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Today Atlantic Odyssey - Ananya Prasad is embarking on a 60-day solo row across the Atlantic — the first woman of colour ever to do so. She told BBC Sheffield she’s looking forward to seeing the stars clearer than ever. Listen to her full interview here, from about 1h5m in: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

The lead item on BBC News at 1000 & 1100 from Damascus was recorded on an iPhone & sent to London using our in-house app PNG. #mojo

Agreed - couldn’t be more in awe of Barbara Plett Usher and team Narinder Kalsi Sophie Williams for their reporting from Syria over the past couple of days. Brave women doing amazing things

The full team: Lina Sinjab لينا سنجاب Barbara Plett Usher Sophie Williams shoot edit @TimFacey and the absolutely incredible Joanna Majzoub - yes, we were the 1st to get in to Damascus yest, yes the coverage has been exceptional and yes it was an all girl team (Tim was honorary girl 😂)

#Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free #Syria bbc.com/news/articles/…

PinkNews staff have accused the site’s founder and his husband of sexual misconduct and misogyny, as relayed in this excellent investigation from Josh Parry bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We covered the Sara Sharif murder trial. This is my piece on what happened in court from the horrifying details of Sara’s short, desperate life - the torture, the beatings, the injuries - to the courtroom drama of a husband and wife turning on each other. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

NEW: Conservative peer Baroness Catherine Meyer is facing 3 a week suspension from the House of Lords. A report has found she twice referred to fellow peer Lord Dholakia as ‘Lord Poppadom’. She also touched the hair of MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy without consent.

The only reason we got in is because I had Joanna Majzoub and Lina Sinjab لينا سنجاب provide our team with their valuable knowledge, contacts and support on the ground. More reason to support our bureaus and colleagues in the regions 👌🏽👏🏽💪🏽

Very proud of our BBC World Service teams who have launched live radio service for Syria just days after the fall of Assad. In English and Arabic, 8 hours a day on MW and FM. A true lifeline for a country emerging from a nightmare. Thanks to colleagues across BBC News (UK)

It’s 25 years ago today that the legal ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces was lifted - but it’s only much more recently that reparations have been made to those who had lives destroyed. Ashitha Nagesh & I have been looking back. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Did you know there’s a spot in central London that’s become of a hive of Indian stand-up? I caught up with Soho Theatre, and with the hilarious Prashasti Singh and Anuvab Pal, to find out more for BBC World Service. My piece is about 46 mins in: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1…

Pankaj Lamba's parents have been arrested in India. Lamba is suspected of killing his wife Harshita Brella in Corby & fleeing the country last year. The investigation in India is separate to the one being carried out here in the UK. Story by Yogita Limaye: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Gazan men have told the BBC they were subjected to chemical burns, beatings, sexual assaults, dog attacks and electric shocks while detained in Israel. Extremely disturbing testimonies, reported incredibly thoroughly by Alice Cuddy. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Andrew Tate is accused of pointing a gun in a woman's face and saying "you're going to do as I say or there'll be hell to pay" in court docs from the UK civil action against him. Tate denies the claims. Was great to work with lucy manning on this story: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I’m at the Mall today for the VE Day 80 parade 🎊 So what goes into a parade like this? The Brigade Major, Lt Col Charles Foinette told me they were rehearsing the route at 2am on Saturday! Follow for updates from my BBC News (UK) colleagues and me here: bbc.co.uk/news/live/c20x…

Violent criminals could be let out early for good behaviour under recommendations made by the Independent Sentencing Review bbc.com/news/articles/…