Why has the British government quietly suspended Chevening scholarships for Afghan students? This programme is needed more than ever as a generation of Afghans - especially women - languish. ⁦David Lammy⁩ hyphenonline.com/2024/08/23/uk-…

#ukraine #MentalHealthAwareness

And with thanks to lyse doucet Stephen Fry and Ukrainecast for sharing an honest conversation about mental health in wartime. Thinking of dear friends who know exactly why this isn’t easy. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

.lyse doucet - glad you are focusing on this important topic. You might also be interested in this perspective on trauma, resilience and the "invisible frontline" of mental health in #Ukraine: cvt.org/articles/war-c…

Ready to go on ⁦BBC Radio 4 Today⁩ with ⁦Simon Jack⁩ & great team - join us for news from #Germany #Sicily , #Afghanistan & more 📻 ⁦BBC Sounds⁩

On the same day, they killed a woman, Fatima, for refusing to wear the clothes they decreed. He was the faamous man; she was the unknown woman - both victims of ISIS. More in my book 'I Brought The War With Me', published next month. penguin.co.uk/books/459046/i…

In South Sudan, 84% of girls over 15 are illiterate and just 8% go to secondary school. The UK-led Girls Education South Sudan programme has supported over 1.2m girls to access school. In Bentiu, I met schoolgirls to hear about how this programme has transformed their futures.

Why not go to BBC iPlayer , find today's episode of BBC Radio 4 Today , then drag ur cursor to 8:10 AM in the prog, & listen to lyse doucet interviewing the great Orla Guerin talking about Lebanon following the tit-for-tat frightening exchanges between Hizbollah & Israel yesterday.

Noli timere Don't be afraid. Remembering Seamus Heaney who died on this day in 2013.

Join us on BBC Newshour 13bst ⁦BBC World Service⁩ - news from #Brazil on blocking ..err..twitter, what’s it like living in #kharkiv under fire.,and more backed up by ⁦BBCOutputOps⁩ Chris & Ash behind the glass with today’s editor ⁦⁦Junaid Ahmed⁩ 📻⁦BBC Sounds⁩

Coming up to #Newshour on ⁦BBC World Service⁩ 21 BST - urgent polio vaccination in #Gaza w/ ⁦World Health Organization (WHO)⁩ Rik Peeperkorn in #Gaza & Jon Donnison⁩ in #Jerusalem. ⁦Charles Arthur⁩ tells us about #Brazil ban on twitter .. and monkeys who talk📻 ⁦BBC Sounds⁩

Pakistan's crisis in human development needs urgent attention. Over 26 million school age children are out of school. 40 % of people are still illiterate. Poverty is at 40% now. Pakistan may be sleep walking to a disaster that can only be ignored at great peril to the country.

#Pakistan

My book ‘I Brought The War With Me; Stories and Poems from the Front Line’ comes out on September 19th. ⁦Chatto&Windus⁩ ⁦Vintage Books⁩ Here’s what it’s all about

This book is a call to reclaim our political language while it exposes those who are responsible for hijacking it.

Today we remember American—Israeli journalist Steven Sotloff killed ten years ago today by ISIS. His tragic death among several others prompted an international moral awakening to the crisis of international hostage-taking. #BringThemHome

Does it get more Canadian than this? 🇨🇦❤️