Jack Hewson
@jackhewson.com
PBS Newshour Special Correspondent |
Producer-Director 🎥 |
BAFTA- and Rory Peck-nominated 2025 |
DuPont-Columbia winner 2023 |
jackhewson.com/showreel |
Based in Istanbul
Producer-Director 🎥 |
BAFTA- and Rory Peck-nominated 2025 |
DuPont-Columbia winner 2023 |
jackhewson.com/showreel |
Based in Istanbul
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One effect of our age of the rich: the flattery industry is booming. Call them luxury hotel concierges, personal trainers, Trump cabinet members, Musk "loyalists", wealth managers etc, but the essential job is flatterer. Me
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
How flattery became a big, beautiful industry
[FREE TO READ] Never before have there been so many rich people to be boosted
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
One effect of our age of the rich: the flattery industry is booming. Call them luxury hotel concierges, personal trainers, Trump cabinet members, Musk "loyalists", wealth managers etc, but the essential job is flatterer. Me
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
@financialtimes.com on how the industry works on.ft.com/43SIvbR
For anyone going through a difficult period of their life right now, this interview with Anthony Hopkins is incredibly inspiring.
youtu.be/1mbe4F3YBqw?...
youtu.be/1mbe4F3YBqw?...
The Day Anthony Hopkins Quit Drinking | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
For anyone going through a difficult period of their life right now, this interview with Anthony Hopkins is incredibly inspiring.
youtu.be/1mbe4F3YBqw?...
youtu.be/1mbe4F3YBqw?...
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For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Growing inequality drives stock market disconnect with broader economic reality...
"the number of so-called "everyday millionaires" has more than quadrupled since 2000 to about 52 million people.
...
The scale of wealth makes it difficult for markets to go to ground for very long."
"the number of so-called "everyday millionaires" has more than quadrupled since 2000 to about 52 million people.
...
The scale of wealth makes it difficult for markets to go to ground for very long."
Markets face down 2025's upheavals with puzzling ease reut.rs/4o4eBbW
Markets face down 2025's upheavals with puzzling ease
A turbulent 2025 has been remarkable as much for what didn't break as for what did. Financial markets and the wider global economy are looking to end the year in a fairly serene state despite Washington's bid to rewrite the global economic rulebook.
reut.rs
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Growing inequality drives stock market disconnect with broader economic reality...
"the number of so-called "everyday millionaires" has more than quadrupled since 2000 to about 52 million people.
...
The scale of wealth makes it difficult for markets to go to ground for very long."
"the number of so-called "everyday millionaires" has more than quadrupled since 2000 to about 52 million people.
...
The scale of wealth makes it difficult for markets to go to ground for very long."
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Moscow is making great efforts in building its Runet — a closed and strictly controlled Russian internet. The Barents Observer has compiled an overview of what is happening in the Russian segment of the internet
The new Russian internet: closed, censored, and “secure”
The World Wide Web is gradually disappearing in Russia — not only as an information technology, but also as a space of freedom. The Russian state is making great efforts in building its alternative Ru...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Moscow is making great efforts in building its Runet — a closed and strictly controlled Russian internet. The Barents Observer has compiled an overview of what is happening in the Russian segment of the internet
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Our good friends the Saudis.
Then again, we are just blowing up boatloads of folks.
Then again, we are just blowing up boatloads of folks.
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Our good friends the Saudis.
Then again, we are just blowing up boatloads of folks.
Then again, we are just blowing up boatloads of folks.
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This threatened law suit is ridiculous. But very irritating that the BBC put itself in such a vulnerable position and will now have to spend so much energy and attention defending itself,
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
Outgoing BBC director general to address staff after Trump threatens to sue for $1bn
Trump says he will file legal action by Friday if the BBC does not apologise and
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This threatened law suit is ridiculous. But very irritating that the BBC put itself in such a vulnerable position and will now have to spend so much energy and attention defending itself,
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
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Moscow's forces push south of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, Russian commander says reut.rs/43piAIr
Moscow's forces push south of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, Russian commander says
Russian forces have pushed deep into the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk and curled southwards to capture a series of train stations, a Russian commander on the ground said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Moscow's forces push south of the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, Russian commander says reut.rs/43piAIr
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“A country long defined by its own history of political violence, paramilitarism, and vigilantism, Ireland now faces a different kind of threat. This time, the targets are non-white immigrants and Muslims.”
Brilliant reporting by @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social.
Brilliant reporting by @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social.
Inside the rise of Ireland’s new far-right terror threat
The emergence of the IDA marks a shift to small, tightly controlled extremist cells operating covertly in Ireland
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“A country long defined by its own history of political violence, paramilitarism, and vigilantism, Ireland now faces a different kind of threat. This time, the targets are non-white immigrants and Muslims.”
Brilliant reporting by @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social.
Brilliant reporting by @johnmooneyirl.bsky.social.
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Using never-before-seen videos, rare testimonies and leaked military files, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes abuses and battlefield weaknesses in the civil war raging across Myanmar. Watch: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Using never-before-seen videos, rare testimonies and leaked military files, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes abuses and battlefield weaknesses in the civil war raging across Myanmar. Watch: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
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"Clearly echoing Erwin Rommel’s Nazi force, the Africa Corps is the Kremlin’s new expeditionary formation in Africa. ...Like Wagner before it, it is still laden with neo-Nazi and white supremacist symbology."
