Nick Morrison
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Editor working on @AFP social media accounts. Posts news, cricket, nature. Ex @guardian @independent. All posts/opinions my own etc.
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Australia banned teenagers under the age of 16 from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok ➡️ u.afp.com/S7YY
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Australia banned teenagers under the age of 16 from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok ➡️ u.afp.com/S7YY
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday prepared to send the United States revised proposals to end the war started by Russia's February 2022 invasion, as he met with Pope Leo XIV in Italy ➡️ u.afp.com/S7fG
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday prepared to send the United States revised proposals to end the war started by Russia's February 2022 invasion, as he met with Pope Leo XIV in Italy ➡️ u.afp.com/S7fG
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Mohamed Salah has been dropped from Liverpool's squad for their Champions League tie away to Inter Milan following incendiary remarks about his relationship with manager Arne Slot and his treatment by the Premier League club ➡️ u.afp.com/S7Gn
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Mohamed Salah has been dropped from Liverpool's squad for their Champions League tie away to Inter Milan following incendiary remarks about his relationship with manager Arne Slot and his treatment by the Premier League club ➡️ u.afp.com/S7Gn
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🇬🇧 Veteran British socialist Jeremy Corbyn's new left-wing political party faced a fresh crisis on Saturday after its co-founder, Zarah Sultana, vowed to skip the first day of its inaugural conference.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🇬🇧 Veteran British socialist Jeremy Corbyn's new left-wing political party faced a fresh crisis on Saturday after its co-founder, Zarah Sultana, vowed to skip the first day of its inaugural conference.
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#UPDATE Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday removed his powerful chief of staff and top negotiator, Andriy Yermak, after detectives raided the aide's house as part of a sweeping corruption probe ➡️ u.afp.com/Sh7P
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
#UPDATE Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday removed his powerful chief of staff and top negotiator, Andriy Yermak, after detectives raided the aide's house as part of a sweeping corruption probe ➡️ u.afp.com/Sh7P
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Arne Slot vowed on Thursday to "keep fighting" a day after his Liverpool side were hammered 4-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven, saying his conversations with the club's owners had not changed despite the team's deep slump in form ➡️ u.afp.com/Shmy
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Arne Slot vowed on Thursday to "keep fighting" a day after his Liverpool side were hammered 4-1 at home by PSV Eindhoven, saying his conversations with the club's owners had not changed despite the team's deep slump in form ➡️ u.afp.com/Shmy
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#UPDATE Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday the death toll from the city's worst fire in decades had risen to 65, as firefighters scoured scorched high-rise buildings in an apartment complex for more than 250 people listed as missing ➡️ u.afp.com/ShWQ
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#UPDATE Hong Kong authorities said on Thursday the death toll from the city's worst fire in decades had risen to 65, as firefighters scoured scorched high-rise buildings in an apartment complex for more than 250 people listed as missing ➡️ u.afp.com/ShWQ
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A British man broke down in court on Wednesday as he dramatically changed his plea and admitted deliberately ploughing his car into crowds at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade in May, injuring scores of people ➡️ u.afp.com/ShMH
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A British man broke down in court on Wednesday as he dramatically changed his plea and admitted deliberately ploughing his car into crowds at Liverpool's Premier League victory parade in May, injuring scores of people ➡️ u.afp.com/ShMH
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Britain's centre-left Labour government unveiled a tax-raising budget on Wednesday to curb debt and fund public services -- and said the country would grow less than expected over the coming years ➡️ u.afp.com/ShQc
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Britain's centre-left Labour government unveiled a tax-raising budget on Wednesday to curb debt and fund public services -- and said the country would grow less than expected over the coming years ➡️ u.afp.com/ShQc
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VIDEO: 🇯🇲 🎤 Kingston residents react to death of reggae icon Jimmy Cliff
Residents of Jamaica's capital react to the death at the age of 81 of Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon
Residents of Jamaica's capital react to the death at the age of 81 of Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
VIDEO: 🇯🇲 🎤 Kingston residents react to death of reggae icon Jimmy Cliff
Residents of Jamaica's capital react to the death at the age of 81 of Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon
Residents of Jamaica's capital react to the death at the age of 81 of Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island's rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon
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VIDEO: 🇬🇧 🎮 British Esports, UK Ministry of Defence in new partnership
Military personnel from around the world settle in for an Esports exhibition match in London, as the MoD and British Esports Federation launch a partnership aimed at developing the "digital and cyber skills" of service personnel
Military personnel from around the world settle in for an Esports exhibition match in London, as the MoD and British Esports Federation launch a partnership aimed at developing the "digital and cyber skills" of service personnel
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
VIDEO: 🇬🇧 🎮 British Esports, UK Ministry of Defence in new partnership
Military personnel from around the world settle in for an Esports exhibition match in London, as the MoD and British Esports Federation launch a partnership aimed at developing the "digital and cyber skills" of service personnel
Military personnel from around the world settle in for an Esports exhibition match in London, as the MoD and British Esports Federation launch a partnership aimed at developing the "digital and cyber skills" of service personnel
