'A luminous love letter to an embattled nation' 'wonderfully written... vivid, lyrical passages'
Blown away by this review of Night Train to Odesa in today's Observer. Particularly as it's by Luke Harding who is in Ukraine right now, writing brilliant frontline dispatches.

Southern Lebanon: BBC sees air strike destruction in deserted towns ⁦Carine Torbey كارين طربيه⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Night Train to Odesa, my book about covering the war in Ukraine, is available to pre-order. It comes out 2nd May 2024 with Polygon Books.
Hugely excited to share this story with everyone...

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On Day 2 of #WorldServicePresents the focus will be on the pioneering & award-winning work of BBC Eye Investigations. We are also partnering with 11 universities around the world and in the UK for a day of presentations & workshops on forensic journalism with their students.🧵1

World Central Kitchen to resume aid in Gaza following fatal airstrike bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

'He had lost his kids, his grandkids, his home,' Sam recalls, 'and he's alone in the corner of this dark hospital, maggots going out of his wounds, and he was screaming: 'The worms are eating me alive please help me’” -US medic in Gaza, by Fergal Keane
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One more hand wave 👋 and big thank you to Ramita Navai and Pranvera Shema Smith for a great evening’s discussion. And thank you everyone who came for my preview event! Publication on 4 July, please pre-order if you can with the link in my profile 🙏🙏

We’re made to make you think BBC.com/news (I’m glad they kept in the panting)

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s appeal has been rejected. He’ll be held in pre-trial detention until at least June 30. But members of the media were let in to see him for the first time in months.

From the archive: One year ago, Israeli forces shot and killed beloved Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Today we revisit this interview by Farah-Silvana Kanaan with fellow Palestinian journalist Shatha Hanaysha: today.lorientlejour.com/article/131770…

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