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
The bear and the bot farm: Countering Russian hybrid warfare in Africa
Russia has many quiet enemies in Africa. Working together, like-minded Africans and Europeans can roll back its troublesome influence.
ecfr.eu
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Clearly echoing Erwin Rommel’s Nazi force, the Africa Corps is the Kremlin’s new expeditionary formation in Africa. ...Like Wagner before it, it is still laden with neo-Nazi and white supremacist symbology."
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
on Russian neo-colonialism in Africa:
ecfr.eu/publication/...
US blocks $22b sanctions-prompted sale of Lukoil to Gunvor, a Swiss commodity trader cofounded by Putin ally Gennady Timchenko in the 90s. Timchenko fully divested for a decade but US treasury says Gunvor still a "Putin puppet"
www.ft.com/content/19e5...
www.ft.com/content/19e5...
Gunvor drops bid for $22bn of Lukoil assets after US moves to block deal
Treasury calls Swiss trader ‘Kremlin’s puppet’ and says it would block its licence to operate
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
US blocks $22b sanctions-prompted sale of Lukoil to Gunvor, a Swiss commodity trader cofounded by Putin ally Gennady Timchenko in the 90s. Timchenko fully divested for a decade but US treasury says Gunvor still a "Putin puppet"
www.ft.com/content/19e5...
www.ft.com/content/19e5...
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"China now makes a lot more from exporting wind turbines, electric cars, solar cells and the like than drill-baby-drill America makes selling fossil fuels." | The Economist
The world’s renewable-energy superpower
China’s moment for climate leadership has arrived
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
"China now makes a lot more from exporting wind turbines, electric cars, solar cells and the like than drill-baby-drill America makes selling fossil fuels." | The Economist
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Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents.
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Both The New York Times and Airwars are tracking the U.S. strikes on boats in the Carribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. 64 or 65 killed in 15 separate incidents.
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
NYT: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Airwars: airwars.org/conflict/u-s...
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How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield | "Drone warfare is reshaping global security by enabling low-cost, high-impact operations, for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, China, and others."
How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield
Drone warfare is reshaping global security by enabling low-cost, high-impact operations, for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, China, and others.
cepa.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How are Drones Changing War? The Future of the Battlefield | "Drone warfare is reshaping global security by enabling low-cost, high-impact operations, for Ukraine, Russia, NATO, China, and others."
Funny that
"You left Europe because you wanted less boats. You have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment."
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
Prime Minister Edi Rama of Albania on the UK's decision to leave the European Union.
Watch in full ➡️ bit.ly/4qkZnS0
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Funny that
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NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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“The ship is expected to reduce emissions versus a traditional cargo ship by up to 80 percent. The vessel has two rigid sails mounted on Solidsail rigs designed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique” maritime-executive.com/article/sail...
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“The ship is expected to reduce emissions versus a traditional cargo ship by up to 80 percent. The vessel has two rigid sails mounted on Solidsail rigs designed by Chantiers de l’Atlantique” maritime-executive.com/article/sail...
A demonstration of sanctions evasion creating a fake company to issue Western insurance to dodgy Russian shadow ships passing through NATO waters.
www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/...
www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/...
NRK reveals: Russian used Norwegian company to fool the West
www.nrk.no
October 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A demonstration of sanctions evasion creating a fake company to issue Western insurance to dodgy Russian shadow ships passing through NATO waters.
www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/...
www.nrk.no/vestland/xl/...
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Mass atrocities by #RSF since capture of El Fasher #Darfur #Sudan should be wake up call for the world. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should
📢Condemn RSF crimes & their backers, including #UnitedArabEmirates
✍️Sanction RSF top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
📢Condemn RSF crimes & their backers, including #UnitedArabEmirates
✍️Sanction RSF top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
Sudan: Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City
Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings and other serious violations against people fleeing North Darfur’s capital, E...
www.hrw.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Mass atrocities by #RSF since capture of El Fasher #Darfur #Sudan should be wake up call for the world. @eudiplomacy.bsky.social should
📢Condemn RSF crimes & their backers, including #UnitedArabEmirates
✍️Sanction RSF top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
📢Condemn RSF crimes & their backers, including #UnitedArabEmirates
✍️Sanction RSF top leaders
⛑️Press for measures to protect civilians
www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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African gerontocrats are having a bumper year. In another surprise to no one, Alassane Outtara, 83, has won a fourth term as Ivory Coast's president.
I was surprised, though, by the magnitude of victory - 89.77% of the vote. It helps to disqualify your biggest opponents and clamp down on protests.
I was surprised, though, by the magnitude of victory - 89.77% of the vote. It helps to disqualify your biggest opponents and clamp down on protests.
Alassane Ouattara wins landslide fourth term as Ivory Coast’s president
Low turnout said to have made for most peaceful election in years, as 83-year-old accused of clampdown on dissent wins 89.77% of vote
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
African gerontocrats are having a bumper year. In another surprise to no one, Alassane Outtara, 83, has won a fourth term as Ivory Coast's president.
I was surprised, though, by the magnitude of victory - 89.77% of the vote. It helps to disqualify your biggest opponents and clamp down on protests.
I was surprised, though, by the magnitude of victory - 89.77% of the vote. It helps to disqualify your biggest opponents and clamp down on protests.
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“Why are traumatized people so MISERABLE?”
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
How Chronic Disappointment Rewires the Brain
Chronic disappointment can train the brain to expect pain instead of reward. Restoring hope means reawakening dopamine through small actions, enriched environments, and new desire.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“Why are traumatized people so MISERABLE?”
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...
“Too much disappointment teaches the system that ‘wanting leads to pain,’ and so it stops responding to potential rewards. … Biologically, it’s an adaptive silencing of the very circuits that make us feel alive.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/an-i...