Jan Vleugels
@vleugels.bsky.social
Documentary Researcher @VRTnws/@CanvasTV, Belgian public TV | War&Peace, Urbanism, Birds and History | also: Kempenzoon living in #1030 Brussels
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Fantastic graphic from the WSJ. Trump just increased the price of a iPhone by nearly 60 percent. Obviously completely unsustainable so won’t be sustained. An American Liz Truss moment
April 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fantastic graphic from the WSJ. Trump just increased the price of a iPhone by nearly 60 percent. Obviously completely unsustainable so won’t be sustained. An American Liz Truss moment
Estland, Letland, Litouwen en Polen hebben hun terugtrekking uit het Ottawa-verdrag over antipersoonsmijnen aangekondigd. (📄 @Lithuanian_MoD)
March 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Estland, Letland, Litouwen en Polen hebben hun terugtrekking uit het Ottawa-verdrag over antipersoonsmijnen aangekondigd. (📄 @Lithuanian_MoD)
“Van Gent tot Damascus” vanavond op VRT Canvas en te bekijken via VRT MAX.
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"Ik hoop dat hij niet meer leeft, hij zou te veel hebben afgezien": vluchtelingen Salah en Turkieh in Gent keren voor het eerst in 10 jaar naar Syrië terug
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March 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Van Gent tot Damascus” vanavond op VRT Canvas en te bekijken via VRT MAX.
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... @vrtnws.be #vrtnwsdoc
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... @vrtnws.be #vrtnwsdoc
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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Trump could start wearing a crown and carrying a sceptre, and people would still be in denial about what's happening.
February 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Trump could start wearing a crown and carrying a sceptre, and people would still be in denial about what's happening.
Deze mens gaat de geschiedenisboeken in. Een held. Zijn eerste interview te zien op @aljazeera.com
What a historical moment.
Today, the world learned the identity of Caesar, the defector who smuggled 53,275 photos of detainees tortured & killed by the Syrian regime: Farid al-Mathhan, formerly of the Forensic Evidence Dept of the Damascus Military Police. He is originally from Daraa.
Today, the world learned the identity of Caesar, the defector who smuggled 53,275 photos of detainees tortured & killed by the Syrian regime: Farid al-Mathhan, formerly of the Forensic Evidence Dept of the Damascus Military Police. He is originally from Daraa.
February 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Deze mens gaat de geschiedenisboeken in. Een held. Zijn eerste interview te zien op @aljazeera.com
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Defector who exposed Assad’s brutality calls for Syria sanctions to be lifted
Defector who exposed Assad’s brutality calls for Syria sanctions to be lifted
The former military officer, previously known only as ‘Caesar’, smuggled evidence of thousands of deaths out of the country
A former Assad regime military officer who defected with a trove of evidence exposing the torture and killing of thousands has…
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February 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Defector who exposed Assad’s brutality calls for Syria sanctions to be lifted
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Voor @vrtnws-be.bsky.social reisde ik naar Jerevan, waar ik drie Russische deserteurs sprak die naar Oekraïne werden gestuurd. Uitgebreide, emotionele gesprekken over marteling en verzet. Lees hun verhaal vandaag op VRT.
"72 dagen gemarteld, omdat ik bevelen weigerde"
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"72 dagen gemarteld, omdat ik bevelen weigerde"
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"72 dagen gemarteld, omdat ik bevelen weigerde":
3 Russische deserteurs doen hun verhaal bij VRT NWS
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January 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Voor @vrtnws-be.bsky.social reisde ik naar Jerevan, waar ik drie Russische deserteurs sprak die naar Oekraïne werden gestuurd. Uitgebreide, emotionele gesprekken over marteling en verzet. Lees hun verhaal vandaag op VRT.
"72 dagen gemarteld, omdat ik bevelen weigerde"
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"72 dagen gemarteld, omdat ik bevelen weigerde"
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Een kijkje bij de bakker en de groenteboer in Damascus: “Het regime is weg, de president is gevlucht, dus wie lijdt er onder de sancties? Dat zijn de burgers.”
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Inge Vrancken ziet Syriërs hoop krijgen na versoepeling internationale sancties: "Basisproducten waren onbetaalbaar"
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January 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Een kijkje bij de bakker en de groenteboer in Damascus: “Het regime is weg, de president is gevlucht, dus wie lijdt er onder de sancties? Dat zijn de burgers.”
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where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
where the world stands on the paris climate agreement, as of today:
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Op de eerste avond van het bestand in Gaza trokken gewapende kolonisten brandstichtend door Palestijnse dorpen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever. Het Israëlische leger deed daar deze week invallen en arrestaties, en sloot toegangswegen af.
