Ben Hansen-Hicks
@benhansenhicks.bsky.social
Current affairs / documentary producer and journalist. | 2200/WC1X. | Tweets are own views. RTs ≠ agreeance. 🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇩🇰 He/him
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The Changemakers Denmark - The Changemakers (Series 1, Episode 5) - Apple TV (UK)
In Denmark, Syrian women are fighting back as they contend with some of the harshest immigration policies in the EU; Haya fled her old life for a new …
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A brief intro:
I’m a journalist and documentary producer. I work for a variety of broadcasters and streamers, most recently Apple TV+ for “The Changemakers”: tv.apple.com/gb/episode/t...
I’m a journalist and documentary producer. I work for a variety of broadcasters and streamers, most recently Apple TV+ for “The Changemakers”: tv.apple.com/gb/episode/t...
January 22, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Inside the drone-driven frontlines of Ukraine: youtu.be/9hzIMI2DLys?... #futureofwar #futureofukraine
Why Ukraine’s Deadly Drone Operation Runs Like a ‘McDonald’s’ | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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January 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Inside the drone-driven frontlines of Ukraine: youtu.be/9hzIMI2DLys?... #futureofwar #futureofukraine
Grim to guess, but I expect invasion by China to happen within 3 months: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
China pressing European countries to bar Taiwan politicians or face crossing a ‘red line’
Exclusive: Chinese officials are using a ‘highly specific’ interpretation of EU rules to suggest Taiwanese figures should not be granted visas, officials say
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Grim to guess, but I expect invasion by China to happen within 3 months: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Truly wild that govt agencies were allowed to search this database w/o a warrant: www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Truly wild that govt agencies were allowed to search this database w/o a warrant: www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
*war crimes* *war crimes* *war crimes* occrp.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?... #ukraine
In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’
Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic doctor. Reporters set out to unmask him.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
*war crimes* *war crimes* *war crimes* occrp.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?... #ukraine
Solidarity with every member of the Hungarian LGBT+ community: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #OrbanTriedToBanPride #NotGoingBack
Dozens of MEPs to attend Budapest Pride in defiance of Viktor Orbán
As many as 70 said to be planning to show solidarity at LGBTQ+ march after Hungary’s PM tried to ban it
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Solidarity with every member of the Hungarian LGBT+ community: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #OrbanTriedToBanPride #NotGoingBack
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He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
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German voting appears to be high..charts here from the FT live blog on the elections www.ft.com/content/b60d...
February 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
German voting appears to be high..charts here from the FT live blog on the elections www.ft.com/content/b60d...
Absolutely breathtakingly candid interview of Tanni Grey-Thompson by Kirsty Young, that is very much worth your time today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #YoungAgain
Young Again - 23. Tanni Grey-Thompson - BBC Sounds
Kirsty Young asks Tanni Grey-Thompson what advice she would give her younger self.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Absolutely breathtakingly candid interview of Tanni Grey-Thompson by Kirsty Young, that is very much worth your time today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #YoungAgain
You need to be listening to the brilliant Strong Message Here - you hardly have a chance to catch your breath with topics covered, and @helenlewis.bsky.social has the brain the size of a literal planet. Very entertaining: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - The Threat from Within - BBC Sounds
A tale of two speeches this week, as Helen and Armando look at Vance and Badenoch's lines.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
You need to be listening to the brilliant Strong Message Here - you hardly have a chance to catch your breath with topics covered, and @helenlewis.bsky.social has the brain the size of a literal planet. Very entertaining: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Vildt vildt vildt dejlig serie om hvordan det er at prove at få børn som homosexuel, her i Danmark www.dr.dk/drtv/episode...
DRTV - Far, far & børn: Designerbaby
Morten og Frederik har et stort ønske om at få børn. Nanna fra Helsingør kontakter dem på Instagram og tilbyder at være deres graviditetsvært. Men det er ikke muligt for dem at få fertilitetsbehandlin...
