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Charles Haviland

@cfhaviland

BBC international news journalist. Special interests Europe, South Asia, Middle East, but the whole world really; former correspondent in Asia (2002-2014)

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linkhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service calendar_today29-08-2009 17:49:55

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🚨Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking at the Palestinian Central Council conference, delivered direct messages to Hamas: 1- Ask Hamas to release all the Israeli hostages. 2- There can be no state with two armed forces. 3- Hamas must end its rule over the Gaza Strip

🚨Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking at the Palestinian Central Council conference, delivered direct messages to Hamas:

1- Ask Hamas to release all the Israeli hostages.

2- There can be no state with two armed forces.

3- Hamas must end its rule over the Gaza Strip
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🤯🇭🇺 Viktor Orbán's latest government ad campaign flooding the streets — commissioned and paid for by the Hungarian government — depicts Hungary's enemies as Ursula von der Leyen, Manfred Weber, and Volodymyr Zelensky, stoking anti-EU, anti-German, and anti-Ukrainian sentiments.

🤯🇭🇺 Viktor Orbán's latest government ad campaign flooding the streets — commissioned and paid for by the Hungarian government — depicts Hungary's enemies as Ursula von der Leyen, Manfred Weber, and Volodymyr Zelensky, stoking anti-EU, anti-German, and anti-Ukrainian sentiments.
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UN's Olga Cherevko quotes a friend: "I saw people burning from the explosions and there was no water to save them" #Gaza #Israel #UNGeneva

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On my way to the Thai coffee shop where we usually spend time online—perhaps the only place with a strong internet connection—just five minutes before I arrived, the place was bombed. Body parts were everywhere, the martyrs and the wounded lying on the ground. The smell of blood

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"#Gaza will be totally destroyed,” says far-right #Israel minister Reports early this morning on AFP News Agency say an Israeli strike kills five people in Beit Lahiya; on Wed. dozens were killed as World Central Kitchen said it could no longer supply meals, bread timesofisrael.com/smotrich-says-…

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Horrendous pictures coming out of Gaza ….again… a lot of mutilated bodies, many children, after a very intense night of Israeli bombings with multiple family homes hit and bodies unretrievable

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"The entire population of #Gaza is facing risk of famine. Families are being starved...All with the world watching in real time. Meanwhile, the #Israeli military offensive is intensifying with atrocious levels of death & destruction": António Guterres shorturl.at/g3qy6

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Our teams joined the mass casualty response in Nasser hospital, Gaza, today, after another disastrous food distribution resulted in people getting shot by Israeli forces. Hear from patients: msf.org/dozens-palesti…

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I live in a neighborhood called Al-Sabra, in Gaza City. Two missiles just fell like a belt of fire. I immediately said, “Allah, have mercy on us.” I rushed to the scene, the martyrs were nothing but minced pieces of flesh. More than 15 martyrs had been turned into scattered body

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"Russia is at war with Britain (and) the US is no longer a reliable ally to the UK": defence adviser Fiona Hill theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

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Horror in #India's Ahmedabad with #Boeing787Crash, + #Iran nuclear row, #Gaza shootings & more ==> BBC World Service The Newsroom (me presenting) 1800 gmt & later at 2200 gmt w Roxy Gagdekar Nick Marsh Caroline Hawley Frank Gardner sebastian usher bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

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#US Senator Alex Padilla Alex Padilla forced to the ground and handcuffed while trying to ask questions of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem