Orla Guerin
@OrlaGuerin
Senior International Correspondent @BBCNews. Dubliner making detours for decades. Never far from a cup of tea. Own views. Retweets not endorsements.
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As Israel bombards Gaza - with 23,000 Palestinians killed - some Israeli settlers dream of resettling there, in Palestinian territory. With wietske burema goktay koraltan @ArielTagar
'Hope is mandatory' - Rachel Goldberg-Polin whose son Hersh (23) is among about 130 remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza. She says 'its time for the suffering to end' - for thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza too. With wietske burema @Goktay Ariel Tagar
This is the story of Alma, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza whose entire family was killed - in one night. Relatives say an Israeli strike brought down a 5-storey building on them. Warning graphic content. With @Goktay wietske burema Haneen Abdeen
Another child shot dead by Israeli security forces - this time for holding a firework. Orla Guerin report on the circumstances of the killing - and the response of Israel’s far right security minister - who applauded the gunman. instagram.com/reel/C4fLeavMd…
Could you save your neighbours with just hours to escape before an Israeli bombing raid ?
Gaza dentist Mahmoud Shaheed had to.
Extraordinary reporting by Alice Cuddy
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We talk to a Ukrainian who lost almost everything in Russian attacks- #Ukrainecast with Lucy Hockings, Orla Guerin and me
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'The next memory is just waking up in the hospital.... Everything was so dark ' - Andrii, 27, one of Ukraine's new army of amputees, who has lost his hands and his sight. He and his wife Alina are a portrait of courage, determination and love. With wietske burema @Goktay Natalka Sosnytska
Zelensky speaks to The Economist (again). He sees “change of mood among some…partners. “I have this intuition, reading, hearing & seeing their eyes [when they say] ‘we’ll be always with you’…But I see that he or she is not here, not with us.” economist.com/europe/2023/09…
In #TheHappyPod Orla Guerin on an amazing 11 year old in Yemen who teaches his class, a trip to a Greek island that creates no rubbish and incredible listeners like Tori, a US Navy Lieutenant who climbs mountains and Jess who’s taught her dog to count. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Two years on update on Ahmed - the remarkable school boy we met in war torn #Yemen in 2021. He's got big plans. Since our last story he and his school have been helped by Twins.org.uk, Islamic Relief UK + Tamdeen Youth Foundation. With @Goktay wietske burema @AhmedBaider1
A season of smoke, flames + devastation in Greece - where hundreds of wildfires have broken out. The dead so far include 18 suspected migrants + refugees but some locals blame migrants for the fires - without any proof. With @Goktay @Wburema Zeynep Erdim Kostas Koukoumakas
'Dead bodies were everywhere. We couldn't keep count. We couldn't help each other'.
10 years after Rabaa by Sally Nabil
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