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Lee Durant16 hours ago
Lebanon crisis: The Syrian refugees recycling to stay alive… Our online piece written by ⁦ @BBCLinaSinjabhttps://t.co/QjfFHnhGX8
Lee Durant16 hours ago
Many of Lebanon's 1 million Syrian refugees live below the poverty line and some make a living searching Beirut's bins for recyclable plastic. Children as young as 11, have taken up this poorly paid work to feed themselves. Our report out on @BBCWorld today with...
Lee Durant20 hours ago
#Afghanistan - The girls say they fear that global outrage over what's happened to them is fading, even though they live with the pain every day - intensified this week when another school term started without them. https://t.co/aRH6sLg2NH
Lee Durant20 hours ago
INSIDE YEMEN: Reports from a country wrecked by war fuelled by regional powers: Iran - supporting Houthi rebels. And a Saudi-led coalition which includes UK, USA and UAE.. all resp for creating world’s worst humanitarian crisis https://t.co/eQyb8F9umv
Lee Durant20 hours ago
Long piece I wrote reflecting on many visits to Iraq since 1990 https://t.co/s8e9uONwwc
Lee Durant6 days ago
Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve, our latest report from south of the city with with Ukrainian forces, camera @dcinfocus https://t.co/cWrA548vdx
Lee Durant6 days ago
And here is our radio report, produced brilliantly as ever by @cswift2 https://t.co/aaFmuDrHGR
Lee Durant2 weeks ago
Finally… time to start this bad boy 💪🏻 ‘The Darker The Night’ by @martinpatience … I have been looking forward to this for a while 🤩🤞🏻 #fiction #Author #debut #thriller https://t.co/cybVs0yN49
Lee Durant2 weeks ago
Cheeky snap with the BBC’s @RTS_media award for its coverage of the war in Ukraine. @katepeters @4nnchor https://t.co/YvhzSI02xJ
Lee Durant2 weeks ago
Read: This is how the battle for Bakhmut is being fought, as winter turns to spring in 21st Century Europe. A 19th Century weapon still mows down men by the score in the black Ukrainian earth. The latest from the Frontline in #Ukraine by @sommervilletv...
Lee Durant2 weeks ago
This has a lot of people in it who have rarely given interviews before and is well worth a listen from @gordoncorera @BBCRadio4 . https://t.co/lNbnZbw9Uu
Lee Durant2 weeks ago
Journalist and author @martinpatience on working in difficult and dangerous conditions: “It takes its toll. Frankly, if it doesn’t take its toll, you’re probably a psychopath or something else is really wrong with you!” https://t.co/CDJD5L17AI
Lee Durant2 weeks ago
Read: Martin Patience: We live in difficult times – it’s fertile ground for thriller writers https://t.co/VyZjYQCnyg
Lee Durant3 weeks ago
Watch: 'Pig butchering': Former romance scammer reveals tactics https://t.co/DHGILocDYu
Lee Durant4 weeks ago
Unmissable if you’re a parent, teacher, or just want the war in Ukraine explained clearly and sensitively. https://t.co/lQ0m35GGr8
Lee Durant4 weeks ago
Teachers and parents - @BBCNewsround has a special documentary on @BBCiPlayer looking at how the war in #Ukraine has affected children's lives. Show it in school or at home tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of the war #teachertwitter https://t.co/A1EzPcNyS2 https://t.co/xvmPYTpoP1
Lee Durant4 weeks ago
A book I started in Lagos, wrote most of in Beirut, culminates in a book launch in Washington DC (courtesy of some my best friends who I met in Beijing.) I am blessed 😇 in life and never take it for granted ⁦ @ChloeArensberg⁩...
