BBCFooC @BBCFooC

From Our Own Correspondent - story-telling from around the globe. THIS ACCOUNT IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED - We recommend @BBCRadio4 instead. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02… New Broadcasting House, London Joined June 2009

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Sarah Rainsford @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social @sarahrainsford

4 years ago

As Russia attacks Ukraine it's destroying itself too & that's sad for me to see Today I saw MPs 'vote' to imprison people for 15 yrs for telling the truth about this unprovoked, unjust war The BBC has been blocked, our team suspended work for safety, others have left. It's huge

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Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy

4 years ago

A story in 2 tweets. Thinking of my brilliant BBC Russia colleagues.

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

4 years ago

War in Ukraine: BBC suspends its journalists' work in Russia bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

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David Frum @davidfrum

5 years ago

In English, it's "flouted." Also in English, the "criminal" is the one who administers the poison, not the victim of the poisoning.

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Marianna Spring @mariannaspring

5 years ago

New 🚨 I wrote for the i about the unique kind of abuse I get as the BBC’s specialist reporter, investigating online disinformation and covering the casualties of viral conspiracies. I love my job - but want to highlight perils of digital frontline. inews.co.uk/news/long-read…

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Anisa Subedar @TheAnisaSubedar

5 years ago

There’s a true story I know of a woman who had five children under ten. After years of not working because her husband wouldn’t allow, she finally managed to get a job in the industry she worked in and adored before her marriage. She was so excited. 1/11

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Safa AlAhmad أنا_عقبة# 🇵🇸 @ghariba33

5 years ago

And in Honor of the women of #Yemen who always seem to save me, am reposting this @BBCFooC episode about Mis'ida and I: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Michelle Jana Chan @michellejchan

5 years ago

Solitude in the Serengeti - upcoming on the BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent @BBCFooC @BBCRadio4 @bbcworldservice #serengeti #ngorongoro #tanzania #safari #greatmigration

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5 years ago

Millions of #wildebeest cross the #Mara river in the #Serengeti at this time of year. Watch @michellejchan's timelapse video of one of nature's grandest spectacles. #Tanzania

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

Take a #frontrow seat at one of nature's grandest spectacles: the annual migration of millions of #wildebeest in the #Serengeti in #Tanzania. @michellejchan had the place to herself, as #covid19 kept #safari tourists away. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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5 years ago

Millions of #wildebeest cross the #Mara river in the #Serengeti at this time of year. Watch @michellejchan's timelapse video of one of nature's grandest spectacles. #tanzania bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

It's the annual migration of millions of #wildebeest trying to get across the #Mara river in the #Serengeti. @michellejchan had a front-row seat, as #safari #tourists stayed away this year. Spot a wildebeest leap off the river bank in the video. #Tanzania bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

#rhinos relaxing, lionesses getting skittish. #elephant and #hyena sand prints. It's peak #safari season in #Tanzania, but few visitors due to the #coronavirus. @michellejchan had the stunning #ngorongoro crater and its #wildlife to herself. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #serengeti

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

The tiny village of #Viscri in #Romania has become a big tourist attraction - not just because of the #UNESCO World Heritage church, but also because of the Prince of Wales. You can even stay at the #royal's house, says @McGrathWriter. #PrinceCharles bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

“We came here for a better life, for our kids, but I don’t see the difference between here and #Afghanistan says a woman displaced from the #MoriaCamp in #Lesbos in #Greece. Where can she go now, asks @BethanyBellBB. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #Moria #EU #Refugeesgr

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

"I thought we had lost everything", in a fire that "moved with a speed and ferocity that was both bewildering and terrifying" @peterbowes on what it's like to be caught up in #California #wildfires. Why are they so bad now? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #wildfires2020 #WestCoastFires

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

Emirati Rashed already has offers to meet him at the airport in #Israel once flights start from #Dubai, following the signing of the #AbrahamAccords. @YolandeKnell on new friendships - and the sense of betrayal of #Palestinians bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #UAEIsrael #Bahrain

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BBCFooC @BBCFooC

5 years ago

"Everybody knows 3 or 4 people who have just left the country or who are planning to do it," says Bart Staszewski, an #LGBTQ campaigner in Poland, at a demonstration in one of six towns that voted to be "#LGBT ideology free zones". @LucyAAsh reports. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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5 years ago

The town of #Swidnik in #Poland, along with 5 others, declared itself an "#LGBT ideology free zone". There is #homophobic rhetoric from the main governing party ("homosexuality is a threat to Polish identity") and the religious right too, says @LucyAAsh bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…