Sophie Tanno
@sophietanno.bsky.social
EMEA journalist, CNN international
🔴German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this week called for the repatriation of Syrian migrants.
But the issue is a contentious one with significant legal hurdles. Meanwhile Syria remains scarred by years of conflict.
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But the issue is a contentious one with significant legal hurdles. Meanwhile Syria remains scarred by years of conflict.
My latest for @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/11/09/e...
Syrian migrants in Germany face uncertain future as government floats repatriation | CNN
When Germany opened its doors to refugees escaping war in the Middle East, more people arrived from Syria than any other country – finding homes, getting jobs, starting families.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🔴German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this week called for the repatriation of Syrian migrants.
But the issue is a contentious one with significant legal hurdles. Meanwhile Syria remains scarred by years of conflict.
My latest for @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/11/09/e...
But the issue is a contentious one with significant legal hurdles. Meanwhile Syria remains scarred by years of conflict.
My latest for @cnn.com edition.cnn.com/2025/11/09/e...
Is it legally viable to ban Germany's far-right AfD party?
Have a read of my reporting here 👇
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Have a read of my reporting here 👇
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Calls are mounting to ban Germany’s far-right AfD party – despite it being more popular than ever | CNN
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it ahead of now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right p...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Is it legally viable to ban Germany's far-right AfD party?
Have a read of my reporting here 👇
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Have a read of my reporting here 👇
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🔴Survival guides, stockpiling and mass evacuation drills. Europe is scrambling to prepare its citizens for the growing threat of conflict arriving on its doorstep.
Will they listen? My latest 👇
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Will they listen? My latest 👇
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Europe wants to ready its citizens for war. Will they listen? | CNN
Survival guides, stockpiling and mass evacuation drills. Europe is scrambling to prepare its citizens for the growing threat of conflict arriving on its doorstep.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔴Survival guides, stockpiling and mass evacuation drills. Europe is scrambling to prepare its citizens for the growing threat of conflict arriving on its doorstep.
Will they listen? My latest 👇
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Will they listen? My latest 👇
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Arrived in Perugia for the @journalismfestival.com, such a beautiful city! Hit me up if you’re also attending the #IJF2025, would love to talk about climate reporting, solution journalism, navigating social media… around a cup of espresso or a glass of Spritz!
April 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Arrived in Perugia for the @journalismfestival.com, such a beautiful city! Hit me up if you’re also attending the #IJF2025, would love to talk about climate reporting, solution journalism, navigating social media… around a cup of espresso or a glass of Spritz!
@taras.net hey Taras what is best way to contact you for a media inquiry please?
April 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
@taras.net hey Taras what is best way to contact you for a media inquiry please?
🔴It's going to take us a while to understand the scale of the quake's damage. Experts are giving us some clues 👇
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Live updates: Myanmar earthquake magnitude 7.7, tremors felt in Thailand | CNN
Central Myanmar was rocked on Friday by a 7.7-magnitude quake. Follow for live updates
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March 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🔴It's going to take us a while to understand the scale of the quake's damage. Experts are giving us some clues 👇
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Misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate has left Romania for the US. So who is he?
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Andrew Tate has fled Romania for the US. But who is he? | CNN
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has left Romania alongside his brother Tristan on a flight bound for the United States.
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February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate has left Romania for the US. So who is he?
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Merz now faces a tightrope walk as he seeks to form a new government while carving out a new path for the CDU.
However, his promise to pivot the party back to the right does not come without risks.
My analysis from Berlin: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/e...
However, his promise to pivot the party back to the right does not come without risks.
My analysis from Berlin: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/e...
Analysis: Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force | CNN
Germany’s political system is set up to exclude extremists. Yet the country is waking up to a new political reality that has lurched to the right with the once outcast Alternative for Germany (AfD) pa...
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February 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Merz now faces a tightrope walk as he seeks to form a new government while carving out a new path for the CDU.
However, his promise to pivot the party back to the right does not come without risks.
My analysis from Berlin: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/e...
However, his promise to pivot the party back to the right does not come without risks.
My analysis from Berlin: edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/e...
The seismic activity rattling Santorini and other Greek islands is not over -- and the biggest quake yet could be still to come.
"This is not typical behavior," seismologist Rémy Bossu told me.
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"This is not typical behavior," seismologist Rémy Bossu told me.
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Biggest quake yet could be still to come on Greek tourist island, seismologist warns | CNN
A seismologist from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre has said it may take “weeks” to see how the ongoing earthquakes disrupting Santorini and other Greek islands evolve, warning that th...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The seismic activity rattling Santorini and other Greek islands is not over -- and the biggest quake yet could be still to come.
"This is not typical behavior," seismologist Rémy Bossu told me.
