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Jorge Engels
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Freelance news producer | Channel 4 News | Global politics, conflict, all the cheery stuff | Se habla 🇦🇷🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇷 | Views own
Tenerife to Martinique in 18 days on the sailing boat, Marbelle.

Crossing the Atlantic has been an unforgettable adventure.
January 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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"If you do humanitarian work, that's a much bigger crime in the eyes of Assad's regime than if you carry arms."

Mouaz Mustafa, director of the Syrian Emergency Taskforce, tells Matt Frei how innocent Syrians, including his uncle, were brutally killed under Assad.

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‘It’s a slaughterhouse, a machinery of death,’ says Syrian Emergency Task Force director
We spoke to Mouaz Mustafa and asked how certain he was that his uncle was one of those buried in the mass graves of Al-Qutayfa.
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December 17, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Unlocking Syria's dark past. Although this was understood to be happening, it's still shocking to see the sites and hear from witnesses and participants in Assad's barbarity. By Paraic O'Brien and team for @channel4news.bsky.social.

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True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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December 17, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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Chilling read.
December 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones on.ft.com/3ZD2aeb
Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones
Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents
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December 4, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones on.ft.com/3ZD2aeb
Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones
Southern Ukrainian city of Kherson hit more than 9,500 times as Moscow attempts to drive out residents
on.ft.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Worst coup ever. “President Yoon Suk-yeol’s own ruling party has defied him and urged him to swiftly lift martial law following a parliamentary vote against the decree, Yonhap news agency has reported.” www.thetimes.com/article/sout...
South Korea latest: Martial law will remain ‘until president lifts it’
President Yoon Suk-yeol says the move is needed to protect the country from North Korea and to eliminate ‘anti-state elements’
www.thetimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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“Moments after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced he would lift the martial law people outside the National Assembly celebrated, the AFP news agency reports.
It adds that Yoon says martial law troops have withdrawn” www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
South Korea live: South Korea President Yoon says martial law will be lifted
The move comes after lawmakers defied the president, gathering at the parliament to vote to block his imposition of military rule.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
A common sense policy.
Spain said it could give residency and work permits to about 900,000 undocumented migrants in the country over the next three years to help address a growing need for workers, even as other European countries embrace tougher stances on immigration.
Spain Looks to Grant Residency to Nearly 1 Million Migrants
The government said new rules could give legal status — and work permits — to about 300,000 people a year over the next three years to address gaps in the labor market.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Glum news for Europe’s startup scene
November 22, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Some of the most powerful 26 minutes of TV I've watched all year.

Watch @cathynewman.bsky.social's exclusive intv with PJ, John Smyth’s son and one of his first victims.

But a warning, this report contains extremely distressing details.

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Church abuse scandal: my dad the abuser
'He was a master manipulator whose abuse spanned 40 years in three different countries.' The words of John Smyth’s son PJ - one of his earliest victims - in an exclusive interview with this programme....
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November 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Some of the most powerful 26 minutes of TV I've watched all year.

Watch @cathynewman.bsky.social's exclusive intv with PJ, John Smyth’s son and one of his first victims.

But a warning, this report contains extremely distressing details.

www.channel4.com/news/the-wor...
Church abuse scandal: my dad the abuser
'He was a master manipulator whose abuse spanned 40 years in three different countries.' The words of John Smyth’s son PJ - one of his earliest victims - in an exclusive interview with this programme....
www.channel4.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
President Biden says Kyiv can use ATACMs to strike Russian and North Korean targets deep across the border in Kursk, where the Ukrainians are fighting a Russian counteroffensive.

But is it too little, too late? Tune into @Channel4News at 7pm for Lindsey Hilsum’s report.

#ATACMS #Kursk #Ukraine
November 18, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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NEW: News Agents special report: The Abortion Crisis in Florida.

The story of how religious groups, with the connivance and support of the state, are lying to vulnerable women, promising to “reverse” abortions, and endangering lives.

Listen now. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
SPECIAL REPORT: A war on women - Florida’s abortion crisis
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 01/11/2024 · 53m
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November 2, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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What's really happening at the US - Mexico border this election
What's really happening at the US - Mexico border this election
What's really happening at the US - Mexico border this election
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November 4, 2024 at 8:02 PM
New to Blue Sky! What am I missing?
November 14, 2024 at 3:39 PM