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White House Correspondent @AFP . Reported from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Libya. Previously in The Hague, Brussels, London, Paris, Bangkok, Islamabad & Hong Kong
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Bucha: a street filled with bodies. Wrote a piece for
@AFP
about what a team including 📷
@rschemidt
, 🎥Nicolas Garcia and myself found in this small town outside Kyiv on April 2 after the Russian withdrawal
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BREAKING - Dutch intelligence services say they prevented a Russian spy from accessing the International Criminal Court in the Hague as an intern. The man was working under a Brazilian identity but actually belonged to the GRU -
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Loving actress Selma Blair's service dog Scout, who seemed to be very comfortable lying on Joe Biden's shoe in hot sun on the South Lawn
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Breaking - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock calls for creation of special court in The Hague to try Russian leaders over Ukraine invasion -
@AFP
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In a ridiculous coincidence, the name of the sculpture is 'Saved by the Whale's Tail'. 'So that literally happened,' official from local safety authority tells
@AFP
. 'Because of the whale's tail the driver actually was saved, it's incredible.'
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Just noticed The Hague has renamed this cycle path near the Russian embassy 🇺🇦🚲
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‘I have drawn you a unicorn’. Tusk’s Instagram scores again 🦄
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Farage's face as Verhofstadt says 'there is one positive result of the UK election - the disappearance of UKIP'
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🇳🇱: More bikes than people
🇺🇸: More guns than people.
Telling graphic from Dutch paper
@ADnl
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Bonkers story. Dutch AIVD names the GRU agent as Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, who had claimed to be a 33-year-old Brazilian citizen named Viktor Muller Ferreira. He was refused entry to the Netherlands in April as a threat to national security
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The Dutch say that had he succeeded in accessing the ICC, which is probing war crimes in Ukraine, he would have been able to gather intelligence or recruit sources, access the court's digital systems and 'might also have been able to influence criminal proceedings of the ICC.'
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Smiley would have loved it: the Dutch have also released what they say is the spy's 'legend', likely written by him, including fictive details of troubled father relationship, crush on a teacher, and addresses of his favourite restaurant and trance music club in Brasilia
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25 migrants found alive in refrigerated container on ferry that had just left Dutch port of Vlaardingen for Britain’s Felixstowe tonight, Dutch emergency services say. 2 taken to hospital, the rest taken to police station
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Biden says if Trump's Truth Social stock 'drops any lower he might do better under my tax plan than his'
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Breaking - White House has just warned of a ‘large Serbian military military deployment’ on Kosovo border including ‘unprecedented staging’ of advanced artillery and tanks. Calls for withdrawal. ‘We believe this is a very destabilising development’, NSC’s John Kirby says
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Meanwhile Dutch far-right MP Thierry Baudet is retweeting his recent interview in which he says ‘I hope Russia will win, I think it’s fantastic that someone like Putin exists’
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Breaking - French presidency says G7 leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with $50 billion via frozen Russian assets by the end of the year,
@AFP
in Paris reporting. US said earlier that talks were ongoing to thrash out specifics
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Thank you, Dutch police, for these wonderfully surreal photos of a terrorism exercise in a tulip garden
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What a tail: Dutch metro driver saved after his train smashes through a barrier but is stopped from plummeting to the ground by a sculpture of a whale
Bij metrostation De Akkers in Spijkenisse is een metro door het stootblok heengereden. Het treinstel bungelt zo'n 8 meter boven de grond en rust op een kunstwerk. Gekeken wordt hoe de metro geborgen kan worden. De metrobestuurder is voor controle naar het ziekenhuis gebracht.
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Dutchest video ever: Netherlands police bike-charge coronavirus rioters
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Biden, meeting Polish President and PM in East Room of White House, warns Russia ‘won’t stop at Ukraine’
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Dutch PM Rutte didn't see his 96-year-old mother for the two months before her death because he followed his own government's coronavirus rules on not visiting care homes. 'The prime minister has complied with all directives,' his spokesman told
@AFP
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Dear fellow Brits, hope you like these because if the Dutch can’t fish their herring in British waters you’re going to have to eat them all
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Breaking - Netherlands allows coal-fired power stations to run at full speed again as gas supplies from Russia drop due to the war in Ukraine -
@AFP
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Breaking - International Criminal Court prosecutor opens investigation into ‘situation in Ukraine’ -
@AFP
in The Hague
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Dutch sending 200 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, ANP news agency reports. Aid has so far been limited to 100 sniper rifles plus helmets and other non-lethal aid
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Breaking - Dutch government 'unpleasantly surprised' and 'deeply regrets' announcement by Shell of plans to move tax residence and CEO to UK and drop the 'Royal Dutch' from the name -
@AFP
. This is a big deal here in the Netherlands
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Oh my God... The Dutch government has finally unveiled its Brexit muppet...
