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Ashitha Nagesh

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Award-winning (mum made me add this) @BBCnews reporter, senior fellow @jschofieldtrust, she/her. 👋🏽: [email protected] or ask for Signal

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RT @BBCNewsPR: A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
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Astonishing ruling from the ICJ today that countries can sue each other over climate change - the result of a legal campaign started by young law students from low-lying Pacific islands. Great story from my colleagues @GeorginaRannard and @EsmeStallard.
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The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.
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Do you know of something I should be looking into, someone interesting I should be speaking to, or a story I should be telling? I'm a features journalist for BBC News - DM me here or email ashitha.nagesh@bbc.co.uk (UK and UK-related stories only).
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RT @scottygb: “I’ve been told by my producer not to do an impression of a peacock”
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Violent criminals could be let out early for good behaviour under recommendations made by the Independent Sentencing Review.
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The landmark sentencing review calls for fewer custodial sentences and earlier prison releases.
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I’m at the Mall today for the VE Day 80 parade 🎊. So what goes into a parade like this? The Brigade Major, Lt Col Charles Foinette told me they were rehearsing the route at 2am on Saturday!. Follow for updates from my @BBCNews colleagues and me here:.
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Commemorative events are taking place across the country to mark 80 years since World War Two ended in Europe.
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Andrew Tate is accused of pointing a gun in a woman's face and saying "you're going to do as I say or there'll be hell to pay" in court docs from the UK civil action against him. Tate denies the claims. Was great to work with @lucymanning on this story:.
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Details of the case against Tate brought by four UK women are seen for the first time by BBC News.
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Gazan men have told the BBC they were subjected to chemical burns, beatings, sexual assaults, dog attacks and electric shocks while detained in Israel. Extremely disturbing testimonies, reported incredibly thoroughly by @alice_cuddy.
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Interviews with five men held in the months after the Hamas attacks reveal allegations of violence and abuse, adding to reports of misconduct by military and prison staff.
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Pankaj Lamba's parents have been arrested in India. Lamba is suspected of killing his wife Harshita Brella in Corby & fleeing the country last year. The investigation in India is separate to the one being carried out here in the UK. Story by @yogital:
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Ms Brella's death has prompted an international manhunt for her husband, Pankaj Lamba.
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RT @ashnagesh: Did you know there’s a spot in central London that’s become of a hive of Indian stand-up? I caught up with @sohotheatre, and….
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Did you know there’s a spot in central London that’s become of a hive of Indian stand-up? I caught up with @sohotheatre, and with the hilarious @PrashastiSingh and @AnuvabPal, to find out more for @bbcworldservice. My piece is about 46 mins in:
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RT @joshparry: It’s 25 years ago today that the legal ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces was lifted - but it’s only much more r….
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LGBT veterans forced out of the military look to the future, 25 years on from the ban being repealed.
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Aleqa Hammond, Greenland's first female prime minister, told me at the time (2019): "The American presence in Greenland is not to the benefit of Greenlanders. We never asked Americans to come. Denmark allowed them to come and build an air base.".
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"He's not even talking to Greenland - he's talking to Denmark about buying Greenland."
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Trump says he wants the US to acquire Greenland - not for the first time. He also said he wanted to buy the territory during his first term. For some context on the US's presence in Greenland, here's a piece I wrote at the time (article from 2019):
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"He's not even talking to Greenland - he's talking to Denmark about buying Greenland."
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RT @jonathancmunro: Very proud of our @bbcworldservice teams who have launched live radio service for Syria just days after the fall of As….
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RT @NarinderKalsi01: The only reason we got in is because I had @JoannaMajzoub and @BBCLinaSinjab provide our team with their valuable know….
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RT @joepike: NEW: Conservative peer Baroness Catherine Meyer is facing 3 a week suspension from the House of Lords. A report has found she….
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RT @BBCHelena: We covered the Sara Sharif murder trial. This is my piece on what happened in court from the horrifying details of Sara’s sh….
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A dramatic admission by Sara's father left jurors open-mouthed and a courtroom shocked.
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RT @NatashaPreskey: PinkNews staff have accused the site’s founder and his husband of sexual misconduct and misogyny, as relayed in this ex….
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Ex-staff members say they saw one of the couple who runs the site kissing and touching a drunk colleague.
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RT @BBCLinaSinjab: #Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free #Syria .
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The BBC's Lina Sinjab - who fled Damascus 2013 as it was engulfed in war – reflects on her return to the city.
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