Nick Thompson
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Director of News for EMEA at CNN in London. One of the Brothers Cowboy.
London
Joined March 2008
The call between the Qatari and Israeli negotiating teams lasted until 5:00 in the morning. Hamas had promised to respond to Qatari negotiators 12 hours later. Israel had other plans. With @BeckyCNN and @talshalev1
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In a single attack, US credibility across the Middle East was put on the line. Here’s how it came about.
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NEW: Our investigation into the deadly shooting near an aid site in Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food.
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A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their...
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After the killings of key Hamas figures, Netanyahu has said victory is near. But forensic analyses by @CNN @criticalthreats + @thestudyofwar show a different picture on the ground in Gaza, where Hamas units have reconstituted in areas "cleared" by Israel: https://t.co/JeLQyjiMdk
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Iran's attack on Israel was highly choreographed, apparently designed to minimize casualties while maximizing spectacle. My take, with comment from @tparsi: https://t.co/9cS6ss9WUZ
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A decades-long shadow war burst out into the open overnight as Iranian drones and missiles lit up the night sky in Israel and the occupied West Bank. Tehran’s operation was highly choreographed,...
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NEW INVESTIGATION: How Gaza’s hospitals became battlegrounds - w/@katie_polglase @elizamackintosh @LivvyDoherty, visuals by @Henrikkp, Byron Manley and @mrlourobinson
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Attacks damaged or destroyed 20 of 22 hospitals in northern Gaza over the first two months of Israel’s war against Hamas, with half hit directly, CNN analysis finds.
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As Gaza spirals toward full-scale famine, displaced civilians and health workers told CNN they go hungry so their children can eat what little is available. If Palestinians find water, it is likely undrinkable. When relief trucks trickle into the strip, people clamber over each
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'Not seen since Vietnam': Israel dropped over five hundred 2,000-pound bombs on Gaza in the 1st month of the war, analysis by CNN and @Synthetaic shows. The massive bomb is 4 times bigger than the largest munition dropped on Mosul during the war on ISIS. https://t.co/5BrvrkUiIo
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We've been bringing you video diary entries from our CNN colleague Ibrahim Dahman, who is in southern Gaza with his family. In his latest update, he explains he's been teaching his young children how to survive in case something happens to him and his wife:
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“I can see the fear in [my son’s] eyes – the same that’s in mine.” CNN’s Ibrahim Dahman chronicles his family’s attempts to escape the bombardment of Gaza. Watch his first hand report.
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For many in Amman - and across the globe - the protests we’re seeing are not about Hamas. They’re not an expression of indifference to the killing of Israeli civilians. They’re about solidarity with the Palestinian people + opposition to Israel’s devastating airstrikes on #Gaza.
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Hamas militants choked off avenues of escape from Nova music festival, killing people hiding in bomb shelters before swarming the site, CNN’s analysis of more than 50 videos and interviews with 13 survivors shows. New @CNN investigation into the massacre: https://t.co/sqg08so0ga
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Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon which injured at least six other international journalists even though they were wearing clearly labeled press vests, according to official statements and CNN's video analysis. https://t.co/me4n7SAPJi
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.@CNN analysis of flight data and videos, as well as interviews with aviation experts, indicates that the plane purportedly carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin likely experienced at least one "catastrophic inflight incident" before it dropped out of the sky. https://t.co/TzVbPcm2jV
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Analysis: A BRICS no-show speaks volumes about Putin’s shrinking horizons
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Once upon a time, Russian President Vladimir Putin was the man to see: In the weeks preceding Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, world leaders took turns shuttling to Moscow to urge the Kremlin...
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Our latest investigation exposes 'one of the worst' atrocities in Darfur's genocide-scarred history. In June, Geneina city in Sudan's Darfur fell to Arab militias, who then proceeded to gun down non-Arab families who ran for their lives. Details below https://t.co/I3V44WKFCN
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As the killing continues unabated in Sudan, with reports that the violence is accelerating, CNN’s investigation into atrocities carried out over a single day in June offers a window into the scale of...
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CNN’s investigation into the 2021 Abbey Gate, Kabul airport bombing has won a Murrow award. You can watch/read it here: https://t.co/tfAW7TLFKJ and here
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More than 180 people died in an attack on Kabul airport. A CNN investigation raises questions as to whether some may have been hit by gunfire
Many Afghans had intense courage to speak of what they suffered at Abbey Gate, Kabul airport, c 2 years ago. Pentagon shd comply with Congress & release all video of the incident. Investigative Reporting - Abbey Gate CNN 2023 Edward R. Murrow Award
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I asked the Russian Ambassador to the UK why the leader of the failed armed uprising against his state is still free, when the Kremlin is so quick to jail political opponents and journalists for treason.
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Our latest investigation: Britain’s shadowy border: A new army of drones, watchtowers and AI scours the UK coastline for small boats. But it didn’t stop migrants from dying. https://t.co/nJmhcLoOvc
#AI #smallboats #andurill #tekever #ukhomeoffice
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Honored our investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh has been nominated for an Emmy, and proud of @CNN's commitment to this work. https://t.co/SUiQLJDbiZ More than a year on, there has still been no justice.
“They were shooting directly at the journalists.” New video evidence and eyewitness testimony suggests Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American, was killed in a targeted attack by Israeli forces. Our weeks-long investigation: https://t.co/uPoT9avUW9
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