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BBC Monitoring journalist following people for research
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Venezuela's state-run oil firm resuming cargo deliveries after cyberattack, sources say reut.rs/3MAbnjn
Venezuela's state-run oil firm resuming cargo deliveries after cyberattack, sources say
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA on Wednesday was resuming oil cargo deliveries at its terminals following a cyberattack that affected its centralized administrative systems, according to the company and sources.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Morocco launches nationwide emergency relief after floods kill dozens https://aje.io/sshh7q
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Benin on Tuesday jailed around 30 people, most of them soldiers, accused of links to a thwarted coup attempt earlier this month, legal sources told AFP ➡️ u.afp.com/S7Vf
December 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Investigating Food Insecurity

This reporting guide is designed to help journalists understand the causes of food inequity, famine, and starvation as well as the global agencies and data sources tracking these phenomena.

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gijn.org
Guide to Investigating Food Insecurity
twp.ai
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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According to French media reports the 🇫🇷 navy last night shot down five drones flying over the Ile Longue, in Brittany, home to France’s SNLE nuclear-armed submarines, the naval component of France’s nuclear deterrent
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The two leaders met on Friday for a summit focused on energy, defense and trade.
Putin Pledges Steady Oil Supplies to India as He Meets Modi in New Delhi - The Moscow Times
President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia was prepared to continue “uninterrupted” crude oil shipments to India despite sanctions and tariff pressures from the Trump administration, which has a...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine reported strikes on the Syzran Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara region and a seaport in Russia’s Krasnodar region last night.
December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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2/ On 28 November, the tankers Kairos and Virat were struck and seriously damaged by Ukrainian sea drones in the southern Black Sea. Both ships were disabled and had to be towed to Turkish ports. Ukraine subsequently declared a de facto blockade of Russian maritime cargo traffic.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Russia and Saudi Arabia signed a mutual visa waiver agreement.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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A potential peace deal in Ukraine must include serious discussion about its terms and consequences.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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The #people of #Homs are now in the #squares, demonstrating in support of the #Syrian state and rejecting partition.
November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Magnitude 6.3 quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra island, near Aceh, agency says reut.rs/4pDfAB1
Magnitude 6.3 quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra island, near Aceh, agency says
A magnitude 6.3 quake hit Indonesia's Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, its geophysics agency said, adding that it was 10 kilometres deep and had no tsunami potential.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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⚡️ US to discuss Ukraine security guarantees after peace deal signed, Rubio tells allies.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured allies during a Nov. 25 call that the U.S. plans to address security guarantees once an agreement is reached, Politico reported.
US to discuss Ukraine security guarantees after peace deal signed, Rubio tells allies
Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured allies during a Nov. 25 call that the U.S. plans to address security guarantees once an agreement is reached, Politico reported.
kyivindependent.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Today's immigration statistics (at 930) will likely show a further steep fall.

@jamesbowes01.bsky.social explains why.

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The coming collapse in immigration to the United Kingdom - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the fall in net migration to the UK as a result of government policies and explores some of the political and economic consequences.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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🇩🇪 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “Putin must understand he has no chance of winning the war.”
Merz said that preserving peace in Europe remains a core priority of his government. He emphasized that the war in Ukraine must end — but not in a way that would resemble a Ukrainian “capitulation.”
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
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Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital cu...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Today's news about a Russian money laundering network mentions Evil Corp. "Operation Destabilise began by tracking the activity of the ransomware group Evil Corp, but ended up uncovering "eye-watering scales" of money-laundering". As we say in our podcast series: the tentacles spread far and wide
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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⚡ Ukraine is preparing what officials describe as the first claim in history seeking about $43 billion in “climate reparations” from Russia for wartime greenhouse gas emissions.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#BREAKING Death toll from Russian strike on western Ukraine city of Ternopil rises to 25: interior ministry
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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This would provide asylum seekers with an incentive to deal with human traffickers, who will offer to liquidate valuables and lodge the proceeds with unlicensed hawala exchanges for collection after entry
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs

This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks “an unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
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Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage'
An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM