Barbara Serra
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Broadcast journalist, documentary filmmaker, author. 📺 Sky News presenter. Film🎬: #FascismInTheFamily Newsletter 📩: #NewsWithAForeignAccent 🇬🇧🇮🇹
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Unbelievable pictures of Israeli forces attacking mourners carrying the coffin of Shireen Abu Akleh to church for her funeral in Occupied East Jerusalem.
Absolutely heart stopping moment when it looks like casket may fall.
Live coverage on
@AJEnglish
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Heaven knows Italy is riddled with problems, but as a Britalian I find this Economist cover offensive.
The arrogance that led to the leap in the dark that was Brexit and the utter chaos that followed was very, very British.
#britaly
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As an EU citizen living in the UK, I don’t understand why people say
#BrexitHasFailed
.
Brexit achieved exactly what all who voted for it wanted: to make it harder for EU citizens like me to come here and to make those who do feel unwelcome.
That was the point and it’s succeeded
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The line between amazing TV and total car crash is a thin one….
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Ecco momento in cui un attacco israeliano distrugge il palazzo a Gaza dove c’erano gli uffici di
#Aljazeera
e Associated Press. Sono scioccata ma so che Al Jazeera continuerà a mostrare TUTTI gli aspetti di questo conflitto, inclusa la grande sofferenza della popolazione di Gaza.
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🚨PERSONAL NEWS: After 16 eventful years at Al Jazeera English, tonight will be my last time presenting the news from London 1900-2230 GMT.
I joined
@AJEnglish
as one of the faces of its launch in 2006 and I couldn't be prouder of what the channel has achieved in that time.
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"I'm sick of lying to young foreign journalists who ask me for advice. Because the honest reply is 'Can you pass as a native English speaker?'"
My latest newsletter on how diversity in media rarely extends to language & to second-language English voices.
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#CharlieHebdo
cartoon comparing earthquake victims to Pasta has Italians up in arms, though many were unquestioningly
#jesuischarlie
in 2015
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@Alonso_GD
Because being a native English speaker is one of the biggest privileges you could have in any so-called ‘international’ field, from academia to journalism. But it’s hardly ever acknowledged. Certainly not by the native speakers themselves.
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My film
#FascismInTheFamily
airs tonight. I explore my family’s historical links to Mussolini’s regime to see if Fascism really is re-emerging in
#Italy
today. As you'd expect it wasn’t an easy story to tell but I think worth it. On
#AJE
20GMT and YouTube
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Strange day to be a Britalian 🇬🇧🇮🇹
Half my timeline is celebrating the day Italy dispensed with its monarchy and became a Republic, and the other half is marking Queen Elizabeth's 70 year reign.
I don't feel conflicted celebrating both.
#PlatinumJubilee
#FestadellaRepubblica
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Ethiopia is facing another famine. I asked the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN if his government was doing enough to try to avoid it.
#Tigray
#TigrayFamine
#Ethiopia
#Ethiopia
's UN ambassador rejected a new analysis that estimates 350,000 people in
#Tigray
are in famine conditions, saying the methodology was "insufficient."
In an interview with
@AJEnglish
,
@TayeAtske
also denied reports that his government is blocking humanitarian access.
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The double standard in how wars are reported has been on full display since the invasion
But as a continental European, I do feel particular dread about Ukraine. And not because I think war belongs in far away places.
My article for
@AJEnglish
#warineurope
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The devastating moment when an Israeli airstrike destroyed the Gaza offices of
#AlJazeera
and the AssociatedPress.I’m shocked and concerned for my colleagues there. But I know this won’t stop AlJazeera reporting on the impact of all attacks and the suffering of the people of Gaza
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Delighted that my film
#FascismInTheFamily
won 2 Golds at New York Festivals Film&TV awards.
Especially pleased it won both Current Affairs and History categories.
Understanding history is crucial to understanding, and defeating, forms of extremism today.
Watch it here👇🏻🧵
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My heart breaks for the 629 migrants aboard
#Acquarius
. As an Italian I am ashamed of government’s decision to forbid ship from docking, but I’m also ashamed as a supporter of the
#EU
, for bloc’s continued inability to deal with migrant issue in a fair, efficient and humane way
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Definitely more writing, starting with my brand new Substack newsletter/blog called 'News with a Foreign Accent'.
