Kim Willsher @kimwillsher1 Twitter profile

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The courageous Gisèle Pélicot whose husband drugged her and invited men to rape her over a period of ten years, has taken the stand again to slap down claims by several accused that she knew what was going on. "Since I arrived at this court, I have felt humiliated...1/x

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"I've been called an alcoholic that I got myself into such an alcoholic state that I'm an accomplice to Monsieur Pélicot. It is so humiliating and degrading to hear that," she told the court. 2/x

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A reminder. This is what brave looks like. Mme Pélicot leaving the Avignon courthouse yesterday.

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The president of the court asked her if she had consented to the sexual "partners". She said the question was "shocking". "Absolutely not. I did not for one second give them my consent," she said. "In the state I was I couldn't say anything as the videos show". 3/x

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"As a woman the humiliation is total." She added: "There's been a lot of talk about the time it took. Is rape a question of time...they came to rape me no matter how much time passed." 4/x

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She responds: "It's not for me to put myself in their place when for 10 years my life was destroyed. Monsieur should have been sorry before acting." 7/x

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@RMCInfo - alors que monsieur soit désolé c’était avant de passer à l’acte qu’il aurait dû l’être @RMCInfo

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French foreign minister says France didn't recall the British ambassador over the AUKUS row because France is familiar with the UK's "permanent opportunism" and said Boris Johnson was the "fifth wheel on the carriage".

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Gisèle Pélicot: "With all the debates, I feel like I'm the guilty party and the 50 victims are behind me. In fact, they should be sitting in my place." 8/x

Marion Dubreuil

@MarionDub

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@RMCInfo Gisèle #Pelicot : « avec tous les débats j’ai l’impression d’être la coupable et les 50 victimes sont derrière moi, d’ailleurs ils devraient s’assoir à ma place »

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This assault against a female server happened in March. @metpoliceuk officers were present but did nothing. The Metropolitan Police has only now decided to act because the video has gone viral on social media.

Shocking moment man slaps Nando's employee with plate in 'unprovoked' assault

CCTV has revealed the shocking moment a Nando's employee was hit in the face with a plate while serving customers.

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One of the defence lawyers is saying they represent accused who are sorry for what they did and Gisèle Pelicot understand they committed an "error of judgement and they are sorry". She responds...6/x

Marion Dubreuil

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@RMCInfo - je suis l’avocat de gens qui sont désolés de ceux qu’ils ont fait est ce que vous pouvez comprendre qu’ils ont commis une erreur de jugement et qu’ils en sont désolés - je n’ai pas à me mettre à leur place moi pendant 10 ans ma vie a été détruite @RMCInfo

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For French-speakers @MarionDub from RMC is following the case is real-time. 5/x

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3 years

Russian President Putin called French President Emmanuel Macron this morning. The conversation lasted 90 minutes. The conclusion: "the worst is to come" an Elysée source said. Putin intends to take control of the whole of Ukraine. The language is "neutralisation"...1/n

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As the Taliban prepare to take over Kabul... I was in the Afghan capital in 1996 at the time the Taliban arrived for the first time. They had no idea where they were going back then and stopped at the Red Cross HQ in the city to ask directions to the parliament building.

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Kim Willsher

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2 months

Controversial perhaps, but how about banning the Afghanistan cricket team from international matches? Sorry lads, but time to think of Afghan women and girls.

‘They bring us joy’: Afghans swept up in cricketing fairytale

Blue Tigers’ exceptional performances in India a ray of light in country beset by problems

www.theguardian.com

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A man will decide what "constitutes a woman". How very 1950s.

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Imagine this headline about any other protected characteristic or oppressed group.

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Again, follow @MarionDub @RMCInfo who is in court in Avignon for the Pélicot trial and posting in real time. 9/x

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8 years

Non M. #Fillon ! Les propos d'Envoyé Special n'ont pas été sortis de leur contexte. Le reportage ne m'a pas choqué. SVP. Cessez ...(1/2)

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6 years

Putting a name to the hero: the young undocumented migrant from Mali called Mamoudou Gassama, nicknamed "le Spiderman", after he scaled the outside of an apartment block to save a child dangling from a balcony and about to fall.

