Charles Haviland
@cfhaviland
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BBC international news journalist. Special interests Europe, South Asia, Middle East, but the whole world really; former correspondent in Asia (2002-2014)
London
Joined August 2009
I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
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Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the
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🇨🇦 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum at Davos that the U.S.-led “rules-based international order” is finished and “will not return.” “For decades, countries like Canada benefited from what was called the rules-based international order,” Carney
LIVE: from the World Economic Forum • EN DIRECT : au Forum économique mondial
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"This [act by #Israel] constitutes an unprecedented attack against a United Nations agency and its premises," says @UNRWA -- the @UN Agency for #Palestinian Refugees
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NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials: Dear Ambassador: President Trump has asked that the
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An apocalyptic scene from northern Gaza—the Israeli army has reduced the entire area to rubble.
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The hollow resurrection of US international broadcasting, by Steve Herman - former VOA White House Bureau Chief @newsguyusa
https://t.co/h6tvci3aMR
asiatimes.com
Deserving of scrutiny is the boasting this week by the self-proclaimed acting chief executive officer of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Kari
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It emerges that, according to US senators, the plan for #Ukraine currently being put forward is "a Russian plan"/"the wishlist of the Russians" - not an American one. More here from @nickschifrin 👇🏼
BREAKING: After talking to @SecRubio, @SenatorRounds announces that the 28 point plan was a Russian document, not a US document. Full @SenatorRounds: "@SecRubio did make a phone call to us this afternoon. I think he made it very clear to us that we are the recipients of a
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‘We are at our limit’: #Gaza’s last hospitals overwhelmed as thousands flee south @burke_jason @guardi
https://t.co/Dar5G1xEOD
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‘Not enough of anything’, says surgeon, as Israel’s assault forces injured, sick and hungry people to leave Gaza City
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#Israel’s finance minister suggests a real estate ‘bonanza’ in #Gaza will follow the war Israel’s far-right has long wanted to move Palestinians out of Gaza Fears are rising further for Gaza’s plight CNN https://t.co/UMtIHgbcXR
edition.cnn.com
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich has described Gaza as a potential real estate “bonanza” and claimed he was talking to the United States about how to divide up the war-torn enclave.
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BBC News - 'The bombing has been insane': Palestinians scramble to flee Israeli assault on #Gaza City https://t.co/F1yurRGJXP
bbc.com
Palestinians tell the BBC whole residential blocks have been levelled as the Israeli army ramps up its offensive in the city.
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Every tower that falls in Gaza takes a piece of my heart, Well a thousand hearts can’t carry such pain… Gaza isn’t just a city we lived in, it lives in us,my life, my home, all are memories buried under rubble.
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Jair #Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting #Brazil coup: BBC News https://t.co/S5kxnEYc9T
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The former president has been found guilty of trying to mount coup to cling to power after he lost the election.
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On The Newsroom @bbcworldservice presented by me 0200/0400 gmt -- top pro-Trump activist #CharlieKirk shot dead in Utah, & more with @ThatDavidHarper @peterbowes @mwendling @ErinDelmore @BBCPallab Listen here:
bbc.co.uk
Listen live to World Service on BBC Sounds
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#Nepal's parliament set on fire after PM resigns over anti-corruption protests; two more people killed today https://t.co/CbybJHQ0ic
bbc.co.uk
A social media ban that aimed to stifle an anti-corruption movement sparked unrest leaving at least 22 dead since Monday.
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Horror in #Nepal as at least 19 people are killed in demos against corruption and social media ban BBC News - At least 19 dead in Nepal after Gen Z protests at corruption and social media ban https://t.co/p8NibwRHDZ
bbc.com
Young protesters are demanding the government lift its social media ban and tackle corruption.
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BREAKING: #Israel rejects a new statement from #Hamas saying it’s ready for a comprehensive deal to end the #Gaza conflict and free all hostages. It calls the Hamas offer "spin with nothing new", and continues bombardments @YolandeKnell LISTEN @bbcworldservice news each hour
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A voice from Gaza: “For God’s sake, who is responsible for us?? What is my fault and my children’s in what is happening? Why can’t we live like the rest of the world, in safety and peace?”
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