Here is the first post about leaving Al Jazeera and my future plans.
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Back at work after a year's maternity leave. Anything much happen while I've been away....?
#aje
#backatwork
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Comunque a
#Eurovision
l’Italia ha la vittoria morale visto che
@Mahmood_Music
ha cantato in italiano e non in inglese come tanti altri paesi. Bravissimo!
#Escita
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It’s hard to sum up 16 years. Too many breaking news stories to mention, but this is probably one of my most memorable on-air moments.
So much in journalism is about distinguishing between the various shades of grey…. in this case, literally.
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"I remember 3-year-old children in the arms of their mothers being sent to the gas chamber. It begins by hating them." Holocaust survivor and Italian Senator Liliana Segre tells me why she thinks it COULD happen again
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#Shoah
#Giornatadellamemoria
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Deeply saddened by news that Al Jazeera's London broadcast centre will be closing and its prime-time hours be broadcast from Doha.
AJE has had a presence in London from its launch in 2006. It wasn't easy being Al Jazeera in the UK and West in those days 🧵
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Aah, I remember when my British friends would mock me about instability of Italian politics...No one's laughing now
Britain, do not despair. From 'technocratic govt' to 'coalition with regional party' to 'wobbly grand coalition' Italy has options for you.
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Britaly? No. More like
#WelcomeToBrexitBritain
I’ll be talking about it on
@timesradio
from 9am with
@AasmahMir
and
@StigAbell
Heaven knows Italy is riddled with problems, but as a Britalian I find this Economist cover offensive.
The arrogance that led to the leap in the dark that was Brexit and the utter chaos that followed was very, very British.
#britaly
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The difference between Australians and Italians. Check out reaction from the 🇦🇺and 🇮🇹
@lunarossa
helmsmen to being in
#AmericasCup
final. 😂FANTASTICO! 😂
#LunaRossa
⛵️⭐️💪🏻🇮🇹
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Horrific reports of mass beheadings in northern
#Mozambique
by ISIL-linked group. A massacre of men, women and children.
@zenaidamz
told me why that area might be targeted and about failure of Government to protect the victims
#Mozambiquemassacre
@AJEnglish
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#SwedenElection
predictions have far right at around 20% , though recent research suggests Swedes have lowest anti immigration/nationalist attitudes in Europe (Italians the highest). Join me on
@AJEnglish
from 19GMT for results and reactions
#aje
#Sweden
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It was AMAZING to be behind goal with fellow Italian fans at Wembley last night for the winning penalty.
#ForzaAzzurri
for the Final, and also FORZA ENGLAND - for this stage, anyway!
@azzurri
#ita
#eng
#ENGDEN
#britalian
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The man set to become President of Italian Senate, Ignazio La Russa, shows off a Mussolini statuette & other Fascist memorabilia in his home.
Does this look like Italy's faced up to its past?
I'll discuss importance of history with
@Otto_English
@frontlineclub
Thursday -🧵👇
Immagini del Ventennio, foto del colonialismo fascista, camice nere e Balilla. Ma soprattutto bassorilievi, busti e statue del Duce nella casa di Ignazio La Russa, possibile futuro presidente del Senato. Seconda carica dello Stato.
#matrice
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Unexpected
#BrexitBenefit
:
I recently renewed my British passport. The new ones are dark blue and not the EU’s burgundy. I always travel with both so now it’s easy to quickly distinguish between my U.K. and Italian passports.
I knew I’d find that silver lining eventually.
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“It might not be easy to change the reality but at least I was able to convey the people’s message and voice”. Al Jazeera’s
#ShireenAbuAqla
speaking about her journalism.
Her courage will always inspire those who report on the injustice of occupation.
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“While criticism of Qatar is justified, the opprobrium that’s been levelled at this World Cup is hypocritical. There are double standards at play & importance of first Arab WC is being overlooked.
And give me a break about the alcohol.”
My latest Substack newsletter. Link in 🧵
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Strange times to be a dual British/Italian citizen, as both countries flirt with political implosion. Incredibly, Italy now seems most stable of the 2. Great
@ForeignPolicy
read on how different roles of President Mattarella & Queen impacted the two crises
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Delighted to be mentoring
@elen_hannah
We both broadcast in our second language (Elen is a native Welsh speaker, I'm Italian-born) and it's been great to talk about the challenges that come with that.
