BBC Paris Correspondent. Author of "A Small, Stubborn Town," “These Are Not Gentle People,” “The Mayor of Mogadishu.” Previously in Africa, Asia, former USSR.
Mobile internet still down in central Moscow. Pedestrians, couriers and taxi drivers look lost. People connecting to wifi outside cafés/banks. Vedomosti says sales of pagers, paper maps and landline phones through roof. And now even wifi in the Duma (parliament) reportedly out!
What began as a film about a city redefining itself became a record of resilience — following how ordinary people adapted as their lives were suddenly reshaped by war.
Explore the series: https://t.co/SPJdb0ihBi
“La Psychose” - our report on the panic gripping Marseille as teenagers “enslaved” in violent drugs gangs.with @paulprad90 @Ieaguedj https://t.co/vhYZn86oqw
"We know our path now." Our update on a family who lost their 7 year old daughter in a crush onboard a small boat off the French coast last year. With @paulprad90@ProducerKathy@Ieaguedj@Romyliad https://t.co/vkof3VvBXL
The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza.
Read more: https://t.co/RZJAL6I6zL
Today on the show — my co-host Tristan Redman (who doesn’t exist on here!) speaks to @AndrewWJHarding
They tell a fascinating story of how in 1994 Ukraine gave up the world’s third LARGEST nuclear arsenal … and how that affects its trust today.
https://t.co/VZtFXMA3zf
(In case you missed it over the summer) - Our investigation into a people-smuggling gang in France and the UK. One arrest made since, in Birmingham. None in #France. https://t.co/2LFl1em0K2
5 journalists among 20 killed by Israel in strike on hospital -Gaza officials say. They were documenting the suffering, the bombings, the starvation until their last breaths. Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri was operating a live camera at the time of the strike ( one of two).
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, a new documentary series celebrating the country and its resilience (made by some friends of mine). https://t.co/nnRscsdKUC