Deciding to stay in a war zone to cover a conflict like Ukraine, is a professional decision and also deeply personal. Respect to
@CliveMyrieBBC
and all media colleagues in
#kyiv
telling such an important story in difficult circumstances
@BBCNews
@BBCWorld
I don't often stick my head above the parapet but I wish long time BBC folk (who have long stood up for the values of the organisation inside the building), would avoid doing it damage once they leave.
George was truly one of the nicest, most talented men in broadcasting. Such sad news. He fought so hard, always positive . He was incredibly proud of his family. He told me last year that he wanted to do all he could to spend as much time with them as he could.
#georgealagiah
❤️
Katty Kay returns to the BBC.
Award-winning journalist and former BBC World News anchor
@KattyKay_
is returning to the BBC as US Special Correspondent for
@BBCStudios
, working across documentaries, podcasts and news.
Is it me. I understand the seriousness of the Harry story. But on a day when the UN warns we are burning up, renters get a new deal in a cost of living crisis, important news on the UK car industry which employs thousands, countless other important stories, is a 'near accident'
#DoddyWeir
was an absolute hero. Not just for his rugby. The way he lived with MND was an inspiration to so many,including my mother. He never hid from it, he opened the door for everyone to see it. He did a powerful amount to raise awareness of a horror disease. RIP Big Man 😢
I have watched Burnley all the way to the bottom. And all the way to Europe. And every time I go to the Turf I love it! And I will love it next season!! Onwards 👍
#PopeBenedictXVI
told me in 2006 he had listened to the BBC during WWII. He'd been drafted aged 16 and was sent with other classmates to help guard a BMW factory. His affection for the BBC was both lasting and sincerely felt. Much warmer in person that often came across on camera
“It’s like living in a cage – people running around looking for medicine while young mothers are helping each other find baby food”
The Lachin Corridor, the only road in or out of Nagorno-Karabakh, has now been closed for a week. My report for
@eurasianet
So sad to hear about Bill Turnbull. Started my career at R5L producing his weekend prog. (And would look after his dog :) Many years later he was incredibly kind when I started at BBC Breakfast. His Bad Beekeepers book is ace! Such a lovely man.
Apologies to regular viewers of
#TheContextBBC
. I have been absent with a chronic back problem of late. Hoping to get it sorted next week. Very much looking forward to being upright / and back on the show. Thanks to colleagues for stepping in!!
Reunited in Delhi. Not about to get married. But reminiscing. But he does look a little bit smitten. Could be the double Indian whisky.
#G20
#BBCNews
@CFraserBBC
BBC launching a panel discussion show with guests across the political spectrum.
At 9pm. Monday to Thursday!!!
What on earth prompted them to do that after years of biased news at that time of night?!
PS: Don’t believe anyone who tells you
@GBNEWS
hasn’t already changed the game.
So, early flight back to London, airport hotel. The worst. But next door - an all you can eat buffet 😔
I am now beached in the room, like an elephant seal.
Think I overdid it with the lychee
Urban v rural, national v hyper-local. Is Virginia- 07 a bellwether for
#MIDTERMS22
?
@KattyKay_
shows me the Old Dominion for
@BBCNews
(Will also work on Kelloggs ads!)
@BBCChrisMorris
What a loss to the BBC. For hour upon hour he kept us going at those summits. Best presenters friend you could have. Good stamina too. Proper utility player. Let’s have a Bene’ an’ hot soon! X
@navalny
Seriously brave. To go back after being poisoned with Novichok, knowing what he was going back to, takes real courage. The sort of courage we have never seen from Vladimir Putin!
And so begins a new era. Touching tribute from our new King. The new Prince and Princess of Wales continue the best traditions of our constitutional monarchy. It is in good hands!
In the real world, men can very easily get pregnant if they don’t take proper precautions. Watch out, guys. It could happen to you. Apple’s new iPhone update includes a reminder of this: a pregnant man emoji.
'I turned round to see that my every move had been watched very carefully by Her Majesty the Queen.'
Former PM
@theresa_may
reduced the whole House of Commons to laughter with a story about the Queen and some dropped cheese during a weekend at Balmoral.
There's a whiff of Thatcher in Paris about this. PM stuck in a liaison committee hearing, ministers plotting and resigning while he is there, the 1922 committee meeting to change the rules, the cabinet taking calls from the men in grey suits. And nothing he can do. Surreal.
There is a complaint from Republicans that Donald Trump was unfairly fact checked by last nights moderators. He was fact checked four times. He lied 33 times….
JUST IN: A fact check of the big debate. CNN's Daniel Dale (
@ddale8
) notes "Trump has been staggeringly dishonest and Harris has been overwhelmingly (though not entirely) factual."