Thank you
@JSchofieldTrust
!
#bilingualbroadcasting
#secondlanguageenglish
Elen Davies
@elen_hannah
from
@ITVCymruWales
will be mentored by
@AJEnglish
presenter
@BarbaraGSerra
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Why did so many Italians vote for Giorgia Meloni?
Her message of “We will defend our identity and what defines us” was already resonating with millions when I filmed her in 2019.
She ended her speech by echoing Mussolini’s phrase “God, Country and Family’.
#ItalianElections
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She survived Auschwitz as a child to then see a party with neo-fascist roots rule Italy in her old age.
92-year-old senator Liliana Segre on fighting Italy’s far right.
Her nightmare? That the Holocaust will become a footnote of history.
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More and more
#EUcitizens
in UK are applying for British citizenship.
My latest Substack on why this could make the EU community - one of the biggest minority groups in the UK - even MORE invisible when it comes to being represented in British media.
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Congratulations to
@ZeinakhodrAljaz
and
@AJEnglish
Beirut Team for winning
#RTS
award 🥇 for their coverage of the Beirut blast. A tragic story told with courage, heart and local knowledge. Proud of your amazing journalism.
#aje
#rtsawards
@AJENews
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My mother died of
#Cancer
2 years ago. Started in breast, moved to liver then brain, eventually treatment stopped working.
@ICR_London
‘s amazing new
#CentreforCancerDrugDiscovery
opens today& aims to manage cancer’s resistance to drugs with new Darwinian approach. Info in thread
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My grandfather was a Fascist in Mussolini's Italy. I made the film Fascism in the Family about him and the current rise of far-right in Italy.
Now millions of Italians could be voting Giorgia Meloni as PM. Is it the tipping point I talk about in film?
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The
#Coronavirus
is losing its potency and has become much less lethal. That’s according to a senior Italian doctor in Milan, Alberto
#Zangrillo
. I asked leading virologist
@ilariacapua
from
@OneHealthUF
if she thought the virus was weakening.
@AJEnglish
#covid19
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Se
#CharlieHebdo
insulta altri ok,se offende noi no.Spiego al
@fattoquotidiano
nel2015 xche nn sono mai stataCharlie
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Happy 90th birthday to Holocaust survivor and Italian senator
#LilianaSegre
At 13 she was deported to Auschwitz. I spoke to her for
#FascismInTheFamily
, see link to read her incredible story. She told me that she doesn't hate anyone. An example for us all
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In 35 years living abroad I've never felt so cut off from my native
#Italy
. My hometown Milan is on lockdown, and travel from UK to anywhere in Italy would mean self-isolation at 1st symptom.Italy always felt just around the corner from London.
#Coronavirus
has put an end to that
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Non ci credevo e sono andata a controllare. Che tristezza. La crisi italiana è anche una crisi di informazione.
Un suprematista bianco uccide 11 persone in una sinagoga a Pittsburgh e sui principali siti web italiani la notizia va a fondo pagina. Poi ci lamentiamo.
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@jacopocoghe
@PiazzapulitaLA7
Sui pannolini volevo enfatizzare importanza di aiuto pratico ma l'ho detto in maniera troppo sbrigativa. Però punto spiegato nel link qui sotto rimane:crisi di natalità si risolve con emancipazione donna e +inclusione dei papà,non parlando di aborto/gender
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Fiera che l'Italia abbia cantato in lingua originale. Uno dei pochi paesi a non aver cantato in inglese
#ITA
#Eurovision
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I filmed Meloni for my documentary
#FascismInTheFamily
, where I look at the story of my fascist grandfather to see if Fascism could be returning to Italy and elsewhere. Watch the whole film here
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Cari uomini, la lotta ai molestatori bastardi dipende anche da voi. Le donne non sono le custodi della moralita'
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@CasMudde
I think she might want to reconsider her major in journalism and international relations…
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Great London book launch last night for
@broderly
’s ‘Mussolini’s Grandchildren’.
From Berlusconi’s cult of personality to polarised media and the rise of the Far Right, Italy has long been the canary in the coal mine for Western democracies.
Interesting comparisons with USA/
UK
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Sono cresciuta in Danimarca. Quando sono andata a Londra per universita' mi hanno dato €500 al mese x4anni. Anche se italiana.
