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Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est/ seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus,/ iamque faces & saxa volant: furor arma ministrat;/ tum, pietate gravem & meritis si forte virum quem/ conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant;/ ille regit dictis animos, & pectora twitter.com/AwayDays_/stat…
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Definitely my stand-out headline of the day, from
“Terrorists warned to avoid London during coronation”
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Just stepped out of the studio and onto the BBC concourse where the insanely talented are rehearsing.
What an absolute treasure.
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"That's the iron law of the universe. True things prevail."
Well that's cheering.
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or maybe no-one's got round ot telling him about the rocket business yesterday
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Most expensive trolling comment ever? #bluecheck twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…
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"Dangerous precedent" -- twice
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"Like racial thinking, the identitarian perspective fractures civic space and fragments the political sphere. Once we accept that social conversations can be limited by one's identity, we begin fencing off the common pastures of society." 2/2
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Belated but heartfelt: the new book from is a brilliant polemic -- deeply researched and sharply argued. It is uncomfortable. You may not agree. You ought to read. 1/2
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"It will be better for the Palestinians, when they understand who's governing this place."
The voices of the settlers - and the Palestinians - on the West Bank, as tensions rise.
My piece for the BBC here --
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I look forward to you inviting to join you live on air. Live, I said.
i'll see how that goes before we get him on
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.@mcsweeneys has some thoughts on the newly censored Roald Dahl books
mcsweeneys.net/articles/fuck-
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Will let me in on any of the secret preparations for Joe Biden's 10-hour train trip to and from Kyiv? He'll join me on Newshour
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So, it was an honor and a privilege for me and the whole #IronTeam of @Ukrzaliznytsia to deal with this visit. I must say, it was complicated. But we did it. That's how #RailForceOne appeared.
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radio journalists?
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Really good point. Hope it's not overlooked in all the geo-pols today. Stansted is always that bit further up the M11 than you expect. Journey can be wearing.
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There is no greater tribute to anyone than offering to pick them up from Stansted. twitter.com/BloombergUK/st…
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I'm so grateful that after all your invaluable work monitoring and analysing Chinese media for the BBC you're also willing to put in the hard yards on something called #loveisland #noidea
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Ron keeps on talking about winning but he’s more focused on his competition than the prize, and Lana can see right through it. #LoveIsland
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you offering?
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Actually has the classical spinal tap ever been done
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You haven't been recently watching much of Birmingham City, then?
#KRO
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Spurs help you to understand the meaning of suffering
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well, you've already waded into controversy with your non-Ukrainian spelling of said soup.
anyway, bon appetit
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I'm currently a year into not eating meat, but fair enough
#KRO
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2-1 to the meat eaters!
#BCFC
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The latest thread from -- about the "psycho" next door.
It's an astonishing, furious, disturbing read
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22/22 Everything you read about the horrors and fascist crimes of our prison system is all true. There's just one correction: the reality is even worse.
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On Newshour, we'll be hearing - among others - from an American civilian running relief ops out of frontline Ukraine, and Sebastien Lai - son of imprisoned Hong Kong media tycoon, Jimmy
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This is a remarkable editorial by an Israeli journalist such as
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The Taliban has forced NRC, Save, Care and many others to suspend operations in #Afghanistan. Banning NGOs from employing women crosses a humanitarian red line. @NRC_Norway cannot and will not operate without our 470 female staff
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BREAKING: Norwegian Refugee Council suspending all aid ops in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women workers.
NRC boss Jan Egeland tells Newshour "reckless decision by some elderly men" that imperils millions.
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.....more: "This is a gut-blow".
You can listen to the full, powerful interview on Newshour at 1306 GMT
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li
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....more: expects the shutdown will spread across entire humanitarian sector.
He says it's about principle but also practicalities: more than 1/3 of their 1400 staff are women. They work according to "all the traditional values."
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BREAKING: suspends all aid operations in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women working in NGOs.
tells Newshour, - "with millions starving and freezing....this reckless decision by some elderly men is threatening lives"
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This is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show.
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- the journalist on Sweden refusing to extradite him to stand trial in Turkey
- and the great Ossie Ardiles on Argentina's World Cup Party
listen here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li
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We've got some strong interviews on Newshour at 21GMT
- the young female Afghan graduate on the Taliban uni ban
- one of Russia's diminishing group of human rights activists on the threat of legal action
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Kharkiv resident describes 'endless torture' bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl via
Anastasia was speaking to me on Newshour. Listen here
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Gripping, terrifying, under-reported: Haiti's descent into lawlessness.
Read this brilliant piece by and her team, including
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Can you imagine, what it feels like to be a supporter who's had precious little to yell about for the past decade?
Yes. Love him.
#KRO
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Goodness me, @BellinghamJude is unbelievably good. He’s the leader in this team. His parents must be so proud. Love him.
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hey - delighted, Hope. Unfortunately -- or maybe fortunately -- I have no recollection what I said.
Anyway - thanks for listening.
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@BBCTimFranks Your closing line re volcanologists prompted my *own* first eruption—of laughter—while listening to your program. So, thanks! 
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We say *on* defense here, which, of course, makes it grammatically correct since we invented the English language twitter.com/BBCTimFranks/s…
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"In" not "on" defence, Though I'll generously allow "defense" with an "s".
Anyway - good luck in the rest of the tournament.
Cheers
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—>> @timream5 has been a brick wall on defense! #USMNT
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Better team. “Better”. Expect more of a writer. I’ll take that as an English victory. Our only one of a tawdry night
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0-0. USA the best team on the night. Great performance.
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heavens i love london sometimes scrub that a lot of the time
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