Mark Lowen
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BBC News Correspondent and Presenter. Previously in Rome, Istanbul, Athens, Belgrade and lots in between. Dad. Heart belongs to a Portuguese. All views my own
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Joined December 2010
Well this week has been quite an experience, detained by Turkish police while covering the anti-government protests and deported. Here’s my full story. Do take a read if you can - and thank you to everyone for kind messages and support:
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The BBC correspondent was deported from Turkey this week after covering ongoing mass protests in the country.
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BIG NEWS, Dragon Ball Fans!.Pre-register now and join Goku on day one!.Get exclusive launch rewards and rare items.Will you be the first to experience it?.
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After 10 months presenting the brilliant OS @bbcworldservice I hang up my headphones after today’s show (coming up) & start @BBCNews TV presenting job next month. I’ve loved being part of this unique programme with a creative, talented team. Thanks to them & to you for listening!
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RT @BBCWorldatOne: "The situation all over the Gaza Strip is so catastrophic it's beyond description.". Dr Khamis Elessi, a doctor in Gaza….
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A pleasure to present today’s @BBCWorldatOne on @BBCRadio4. We had powerful testimony from a doctor in Gaza City. Do judges need to improve their specialist knowledge? And is friendship the secret to long life? We heard from two lovely old friends:
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News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
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Brilliant work by @AndrewWJHarding and team - listen back to their radio report and a behind the scenes chat with Andrew on today’s OS from 25 minutes in.
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The network's forest hideout is outside the French port of Dunkirk
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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The tariff weapon is deployed again, this time to attack a country whose independent judiciary is trying the “Trump of the Tropics”. What times. via @NYTimes.
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The White House hit Brazil on Wednesday with a 50 percent tariff and sanctions on a justice overseeing investigations into former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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“The Israeli military never found proof that Hamas had systematically stolen aid from the UN, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war, according to two senior Israeli military officials…”. via @NYTimes.
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Israel has long restricted aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population. On Saturday, the Israeli military announced new airdrops of aid.
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RT @BBCWorld: The hardest time I have lived through, says BBC Gaza journalist on struggle to feed family
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Three freelance journalists working for the BBC in Gaza are facing the same dire circumstances as those they are covering.
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OS coming up @bbcworldservice @BBCSounds 16.00-18.00 London time. Tune in - and step up! (All will be revealed…)
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“Ladies and gentlemen, I know our train is due to depart now but unfortunately we don’t currently have a driver. I’ve just called control and they’re trying to find one”. Typically wonderful service from @SW_Help.
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Tune in now to OS @bbcworldservice @BBCSounds as we unpack another turbulent week in the Middle East with our international editor, Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC - we'll discuss Syria, Gaza, Israel, and take your questions.
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When I gave my 2 and a half year-old a bit of cheese tonight and she turned to me and said “nice cheese, Gromit”, my @aardman and Nick Park-loving heart melted.
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RT @BBCWorldatOne: "We knew that making and hard work was in the essence of the town.". Wayne Hemingway, designer and co-founder of Red or….
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Excited to be making a presenting debut on @BBCWorldatOne today - the legendary WATO as we refer to it - on Radio 4 coming up at 1pm. Listen on your wireless or on @BBCSounds
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RT @Sarakshi: Will be on @bbcworldservice with @marklowen at 12:30pm ET/ 5:30pm London to discuss the latest with Trump's megabill. Tune in!.
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📣Some news:.After 10 months presenting OS on @bbcworldservice I’ll be swapping the radio studio for TV in September as I become a presenter/correspondent for our @BBCNews TV channel, streaming & on the day team, in the studio & in the field. A few more weeks with great OS first!
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