christian cummins
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ORF @radiofm4 presenter, 2 x Austrian environmental journalism prize winner, @JourFHWien Lektor, @christianccummins.bsky.social
vienna
Joined April 2011
RT @shashj: A huge & unforced error by Zelensky, right when White House policy looked to be moving in a slightly more favourable direction….
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From a different, more romantic era of #journalism:. "#SandyGall had first visited the country in 1982, trekking on foot for 12 days through the mountains in order to meet and interview the guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Massoud".
theguardian.com
Veteran foreign correspondent and broadcaster who reported from all over the world for 60 years
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Appease the regime behind this?. "His head was covered with a bag, still soiled by the snot, saliva and blood of the last victim. Wires were attached to his fingers that led to a military phone. When it was wound up, it created an electric charge.".
theguardian.com
Dmytro Chorny tells of hunger, beatings and torture before a mass prisoner exchange freed him to go home to – and marry – his girlfriend, Diana
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I think if I was rich and handsome and rode bikes for a living, I'd take it the funny way too. Julian is a bit of hero.
"You have to take it in a funny way". Daniel caught up with Julian Alaphilippe after he thought he won stage 15 🇫🇷. #TDF2025
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Temperatures are changing, which means that marine #biodiversity is changing, which means that our diets might have to change - to support local communities & the environment. #Nature4People
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Steve Rosenburg is the best thing on Twitter.
To mark the start of BBC Proms 2025, here’s my version of the Postman Pat theme tune in the style of a tango. @BBCProms
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Radio story: warming seas in #Europe are inviting invasive species - like the blue crab - which are playing havoc with our indigenous #biodiversity. By helping local fisher communities catch and market them, we could control their numbers: @radiofm4
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The #Mediterranean Sea is turning to bath water after repeated #heatwaves. Invasive species from warmer waters are thriving & decimating indigenous #biodiversity. How to control them? a) protect #sharks b) eat them & thereby boost local fishing industries.
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Sunny Side Up on @radiofm4 is of course always special, but this summery Sunday it will be especially special because we all deserve a holiday. Here is a little taster.
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She was foreign secretary at the time.
The Afghan scandal exposes three serious flaws at the heart of the British state and politics:.1) The inability to hire and fire people in Whitehall.2) The Sunak Government applying for a super-injunction and it being approved by the courts - essentially a state cover-up.3) The.
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RT @BlokeOnWheels: I see that Liz Truss is 'totally shocked' to learn today about a thing that happened involving our most sensitive foreig….
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It's a while since I cycled up the #Grossglocker mountain pass. I'd have to get up earlier to do it again to please the management of the toll-road. They want, on safety grounds, #cyclists to ride before or after the hours popular with drivers.
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"Lawyer Sammy Wanda told me that the arrests were “absurd” in the first place. He says his clients were in no way violent or abusive. Indeed, they had gone through the normal procedure to hand over a peaceful petition." #EACOP
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Jailed for a petition?."It really points to a darker and more sinister trend that we’re seeing in #Uganda pertaining to the brutalisation, harassment, intimidation and criminalisation of #StopEACOP activists”.
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"Slovenes revel in their role as underdogs, punching above their weight, and in recent have achieved giant feats of endurance and bravery, often mixed with a tragedy." #slovenia.
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Climate action is too costly?. "In the 12-month period ending on May 1, the U.S. spent an estimated $1 trillion on disaster recovery and other climate-related needs, according to a new analysis released on by Bloomberg Intelligence." #ClimateCrisis.
newrepublic.com
While the GOP was freaking out about the cost of Trump’s tax bill, the cost of climate damage hit an unbelievable high.
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On today's @radiofm4 #sunnysideup we've got a Peter Cruseder song that is quite literally "wonderful", we're going on a sun-splashed Aussie road-trip then basking in Brazilian Bahia. A Beatles cover from Richie Havens and soul from Cameroon:.10am.
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