Mamoudou Gassama, le «Spiderman» qui a sauvé un enfant à Paris, est un Malien sans-papiers

Le jeune homme qui a sauvé un petit garçon d’une terrible chute s’est confié au Parisien. Il sera reçu ce lundi matin à l’Elysée par Emmanue

www.leparisien.fr

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3 months

Did anyone petition for @Gillian_Philip fired by publisher after tweeting support for JKR or @RooneyRachel who gave up writing children's books after being smeared for "transphobia" or @millihill cancelled for a book about women's health? One way empathy.

Authors ask Waterstones to rehire worker fired after tweet about gender-critical writer

Over 500 industry professionals sign open letter to bookseller after employee’s post about ‘tearing up books’ by Christina Dalcher

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

Elysée briefing on Ukraine following Emmanuel Macron's telephone conversation with President Zelensky. "We (France) want Ukraine to be victorious. We want the territorial integrity of Ukraine reestablished, we want this conflict, this war of Russia's against Ukraine to end..1/n

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Too little. Too late. The UN was warned shutting women out of the Doha talks at the Taliban's request would be a betrayal and embolden them. And you went ahead and shut them out anyway. 1/2

UN Women

@UN_Women

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The de facto authorities in #Afghanistan have enacted a law that bans women’s voices in public, among many other oppressive measures. These measures must be IMMEDIATELY reversed. We stand in unwavering solidarity with Afghan women & girls. Our statement:

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3 years

..."demilitarisation", "de-Nazification" and Putin expressed his determination to continue the Russian military operation in Ukraine to the end. Putin reportedly denied there were civilian victims or targets. Macron is said to have told him he was lying to himself. 2/n

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3 years

...and that it is impossible to negotiate with a gun being held to the head. France says talks will continue but the current outlook is "pessimistic". 4/4

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@BootstrapCook Sure you know this Jack, but they weren't "bending gender identities" back then. Women weren't allowed on stage at the Globe - or any other theatre - so men played female roles. Less about gender bending than sexism and subjugation of women!

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Putin gave no ground on political/diplomatic negotiations or requests for humanitarian corridors. The Russian president demands the total capitulation of the Ukrainian authorities. Afterwards, Macron spoke to President Zelensky who said Ukrainians will not surrender...3/n

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3 years

It was a catastrophe for Afghan women and girls then. It will be a catastrophe for them now. Here is one report from an Afghan colleague:

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Sexist much? "Rowling flaunted the boozy brunch...tweeting photos with her arms draped around butch lesbians...with glossy red hair and a plunging neckline, Rowling out-glammed them all, even as the poses got sloppier with each bottle of wine."

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J.K. Rowling may profess to be unconcerned about her legacy, but it’s becoming increasingly likely that her stance on trans rights — perhaps as much as her novels — will be what defines it.

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Not holding power to account: the disappearing story. "The Daily Mail was offered it, but turned it down, with the tipster being told it didn’t accord with the newspaper’s “general point of view”. Rupert Murdoch’s Times was next on the tipster’s list."

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...de m'attribuer ces propos. L'interview et le film sont dans le domain publique. LES FAITS. SVP. (2/2).

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How to say you don't give a shit about Afghan women and girls without saying you don't give a shit about Afghan women and girls. Shame on the @BLACKCAPS . Shame on New Zealand.

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Hear from Kane Williamson and Ajaz Patel ahead of the one-off Test match against Afghanistan scheduled to start in Greater Noida on Monday afternoon NZT. Follow play LIVE in Aotearoa with @skysportnz . LIVE scoring | #AFGvNZ

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6 years

This from Very Brexit Problems on Facebook. #Brexit

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3 years

@mrjamesob Don't understand this British "exceptionalism" over masks. In France (much lower infection rate), masks are worn in public transport/shops etc., and schoolchildren wear them all day in class. No exemptions, surprisingly few complaints. And the French are supposed to be difficult!

