentional according to his findings.
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@BBCWorld
BBC News (World)
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Gaza children dying as they wait for Israel to enable evacuations
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Around 15,000 Gazans are waiting for urgent medical treatment, according to the UN.
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@tombateman
Tom Bateman
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The Trump administration has not been able to publicly name any of the people it has killed in these strikes, and we asked the Pentagon again today. If the individuals are a grave threat to US national security, as claimed, it should be able to clearly announce who it targets.
@SecWar
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
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Overnight, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel was known by our
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@FT
Financial Times
@FT
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Just in: Florida-based Unusual Machines, a little-known drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr, said the US army had contracted it to manufacture 3,500 drone motors, alongside various other drone parts. https://t.co/7tgpoLaeIn
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@lrozen
Laura Rozen
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Trump demolishes White House East Wing. Metaphor for the destruction he has already caused in nine months. https://t.co/O6NqXZwyFg
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@tombateman
Tom Bateman
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Palestinians still denied the right by Israel to have foreign journalists speak to them in person and see what’s taken place in Gaza.
@FPAIsPal
Foreign Press Assoc.
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The FPA is disappointed in another delay granted to the State regarding free and independent access to Gaza. We renew our call for immediate entry.
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@allenanalysis
Brian Allen
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🚨 BOMBSHELL: Federal judges caught the U.S. government providing false info in over 35 court cases. Sworn declarations. Falsified records. Repeated lies. This isn’t just sloppy, it’s systemic. Law professor Ryan Goodman says it may be intentional. 📺: 60 Minutes 🔗:
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@60Minutes
60 Minutes
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DOJ whistleblower Erez Reuveni says he recalls then-senior DOJ official Emil Bove telling attorneys at a meeting that they may have to consider telling a court, “F*** you.” To 60 Minutes, Bove says Reuveni’s claims are a mix of “falsehoods” and “distortions.”
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@NateFriedman97
Nate Friedman
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I asked Curtis Sliwa "are you okay with losing and knowing you contributed to Mamdani's victory?" I did my best to relay the concerns of capitalist america and used @BillAckman's tweet as a reference "a vote for Curtis Sliwa is a vote for Zohran Mamdani" This was Sliwa's
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@AaronBlake
Aaron Blake
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A nugget from my "No Kings" piece: Fox News this week cited 5 incidents of violence/arrests from June's "No Kings" rallies, which included millions of people. The headline cites "coast-to-coast arrests." But: Most of the violence didn't appear to be perpetrated by protesters.
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@sherwiebp
Sherwin Bryce-Pease
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Have identified the twitter handle referred to in the State Dept’s post. And screen shot of the flagged post 👇🏽 @lavidaNOTA #sabcnews
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Sherwin Bryce-Pease
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SA National has U.S. Visa revoked over comments made in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. State Dept shared image/screen-grab of posted comment. #sabcnews
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