I wrote a new piece for the FT about the recent escalation in the region.

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“Relegated in all this are the Palestinians of Gaza. For all its performative support for them, Iran’s attack may well push the war there down the global agenda just as calls for an immediate…

They hoped they wouldn't have to make these nets anymore, but without the arrival of weapons, they're still tirelessly at work, hoping for aid to arrive—not just in words

Talking to “the Enemy” Shouldn’t be Illegal

By Nicholas Noe and Joshua Andresen

#FirstAmendment #OFAC Knight First Amendment Institute Treasury Department #diplomacy

justsecurity.org/94412/talking-…

Via the Reliable Sources newsletter: This is the stop-in-your-tracks front page of Friday's Wall Street Journal, marking the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention (cnn.it/3TBLHme)

As Israel grapples with the question of “the day after” the war ends, there are growing calls from the parts of the settler movement to re-establish settlements in Gaza. Our story on the fringe fantasy gaining traction edition.cnn.com/2024/03/20/mid…

As questions persist about Gaza's post-war future, Clarissa Ward reports on how an extremist view for the enclave's future is spreading in Israel.

She spoke with Daniella Weiss, known as the godmother of the settler movement.

Full report here: edition.cnn.com/2024/03/20/mid…

Probably one of the most interesting pictures of the Russian 'elections' comes from the Central African Republic, where Wagner mercenaries line up outside the 🇷🇺 embassy in Bangui, faces covered and everything, to vote.

BBC Dad content

Today is the 7th anniversary of the BBC Dad blooper.

So here it is again, with some recent family pictures in the thread below.

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In Haiti, David Culver meets some of the children bearing the brunt of a broken state that is spiraling further into chaos.

It’s hard to comprehend the deaths of 12,800 children. We put up figures of children on our studio walls - one for each child killed in Gaza during the war.

They’re dying from airstrikes and now malnutrition and dehydration.

These are some of their stories.

Clarissa Ward speaks with a group of protesters who believe the way to get Israeli hostages released is to halt the flow of aid into Gaza.

'Not a single loaf of bread should go to [Gaza] until our hostages are coming back.'

Angry Israeli protesters tell CNN's Clarissa Ward why they are intent on stopping aid being sent to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Live updates cnn.it/4a5k0IZ

US policy on the Gaza war appears hapless, ineffective, and immoral.

President Biden should go to Israel and speak hard truths to Israelis directly.

My take:

Лёша, спасибо тебе за 26 лет абсолютного счастья. Да, даже за три последних года счастья. За любовь, за то, что всегда поддерживал, за то, что смешил даже из тюрьмы, за то что ты обо мне всегда думал.

Я не знаю, как жить без тебя, но я постараюсь так, чтобы ты там, наверху,…

💔 Alexei Navalny's mother says farewell to her son in the church

An extraordinary and rigorous investigation into one of the many horror stories of Gaza that few would ever know about were it not for the amazing work of this team. Please watch. Bravo Jomana Karadsheh Scott Mick Krever and team.

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and chief correspondent Clarissa Ward are both signatories to the open letter calling for ‘unfettered access’ to #Gaza . Read Clarissa’s op-ed in The Washington Post which explains why
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

More than fifty senior journalists across the broadcasting industry at Sky News BBC News (UK) CNN International Channel 4 News ITN NBC News ABC News CBS News have signed an open letter calling for ‘unfettered access’ to #Gaza

standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebr….

This letter is the latest in a series of efforts we have made as international correspondents to be allowed access to Gaza to report independently.

Navalny's closest aides claim he was about to be released in a prisoner swap before his death.