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Afghan women suddenly found they had no access to health care. They were not allowed to be seen by a male medic, but all the female medics had been sent home. A grief-stricken pregnant woman whose baby had died in the womb was turned away from the hospital.

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It was catastrophic for women and girls in the city. Within days all women were ordered back into their homes and told not to come out without a male relative accompanying them. Working women, even those in high ranking positions including...

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24 years ago the Kursk submarine sank while on a naval exercise in the Arctic Circle leading to the deaths of the 118 Russian sailors on board. Went to Murmansk to cover the story. Arrived at press conference organised by military and local officials...1/x

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Hey @BLACKCAPS do watch this and how about not playing the Afghan cricket team? Hey @ICC how about banning the Afghan cricket team? Hey @WHITE_FERNS how about putting some pressure on the men's team in solidarity with Afghan women and girls?

Habib Khan

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Today, on the Global Day of Literacy, it has been 1,088 days since the Taliban criminally deprived millions of Afghan girls of their education. For over a thousand days, girls have been barred from schools, while the world stands by, busy normalizing this oppressive regime.

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Has the world gone mad? 1. JK Rowling's new book isn't out yet so all these people calling for her to die haven't read it. 2. The villain is reportedly (I haven't read it either) a MAN who dresses as a woman to kill not a transwoman so how is this transphobic?

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JK Rowling’s new book features a cross-dressing serial killer, according to early review

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A new statement from the International Boxing Association rejecting IOC criticism. "We absolutely do not understand why any organisation would put a boxer at risk with what could bring a potential serious injury..."

IBA reaffirms the position and removal of boxers from all events, aims to protect female boxers,...

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PS. I have no answers to this ongoing tragedy. None. The recent news just reminded me of the many beautiful people I met 25 years ago in what is a beautiful but tragic country.

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Cessez de m'attribuer ces propos faux. Svp. Le film, l'interview sont dans le domaine publique. LES FAITS svp. (2/2)

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6 years

RIP Mars rover Opportunity confirmed dead by NASA. Its last words were - reportedly - “My battery is low and it’s getting dark".

Nasa confirms Mars rover Opportunity is dead

Robot the size of a golf buggy has sent data to Earth for 15 years but fell silent eight months ago and Nasa says mission is complete

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It was so completely dehumanising, people started referring to women as "burqas" as in: "Look, there's a couple of burqas over there..." The "morality police" would patrol the streets and markets with batons hitting women who showed any flesh as they walked (toe, ankle, wrist...)

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Not now, Guardian. Not now.

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One alcoholic drink a day raises risk of irregular heartbeat

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The Afghan women and girls who risked their lives by just speaking to me, had nowhere to go. I have often wondered what happened to them. How did the widow with only daughters, who had lost her husband, father, uncles, brothers and every male relative in successive wars...

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Girls were told there would be no more school. There was to be no more sports, no games, no music, no dancing... As a female reporter, interviewing became problematic: Mullah Omah, the head of the Taliban, had decreed that the sound of a woman's voice...

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...raised his automatic rifle at my head and screamed at me to cover my face. What surprised me most of all was that he did so in perfect English. Clearly, they were not all uneducated. I was lucky: I got to fly home.

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Oh look...France is about to overtake the UK on vaccination - Macron's tough approach is working

France is about to overtake the UK on vaccination - Macron's tough approach is working

Having led the world vaccination, the UK risks – like the hare in Aesop’s fable – taking a nap in the final stretch of the race

inews.co.uk

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Jean-Claude Gallet, commander of the Paris brigade of sapeurs pompiers says: "We can now consider that the two towers (of #NotreDame ) have been saved. We are now having to cool the structure."

