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News Reporter @independent | Words for @prospect_uk @newbloommag @Diplomat_APAC + more | Got a story? Email [email protected]
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Joined January 2021
Today's @Independent splash: Shame of British judge keeping free speech hero Jimmy Lai in jail. Read more here:.
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RT @Holly_JoyB: Inside the secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach @Independent .
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After a leak at the Ministry of Defence, officials faced a race to keep up to 100,000 Afghans from the Taliban’s clutches – with two years of court fights and rescue plans projected to cost billions,...
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🗞️Scoop: The family of a British couple detained in Iran feared they were in one of the country’s most notorious prisons when it was bombed by Israel – and are still yet to hear from them weeks later despite assurances from Tehran that they are alive.
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Lindsay and Craig Foreman’s family feared they were being held in Iran’s Evin prison when it was bombed by Israel
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“The settlements are placed between Palestinian villages and they are made up of very far-right Israeli citizens who hate Palestinians and want to punish them for Hamas.”.
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Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians in West Bank following Hamas terror attacks which left hundreds of Israelis dead
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In October 2023, @Independent spoke to Palestinians in the West Bank as the world's attention was on Gaza. “We’re more afraid of the settlers than the army,” a pregnant mother-of-one said.
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Lifting US sanctions on violent Israeli West Bank settlers was one of the first things Donald Trump did when he entered the White House this year. He gave the green light for this.
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Palestinians warn of ‘a dangerous escalation’ as Israel announces plans to reverse parts of a 2005 withdrawal of settlers from Gaza and the West Bank
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Good to see @Telegraph pick up.this story .
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Shopkeeper ‘gobsmacked and baffled beyond belief’ after ‘offensive content’ reported to police
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RT @Independent: Police investigate Enoch Powell portrait hung in village shop as ‘hate incident’ .
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Exc: Police investigate Enoch Powell portrait hung in village shop as ‘hate incident’.
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Exclusive: A Shropshire shopkeeper hung the display to show the need for ‘strong political leadership’
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There are also reports of explosions over Jammu, further to the south, and Kutch, Gujarat. Follow here for latest, on-the-ground updates.
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My colleague @MohammadDawood_ is on the ground in Srinagar, Kashmir. He heard "huge" blasts over the city at around 9pm India time and said it was like the city was being bombed. They have not stopped since.
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US president praises leaders of South Asian rivals for reaching ceasefire without which ‘millions of good and innocent people could have died’
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From Bluesky radicals to slick PR professionals, @Independent reports on the British groups trying to take down Elon Musk. Pictures by me:
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From Bluesky radicals to slick PR professionals, Alexander Butler reports on the Britons trying to take down Elon Musk
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Important reporting on Zambia and USAID cuts by @HagopianAlicja .
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Exclusive: Extensive droughts in Zambia have forced women into sexual exploitation – and USAID cuts have stopped programmes which sought to protect them, writes Alicja Hagopian
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A sad day for London. The London Fire Brigade said books kept in these mini-libraries posed a "combustible material" fire safety risk. London Underground book exchanges forced to close after 20 years due to fire safety issues.
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Transport for London said it was forced to close the beloved book-swaps across every London Underground station
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Great reporting from @samkileynews in Ukraine . JD Vance’s cousin is fighting for Ukraine – this is what he thinks of Trump, Putin and the VP.
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Nate Vance, who spent summers as a child with JD Vance, is a US veteran who volunteers to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline with Russia. He tells World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley in...
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RT @SupportJimmyLai: "My father has been treated inhumanely. But he is defiant and strong. It is ridiculous that in his display of bravery,….
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Exclusive: Former BNP activist trains children to ‘fight back’ against British state with explosive arrowheads.
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Exclusive: Former BNP activist Matt Single also taught children to fire gas-powered air pistol pellets at a screen labelled ‘BBC’
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The United States has joined North Korea, Russia and Belarus in refusing to blame Vladimir Putin for starting the Ukraine war.
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Heseltine leads condemnation of Trump warning that his actions will ‘act as an incentive’ to those who endanger world peace
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