Kathy Long
@ProducerKathy
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“So-called” BBC News producer. formerly Beijing 🇨🇳 Now Brussels 🇧🇪 Originally & forever Weegie 🏴 Parent. Cake-baker. Panda karaoke specialist.
Joined July 2011
"I don't know whether they're dead or alive." Parents tell us they have no idea where their children are in Xinjiang - and we find evidence of a systematic effort to separate them from their families, roots and faith. With @TheJohnSudworth
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The BBC's John Sudworth meets Uighur parents in Turkey who say their children are missing in China.
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Tension is deepening between President Trump and European allies, who’d hoped, since he returned to office, to ‘manage’ him’. They now seem to be approaching a head-on political collision over Greenland. So what’s so special about Greenland?👇
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The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler has been reporting from Greenland and dissects why the island has so much value in the eyes of President Trump.
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Lots of loud voices on what should happen to Greenland. But what do Greenlanders think? @BBCkatyaadler is there to find out, with @BrunoBoelpaep Greenlanders unnerved as they find themselves in geopolitical storm
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Islanders want a bigger say in their ties with Denmark, but also on the world stage too.
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The owner of the bar where 40, mostly teens, died on New Year’s Day in Switzerland is now in custody. @sarahrainsford reports from Crans Montana https://t.co/uWLFwUfZy9
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A woman named Marie who was in a bar opposite Le Constellation helped the injured as they ran from the flames.
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Experts - and US lawmakers - say that military action in Greenland is unlikely, and the White House says that diplomacy is preferred even if all options are on the table. There are, however, a variety of ways that the US could try 'take' Greenland. My piece with @Beaking_News
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The White House says it is considering a range of options to acquire the island, including deploying the military.
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Some #Ukraine news this week - on a big case: #Italy to extradite Nord Stream blast suspect to Germany https://t.co/jmqlZIuEEe
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Wonderful that the #CharlesWheelerAward goes to @BBCSteveR . And so happy to award it to him last night with my sister Marina. Steve’s an outstanding, brave, modest journalist - calm and deeply committed to telling the story. If Charles were here he’d approve! @JournoCharity 🙏
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"We know our path now." Our update on a family who lost their 7 year old daughter in a crush onboard a small boat off the French coast last year. With @paulprad90 @ProducerKathy @Ieaguedj @Romyliad
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The Alhashemi family have spent the past 15 years moving around Europe in a state of legal limbo.
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Let journalists do their jobs, and let the world see the facts on the ground in Gaza. https://t.co/whKhWY940w
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The film uses iconic news images to highlight the importance of independent journalism
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(In case you missed it over the summer) - Our investigation into a people-smuggling gang in France and the UK. One arrest made since, in Birmingham. None in #France.
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Exclusive: Secret filming reveals smugglers' forest hideout and cash deals at UK train station.
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Great analysis from @KattyKay_ on why America’s social media companies (among others) have so much sway in the enormous divisions in US society
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This moment has parallels with other periods of discord in US history, but it is more complicated than simply repeating them.
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Thrilled that @BBCRadio4 is running our series about a double murder case in South Africa again this week. @PRIXEUROPA
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Two men arrive at a South African farmhouse triggering a violent series of events.
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On Ukraine’s Independence Day, a new documentary series celebrating the country and its resilience (made by some friends of mine).
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Ukraine deserves a better conversation in the world. KYIV OF MINE - this is a documentary series about Ukraine’s beautiful capital, Kyiv. Our film production began in 2018, and much has changed since...
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The FCCC's annual Media Freedoms Report on the state of independent reporting in China is out. Here is the full report : https://t.co/mrIxV6ahbK TLDR?; unroll this thread for a summary 🧵 #journalism #China #correspondent
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Brilliant work by @AndrewWJHarding and team - listen back to their radio report and a behind the scenes chat with Andrew on today’s OS https://t.co/HxY9TPhXYE from 25 minutes in.
My account of our team's year-long investigation into one small-boat smuggling gang's activities in France and the UK:
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My account of our team's year-long investigation into one small-boat smuggling gang's activities in France and the UK:
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Exclusive: Secret filming reveals smugglers' forest hideout and cash deals at UK train station.
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters Published: 24 July 2025 “We are desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves and their families. For many months, these independent journalists have been the world’s
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Putin ally Valery Gergiev is set to return to the stage in Italy this month, breaking a European ban on pro-Kremlin artists since the start of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine It’shappening as Russian missile & drone attacks on Ukraine intensify👇🏼 https://t.co/Bd24G2ecYB
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An Italian region has invited the pro-Putin conductor, signalling a rehabilitation despite no sign of an end to the war.
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"They said: 'You will die in prison. We’ll keep extending your time. You won’t get out.'" My husband @tsikhanouski_s spoke to @BBC about his years in prison, his release, and the fight that continues. Every political prisoner in Belarus must be freed. https://t.co/gNB7lgxPiV
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Sergei Tikhanovsky was kept isolated in bare, tiny cells and tells the BBC that Belarus must free other political prisoners.
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