BBCWitness

Witness is the daily history programme from the BBC World Service. We're no longer using this account, but have preserved it for archiving purposes.

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We’re not using this account anymore, please follow @bbcworldservice for tweets about Witness and other BBC World Service stuff.Thank you.

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"I saw him feeding Jackie lamb with a fork". The secret romance between Onassis and JFK's widow in the 1960s. http://t.co/qLqX6f48RY

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"On the big toe, there was a tag. That said 'unknown'". 40 yrs on, widow Terry recalls finding JM Kariuki's body.http://t.co/lNqLv18ddW

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On Sporting Witness, the Aussies who played a football tournament in Vietnam at the height of the war. http://t.co/1XwVV6dUMT

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@nataliajunquera el 23-F en ingles y segun la BBC. agradeceria un "retweet" a tus seguidores! gracias. http://t.co/MlsdNl25Fy

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The day troops burst into Spain’s parliament and held 350 MPs hostage http://t.co/hv5anQxvFw

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The late, great rowing coach Dan Topolski shared his Boat Race Mutiny memories with Sporting Witness. http://t.co/l8Jn2xYHTW

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On Sporting Witness, the great woman cyclist Beryl Burton. Tune in for tales of world records and cups of tea. http://t.co/BwIVGoi10X

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What happened after BBC Witness spoke to Matee Ullah Khan about rebuilding #Swat Ski School destroyed by the #Taliban http://t.co/vJNHX5uukC

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Great tale from the slopes @rebeccakesby1 @bbcwitness The ski school that defied the Taliban http://t.co/ei5pJnPSG7

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Today's Witness on @bbcworldservice the story of Minamata #Japan - 1000's were poisoned by mercury contaminated fish http://t.co/7lrcefWAIj

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I've been to #Damascus to interview President Assad. It's on tomorrow (Tuesday) on the BBC from 0600 GMT.

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@Sinabhfuil actually it is on our Facebook site. Just search for BBC Witness.

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@karltannous wow!

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@mmaggie47 oops! Thanks maggie!

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On this day in 1955 South African police started to dismantle #Sophiatown, a multi-racial suburb of #Johannesburg http://t.co/ZXnaTpwY7L

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@m_izquierdorojo Hola Maria, estoy preparando un programa de la BBC sobre el 23-f. por favor mandame un mensaje directo para mas detalles!

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As #Ghana prepare for the @afcon_2015 final, we go back to their famous 1965 win in Tunisia. Osei Kofi remembers: http://t.co/8MDwUOsvtD

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The ultimate thrill? Watch the latest Witness film on pioneering surfer Jeff Clark and Mavericks. http://t.co/qmNJlw58vK @mavericksurf.