@JohnBerman
Chants of USA USA after Rory McIlroy misses a three foot putt. Rory the guy who stayed to support the US PGA. Bryson (great golfer) the guy that took the Saudi money!
#Stayclassy
So I went to Brussels this morning as the rumours began. Feverish speculation, phone calls which ruined my day, and then it came…the bombshell announcement…
Kompany to Bayern Munich. Are you kidding me!?
#wenttooearly
Sometimes he doesn’t get the accolades he deserves, but this is one of the all time sporting achievements! To stay at that level for 15 years is super human. Won’t be broken.
Looking forward to it!! We have a top panel of regular guests who will be joining us in the coming weeks. And some of our old favourites 👇See you on Monday.
Really excited for
@CFraserBBC
and his new show, Context! Yes, the old gang will be back! Stay tuned, I’m happy the launch will be here before you know it!!
@BBCWorld
Seattle is the first city to ban caste discrimination in the US. Why was it necessary, will it work & what does it tell us about wider discrimination in the United States? Our thanks to
@Isabelwilkerson
and
@cmkshama
who campaigned for it.
@BBCNews
Huge apologies dropped the ball when referring to the dversity of the 11 candidates. Meant to say "of colour" Lots going on at the studio at the time. Don't think my clumsy attempt to improve it helped
Plus: Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill perform ‘Fairytale of New York’ as a reflection after Communion.
Can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen dancing in the aisles at a funeral…
JUST NOW on
@BBCNews
Context -
@PippaCrerar
is the journalist who first uncovered 4 of the 7 Downing Street gatherings that civil servant Sue Gray is now investigating.
"It looks to me that they weren't following the rules they expected everybody else to follow."
Love driving home listening to
@ColinMurray
. Best question of the night: if you could go back to your first football game, knowing there would be a lifetime of ups and downs, would you still support them?? A thousand times yes 😃UTC! (It’s what it does to us)
We almost lost our daughter to Sepsis at the same age. We had no idea she was so ill until it was nearly too late. We owe everything to a fast thinking Italian doctor at the Bambino Gesu. It is so important to raise awareness on this. Huge sympathy for Clara and
@Jason__Watkins
Actor
@Jason__Watkins
and his wife Clara lost their 2 year old daughter to Sepsis. Now they are reliving the trauma for a documentary and for a good reason…to raise awareness of a condition that kills 50,000 people a year . They join me tonight on the Newshour
@SkyNews
6.30
Apologies to regular viewers of
#ContextBBC
we are on at the slightly later time of 2130GMT tonight. To take in the US clock changes. 2130-2230GMT for
@BBCWorld
viewers.
#Bengals
at the Super Bowl for the first time since ‘88. Awesome defensive performance.
#AFCChampionshipGame
From perennial losers - to the SB in a year and a half 😆 Love the NFL 🏈
Russia says Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a plane that crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg. All passengers and e crew, are dead.
Wagner-linked channels say Russian air defense *shot down the plane* – the same private jet Prigozhin regularly uses.
FM
#Lavrov
: The goal of Russia’s special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there.
On
#ContextBBC
this evening, the former MI6 officer Christopher Steele, Gen. Philip Breedlove formerly NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Also joining
@NathalieTocci
and Oleksandr Senkevych mayor of Mykolaiv. Great panel! 2130GMT.
@BBCWorld
@BBCNews
Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack NATO allies: I said I would not protect our NATO allies. In fact, I would encourage Russia to do whatever the hell they want
Tonight, Evelyn Farkas, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Russia & Ukraine, Lord Richard Dannatt, formerly Head of the British Army , Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko & Michael Koffman, Dir. Russia Studies at the Centre for Naval Analyses. 2100G
#TheContextBBC
@CFraserBBC
Context is brilliant. It is perhaps the best discussion programme on the BBC. Fascinating discussion in the first half tonight. But I want to watch the whole programme not just the 1st half! Dividing it between BBC and BBC World is ridiculous.
@JenWilliamsMEN
@IPPRNorth
Just been told bya local Green councillor that Burnley Council has a shortfall of 40% on their prosperity fund since EU funding stopped.
The President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen tells me there is concern over the final communique. European views on Ukraine "must be respected". And so it begins!!
The night of the long knives (part 2). Javid and Sunak go. Is this a coordinated move within Cabinet to get rid of Boris Johnson? PM currently meeting with his MPs
The stakes in 2024 could not be higher for Donald Trump. Tonight Bryan Lanza, who worked on the President's transition team told me: "It is the White House or the jailhouse"
#TheContextBBC
What a line up we had tonight! Live In New Hampshire, North Virginia, from the right, the left, the issues. All the Context! Thanks to a great team effort - and our superb panelists!
@BBCNews