Jessica Rawnsley
@JrRawnsley
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journalist. report & edit @bbc @theipaper. prev @ft @thetimes @pa. words @theeconomist @independent @guardian @prospect_uk @wired @telegraph @newstatesman +
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Joined September 2019
EXCL: Families of children with long Covid have been accused of fabricating the illness, reported to social services & in some cases taken to court with the threat of removal to foster care. My investigation shares three stories - there are many more. https://t.co/522iXmwhsY
inews.co.uk
Doctors and parents say children are being threatened with being taken into care as medics struggle to diagnose their conditions and families are placed under suspicion
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Nearly a year after an Oregon woman was found dead in a hotel room, her family is still searching for answers about her medically assisted suicide. Her story is a nightmare for both advocates and opponents of the practice, @ebruenig argues.
theatlantic.com
Her case should disturb both advocates and opponents of medically assisted suicide.
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«Угрожая убить, заставлял готовить, убирать и выполнять сексуальные прихоти». Исповедь украинки, побывавшей в рабстве у российских военных https://t.co/ulYNqQrobC
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В конце октября 2025 года международный трибунал в Гааге принял к рассмотрению показания Олены Ягуповой, жительницы города Каменка-Днепровская в Запорожской области. Украинка рассказала The Insider о...
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The Americans say Ukraine is losing, and faces crushing defeat. The picture is much more complicated than that. A counter-attack in Kupiansk showed what can be done. Russia is also paying a huge price. But overall outlook is still fairly grim. My new piece https://t.co/Lw7PaRtBFs
economist.com
A counter-attack in Kupiansk is promising, but the overall outlook is not
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The trickiest question surrounding the latest peace proposals concerns Russia’s demand that Ukraine surrender all of the Donbas region, including parts it still holds
economist.com
The latest peace proposals are only a bit closer to what Ukraine and Europe need
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I never thought botox and dermal fillers could be meaningful. But then I met beautician Maryna Zhegulina and the soldiers on Ukraine’s frontline that every month she risks her life to treat.
economist.com
Maryna Zhegulina risks her life to help soldiers keep their humanity
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On the very first day of the protest, I was poisoned by the substance mixed in the water canon. I was in the middle of Rustaveli, standing very close to the riot police. The water sprinkled all over my face, I lost coordination, couldn't move. My colleague recognized me and
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A Palestine Action-linked hunger striker begged prison staff to call her an ambulance as she suffered worsening chest pains – but was ignored and left alone for hours on her cell floor, her friends and family have said. Qesser Zuhrah, who has not eaten for 42 days, is among
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At 50, the actress doesn’t care what people think of her any more. She lets rip about social media, weight-loss drugs — and why it has taken her so long to become a director
thetimes.com
At 50, the actress doesn’t care what people think of her any more. She lets rip about social media, weight-loss drugs — and why it has taken her so long to become a director
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I'm a Russian in the UK, Trump's peace deal disgusts me - The i Paper
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'For Putin this is obviously a really comfortable way of keeping these big, financial, under-the-table talks going,' says Ksenia Maximova
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“‘It’s so creepy,’ one of my friends said. “‘I know,’ I told her. ‘But at least I got a call.’ “Two years ago, I lost my job to AI. Now AI is interviewing me for jobs.” Commentary: https://t.co/UIxX18ypeU
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South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, at 45 people per 100,000 according to 2023-24 figures from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. @JrRawnsley
bbc.com
Gunmen stormed a hostel near Pretoria and opened fire, killing 11 people including a three-year-old.
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Monsoons exacerbated by tropical storms has caused some of the worst flooding in years, with millions affected in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. @JrRawnsley
bbc.com
Hundreds have been killed across South East Asia, with monsoons exacerbated by cyclones also affecting Thailand and Malaysia.
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Thanks to the individuals who shared their stories & time with me, the communities that welcomed me in and all who made it possible. Feel unbelievably privileged to be able to tell these stories.
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For remote communities - and vast tracts of rainforest and the life it sustains - volunteer brigades are often the first, and sometimes only, line of defence. Last year was one of the most devastating fire seasons in history. The consequences reach far beyond the Amazon.
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Just returned from Brazil. Here's my dispatch from the Amazon where I met brave volunteer firefighters battling huge blazes - with little support - in efforts to save the planet's rapidly shrinking green lungs. @thetimes @Greenpeace
https://t.co/NAGk0m8NML
thetimes.com
Nothing deters the brigades of Brazil — not 40-metre walls of flame, not arrest, not death threats. Can they make themselves heard on the world stage?
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Both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must abandon false historical narratives and moral certainties if the cycle of violence is to be broken, writes historian and author Yuval Noah Harari. Read his Weekend Essay
ft.com
Both sides must abandon false moral certainties and oversimplified historical narratives if the cycle of violence is to be broken
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The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure As transplant waiting lists grow and donor numbers fall, experts say families should not have the final say. ✍️ @Martha_Gill Read:
observer.co.uk
As transplant waiting lists grow and donor numbers fall, experts say families should not have the final say
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To protect the Amazon, we must first protect its defenders Proud to announce a new initiative at today’s @united4wildlife Global Summit in Rio, designed to protect Indigenous Peoples and local communities, environmental defenders in Brazil from growing intimidation, violence
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🚨 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION 🚨 Where on earth did all of London's parakeets come from?! 🦜 I used @TheTimes' archive to bust the myths and find the answer: Click to read ➡️ https://t.co/iW0yoNsDbz
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The war in Ukraine may last for years to come, even as its nature changes with long-range strikes. “It will either end with the collapse of the Russian imperial project, or with the disappearance of an independent Ukrainian state.” My gloomy analysis in @WSJ
wsj.com
Long-range strikes on infrastructure are becoming increasingly critical as front-line advances stall.
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