We made contact with 200+ Ukrainian farmers in Russian-occupied territory.
Most were too frightened to talk - but one described the Russian theft of his grain.
We obtained satellite images & photos to back up his claim.
Brilliant team effort
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Luka Doncic: NBA star to pay for funerals of those killed in Belgrade school shooting
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This is the moment when Napoli became champions of Italy 🇮🇹⚽️
Roads filled with people singing, dancing and crying.
Fans jumped in fountains in jubilation, while others waved Napoli flags as they darted about on their scooters.
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'The night Naples became one epic street party' 🎉⚽️
Roads are filled with people singing, dancing & hugging one another, while children play football around them
The reason? Napoli have become champions of Italy
Reporting from Naples for
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A suspected has now been arrested
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Horrific for Serbia:
A gunman - south of the capital - kills at least 8 people in the second mass shooting in 48 hours.
Reports that the suspect had had an argument with a police officer.
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Horrific for Serbia:
A gunman - south of the capital - kills at least 8 people in the second mass shooting in 48 hours.
Reports that the suspect had had an argument with a police officer.
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Thousands of children in Belgrade remember their 8 fellow teenagers killed in Serbia's worst-ever school shooting.
The 13 yr old suspect had made a list of pupils to target - but still no motive has been given.
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Producer: Michael Steininger w/ Milica Radenkovic
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Hundreds & hundreds of pupils from across Belgrade descend on the school where 8 fellow teenagers were shot dead.
A 13 year old suspect has been undergoing a mental health assessment.
Serbia school attack: Silence and teddies at scene of shooting
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And there are now hundreds - if not thousands - of students from other schools across Belgrade who have gathered here.
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A terrible quiet hangs in the air at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in Belgrade.
These are some of the tributes left for the 8 children and their security guard who were shot dead yesterday.
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A terrible quiet hangs in the air at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school in Belgrade.
These are some of the tributes left for the 8 children and their security guard who were shot dead yesterday.
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NEW: The shooter in Belgrade was only 13.
Prosecutors say the suspect who killed 8 students & a security guard may not be prosecuted.
Under Serbia’s Law, children under the age of 14 cannot be held criminally responsible.
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Tayabullah should be alive-every disease he had was curable. ‘Nothing we can do but watch babies die’ a nurse said. At a graveyard nearby, at least half the new graves are children.Evidence everywhere that lives of #Afghanistan’s youngest are being taken.
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Investigative journalist latest podcast Londongrad looks at Iranian hit squads targeting journalists in the UK. He investigates why assassination & kidnap attempts by the Iranian government against Iranian journalists living in Britain have become so prevalent
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Just how good was “Belgian Bullet” #LucaBrecel when he started snooker aged 8?
Meet his first opponent - 2 years older - who didn’t want to play Luca because he thought he’d be useless.
The rest is history… 🎱🇧🇪🏆
With & Pol Reygaerts
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#BREAKING Greece bans party linked to neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn from May 21 general elections
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U.S. journalist imprisoned in Russia 'deeply touched' by letter-writing campaign nbcnews.com/news/world/us- via
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French Interior Minister calls for severe punishments for May Day protesters who attacked police & damaged property.
300 arrested across France.
Wider demos were against pension reform forced through without a vote.
Our report:
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"They didn't know that I was black... on my arrival things changed."
Sixty years ago, 18-year-old Guy Bailey was turned away from a job interview for Bristol's bus company. What happened next changed UK civil rights
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Sudan: Second evacuation flight of Britons lands in Cyprus
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Another RAF flight from Sudan - evacuating British nationals - is just about to land in Cyprus.
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The first British military evacuation flight from Sudan has landed at Larnaca old airport. We’re told there are 39 people on board.
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Fantastic listen:
The sounds of the streets … and the anger pulsing the ongoing French protests.
Why so many young people in France are fighting … for their pensions.
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Why are so many young people in France protesting about pension reform?
#ReformeDesRetraites
It’s not just about working longer - it’s a breach of the French way of life.
Our @BBCRadio4 documentary: 'France: the Soundtrack to the Revolution' 
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00
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It’s not just about working longer - it’s a breach of the French way of life.
