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Kriszta Satori

@fulelo.bsky.social

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BBC cog; Russia, FSU, E.Europe, Syria opp watcher. Views own, some humour 🤨 migrant, chatty. Oversharing news. Masto: @[email protected] prior X @fulelo Work: #TheGlobalJigsaw http://tinyurl.com/4t2vh3e2 BBCNews starter pack https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · Nov 19

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes
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#ClimateChange

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - CAR president's rival invited back from exile then detained
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Dominique Désiré Erenon: CAR president's rival invited back from exile then detained

Dominique Désiré Erenon was arrested on arrival in Bangui after three years spent living in France.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - #Eswatini accepts 10 US deportees despite legal challenge
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Eswatini accepts 10 deportees from the US despite legal challenge

This is the second group to arrive in the southern Africa state following a deal with the US government.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Sudan militia leader convicted of war crimes during #Darfur war
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#Kushayb #Janjaweed

Ali Kushayb: Sudan militia leader convicted of war crimes in Darfur

Ali Kushayb led the Janjaweed, a group whose campaign of terror led to hundreds and thousands of deaths.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

Icymi, billionaire populist Andrej Babis' party wins Czech parliamentary election
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Czech Republic: Billionaire populist Andrej Babis' party wins parliamentary election

However, his ANO party falls short of an overall majority in preliminary results.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Gisèle #Pelicot faces one of her rapists in court again as French women fear nothing has changed
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#GiselePelicot

Gisèle Pelicot faces one of her rapists in court again

Gisèle Pelicot's dominant stance was seen as a moment in France's MeToo movement but the enthusiasm appears to be wilting.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - BBC finds Russian guards, Iranian trucks and rusting railway on Trump's Caucasus peace route
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#Armenia

A deserted rail station on Trump's route to peace where global interests collide

The planned Trump Route in the South Caucasus could reshape the geopolitics of a region that borders Russia and Iran.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - MoD spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh language
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MoD spends millions on private schools to avoid Welsh language

Military personnel receive a private education allowance to avoid lessons in Welsh in state schools.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems
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The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems

Are this year's major attacks the

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 has been awarded for discoveries that explain how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.
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Scientists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking immune system work

The prize-winning discovery explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO
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Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO

More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, say experts.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - France in fresh political crisis as PM Lecornu quits after 26 days
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after less than a month

Lecornu was asked by President Macron to stay on until Wednesday in a last-ditch attempt to achieve "stability" for the country.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China
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One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China

BBC News is given access to what the Met Police says is the UK's largest operation against mobile phone thefts.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Starmer urges students not to protest on 7 October
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Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October

The prime minister says it is "un-British" to hold pro-Palestinian protests on the second anniversary of Hamas's attacks on Israel.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
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Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge while US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation
#Climate #ClimateChange

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
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#Clearsprings

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - US Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell appeal in Epstein case
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US Supreme Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell appeal

The British socialite is serving a 20-year prison sentence on sex-trafficking charges related to former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - British parts found in Russian drones, Zelensky says
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British parts found in Russian drones, Zelesnky says

The Ukrainian leader says British-made microcomputers were used in weapons launched at Ukraine this weekend.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 1d

#BBCNews - Israel and Hamas begin indirect talks in Egypt on Trump's Gaza peace plan
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Israel and Hamas begin indirect talks in Egypt on Trump's Gaza peace plan

The talks are expected to be among the most consequential since the start of the war two years ago.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

International student arrivals to the US dropped 19% this year, the biggest drop on record aside from the 2020 pandemic low.

The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 2d

The decline is occurring as the Trump administration has delayed visa processing, instituted travel bans or restrictions for 19 countries, threatened to deport international students for pro-Palestinian speech, and heightened the vetting of student visa applicants.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

www.nytimes.com

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 4d

Our latest #TheGlobalJigsaw - a whirlwind tour of Middle Eastern nuclear narratives,- is a proper weekend listen. Highly recommended by a visiting fox, who walked by on the fence and kept an ear out for some of the illustrations: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... please let us know what you think 🙏🏻

A mid size fox, standing on top of a fence, under a tree, looking straight into the camera, face serious and curious, ears pointed

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 4d

#BBCNews - Conservative church group condemns choice of female Archbishop of Canterbury
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#SarahMullally

Sarah Mullally: Choice of new Archbishop of Canterbury met "with sorrow" by conservative group Gafcon

The group, Gafcon, says that its followers believe "the Bible requires a male-only episcopacy".

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 4d

#BBCNews - Russia targets UK military satellites on weekly basis
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Russia targets UK military satellites on weekly basis

Moscow is attempting to collect information from UK spacecraft, according to the MoD.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 4d

#BBCNews - TikTok recommends porn to children, says report
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TikTok 'recommends sexual content and porn to children', says report

Researchers find TikTok's algorithm recommends sexual content to newly-created child accounts.

Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 4d

#BBCNews - Suspected drones force second Munich airport closure in 24 hours
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Suspected drones force second Munich airport closure in 24 hours

Flights were suspended at 21:30 local time, with around 6,500 passengers affected.