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cfhaviland.bsky.social
BBC international news journalist. Special interests Europe, South Asia, Middle East, but the whole world really; former correspondent in Asia (2002-2014)
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At least 55 Palestinians been killed in overnight air strikes on #Gaza, according to the Civil Defence, as Israel’s new military offensive continues for a third day Listen: @bbcworldservice.bsky.social News www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

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Andrew North (@[email protected]) was a guide for me on my first reporting trip to #Afghanistan and I recommend his book, 'War & Peace & War', about ordinary #Afghans' lives and his own service there as a journalist -- out now in paperback (*order by Monday night👇*)

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Astonishing. I felt panic for @bbcstever.bsky.social. It went on for 30mins. Lukashenko kept coming back to him, more and more annoyed. "We don't shut anyone's mouth. Prison is for people who opened their mouth too wide ... You're asking me whatever you want. Don't overdo it, Steve!" Chilling. ~AA

submitted 107 days ago • 30 comments

Khmeimim air base in Syria - aircraft still coming and going. Lots of people and cars at the terminal. Is there a Kabul-style evacuation of Russian citizens, dependents, & regime folks going on? (H/t @trbrtc ) Via @trbrtc.bsky.social

submitted 156 days ago • 1 comment

Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.

submitted 158 days ago • 93 comments

New mass pro-#EU protests in Tbilisi, #Georgia, as Georgian Dream govt calls off talks to join the bloc www.reuters.com/world/europe...

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Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebels who've seized control of #Syria's Aleppo? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The joy of ‘winterrailing’: my off-season rail adventure in France, Germany and Switzerland

submitted 166 days ago • 4 comments

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,233,940!

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