Lee Durant4 weeks ago
A soldier helps a resident of Kyiv after planting a flag in remembrance of those who have died during the war on the one year anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine. https://t.co/LG5pMC0K3Y
Lee Durant4 weeks ago
In the orange plastic bag on top of this little boy’s grave is a selection of his favourite snacks and soft drinks. It’s a tradition in parts of Ukraine, to nourish the dead. https://t.co/ohdhx56uer
Lee Durant1 month ago
Read: Thousands of tattooed inmates pictured in El Salvador mega-prison which will eventually hold 40,000 prisoners https://t.co/I9COhb4EHt
Lee Durant1 month ago
Our team’s last report about the aid and rescue efforts in the #TurkeySyriaEarthquake areas, reporting in the sky over Hatay and from a remote community in southern Turkey @BBCLBicker @leedurant @akis_alp @goncatokyol @8td | Watch in full on @BBCNews @BBCWorld https://t.co/gPcmC3adS7
Lee Durant1 month ago
If you’re an aspiring reporter/journalist or would like to know how the best in the biz do their jobs, my brilliant colleague Danny has recently started a new series breaking down TV reports and explaining how the story was built. They’re great. Well worth watching....
Lee Durant1 month ago
Latest Video Breakdown. Breaking down the latest BBC piece from the Turkey Earthquake from the hardworking team of @BBCLBicker @8td and @leedurant https://t.co/SELKxoH4NA
Lee Durant1 month ago
A new #TurkeySyriaEarthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday night, leaving three people dead. @BBCLBicker reports from #Antakya with @leedurant @akis_alp @8td https://t.co/HsOOTBZxL2
Lee Durant1 month ago
Our new BBC doc has been making headlines!! If you haven’t seen #BritsInBattle 🇬🇧🇺🇦 yet by @NiallCamNI and I, give it a watch. It’s about life on the frontlines for the British fighters in Ukraine…on @BBCiPlayer now👇 https://t.co/uT6I0KdQLH
Lee Durant1 month ago
Less than 24hrs after the BAFTAs I’ve just arrived in Adana, Turkey. Within an hour of being here there’s been another earthquake. Cue a quick scramble to unpack & get on air with @annaefoster and producer @goncatokyol https://t.co/PeT2L0sAFW
Lee Durant1 month ago
Here is our latest report from #Antakya. We spent 24 hours on the streets with rescuers and survivors as search operations end. Our hearts are with those in this city. #TurkeySyriaEarthquake https://t.co/zx4b8vn4D7
Lee Durant1 month ago
#Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except those hardest hit by last week’s #earthquake. Of the known 46,000 killed, almost half were in #Antakya where barely a building remains untouched. Our Piece today with @bbclbicker produced by @8td & @akis_alp for @BBCWorld https://t.co/vpXUEJ110w
Lee Durant1 month ago
Long thread on the complexities of western jets to Ukraine. Sending them has to be based on the two major threats to Ukraine, which come from the air with missiles - and attacks from the ground, with troops & artillery. So how will western jets...
Lee Durant1 month ago
The heartbreaking thing is the story of this village is one that’s replicated all along the vast corridor that bore the brunt of the quakes. Watch our report here - and on @BBCNews at 10 & @BBCWorld Producers: @Naomi_sb & @DoguEroglu 🎥 @Timfacey #TurkeySyriaEarthquake https://t.co/gsfjSgJqS3
Lee Durant1 month ago
Please read my piece from #Bakhmut in today’s ⁦⁦⁦ @thetimes⁩ I spent the morning with volunteer medics, astounded by their bravery and work.Unfortunately the events that unfolded turned tragic. Thank you ⁦⁦ @alexkpotter⁩ for trusting me https://t.co/JEXLHcMLar
Lee Durant1 month ago
Earlier this week we reported on Erdal Basis Yildirim and his rescue team, working round the clock in Antakya in southern Turkey. There's an update. https://t.co/stpFYmOrlW
Lee Durant1 month ago
Read: Russians slowly take ground around Bakhmut… #Ukrainewar by ⁦ @OrlaGuerin⁩ images by ⁦ @goktay⁩ produced by ⁦ @wburema⁩ for ⁦ @BBCNewshttps://t.co/FOYMCHct8T
Lee Durant2 months ago
In pictures: Press Photographer of the Year Awards… Amazing images again this year with my friend ⁦ @hannahmckay88⁩ deservedly winning the prestigious top spot 🤩 incredible work https://t.co/J5X45PnWhr
Lee Durant2 months ago
In Turkey and Syria, it’s hard to contact many of those affected by the earthquake. A friend from Syria says his family in Hatay are now sheltering in a local mosque. Their building is too badly damaged to return to. It’s also bitterly old &...