Our @BBCRadio4 documentary: 'France: the Soundtrack to the Revolution'
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Liberation Day normally brings Italians together🇮🇹
But for the first time since WWII, Italy is led by a party with links to fascism
The Senate Speaker, who collects fascist memorabilia, said: "There's no reference to anti-fascism in the constitution"👇
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PM says “large-scale evacuation of British passport holders” from Sudan now underway.
RAF are flying people out.
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The Government has begun a large-scale evacuation of British passport holders from Sudan on RAF flights. Priority will be given to the most vulnerable, including families with children and the elderly.
I pay tribute to the British Armed Forces, diplomats and Border Force staff… Show more
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BREAKING: UK announcing evacuation of British nationals from Sudan from today.
Military flights to depart from airfield outside Khartoum.
British passport holders eligible on priority basis. Those eligible will be contacted.
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Our report for #BBCNewsTen.
The EU says 1,100 of its citizens have been evacuated from #Sudan.
Here’s the story of one Dutch family who were among nearly 500 people - from more than 20 countries - rescued by the French military.
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As the UK govt rejects criticism it’s abandoned its citizens in Sudan, the French military have been rescuing some UK civilians & other Europeans -including Arthur Molenaar’s family.
The Dutch aid worker told us the French have saved many lives. Watch their story on #BBCNewsTen
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As the UK govt rejects criticism it’s abandoned its citizens in Sudan, the French military have been rescuing some UK civilians & other Europeans -including Arthur Molenaar’s family.
The Dutch aid worker told us the French have saved many lives. Watch their story on #BBCNewsTen
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More than 1,100 EU citizens now evacuated from Sudan - diplomatic source tells BBC.
The EU is working on the basis that around 600 of its citizens remain there.
Although more flights are planned & situation changing on the ground rapidly.
Latest here: bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-6
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I went to some of Strasbourg's most notorious bars, where the EU Parliament hangs out.
Things got messy.
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Great report from Nicke Beake on the narco submarine that crossed the Atlantic with three tons of cocaine and tins of sardines for the crew.
It was good to follow up and appear on to discuss the booming trans-Atlantic cocaine trade.
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Look inside the first "narco-sub" known to have brought cocaine from S America to Europe.
But police suspect 100+ subs have attempted the journey.
Thanks to @juandomin
for clambering into the vessel to film.
@BrunoBoelpaep's doc now on @BBCiPlayer
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for clambering into the vessel to film.
@BrunoBoelpaep's doc now on @BBCiPlayer
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And what it was like to be in the homemade "narco-sub" in which 3 men travelled 4,000 miles - across the Atlantic - from Brazil to Europe in 27 days.
Part 2 of 2:
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Great, as ever, to be on 's show trying to give a behind-the-scenes insight into how mw made our film on Europe's cocaine crisis - that's now on and the :
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod
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Camera: Pol Reygaerts
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Look inside the first "narco-sub" known to have brought cocaine from S America to Europe.
But police suspect 100+ subs have attempted the journey.
Thanks to 🎥 for clambering into the vessel to film.
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Our film "Cocaine: Flooding Europe" now on (below)
If you're a global viewer, it's on this w/end (Sat: 1230 BST. Sun: 0430 & 1130)
We can meet an ex-smuggler, a user, a police chief: all agree there's a coke crisis out of control
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod
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Cocaine: Flooding Europe.
Law enforcement agencies tell us the continent's facing a crisis - w/ record levels of coke production fuelling gang crime, corruption & addiction.
Then there's the role of "narco-subs"
Filmed & produced by @BrunoBoelpaep w/ colleagues in Europe team
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This is jaw-dropping stuff. Cocaine-smuggling submarine reveals Europe's drug crisis. Great reporting by and
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WATCH: & climb into the first "narco-submarine" known to have brought cocaine from South America to Europe
The crew had energy bars, cans of sardines, bags they used to go to the toilet…and 3 tonnes of cocaine
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Must read: the BBC gets a look at the extraordinary cocaine smuggling submarines intercepted in Spain, bringing record quantities of the drug into Europe - and continue their reporting on Europe's cocaine crisis
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Cocaine: Flooding Europe.
Law enforcement agencies tell us the continent's facing a crisis - w/ record levels of coke production fuelling gang crime, corruption & addiction.
Then there's the role of "narco-subs"
Filmed & produced by w/ colleagues in Europe team
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