Lucy Marks

@Reuters journalist and video news producer based in London. Formerly, @abcnews in Sydney and Darwin. DMs open for tips. Tweets my own

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The killer of Orwell, Bronte and Keats – yet tuberculosis remains a modern threat, by @Marks1Guy for the @Telegraph https://t.co/qK19g3AUsE

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London chewing gum artist paints on pieces of dried chewing gum trodden into the ground, delighting passersby and enticing them to take a closer look underfoot https://t.co/To3wguApYC

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Wonderful to spend time with artist Ben Wilson - also known as 'Chewing Gum Man' - who delights passersby by his miniature paintings hidden in plain sight

"If they look then they'll see..."

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London chewing gum artist paints 'hidden world' beneath people's feet https://t.co/SX81ymFtDB

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Trump mugshot released after surrendering in Fulton county https://t.co/QwgsAofhOS

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Donald Trump was booked at an Atlanta jail on more than a dozen felony charges as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former US president's attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia https://t.co/LGZxxC07uD

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Some wonderful words from Juanita Phillips as she packs up: ‘News is mostly bad. But this job has taught me there is also beauty and goodness in the world: kind people, wonders of nature, feats of bravery and sacrifice’ https://t.co/PU7B6RWmp6

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Ben Wallace to quit as defence secretary at next Cabinet reshuffle https://t.co/5daxEl5HcE

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‘We’re not Amazon’: Ben Wallace suggests Ukraine could express more gratitude to West for supplies https://t.co/Y9Gtss2Mxy

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Spurned a NATO invitation, Ukraine still reaps rewards at summit https://t.co/aUkbSpEtpr

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NATO summit: Ukraine's Zelenskiy says lack of timeframe for membership 'absurd' https://t.co/YJtriIa3ic

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What's on the table for NATO at Vilnius summit? https://t.co/BUnIqnrmBf

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Strongly worded statement from Zelenskiy on the way to Vilnius, decrying lack of timeline on NATO invite “absurd”

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We value our allies. We value our shared security. And we always appreciate an open conversation.
Ukraine will be represented at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Because it is about respect.

But Ukraine also deserves respect. Now, on the way to Vilnius, we received signals that certain wording is being discussed without Ukraine.

And I would like to emphasize that this wording is about the invitation to become NATO member, not about Ukraine's membership.

It’s unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine's membership. While at the same time vague wording about "conditions" is added even for inviting Ukraine.

It seems there is no readiness neither to invite Ukraine to NATO nor to make it a member of the Alliance.

This means that a window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine's membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia. And for Russia, this means motivation to continue its terror.

Uncertainty is weakness. And I will openly discuss this at the summit.

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Reuters Daily Briefing: July 11, 2023

🇺🇦 NATO head sees 'positive message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit
🇸🇪 Turkey gives green light to Swedish NATO membership bid
🇷🇺 Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolReuters Daily Briefing: July 11, 2023

🇺🇦 NATO head sees 'positive message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit
🇸🇪 Turkey gives green light to Swedish NATO membership bid
🇷🇺 Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolReuters Daily Briefing: July 11, 2023

🇺🇦 NATO head sees 'positive message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit
🇸🇪 Turkey gives green light to Swedish NATO membership bid
🇷🇺 Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolReuters Daily Briefing: July 11, 2023

🇺🇦 NATO head sees 'positive message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit
🇸🇪 Turkey gives green light to Swedish NATO membership bid
🇷🇺 Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt

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NATO head sees 'positive message' on Ukraine's membership bid at summit https://t.co/YJtriIa3ic

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Rebel Russian mercenaries will turn back to avoid bloodshed, leader says https://t.co/bellmifSXw

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Russian helicopters fire on Wagner mercenaries half way towards Moscow https://t.co/bellmifSXw

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Antony Blinken meets Chinese President Xi in bid to ease soaring US-China tensions https://t.co/oG993OYe6A via @ABCaustralia

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ABC political editor Andrew Probyn made redundant and told by the national broadcaster that they no longer needed a political editor for TV news https://t.co/FWwcwVG0mu

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The findings laid out https://t.co/JWRSX4R8uq

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In a searing rejection of the findings, Johnson calls the inquiry a "kangaroo court" and claims it’s delivered "what is intended to be the final knife-thrust in a protracted political assassination".

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Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over Partygate, MPs find https://t.co/IASDOfTe7x