#presadiretta
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It's been a tough few years for EU citizens in UK, so it's heartening to see one of us in the
#GBBOFinal
Representation matters and
#EUcitizens
are part of Britain's diversity.
Well done Giuseppe (and Jurgen) for being such great representatives - and amazing bakers!
#GBBO
Giuseppe was inspired to get into baking by his father. Well done, Guiseppe - your dad taught you well!
#GBBOFinal
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"I don't pay my licence fee to have the news read by a foreigner."
20 years ago I was taken off air at BBC London due to my foreign accent. Diversity didn't apply to me.
Now 40% of Londoners are foreign-born but that attitude remains. My latest Substack👇
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Thousands of fascism ‘nostalgics’ have come to Mussolini’s birth town of Predappio this weekend to mark 100 years since he seized power in Italy.
Many queued for hours to make the fascist salute in front of his tomb. Around 2 thousand marched through the town on Sunday🧵
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@YousraElbagir
As an Italian who grew up in Denmark, having any Middle Eastern cuisine score below DK makes this list a total travesty (apart from top slot of course 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🍝)
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A huge thank you to my colleagues, guests, contributors and crucially all the viewers who've trusted us to make sense of the world.
A part of me will always miss Al Jazeera and working in daily news, but I'm more passionate about journalism than ever. So, what's next?
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We were TRULY international, TRULY diverse. It showed in our journalism and that's what made a difference.
To all my former Al Jazeera London colleagues, I know it's a tough time but please remember that you really did make TV history.
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Adoro l'Inghilterra, ma non today: Oggi sono Italiana dalla testa ai piedi
#ForzaAzzurri
#Italy
#WorldCup2014
http://t.co/3n8ZyByjzA
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Lots of talk around fascism and
#italyelections
, saying Italians haven’t dealt with their past.
Why did nothing like German denazification happen in Italy? And are we seeing the impact today?
I write about it for
@AJEnglish
(link in thread below)
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Per chi pensa che i 'musulmani moderati' non parlino dopo Dacca x paura, quando sono loro ad essere le prime vittime
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These stumbling stones in Rome mark the home where an entire family was arrested and deported to their deaths.
This one hurts the most. Little Giovanni Di Castro, born in the same year that he was murdered.
Never forget.
#HolocaustMemorialDay
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Why did my grandfather choose to become a Fascist? He joined Mussolini’s party after returning from the front in WW1. I ask historian Gianluca Scroccu in my film ‘Fascism in the Family’. What was Fascism then and could it be resurfacing now?Details in thread
#FascismInTheFamily
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Lots of admiration for
@rulajebreal
on
#InternationalWomensDay
for always calling out the lack of proper representation on Italian TV, and being principled enough to refuse invitations to programmes where she would be the only woman among many men
Cari giornalisti e presentatori TV vorrei ricordarvi che il miglior modo di celebrare le donne è l’inclusione. Serve che ogni giorno, non solo oggi
#8Marzo2022
, siano coinvolte più giornaliste, inviate di guerre, analiste, e attiviste…
La parità, va implementata non elogiata…
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Stasera in studio a
@PiazzapulitaLA7
per parlare di Brexit e del futuro dell’UE, con o senza il Regno Unito.
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E' l'ora del Rosario a Londra! Gli italians al
@TroxyLondon
per
@Fiorello
On way with
@BarbaraGSerra
to see the hilariously funny
@Fiorello
@TroxyLondon
. For once it will be ok that I don't get English humour!
#fb
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I remember 2 weeks ago a friend in Rome telling me "The only sound coming from the streets is that of ambulance sirens." Now from my bedroom window in London that's what I keep hearing too, silence punctuated by sirens.
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I joined AlJazeera exactly 10 years ago today, before
#AJE
launched. It's been an amazingly interesting time. Can't believe it's a decade.
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Al tempo in cui l'antipolitica va di moda,la morte di JoCox dimostra che c'è ancora chi si batte per le proprie idee
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La morte di
#GiulioRegeni
e' una tragedia ma non si tratta di un caso isolato. Il mio articolo per
@illibraio
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And the award for most creative home backdrop for a TV interview goes to
@tancredipalmeri
for the Maradona football shirts washing line. 🏆🎥⚽️
#Maradona
@AJEnglish
#Napoli
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"Ho viaggiato per il mondo ma l'Italia è la mia casa" Sophia Loren si racconta alla BBC tramite le sue canzoni preferite e milioni di britannici ascoltano 'Oggi sono io' di Mina alla radio. Link nel thread
@BBCRadio4
Desert Island Discs
#DID
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I remember British friends/acquaintances thinking Covid was ravaging Italy because Italians are 'touchy-feely' and huge families live under one roof. There was no appreciation of Lombardy being one of richest areas of Europe with amazing health system either.
