andrew harding
@AndrewWJHarding
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BBC Paris Correspondent. Author of "A Small, Stubborn Town," “These Are Not Gentle People,” “The Mayor of Mogadishu.” Previously in Africa, Asia, former USSR.
Paris, France
Joined April 2010
“A Small Stubborn Town” in exalted company in London @Waterstones. If you’re interested in Ukrainian defiance…
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“La Psychose” - our report on the panic gripping Marseille as teenagers “enslaved” in violent drugs gangs.with @paulprad90 @Ieaguedj
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The number of teenagers involved in the drugs trade has quadrupled in eight years, the government says.
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For some context…
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This week the team fundraise for the BBC, welcome a traitor, and necromance a potato.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month in the role
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Lecornu was asked by President Macron to stay on until Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to achieve "stability" for the country.
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As Gisèle Pelicot faces one of her rapists in court, what has changed in France?
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Gisèle Pelicot's dominant stance was seen as a moment in France's MeToo movement but the enthusiasm appears to be wilting.
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“It’s as if it never happened.” France weighs the impact of Pelicot case as one rapist appeals his conviction, a year on.
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Gisèle Pelicot's dominant stance was seen as a moment in France's MeToo movement but the enthusiasm appears to be wilting.
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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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Moldova holds key election as Russia's shadow looms large
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The country has accused Moscow of election interference on an unprecedented scale.
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What a voice. What a loss. The poet Tony Harrison. “I want to do justice to my inwardness, my tenderness, my political rage.”
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Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all
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The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza. Read more: https://t.co/RZJAL6I6zL
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Today on the show — my co-host Tristan Redman (who doesn’t exist on here!) speaks to @AndrewWJHarding They tell a fascinating story of how in 1994 Ukraine gave up the world’s third LARGEST nuclear arsenal … and how that affects its trust today. https://t.co/VZtFXMA3zf
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The Global Story · Episode
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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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5 journalists among 20 killed by Israel in strike on hospital -Gaza officials say. They were documenting the suffering, the bombings, the starvation until their last breaths. Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri was operating a live camera at the time of the strike ( one of two).
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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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There is "growing evidence" journalists in Gaza have been "targeted and killed by the Israeli army on the basis of unsubstantiated claims that they were Hamas terrorists" according to Irene Khan, UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression.
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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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Our father, Derk Sauer, has passed away. It’s an immeasurable loss, and no words can truly capture what a remarkable father and husband he was. He dedicated his life to defending independent Russian media. In his final days, he asked that people continue to support the free press
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