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February 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Vildt vildt vildt dejlig serie om hvordan det er at prove at få børn som homosexuel, her i Danmark www.dr.dk/drtv/episode...
This is what the US has become: give us half of all your mineral wealth or we won't save you from Putin. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Stop criticising Trump and sign $500bn mineral deal, US official advises Kyiv
National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with Russia
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This is what the US has become: give us half of all your mineral wealth or we won't save you from Putin. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Truly batshit times we’re living through: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine’s security without America
Exclusive: In extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraine’s president says he will offer US firms lucrative reconstruction contracts to try to get Trump onside
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Truly batshit times we’re living through: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Russell Vought as White House budget director, putting Project 2025 architect at helm of powerful office.
February 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Russell Vought as White House budget director, putting Project 2025 architect at helm of powerful office.
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I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
Hi @paulradu.bsky.social. I'm working on a podcast series on Danske Bank in the 2010s and was wondering if you might have 5 minutes for a quick call about some background to the scandal? Particularly w/r to Magnitsky/Katsyv funds that you helped trace? Will DM you my email too. Thnx
January 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hi @paulradu.bsky.social. I'm working on a podcast series on Danske Bank in the 2010s and was wondering if you might have 5 minutes for a quick call about some background to the scandal? Particularly w/r to Magnitsky/Katsyv funds that you helped trace? Will DM you my email too. Thnx
Wild application form to join Musk's DOGE team:
January 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wild application form to join Musk's DOGE team:
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An unqualified former Fox host, accused in an affidavit of being "abusive" toward his second wife, of being perpetually drunk, and allegedly screaming "Kill all Muslims! Kill all Muslims!" just got confirmed as the US Defense Secretary (!) by a tie-break vote in the Senate.
January 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
An unqualified former Fox host, accused in an affidavit of being "abusive" toward his second wife, of being perpetually drunk, and allegedly screaming "Kill all Muslims! Kill all Muslims!" just got confirmed as the US Defense Secretary (!) by a tie-break vote in the Senate.
2025 will be a *truly insane year* if it’s also the year that Trump invades Greenland, a NATO-alliance country, just because he wants to.
January 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2025 will be a *truly insane year* if it’s also the year that Trump invades Greenland, a NATO-alliance country, just because he wants to.
Very good episode on what Trump’s return to the White House means for Iran, by @dropsitenews.com: open.spotify.com/episode/27A9...
What Trump 2.0 Means for Iran
Drop Site News · Episode
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January 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Very good episode on what Trump’s return to the White House means for Iran, by @dropsitenews.com: open.spotify.com/episode/27A9...
Nice artikel om C-lion og kablerne i Østersøen af @danwatchdk.bsky.social: danwatch.dk/skyggeskib-f...
Skyggeskib fik maskinstop tre gange over undersøiske kabler – Danwatch
Alle tre maskinstop var i nærheden af det undersøiske C-Lion 1-kabel, der tidligere er blevet saboteret af et fragtskib. Flere eksperter siger, at det med stor
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January 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nice artikel om C-lion og kablerne i Østersøen af @danwatchdk.bsky.social: danwatch.dk/skyggeskib-f...
OPEN THE SCHOOLS:
In the space of 24 hours, Naomi Wolf has claimed that the fires in LA are an actual war or foreign invasion, a plot to kill people to destroy evidence of Covid vaccine adverse effects, weather manipulation, a deliberate bombing campaign, and mass spraying of mood stabilisers.
January 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
OPEN THE SCHOOLS:
You know when geopolitics and business are really firing up when the FT sends a reporter to Nuuk to talk to people about Trump. Good read: www.ft.com/content/2e2b...
‘You don’t just go and buy a country’: Greenland plunged into geopolitical storm
Residents of Nuuk do not want to be part of the US but welcome a discussion of their sovereignty
www.ft.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
You know when geopolitics and business are really firing up when the FT sends a reporter to Nuuk to talk to people about Trump. Good read: www.ft.com/content/2e2b...