James Badcock
@jpfbadcock
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Madrid-based freelance journalist, Spinal Tap quoter, inveterate counter of chickens. Telegraph & BBC. Own views here. RTs mixed bag. DMs open.
Joined November 2008
Spain floods: How disaster in Valencia swept up a political fallout
telegraph.co.uk
Many Valencians are angry at the handling of the disaster – but who is to blame?
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Important publication: Fifty years after Franco. Few have so keenly observed Spain’s democratic era as @WilliamChislet3. Big concerns: demographics, climate, housing & immigrant integration: Only 1% of MPs between 1993 & 2023 of foreign origin @rielcano
realinstitutoelcano.org
General Franco died 50 years ago, but Spain bore no resemblance to the country he took over after winning the 1936-39 Civil War.
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Enhorabuena @larazon_es El único periódico de los nacionales españoles cuyo web ha dado cobertura de la semifinal de la #Euro25 entre Inglaterra e Italia en su portada.
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Hola @elpais_deportes No se ha cubierto la semifinal de la que sale la posible rival de España en la final de la #Euro2025 Impensable si fuera fútbol masculino.
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Periodistas del Círculo han tenido un encuentro con @SaraGimnez y otras responsables de la @gitanos_org, justo antes del Día del Pueblo Gitano, que este abril 8 tiene más importancia que nunca ya que se celebra 600 años de la presencia del pueblo gitano en la península ibérica.
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OMG, this is *bananas*. The White House "reciprocal" tariff bears no relation to actual tariff barriers. It's equal to half of the trade deficit (as a share of imports). This is indescribably crazy.
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A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.
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El Círculo se encontró con el President @salvadorilla el pasado jueves en la Delegación del @GenCat en Madrid. Insistió que España “no debe tener miedo a Cataluña” y en su “comodidad” con la cesión de competencias sobre la inmigración negociada por el PSOE y Junts. #Illa
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Days before Maduro is set to begin a disputed 3rd term, a full-scale witch hunt is in swing #Venezuela. It bewilders & pains me beyond measure that one of the arrested is politician Enrique Márquez - a model of moderation, whose empathy with chavismo is unrivalled in the oppo.
Detenido ex candidato presidencial Enrique Márquez , según informan fuentes cercanas al dirigente de Centrados.
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We put together a timeline of the last 24 hours at the Kamal Aswan hospital before it was raided and forcibly evacuated by the Israeli military in Gaza. @NBCNews
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1/5 We are extremely concerned over the fate & wellbeing of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces along with others during a raid on the hospital on 27 December. He must be released immediately and unconditionally.
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Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. Full report, out now. #EndGazaGenocide
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Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
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New: @Amnesty & @Sport_Rights call on FIFA to halt 2034 World Cup bid process until human rights protections in Saudi Arabia put in place. Without reforms, activists will remain in prison and workers will die. 2030 bid by 🇲🇦🇵🇹🇪🇸 also major gaps. More: https://t.co/CjmsW6thXv
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Valencia coastal region including disaster zone from Oct 29 flooding on red alert for rain.
⚠️ AVISO ROJO | Provincia de Valencia (zonas litorales) Podrían acumularse más de 180 l/m² en cuatro o cinco horas. El peligro es extremo. Evita los desplazamientos. Pueden producirse desbordamientos de cauces e inundaciones. ¡Mucha precaución! 🔗 https://t.co/BLdoSsOAG3
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⚠️ AVISO ROJO | Provincia de Valencia (zonas litorales) Podrían acumularse más de 180 l/m² en cuatro o cinco horas. El peligro es extremo. Evita los desplazamientos. Pueden producirse desbordamientos de cauces e inundaciones. ¡Mucha precaución! 🔗 https://t.co/BLdoSsOAG3
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Madrid, Amsterdam, Berlin and Bruges rule out French-style Brexit tourist tax with my fellow Jameses. @jpfbadcock @JamesERothwell
https://t.co/JvbslNax6s
telegraph.co.uk
Bruges, Madrid, Amsterdam and Berlin look to attract British tourists by ruling out surcharge on attractions for non-European visitors
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Iraq is on the cusp of slashing the legal marriage age from 18 to just nine-years-old, allowing men to marry young children. A new law proposed by ultra-conservative Shia Muslim parties seeks to "erase" the rights of women and girls. Link here🔗 https://t.co/rAlLHeTTCc
telegraph.co.uk
A new law proposed by ultra conservative Shia Muslim parties seeks to strip women and girls of their rights
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