BFMTV

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Commandant de la brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris: "On peut considérer que les deux tours de Notre-Dame sont sauvées"

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judges and magistrates, were ordered to stay home. Women who did venture out were told to wear a burqa: the Islamic fashion of the day was a long blue pleated nylon garment that covered from head to toe and had a small thick woven panel across the eyes.

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...manage to get out to buy food to feed her family? What happened to the poor pregnant woman? And the teenage girls who were terrified they were going to be married off to a Taliban soldier?

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Including this team breaks your own rules @ICC . Ban the Afghan cricket team from all competitions until the rights of Afghan women and girls are recognised and respected. In using "unveiled" this team is mocking the international community and protests against the Taliban. 1/2

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Jersey Unveiled 👌 Headshots: Here is the AfghanAtalan playing jersey for the only test against New Zealand. #AfgvsNZ | #AfghanAtalan #GloriousNationVictoriousTeam

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"When we see the US president with the Australian Prime Minister announce a new agreement, with Boris Johnson, the breach of trust is profound. "In a real alliance you talk to each other, you don't hide things, you respect the other party and that is why this is a real crisis."

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...should not reach the ears of his men. So, when interviewing them, I had to ask my question to the male photographer with me, who would repeat it to the male translator who would ask it of the Taliban soldier. Most of them were young, barely-educated boys straight...

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Is anyone else thinking we need a full investigation into Russian-Kremlin capture of the UK? Surely the UK's security services are on top of this?

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NEW: Johnson's relationship with Lebedev snr, isn't a scandal. It's a profound national security failure. We need to understand Skripal poisoning was a mass murder narrowly averted. And Johnson's illicit meeting with Kremlin proxy begs urgent questions

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Now there's talk of a peaceful transfer of power. I haven't been back to Afghanistan since 1996; I don't pretend to have any knowledge of the current situation there. I've no idea if the Taliban has changed. But what we are hearing offers little hope for Afghan women and girls.

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This man has the patience of a saint. No deal is not an "ace card" in negotiations if it hurts the UK more than the EU.

Femi

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I was a little naughty on @ThePledge this week. I looked up some Brexit reassurances from my fellow Pledgers in 2016 & called them out! 1⃣ No-Deal ends EU-UK Free Trade 2⃣ We won't be under EU Data Protection laws, so the EU won't be able to share as much security info with us.

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Protests? Demonstrations? Campus lockdowns? Anyone?

WRN Afghanistan

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Afghanistan: forced marriage up by 25%; early childbirth in teenaged girls up by 45%; risk of maternal mortality up by 50%.

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Britain discovers that taking back control of borders works both ways. Who knew?

NON! Britons are blocked at St Pancras from travelling to France

From today, Britons travelling to France must give a 'compelling reason' for their trip as the country continues to wrestle with the Indian variant.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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...out of the madrasas of Pakistan and didn't have a clue. Some weren't even ideologically driven: several said they had been Mujahideen and had changed sides because the Taliban was winning in their area or the Taliban paid them more. One marched right up to me...

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The International Boxing Association, which the IOC says is discredited, is holding a press conference in Paris to address the row over boxers who it says failed "gender tests" and were disqualified from the World Women's Boxing Championship last year. 1/x

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In April 1996, @lynnhiltonphoto and I went to Bosnia to try to find out the identity of a woman photographed hanging from a tree after Srebrenica. The picture went around the world, but at the time she was known only as "The Hanging Woman". I felt she we should know her name.

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"...as soon as possible and that negotiations start that will allow not only the reestablishing of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, but also take into account a number of other very important elements, including transitional justice, the payment of...2/n

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"...It is not acceptable that one can seize territory by force and it is not acceptable either that one can put this into a (peace) agreement because this would be a clear violation of the most important principles of international order, of the United Nations charter etc.,..7/n

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"...war damages etc. We also hope for, and its also important for us to be able to obtain this in the months to come, that when the war is over that we have a greater clarity of what is necessary for all of us...that's to say, the security and stability of Europe..." 3/n

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Talking to France 2, Jean-Yves Le Drian said: Le Drian said Australia told France that it was breaking the submarine contract and making a new deal with the US and UK, just one hour before Scott Morrison the Australian PM announced this at a press conference.

