A copy of It Started in Damascus: How the Long Syrian Revolution Reshaped Our World by Rime Allaf held in front of Somerset House. The cover of the book features a photo of a turret taken through an archway. There are birds flying around the spire. The author name, title and subtitle are in white text.

Congratulations @rallaf.bsky.social, It Started in Damascus publishes today.

‘Weaving her own story through an account of recent Syrian history, Rime Allaf provides a riveting insider’s perspective.’ — @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social

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Our Channel 4 News story: Survivors tell of violence committed by RSF forces in Sudan
Https://www.channel4.com/news/survivors-tell-of-violence-committed-by-rsf-forces-in-sudan

Tanzania: President sworn in after reported killing of hundreds of protesters The Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in for another term - after a disputed election which saw two main rivals barred from running.

Tanzania: President sworn in after reported killing of hundreds of protesters
www.channel4.com/news/tanzani...

The victims of Sudan’s two and a half year conflict Abdelaziz Mudawi tells of how 31 people - 24 of them his relatives - were killed.

"I could see the street and the massacre happened right outside." Anatomy of an atrocity: Our @channel4news piece from #Khartoum #Sudan. @Zahra_ZW producing. @munksoren on camera/edit.
www.channel4.com/news/the-vic...

Very kind, thank you. But I think I have some great colleagues @channel4news and on other broadcasters and in newspapers.

Drone strike on mosque by Sudanese paramilitary kills 75 A drone strike by a Sudanese paramilitary group has hit a mosque in a camp for displaced people in Darfur, killing at least 70 people.

My first live report from Khartoum, as a strike on a mosque by the Sudanese paramilitary RSF kills 75
www.channel4.com/news/drone-s...

YouTube video by Byline TV We Need To Talk About Ukraine.

Mu latest short film from Ukraine frontline.
#ukraine @bylinetv #Donbas #Putin

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Hard to overstate how much I hate the word ´content´!

#LestWeForget #ElFasher #Sudan

Thanks @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social for (shocking) report.

@emilythornberry.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

Thank you. It’s a huge honour, and I’m very grateful.

Our Channel4News story from Ukraine’s front line near Kupyansk, where Putin is trying to seize what land he can
Https://www.channel4.com/news/on-ukraines-front-line-where-putin-is-trying-to-seize-what-land-he-can

Inside Ukraine’s hidden weapons lab – will Trump’s aid help? Ukraine’s armed forces have succeeded in slowing Vladimir Putin’s summer offensive.

Our report from Kharkiv www.channel4.com/news/inside-...

Barbara Demick in conversation with Lindsey Hilsum Buy tickets for the event with Barbara Demick in conversation with Lindsey Hilsum at Daunt Books Marylebone from Daunt Books today.

Great event in London next Monday June 9th as @BarbaraDemick presents her brilliant new book - an extraordinary tale of twin girls, and China’s one child policy
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Parliament, NGOs urge British PM to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah More than 100 British parliamentarians, and 32 human rights organisations, have written to the British Prime Minister urging him to use all the tools at his disposal to free the British-Egyptian priso...

As Sanaa Seif, sister of detained British-Egyptian citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, provides a deeply worrying update on their mother's hunger strike, we at TIMEP reiterate our call on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act urgently and immediately to #FreeAlaa: fairsq.org/parliament-n...

Israel-Gaza war: desperate Palestinians storm aid depot A controversial new US and Israeli-backed aid organisation began operating in Gaza today.

Israel-Gaza war: desperate Palestinians storm aid depot

Gaza aid chaos ‘completely avoidable’ says UNRWA director Sam Rose works for the UN Relief and Works Agency, where he is the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza.

Gaza aid chaos ‘completely avoidable’ says UNRWA director

The Israeli reservists refusing to fight in Gaza Tomorrow will mark 600 days since Israel launched its military action on Gaza, following the Hamas assault on October 7th. While Israel's prosecution of the war has grown ever more unpopular and contr...

Our @Channel4News story on the Israeli reservists refusing to fight in #Gaza - and the right-wing Yoga Settler who tells me why she sees even Palestinian children as a threat.
www.channel4.com/news/the-isr...

Our @channel4news story: How one five-year-old girl escaped an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza
Https://www.channel4.com/news/how-one-five-year-old-girl-escaped-an-israeli-airstrike-on-a-school-in-gaza

Israel protesters demand more as ‘spoonful of aid’ crosses into Gaza As Israel steps up its action to take control of Gaza, it continues to defy Western condemnation of how it has left Palestinians starving by cutting off aid.

www.channel4.com/news/israel-...

‘They are not dying of hunger’ says Israeli National Religious Party MK as I question him on Gaza aid
Https://www.channel4.com/news/they-are-not-dying-of-hunger-israeli-national-religious-party-questioned-on-gaza-aid

Our story from Jerusalem: Netanyahu doubles down as UN says it still hasn’t been able to distribute any aid in Gaza
Https://www.channel4.com/news/un-says-it-still-hasnt-been-able-to-distribute-any-aid-in-gaza

Our @Channel4News story from Tel Aviv: Israel condemned by closest allies as Gaza faces starvation. With @hodgerob and Josh Ho
Https://www.channel4.com/news/israel-condemned-by-closest-allies-as-gaza-faces-starvation

Barbara Demick in conversation with Lindsey Hilsum Buy tickets for the event with Barbara Demick in conversation with Lindsey Hilsum at Daunt Books Marylebone from Daunt Books today.

The brilliant @barbarademick.bsky.social in-conversation with @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social at @dauntbooks.bsky.social Marylebone ✨ 9 June, 7pm

Get your tickets here
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Lovely to be at the launch of my colleague ⁦‪@FelicitySpector‬⁩’s amazing book about providing food to frontline troops and others in #Ukraine. She is a writer, a volunteer and a great journalist.

Russia marks Victory over Nazis while still invading Ukraine Flanked by the Chinese president Xi Jinping and generals from North Korea, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin has presided over the annual Victory day parade in Moscow's Red Square - the country's bigg...

Russia marks Victory over Nazis while still invading Ukraine
www.channel4.com/news/russia-...

Russia Victory Day: will Putin ever be toppled? | Vladimir Kara-Murza | The Fourcast Russia is celebrating Victory Day, with 29 foreign leaders including the Chinese President Xi Jinping joining Vladimir Putin in Moscow to commemorate the Soviet Union's part in the defeat of Nazi Germ...

Russia Victory Day: will Putin ever be toppled? | Vladimir Kara-Murza | The Fourcast
www.channel4.com/news/russia-...

Poetry Challenge: Memorize ‘Recuerdo’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay Starting today, we’ll have a week of games, videos and essays to help you along the way. First up: readings by Ina Garten, Ethan Hawke and Ada Limón.

Join us at the Book Review as we embark on a week-long voyage to help you memorize a poem — something to fill the soul and focus the mind.

YouTube video by Byline TV The TRUTH behind the Russian bombardment of Ukraine

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My interview with Byline TV’s Peter Jukes #ukraine #Kyiv

I thought it was a documentary!

It does feature Cowles and Gellhorn, and my journalism hero @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social, as well as some recommended reading re women war reporters. Plus, what I'm writing, awards news, books I've read and TV I watched.