Tom Bateman
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BBC State Department Correspondent. Former Middle East. Bluesky https://t.co/TMj6PQJiVh Email [email protected] Signal tom.6441
Washington, DC
Joined January 2009
1. Civilians who escaped Mariupol in recent days have described the growing desperation in the besieged city, including accounts of bodies buried in shallow graves, looting by Chechen fighters, and starving residents being killed when they venture out of shelters to find water
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@WCKitchen Classified U.S. report finds backlog of ‘hundreds’ of possible Israeli human rights violations:
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The report found “hundreds” of possible Israeli human rights violations, further complicating a process to review credible allegations against IDF military units in Gaza.
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SCOOP: A classified US report has found that Israeli military units committed “many hundreds” of potential violations human rights violations in Gaza that will take “multiple years” to review -The findings mark the first time a US government report has acknowledged the scale of
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Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past
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Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.
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"My hands were cuffed behind my back, my eyes were blindfolded, and legs shackled... Then they released the dogs on us" Doctors from Gaza - held by Israel in prison / detention centres, without charge or trial - describe the torture they faced At least 80 Gazan healthcare
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Nothing in here is correct. Russia's stockpile is larger than ours, by a small margin. Trump did not create a larger stockpile by "updating" in his first term. No nation except North Korea has tested nuclear weapons since the 1990s.
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The Rapid Support Forces militia reportedly killed hundreds of civilians at the main hospital in el-Fasher, days after it captured the Sudanese city. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the UN health agency was "appalled and deeply shocked" by the killings. https://t.co/A5HHk9PIyo
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New videos show executions after militia takes key Sudan city
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RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.
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Trump's pick, who was scheduled to face the Senate tomorrow, spent most of the last decade as a senior executive at a Swiss subsidiary of Evraz PLC, a Russian steel group co-owned by billionaire Roman Abramovich, per a disclosures obtained by The Post
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Bryce McFerran is a senior executive at a steel-trading business co-owned by one of Russia’s richest oligarchs and is married to a member of a Russian family with extensive ties to the Kremlin.
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Change of tune from Kyiv after U.S. lobbying against this U.N. resolution. Cable reviewed by Reuters said U.S. diplomats should work to erode the support. Key argument was Cuba's support for Russian invasion of Ukraine w/up to 5,000 Cuban fighters.Story👇
reuters.com
President Donald Trump's administration is mobilizing U.S. diplomats to lobby against a U.N. resolution calling on Washington to lift its decades-long embargo on Cuba, in part by sharing details of...
Today, the UN voted on Cuba’s annual resolution against the U.S. embargo. Ukraine voted no this year. Our reasons are grave: Cuban Government has become a strategic asset for Russia, actively supporting its war of aggression against a sovereign European nation. Thousands of Cuban
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“Witnesses told the AP that RSF fighters — on foot, riding on camels, or in vehicles — went from house to house, beating and shooting at people, including women and children. Many died of gunshot wounds in the streets, some while trying to flee to safety, the witnesses said.”
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“U.N. refugee agency…said that the new arrivals told stories of widespread ethnic and politically motivated killings, including reports of people with disabilities shot dead because they were unable to flee, and others shot as they tried to escape” https://t.co/6EKLq7vtqf
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Sudan's paramilitary forces have killed hundreds, including patients in a hospital, after seizing el-Fasher city in Darfur.
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This is how bad it is. Survivors say men are put on trucks and taken away. Here, hundreds of men are held by the RSF.
Execution preparations underway in Al-Fashir, Sudan by UAE-backed RSF mercenaries under the silent gaze of the international community. The world cannot claim ignorance. Global shame!
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A BBC journalist is being held in Vietnam, with real concern they may be arrested. Party leader To Lam is in the UK for an official visit to elevate relations to a new level. This is the right time to allow this journalist their passport and leave Vietnam.
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Scoop! U.S. military officials involved with President Donald Trump's expanding operations in Latin America have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements. Story moving now
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Awkward White House talks await Orban as US-Hungary relations sour
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Trump's closest ally in Europe will head to Washington in the midst of a disagreement over Russian oil.
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"UK military equipment found in Sudan features in two dossiers of material, dated June 2024 and March 2025, and seen by the security council. Both were compiled by the Sudanese military and claim to present detailed “evidence of UAE support” for the RSF" https://t.co/EzjAUCjc7Y
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Exclusive: two dossiers of material seen by the security council raise questions over export of British arms to the UAE, which has been accused of supplying weapons to paramilitary RSF group
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"...one of the most drastic cuts is to U.N. peacekeeping... As a result, roughly 13,000 to 14,000 military and police personnel out of more than 50,000 peacekeepers deployed to nine global missions will be sent home"
New from me: How U.S. officials, led by Mike Waltz, are taking an a la carte approach to paying U.N. dues, focusing on standard setting agencies where they can compete with China while taking drastic steps back from other longtime American priorities
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As the UN raises the alarm over reports of atrocities in El-Fasher, today would be an important moment to hear from and question the @StateDept about US actions or policies for Sudan. But the department hasn't held a public press briefing since August 12, and none on the horizon.
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Brother of journalist killed in occupied West Bank says new report reveals cover-up
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Shireen Abu Akleh died after she was fired on during a raid at Jenin refugee camp in May 2022.
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