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Op de Westelijke Jordaanoever is er geen staakt-het-vuren: kolonisten trokken brandstichtend door Palestijns dorp
Westelijke Jordaanoever: Op de eerste avond van het bestand in Gaza trokken gewapende kolonisten brandstichtend door Palestijnse dorpen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever. Het Israëlische leger…
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January 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Op de eerste avond van het bestand in Gaza trokken gewapende kolonisten brandstichtend door Palestijnse dorpen op de bezette Westelijke Jordaanoever. Het Israëlische leger deed daar deze week invallen en arrestaties, en sloot toegangswegen af.
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Kyiv this morning
January 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Kyiv this morning
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The first flight from Damascus International Airport was a joyful milestone, as the journey took off successfully, reflecting hope and progress for the future of a new Syria 💚
January 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The first flight from Damascus International Airport was a joyful milestone, as the journey took off successfully, reflecting hope and progress for the future of a new Syria 💚
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Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident
Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident
The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations said sabotage could not be ruled out
An undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia broke down on Wednesday, Finland’s prime minister said, the latest in a series of incidents involving cables and…
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December 25, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident
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Fireworks burst beyond my window, their festive clamor scraping old wounds. In Ukraine, carols are drowned by explosions. This photo from Kryvyi Rih shows a Christmas tree under ruins. The world wraps itself in tinsel and cheer. I sit in its shadow, waiting for a miracle.
December 24, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Fireworks burst beyond my window, their festive clamor scraping old wounds. In Ukraine, carols are drowned by explosions. This photo from Kryvyi Rih shows a Christmas tree under ruins. The world wraps itself in tinsel and cheer. I sit in its shadow, waiting for a miracle.
Een aderlating voor de publieke omroep www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
VPRO stopt met Tegenlicht: 'Je gooit iets weg wat niet zomaar terug te krijgen is'
Documentaireprogramma: VPRO's Tegenlicht stopt na volgend jaar. De focus van de VPRO komt meer op geopolitiek en buitenland-journalistiek te liggen, stelt de omroep. “Alsof wij ons niet met geopolitie...
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December 17, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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Kijktip!
In de vierdelige serie 'Het nieuwe IJzeren Gordijn' verkent Rudi Vranckx het grensgebied tussen Rusland en de rest van Europa. Hoe beleven gewone mensen de toenemende Russische dreiging? Kijk vanavond deel 1 om 22.20 uur op NPO 2 of NPO Start 👇
Het nieuwe IJzeren Gordijn | NPO Start
De Vlaamse journalist Rudi Vranckx verkent het grensgebied tussen Rusland en de rest van Europa. Hij reist van het hoge noorden tot in de Kaukasus, langs de breuklijn tussen twee werelden. Onderweg on...
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December 16, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Kijktip!
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Here the prisoners wrote their memoirs.
Although they were in prison, no one could concentrate on doing anything inside. The prisoners had beautiful hobbies, such as drawing. Look how beautiful and accurate their drawings were! 🥺
Although they were in prison, no one could concentrate on doing anything inside. The prisoners had beautiful hobbies, such as drawing. Look how beautiful and accurate their drawings were! 🥺
December 16, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Here the prisoners wrote their memoirs.
Although they were in prison, no one could concentrate on doing anything inside. The prisoners had beautiful hobbies, such as drawing. Look how beautiful and accurate their drawings were! 🥺
Although they were in prison, no one could concentrate on doing anything inside. The prisoners had beautiful hobbies, such as drawing. Look how beautiful and accurate their drawings were! 🥺
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Breaking News: Russia’s Channel One, quoting the Kremlin, reports that Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow.
December 8, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Breaking News: Russia’s Channel One, quoting the Kremlin, reports that Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow.
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December 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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For over 14 years (and some of these things long before), #Syrians were barrel bombed, tortured, displaced, drowning at sea, starving to death. They have lived through horrors that none of us could put into words properly. There is absolutely fear over what next. But this is a moment of release.
December 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM
For over 14 years (and some of these things long before), #Syrians were barrel bombed, tortured, displaced, drowning at sea, starving to death. They have lived through horrors that none of us could put into words properly. There is absolutely fear over what next. But this is a moment of release.
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December 7, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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One of the members of Assad's forces, after escaping from #Homs, says: "Bashar al-Assad sold us out, #Hezbollah fled and sold us out, #Iran sold us out," then he curses them.
December 7, 2024 at 11:01 PM
One of the members of Assad's forces, after escaping from #Homs, says: "Bashar al-Assad sold us out, #Hezbollah fled and sold us out, #Iran sold us out," then he curses them.