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Former MEP and ex-leader of the Reform UK party in Wales, Nathan Gill, was on Friday jailed for 10 years and six months for taking bribes to deliver pro-Russia speeches in the European parliament ➡️ u.afp.com/ShJU
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Former MEP and ex-leader of the Reform UK party in Wales, Nathan Gill, was on Friday jailed for 10 years and six months for taking bribes to deliver pro-Russia speeches in the European parliament ➡️ u.afp.com/ShJU
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#UPDATE Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he will not "betray" his country as he pushed back on a US plan to end the war on terms favourable to Moscow, acknowledging he risked losing Washington as an ally ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoL
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#UPDATE Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he will not "betray" his country as he pushed back on a US plan to end the war on terms favourable to Moscow, acknowledging he risked losing Washington as an ally ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoL
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Kyiv was scrambling on Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoL
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Kyiv was scrambling on Friday to respond to a US proposal that would force it to effectively capitulate to Russia after almost four years of war, with Moscow telling Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate now or lose more territory on the battlefield ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoL
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🇧🇷 🌎 Negotiators were divided on Friday on the last day of fire-delayed UN climate talks, as Europe rejected COP30 host Brazil's latest draft agreement which lacks a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoR
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🇧🇷 🌎 Negotiators were divided on Friday on the last day of fire-delayed UN climate talks, as Europe rejected COP30 host Brazil's latest draft agreement which lacks a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels ➡️ u.afp.com/ShoR
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VIDEO: 🇬🇧 First snow of the season falls in the UK's Yorkshire Dales
Snow settled on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales on Wednesday, as the UK experiences its first Arctic blast of the winter
Snow settled on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales on Wednesday, as the UK experiences its first Arctic blast of the winter
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
VIDEO: 🇬🇧 First snow of the season falls in the UK's Yorkshire Dales
Snow settled on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales on Wednesday, as the UK experiences its first Arctic blast of the winter
Snow settled on the higher ground of the Yorkshire Dales on Wednesday, as the UK experiences its first Arctic blast of the winter
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#UPDATE The number of people killed in a Russian missile and drone strike on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil has risen to 25, including three children, the interior ministry said on Wednesday ➡️ u.afp.com/Snju
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#UPDATE The number of people killed in a Russian missile and drone strike on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil has risen to 25, including three children, the interior ministry said on Wednesday ➡️ u.afp.com/Snju
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Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 warned on Tuesday that China was trying to recruit parliamentarians through spies disguised as headhunters, amid concern over Beijing's activities in the UK ➡️ u.afp.com/SnzB
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 warned on Tuesday that China was trying to recruit parliamentarians through spies disguised as headhunters, amid concern over Beijing's activities in the UK ➡️ u.afp.com/SnzB
Highlight of the England game in Tirana:
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Highlight of the England game in Tirana:
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US President Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion, after the British broadcaster apologized but said it would not pay damages for a misleading speech edit ➡️ u.afp.com/Sn7c
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
US President Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion, after the British broadcaster apologized but said it would not pay damages for a misleading speech edit ➡️ u.afp.com/Sn7c
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A Swiss Gruyere has been crowned the 2025 World Cheese Champion, seeing off competition from more than 5,000 rivals from 46 countries
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November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A Swiss Gruyere has been crowned the 2025 World Cheese Champion, seeing off competition from more than 5,000 rivals from 46 countries
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A British court ruled on Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of pounds in compensation ➡️ u.afp.com/Snnm
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A British court ruled on Friday that Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially paving the way for billions of pounds in compensation ➡️ u.afp.com/Snnm
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🌎 Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research that also warns curbing warming under 1.5C would now be essentially "impossible".
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November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🌎 Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research that also warns curbing warming under 1.5C would now be essentially "impossible".
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AFP’s Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the Eiffel Tower illuminated in the colours of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris.
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
AFP’s Dimitar Dilkoff photographs the Eiffel Tower illuminated in the colours of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris.
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
10 Years ago jihadist gunmen and suicide bombers staged coordinated attacks in Paris killing 130 people
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Democrats released emails on Wednesday in which Jeffrey Epstein suggested Donald Trump was aware of the disgraced financier's sexual abuse and had "spent hours" with one of his victims at his house ➡️ u.afp.com/SnM3
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Democrats released emails on Wednesday in which Jeffrey Epstein suggested Donald Trump was aware of the disgraced financier's sexual abuse and had "spent hours" with one of his victims at his house ➡️ u.afp.com/SnM3