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Channel 4 News programme and online journalist. Swimmer, runner, cyclist. Swam the Bangla Channel. London Fields
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My statement on today's game šŸ‘‡ Text available here: www.toniaantoniazzi.co.uk/updates/stat...

Really proud to have worked on this documentary, it'll be broadcast throughout Europe this month, with the Netherlands broadcast tomorrow at 20:30pm CET.

President Trump has offered to turn Gaza into "the Riviera of the Middle East" - and permanently resettle all Palestinians. Our Washington Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy was in the White House when he made his shock announcement. Read her analysis here:

ā€œTheyā€™re going to the shop for sense-making, I think. And thereā€™s nothing on the shelf.ā€ A quote for the ages. www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/the-...

Nearly 20,000 live animals, all endangered or protected species, have been seized in a global operation targeting illegal wildlife trade. Alex Thomson had exclusive access to UK Border Force operations as they took part in Operation Thunder.

Great piece on Taiwan where for the past decade or so there's been a real push to shift the swimming culture, away from entrenched parental protectiveness, bureaucratic risk aversion, the legacy of decades of militarised coastlines, even ghosts.

The Bishop of Liverpool is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and harassing a fellow bishop. Read and watch @cathynewman.bsky.social's exclusive report here. Warning: this report contains some distressing testimony. www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

AI's computational efficiency is advancing faster than expected, proving yet again that the cheapest energy is the energy we don't use. These breakthroughs, along with leadership in clean energy and battery tech, are coming from Chinaā€”not the US, where progress is being delayed. More below.

My first story for Inc looks at companies attempting to solve data centresā€™ environmental issues in a way that is more practical than sinking entire server racks under oceans www.inc.com/chris-stokel...

The success of and belated market response to DeepSeek doesnā€™t really prove many AI-skeptic takes right. This is evidence of powerful generative AI being easier and cheaper to make and run than anyone expected so soon.

Clever bit of visual journalism this from the @telegraphnews.bsky.social also very good human reporting on LA fires aftermath www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

My Channel 4 News piece on Trumpā€™s pledge to ā€˜take backā€™ Panama Canal ā€“ is it bluster? www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...

Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre is wonderful and a lovely respite this evening from the news.

My write up on the latest Pompeii discoveries which have highlighted Roman class divisions. The bathhouse is extraordinary, but the more poignant find is the high status woman and low status man who died in a bedroom together. #history #pompeii #rome #romanempire www.thetimes.com/article/21b9...

Farage recently claimed there is a "youth swell" supporting parties like Reform around the world. But as @lauraserra.bsky.social argues, the same isn't true for the British youth. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Fascinating piece on how TikTok might be influencing the political views of Taiwan's younger generations

We at LSE's JournalismAI project are excited to kick off the inaugural Southeast Asia Academy for Small Newsrooms with 20 exceptional professionals learning how AI can transform journalism in the region. Here's details of the participants and course www.journalismai.info/blog/mqrv1jj...

Perpetrators of police brutality in Bangladesh ā€˜will be held accountableā€™, says chief of justice project www.channel4.com/news/perpetr...

Revealed: the unlawful and targeted use of police force in Bangladesh www.channel4.com/news/reveale...

Tulip Siddiq resigns amid family corruption investigation www.channel4.com/news/tulip-s...

TfL have apologised to me for the way they, and their outsourced ā€œonline brand protection agencyā€, handled this, and Iā€™m happy to be able to reinstate the bus and tube maps (then I donā€™t have to reply to any more emails about it šŸ¤£ )

Final paragraph: A government spokesperson said: ā€œThis story is categorically untrue. The government is working with Natural England to review options on species reintroduction, including beavers.ā€ šŸ˜•

2024 was Earthā€™s warmest year on record Read Liam Dutton's blog: www.channel4.com/news/by/liam...