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The United Nations holds a minute's silence for Iran's Ebrahim Raïssi, the European Union sends "deepest condolences", NATO sends its "condolences". Why do they think he was known as "The Butcher"? Do they care?

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An Afghan woman in Kabul: ‘Now I have to burn everything I achieved’

A university student tells of seeing all around her the ‘fearful faces of women and ugly faces of men who hate women’

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Le Drian rejected suggestions France was isolated in the European Union in its response to the Aukus deal. "I don't believe we are alone in this affair...it's not finished," he said. Le Drian will attend the UN General Assembly on Monday. Should be interesting!

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"That is why I say there has been duplicity, contempt and lies and when you have an ally of the stature of France, you don't treat them like that," Le Drian said. Asked if there had been a failure of French intelligence in...

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"We are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees. We have said this to the Russians. The President has told Vladimir Putin this and will continue to speak to Putin for as long as is necessary, and after coordination with President Zelensky...4/n

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2 years

This is a speedy translation and there's more, but you get the idea. Does this sound like France is appeasing Putin?

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"Russia must end its offensive. The integrality of the Ukrainian territory must be reestablished and we are ready to work with all our international partners, not only to end this crisis but to mitigate the effects of this crisis on each..."...8/n

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Officials at #NotreDame scene reporting the fire has dropped in intensity and cathedral structure "saved", particularly the north belfry. Building being "cooled". Fire officer confirms this but says 2/3 of roof destroyed. Firefighters now trying to save works of art inside.

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The "oldest rebel in the world" 95-year-old Harry Leslie Smith @Harryslaststand is critically ill in hospital. Here is Harry's moving and personal tribute to the NHS.

A eulogy to the NHS: What happened to the world my generation built?

Harry Leslie Smith: In 1926, Harry Leslie Smith's sister died of TB in a workhouse infirmary, too poor for proper medical care. In 1948, the creation of the NHS put a stop to all that. In an extract...

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"...we are ready to engage in a form of robust peace that will be clear for Ukraine and for Europe. That is in the interest of Europe and in the interest of Ukraine....I'm sure you understand that the Russian demands in Ukraine are absolutely unacceptable...6/n

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There is no civil war in France. There is no media cover-up of events in France. I don't often write opinion pieces, but I couldn't let these absurd conspiracy theories go uncontested.

French revolution? That’s news to me | Kim Willsher

The conspiracy theorists’ claim that the media are playing down the Paris protests is nonsense

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

Opening of the British Normandy Memorial with the names of the 22,441 soldiers under British command who died on D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Fly past by Red Arrows. #DDay #normandylandings

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Working link. Sorry.

Ukrainians denied entry to UK despite being eligible for visa

British citizens trying to bring their families to the UK are grappling bureaucracy in Paris despite new visa rules

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8 years

10 years ago I did an ITV with Penelope Fillon. I wrote what she said. We filmed what she said. This is not opinion. This is recorded fact.

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...uncovering the secret deal he replied: "The agreement project initiated by the US and Australia was decided by a small group and I'm not sure US and Australian ministers knew about it."

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2 years

Again, this is NOT a transcript of Macron speaking. These are notes from an Elysée briefing.

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2 years

@AlexXanthaki @tribunaua The "other party"? I think you mean the invaded country.

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2 years

"...with the aim of each time passing messages that are coordinated with our closest partners, particularly our German partners. The President's last discussion with Vladimir Putin took place around 15 days ago with Chancellor Scholz and involved simply saying...5/n

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4 years

This is #Brexit delusion. These are not "new rules". They are the EU rules as applied to non-member states. Britons living in EU member states were warned and advised.