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"This is not typical behavior," seismologist Rémy Bossu told me.
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Ekin-Su is strutting around the Love Island villa again, the world is healing #LoveIsland #LoveIslandallstars
February 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ekin-Su is strutting around the Love Island villa again, the world is healing #LoveIsland #LoveIslandallstars
Four hostages freed but Israel accuses Hamas of failing to meet ceasefire obligations
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Four hostages freed but Israel accuses Hamas of failing to meet ceasefire obligations | CNN
Hamas released four female Israeli hostages on Saturday, in a second round of exchanges between Israel and Hamas which also saw around 200 Palestinian prisoners released from detention.
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January 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Four hostages freed but Israel accuses Hamas of failing to meet ceasefire obligations
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Ukraine opens a new front against Russia – flattering Trump.
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Ukraine opens a new front against Russia – flattering Trump | CNN
World leaders have been rushing to get on Donald Trump’s good side since his reelection as US president, arguably none more so than Ukraine.
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January 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ukraine opens a new front against Russia – flattering Trump.
My latest for @cnn.com: edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/e...
My latest for @cnn.com: edition.cnn.com/2025/01/19/e...
‘I’ll never call him dad again': Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse
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‘I’ll never call him dad again’: Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse | CNN
Caroline Darian, the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot who was a victim of mass rape by her husband and 49 other men in a trial that shocked the world, has told how she’s certain her father drugged her and s...
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January 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
‘I’ll never call him dad again': Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse
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At least one killed and several embassies damaged in ‘barbaric’ Russian missile barrage on Kyiv, Ukraine says
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At least one killed and several embassies damaged in ‘barbaric’ Russian missile barrage on Kyiv, Ukraine says | CNN
At least one person has been killed and 11 injured in a fresh Russian missile barrage on Ukraine’s capital on Friday morning.
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December 20, 2024 at 12:03 PM
At least one killed and several embassies damaged in ‘barbaric’ Russian missile barrage on Kyiv, Ukraine says
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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide by ‘deliberately’ restricting water in Gaza
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Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide by ‘deliberately’ restricting water in Gaza | CNN
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of adequate water supplies.
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December 19, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide by ‘deliberately’ restricting water in Gaza
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Israel closes embassy in Ireland, blaming ‘extreme anti-Israel policies’
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Israel closes embassy in Ireland, blaming ‘extreme anti-Israel policies’ | CNN
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has announced the closure of the country’s embassy in Ireland on Sunday, citing “extreme anti-Israel policies.”
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December 15, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Israel closes embassy in Ireland, blaming ‘extreme anti-Israel policies’
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At the Masnaa crossing between Syria and Lebanon, hundreds of people are streaming in both directions: some returning home, some fleeing. The fall of the Assad regime triggered a wave of celebrations, but it also sparked worries about what’s next for the battered country. My @cnn.com report here.
At Syria’s border with Lebanon, refugees return home while others flee fearing the worst | CNN
Nadia’s eyes were full of tears as she crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon. She was finally going to see her son. A 14-year-old boy the last time she saw him; he is now 22 and living in Germany.
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December 12, 2024 at 9:50 PM
At the Masnaa crossing between Syria and Lebanon, hundreds of people are streaming in both directions: some returning home, some fleeing. The fall of the Assad regime triggered a wave of celebrations, but it also sparked worries about what’s next for the battered country. My @cnn.com report here.
"Across Europe, Syrians expressed similar feelings — a mixture of joy over Assad’s fall, worries about the future of the country, and disappointment with much of the European political discourse on refugees."
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Europe’s Syrians shaken by debate over repatriation to their war-ravaged homeland
For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.
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December 12, 2024 at 4:16 PM
"Across Europe, Syrians expressed similar feelings — a mixture of joy over Assad’s fall, worries about the future of the country, and disappointment with much of the European political discourse on refugees."
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Me when Instagram and Whatsapp are down
homer simpson stands in front of a wall that says no tv and no beer make homer something something
ALT: homer simpson stands in front of a wall that says no tv and no beer make homer something something
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December 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Me when Instagram and Whatsapp are down
Russian forces less than 2 miles from key Ukrainian city of #Pokrovsk
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Russian forces just three kilometers from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk | CNN
Russian forces are now just three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepSt...
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December 11, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Russian forces less than 2 miles from key Ukrainian city of #Pokrovsk
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Romania’s top court annuls presidential election result amid allegations of Russian interference
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Romania’s top court annuls presidential election result | CNN
Romania’s constitutional court has annulled the country’s 2024 presidential election process in a historic decision, meaning the first round which saw far-right ultranationalist candidate Calin George...
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December 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Romania’s top court annuls presidential election result amid allegations of Russian interference
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