Lee Durant2 months ago
Read: #Ukraine war: "I felt a load fall off my shoulders," his mother says, her voice breaking. "You cannot imagine what it feels like to be unable to take your son's body home and bury him." How two mothers retrieved their dead sons from the...
Lee Durant2 months ago
My 8 - year- old son told me nobody will be interested in your book about a fat, Scottish policeman - and he may well have a point. Now, I love my boy so much I dedicated the book to him. But I would also...
Lee Durant2 months ago
Amid heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine, the funeral of Denys Sosnenko, the young body collector who died last week carrying out dangerous work - @andrewwjharding reports from Sloviansk w/joecsphua @artem_bilov @vicechat @leedurant #ukraine #bbcnewsten https://t.co/cggk1v9guu
Lee Durant2 months ago
If you read one thing today, let it be this. The BBC's live page on life under the Taliban, with live updates from Afghan women at the heart of this story. @bbclysedoucet @BBCYaldaHakim @JackyMartens @AakritiThapar @Mahfouzzubaide1 @andrewclarance #Afghanistan #AfghanWomen. https://t.co/I1simirrYl
Lee Durant2 months ago
Yes I know, not many women do this job. But that was the past, it’s easier now. Join me on 31st Jan 6pm GMT and let me tell you how I did with #BBCNews for 35 years. Register here- https://t.co/q25hdie9uk https://t.co/efJ8x4SC7t
Lee Durant2 months ago
Met Teddy today, an amazing young man from Portishead who is the youngest ever member of Mensa. He has an IQ of 139 and can count to 100 in seven languages. Filmed by the wonderful @NewsCamerawoman Produced by the brilliant @westnewsprod https://t.co/Vy5p5E5muM
Lee Durant2 months ago
Read: The Egyptian zoo, where elephants are tethered on short chains, and a giraffe was so depressed it killed itself… But govt overhaul plan still raises animal welfare fears by ⁦ @YolandeKnell⁩ & ⁦⁦ @WaelHusseinBBC⁩ for ⁦ @BBCWorldhttps://t.co/wMgNot7p1J
Lee Durant2 months ago
Read: First woman pastor in Holy Land ordained. Reported by ⁦ @YolandeKnell⁩ for ⁦ @BBCWorldhttps://t.co/ODZKWKZtMo
Lee Durant2 months ago
"Our future is very dark.." the educated Afghan women hoping the world won't forget them..and that @AminaJMohammed made progress in her visit to #Afghanistan..she does too. w/ @sanjayganguly @_rachaelthorn https://t.co/gIuRLHrHwS
Lee Durant2 months ago
Highest level UN visit to Kabul headed by @AminaJMohammed & incl @unwomenchief & @khiari_khaled to raise concern about #Taliban government edicts restricting women’s access to work & education. UN emphasising “importance of international community speaking with one voice”
Lee Durant2 months ago
Once unthinkable, 50,000 Lebanese lira now worth just one single dollar. It’s a new record low after years of a solid 1500 lira rate, and it shows how far Lebanon’s economy has collapsed, with no end in sight https://t.co/pZjBgNh27O
Lee Durant2 months ago
Access to frontline troops with tanks in Ukraine @andrewwjharding reports from the frontline with @joecsphua & @artem_bilov #ukraine @BBCNews https://t.co/1gxUc6emFk
Lee Durant2 months ago
Ukraine war: Ukraine admits pulling out of front line town of Soledar written by ⁦⁦ @AndrewWJHarding⁩ for ⁦ @BBCWorld⁩ ⁦ @BBCNewshttps://t.co/YgD8kgIYG1
Lee Durant2 months ago
Beautifully Filmed and edited by @FrancescoTosto6 brilliantly produced by @davideghiglione BBC's @marklowen takes us into the murky world of one of Italy's largest Mafia's, the 'Ndrangheta'. https://t.co/AmPUEaPfqY