Daily Express

@Daily_Express

4 years

Brexit LIVE: British expats 'in tears' as Spain to deport 500 under new rules ‘Dream over'

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6 years

What a load of prejudiced, xenophobic drivel. The French aren't looking across the Channel with "jealousy, resentment and fear". Most of them think #Brexit is utterly bonkers.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK says it’s time to cut Macron down to size

Although France’s political and cultural elite are always the first to boast about how they have buried the grudges of history, their recent actions tell a different story.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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3 years

"During my 15-year career in journalism, this has been a routine occurrence. When I am not threatened with rape and murder, made-up news stories attacking my character trend on social media; there is a pattern and it is not a subtle one." @RanaAyyub

As I was saying

A weeks-long campaign of harassment and theats, egged on by sitting politicians, has failed to stop me from writing this piece, and the next one, and the one after that.

ranaayyub.substack.com

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8 years

#EricCiotti #BFMTV #guardian . Lire l'article svp. Il ya RIEN dedans qui dénonce EnvoyéSpecial. RIEN. #falsenews

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2 years

"This campaign against Rowling is as dangerous as it is absurd... the characterization of her as a transphobe doesn’t square with her actual views."

Opinion | In Defense of J.K. Rowling (Published 2023)

The charge that she’s a transphobe doesn’t square with her actual views.

www.nytimes.com

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2 years

Look who came to Paris. @bindelj

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8 years

@FrancoisFillon ...because at that time I had not even seen Envoyé Special.I have my notes and now I have the film. Facts. Facts. Facts (3/3)

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3 years

To those questioning the £2,200 "medical" charge...this is now waived since the visa application process went online FRIDAY. This family, and others, were at the British consulate in Paris on MONDAY/TUESDAY.

Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa

The Ukraine Family Scheme closed at 3pm on 19 February 2024. You can no longer apply under this scheme.

www.gov.uk

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4 years

20 years ago today, I left a well-paid job, packed my worldly goods into the back of a borrowed car and drove to France, where I knew nobody, for "a couple of years". I'm still here!

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3 months

No, they did not. Compare and contrast: Woman book shop worker tweets about tearing up and binning books. Says not to buy works of author she dislikes = petition. Women authors who write books cancelled for tweeting/liking perfectly legal views = no petition. Both sides eh?

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8 years

@FrancoisFillon Ce qui est plus choquant c'est que mes courriels etaient envoyés dans un esprit de compassion et de comprehension pr Mme F.

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3 years

The Ukrainian family was so happy to have visas and an exchanged ferry ticket and be on way to UK this afternoon. But they're now being held by immigration officials at Calais and they don't know why. They are distraught. I don't know what to say to them. @ukhomeoffice ?

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@kimwillsher1

3 years

Credit where it's due: a big thank you-merci to @Irish_Ferries for exchanging the ticket of a British citizen and his Ukrainian wife and daughter turned away from Calais on 27/2 by UK Immigration. They obtained their visas today are on their way to UK.

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5 months

In which Tom Burke was urged to suggest the witchy woman be burned...but refused. Well done that man!

‘I did a lot of yelling’: Tom Burke on socks, controversy and Mad Max

Yes, there were more flame-throwers, but working on Furiosa was pretty similar to starring in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, says the actor. So how does he duck the crossfire that comes with playing JK...

www.theguardian.com

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4 years

It is 15 years since Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old telephone salesman, was killed. He had been kidnapped because he was Jewish, tortured tor 24 days and then dumped. When found, his body had 80% burns. One of the most terrible stories I have covered in France. RIP Ilan Halimi.

Clément Beaune

@CBeaune

4 years

#IlanHalimi | Parce que juif, il fut torturé et tué. Ici, à notre époque, il y a juste quinze ans. N’oublions pas, ne laissons rien passer. L’antisémitisme frappe et tue, encore, en Europe.

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3 years

Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier with the Marine Nationale. On Exercise Polaris. Catapulting Rafale fighter jets into the sky. How impressive is this?

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3 years

@bindelj "Did I mention I sued Pink News?"

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