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Three of them spoke with me for @theipaper.com:
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Three of them spoke with me for @theipaper.com:
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After he announced his defection to the Reform Party, take a look back over that interview
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After he announced his defection to the Reform Party, take a look back over that interview
trib.al/ncCcMzE
Bit late in posting but was great to interview the UK's last ambassador to the USSR, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, about the risks facing the Kremlin and the chances of peace, for @theipaper.com:
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Bit late in posting but was great to interview the UK's last ambassador to the USSR, Sir Rodric Braithwaite, about the risks facing the Kremlin and the chances of peace, for @theipaper.com:
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I interviewed the CIA's former Moscow chief of station, Rob Dannenberg, for @theipaper.com about how he believes the Russian dictator is manipulating Trump, and risks this poses for Ukraine and the West
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I interviewed the CIA's former Moscow chief of station, Rob Dannenberg, for @theipaper.com about how he believes the Russian dictator is manipulating Trump, and risks this poses for Ukraine and the West
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You can read my feature for @theipaper.com here: inews.co.uk/news/busines...
You can read my feature for @theipaper.com here: inews.co.uk/news/busines...
🧑🔬 Based on my interview with Novichok scientist Dr Vil Mirzayanov
🥼 Plus contributions from former UK chemical response chief Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, leading toxicologist Professor Alastair Hay, and SDR co-author General Sir Richard Barrons
Link below...
I spoke to Dr Vil Mirzayanov, a Russian scientist who developed Novichok but became a whistleblower - he thinks a new nerve agent may have killed Alexei Navalny
My exclusive for @theipaper.com:
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🧑🔬 Based on my interview with Novichok scientist Dr Vil Mirzayanov
🥼 Plus contributions from former UK chemical response chief Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, leading toxicologist Professor Alastair Hay, and SDR co-author General Sir Richard Barrons
Link below...
🧪 Dr Vil Mirzayanov blew the whistle on Russia's secret chemical weapons programme in the 90s and fled to US
🧑🔬 Amazed he's not been poisoned himself, he spoke to me for @theipaper.com:
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🧪 Dr Vil Mirzayanov blew the whistle on Russia's secret chemical weapons programme in the 90s and fled to US
🧑🔬 Amazed he's not been poisoned himself, he spoke to me for @theipaper.com:
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I spoke to Dr Vil Mirzayanov, a Russian scientist who developed Novichok but became a whistleblower - he thinks a new nerve agent may have killed Alexei Navalny
My exclusive for @theipaper.com:
inews.co.uk/news/world/t...
I spoke to Dr Vil Mirzayanov, a Russian scientist who developed Novichok but became a whistleblower - he thinks a new nerve agent may have killed Alexei Navalny
My exclusive for @theipaper.com:
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Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people are being forced to move out of their care homes every year with just 28 days' notice, often in distressing circumstances, following a big post-pandemic rise, FoI data shows
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Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people are being forced to move out of their care homes every year with just 28 days' notice, often in distressing circumstances, following a big post-pandemic rise, FoI data shows
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We are launching our Killer Kitchens campaign to force the Government to clamp down on deadly dust: trib.al/0c0I5fe
We are launching our Killer Kitchens campaign to force the Government to clamp down on deadly dust: trib.al/0c0I5fe
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
😵 But even those can have big impacts on pilots - and bigger laser weapons are being developed:
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😵 But even those can have big impacts on pilots - and bigger laser weapons are being developed:
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I visited Marie Curie's site in Bradford earlier this year for @theipaper.com - the care of the staff and volunteers there was so moving:
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I visited Marie Curie's site in Bradford earlier this year for @theipaper.com - the care of the staff and volunteers there was so moving:
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Ben Mills and Danielle Vidler pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates' Court
The group was caught while it was awaiting its first trial this year
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Ben Mills and Danielle Vidler pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates' Court
The group was caught while it was awaiting its first trial this year
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What she learnt about people's attitudes was deeply worrying
My interview with her for @theipaper.com:
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What she learnt about people's attitudes was deeply worrying
My interview with her for @theipaper.com:
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😾 My interview with Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina for @theipaper.com on:
- Life after escaping Russia, supporting Ukraine
- Tough conditions for Putin's political prisoners
- Her worries for poet Artyom Kamardin, jailed for seven years
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😾 My interview with Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina for @theipaper.com on:
- Life after escaping Russia, supporting Ukraine
- Tough conditions for Putin's political prisoners
- Her worries for poet Artyom Kamardin, jailed for seven years
inews.co.uk/news/world/p...
My exclusive for @theipaper.com:
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My exclusive for @theipaper.com:
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🤞 One lead author of the Strategic Defence Review said the UK is “running on luck” when it comes to war readiness and we are "relying on our enemies to leave us alone"
🤞 One lead author of the Strategic Defence Review said the UK is “running on luck” when it comes to war readiness and we are "relying on our enemies to leave us alone"
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He spoke to me for @theipaper.com about China's threat to the UK, his experiences at Tiananmen Square in 1989, and his father's murder in the Cultural Revolution:
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He spoke to me for @theipaper.com about China's threat to the UK, his experiences at Tiananmen Square in 1989, and his father's murder in the Cultural Revolution:
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Speaking to me for @theipaper.com, she reveals what life was like before her escape and her fears for others still there
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Speaking to me for @theipaper.com, she reveals what life was like before her escape and her fears for others still there
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We discussed:
🇵🇸🇮🇱 Covering “unbearably painful” news from Gaza
🤬 Constant online criticism of BBC reporting
📖 The fab book she's written about a hotel in Kabul
🐡 Her goldfish Tango and Mango
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We discussed:
🇵🇸🇮🇱 Covering “unbearably painful” news from Gaza
🤬 Constant online criticism of BBC reporting
📖 The fab book she's written about a hotel in Kabul
🐡 Her goldfish Tango and Mango
inews.co.uk/news/world/l...
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