#COVIDReport
The deadly British superiority complex, including sneering at what was happening in Italy: "The veil of ignorance through which the UK viewed the initial weeks of the pandemic was partly self-inflicted," said the report.
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Imagine risking 3 years in prison for calling a politician a b*stard.
That’s what Italy’s most famous writer
@robertosaviano
(author of Gomorrah) is facing. He’s being taken to court for criminal defamation by new PM Giorgia Meloni for criticising her migration policies 🧵
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💬Disappointed
💬Sad
💬Betrayed
How Europeans in the UK feel 6 years after the referendum.
Here’s the word cloud from the latest research into one of biggest (and often ignored) communities in the U.K.
#BrexitDay
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Fra poco a
#Piazzapulita
per parlare di Brexit e sovranismo in Europa. Che opzioni ora per GB? E che impatto per UE? Ecco il blog
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@Lorella_
A Londra sono andata a 20 anni. In Danimarca con la famiglia a 8. Non parlo italiano come lingua primaria dal 1983. E comunque il mio accento non è poi così male! Goodnight
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One of Italy’s top courts (
#cassazione
) has just ruled that making the fascist salute is NOT a crime, after 150 neo-fascists did it in unison in Rome last week.
My analysis of Italy’s weak laws around fascism & why Meloni has said nothing about it 👇
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White House
@PressSec
& journos from around the world join calls to
#freeAJstaff
held in Cairo jail since December 29
http://t.co/oA8SOL06zX
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@maitlis
@BBCJonSopel
@global
@dinosofos
Two of the biggest stars at world's leading news broadcaster leave to launch a podcast.
Proof of just how much the news industry has changed in the past few years.
Good luck Emily, Jon and Dino. Can't wait to hear it!
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Grateful for support of fellow journos for
#AlJazeera
. Disappointed (but not surprised) by silence from Western govs
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Honoured to be presenting the
#RTSAwards
for TV Journalism tonight. Good luck to all the nominees!
@RTS_media
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The
#ijf18
@journalismfest
kicks off today in Perugia, 5 days of thought-provoking discussions with journalists from all around the world. It’s always one of the highlights of my year. Big thanks to the amazing volunteers who make it all possible. See you on Saturday!
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"The figures are wrong. Italy's death rate stands at 12% but that's a nearly impossible number."
@emmevilla
from
@ispionline
explains why percentage of people dying from
#Covid19
doesn't reflect how deadly the disease is.
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Hello British viewers. If anyone isn't going to watch THE interview and would like to catch up with day's global news instead, here's the offering from Al Jazeera @ 21GMT
➡️Tensions in Senegal
➡️Deadly explosion in Equatorial Guinea
➡️Riot Police in Myanmar corner 200 protesters
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The term Fascism gets bandied around a lot re US
#Election2020
My grandfather was a Fascist in Mussolini's Italy so I made a film about what Fascism was then and whether it's resurfacing now.
#FascismInTheFamily
airs on
@AJEnglish
tonight 01GMT/9pmEDT or
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Miglior rimedio per una domenica londinese fredda e piovosa - una tazza di tè all’inglese e il nuovo libro di
@elvira_serra
#lestelledicapogelsomino
, per sentire l’estate sarda un po’ più vicina. (Stesso cognome ma non siamo parenti, almeno che sappia!)
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I remember the relentless mockery I endured as an Italian in the U.K. over Berlusconi’s Bunga Bunga ‘parties’. 😖
Have the tables now turned?🇮🇹🇬🇧
My latest Substack : BUNGA vs BORIS - The Gold Standard of Political Scandals
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“Only with international co-operation and a strong sense of solidarity will we be able to overcome Covid as well as the global fragilities that Covid has demonstrated.”
#UN
sec gen
@antonioguterres
speaks to
@AJEnglish
about his vision for post
#Covid
world.
#aje
@baysontheroad
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