Tom Foster

Producing stuff at CNN International. London to New York and back again. Fan of Coventry City, NYCFC and other disappointing things. Don't post here anymore.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"Americans have short memories and never seem to learn from history."

If you want to understand why Iran hasn't rolled over in the face of US & Israeli aggression & ongoing threats, you need to understand the *Iran-Iraq* war of the 1980s.

My explainer on it is here, for Zeteo:

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

@Henry_Langston 24-minute FMV cut-scene with Paddington confronting Big Boss (Hugh Bonneville) on top of a disused US warship off the coast of Peru

[Nada Bashir @nadaabashir]

Working day in, day out, under the most horrifying circumstances. Always at risk. So far, at least 35 Journalists in Gaza have been killed in this war. Many have lost loved ones.

Listen to their voices. This is not just a "story" or an "exclusive" for those inside #Gaza.

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

Anyone else seeing the Bud Light logo here?

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

It’s official: Insider is returning to the name Business Insider! Read more here: https://t.co/UNmt2RrDhq

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

This is phenomenal, Royal Rumble-esque television

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Former PM David Cameron has been seen entering Downing Street amid a government re-shuffle.

Latest 🔗 https://t.co/YV3ggpde5d

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Las Vegas Sun @LasVegasSun]

Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits
https://t.co/VfsSgKSLq3

[Becky Anderson @BeckyCNN]

More children killed in Gaza than in global conflicts annually over past 4 years, Save the Children says https://t.co/UjoODihO7d

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

One of the world's most outspoken CEOs is suddenly stepping down, after 27 years in the job. My story for CNN is on the link below

https://t.co/hNuZDmmFpi

[Amit Katwala @amitkatwala]

In September last year, our son Rayan was stillborn. It was devastating, but was made worse by the silence around stillbirth, especially for men.

With that in mind, I wrote something for @guardian about what happened, and how we survived. Please read + share if you can

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Listen to Mishal Husain challenge Grant Shapps(Defence Secretary) after he says the BBC aren't particularly interested in Hamas terrorists.

#r4today

[Max Foster @MaxFosterCNN]

We were interviewing a woman in Gaza when a bomb went off and she just carried on with the interview. She later told me there isn’t anywhere to run…

[Matt Binder @MattBinder]

a few tweets from one of the accounts that Elon Musk just recommended as a good source for news

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

It's time

[Abby D. Phillip @abbydphillip]

BREAKING: Rupert Murdoch announced Thursday that he will step down as chairman of Fox Corporation and Fox News. His son Lachlan will become sole Chairman of both companies.

Via @oliverdarcy

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Bulletin: Rupert Murdoch is stepping down. He says "I have decided to transition to the role of Chairman Emeritus at Fox and News." His son Lachlan "will become sole Chairman of both companies."

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

70 tickets! Hope the minibus gets through the tunnel ok #NYCFC

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

Praying that Deborah Vance doesn’t get cancelled in Dispatches this evening 🙏

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

Mergers and acquisitions simply do not get more calorific than this

[Paul R. La Monica @LaMonicaBuzz]

PB&J Twinkies? Smucker buying Hostess for $5.6B. $TWNK up 19% #premarket. $SJM down 7%. https://t.co/B3g7nCL9jb

[Sean Lyngaas @snlyngaas]

New —> @elonmusk told SpaceX engineers to cut off Ukrainian submarine drones’ access to Starlink satellites as the Ukrainians prepared a sneak attack on Crimea last yr, per new Musk biography by Walter Isaacson. Musk feared a Russian retaliation via nukes.https://t.co/1qVhxXbkUU

[Tom Foster @to_fo]

You have to respect the hustle from Elton John, mere weeks after wrapping up his "final tour" and a record-breaking farewell performance at Glastonbury, he's now booked to play the opening night at a water park in the Dominican Republic

[Matthew Gertz @MattGertz]

In 2002, Coulter famously said that her “only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building”; she later expressed regret, saying she “should have added, ‘after everyone had left the building except the editors and reporters.’”