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Breaking - Dutch police fire warning shots at rioters against Covid measures in Rotterdam, causing injuries -
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Anne Frank House unveils revamp to teach a ‘new generation’ about her story, as anti-Semitism is on the rise. Report from a sobering visit last night
@AFP
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The Dutch are loving it: *two hundred and fifty* firms are in contact with the government about a post Brexit move, investment agency tells
@AFP
’s
@cvanouwerkerk
, after Sony says its shifting to Netherlands from UK
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Just reupping this after the Netherlands reports more than six times the number of Omicron cases as any other country...
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Forget toilet paper and pasta. Dutch people were queuing for weed before a coronavirus shutdown. Last night’s
@AFP
story
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Bombshell stuff fm UK top FCO civil servant
@SMcDonaldFCO
on Darroch: 1st time since 1856 they've had to pull ambo fm US: 1st time in his 37 yrs service head of friendly govt has refused to coop w/ UK envoy; 'leaker is guilty of worst breach of trust in our service in my career'
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Dutch PM Rutte says May’s Brexit delay request letter ‘doesn’t answer’ key EU concerns, as German FM says many questions remain, and France says request is ‘premature’ and a ‘maladroit trial balloon’. All going swimmingly, then 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🏊♂️🎈
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Britain’s Private Eye magazine has a typically unsparing take
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Magic. Belgian PM gives May a No 10 Hazard football shirt
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Dutch government announces it will send three more teams of investigators under the ICC flag to probe alleged war crimes in Ukraine during 2022-3, starting this autumn. The Netherlands made a big contribution to first, 42-member ICC tean that deployed in May
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France throws a giant new spanner into the works: now health authority recommends that AstraZeneca vaccine should be used *only for over-55s*, following EMA decision
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Breaking - Russia refuses to attend International Court of Justice hearing where Ukraine is demanding an order for a halt to the invasion. 'The court regrets the non-appearance of the Russian federation in these oral proceedings,' ICJ head judge Joan Donoghue says
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@AFP
You can still see the pictures of movie stars that Anne Frank put on the walls of her room in an attempt to add some cheer to the secret annexe where she and her family hid from the Nazis
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And the bookcase that concealed the secret door to the annexe, where they hid from 1942 to 1944
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If you can't say something nice... write a very short letter
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Dutch diplos politely say Johnson's claim Rutte offered to mediate on NI was, well, bollocks
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Nice touch - EU's Malmstroem wears biker jacket for the Harley tariffs announcement
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In the future everyone will work for the White House for 15 minutes
Breaking News: President Trump has decided to remove Anthony Scaramucci from his position as communications director
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Netherlands expels several Russian diplomats and shuts Russia’s trade mission in Amsterdam, accusing Moscow of using it for spying.
@AFP
story
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'We've been really clear about the ICC investigation, we don't support it, we we don't believe that they have the jurisdiction,' White House
@PressSec
Karine Jean-Pierre after reports Israeli officials fear the Hague-based court could soon issue arrest warrants over Gaza war
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Britain's Rishi Sunak working his magic on Italy's Giorgia Meloni.
@AFP
photo from the G7 by Tiziana Fabi
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Devastating. Wonderful guy and brave journalist. When documenting the front line, he even took time to tell little stories, like a hedgehog he rescued. RIP
We are devastated to learn of the death of AFP video journalist Arman Soldin in eastern Ukraine today.
All of our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.
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Ice skating on the lake outside the Dutch Prime Minister’s office
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Whatever you think about Tusk, you’re going to miss his Insta when he’s gone
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Fantastic: grinning Dutch minister welcomes head of EU Medicines Agency, which has been forced to flee London by Brexit, with a gift of a pair of clogs
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'How many Brexiteers does it take to change a lightbulb? One to promise a brighter future and the rest to screw it up!'
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Meanwhile the Dutch Brexitmuppet has been getting up to more mischief...
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How do you say ‘thank you Brexit’ in Dutch? 🇳🇱government releases official figures saying 42 firms and 1,923 jobs moved to Netherlands in 2018 because of Brexit. Plus 250 firms interested
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Latest classic from the 'Dutch is English with funny spelling' archives
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Interview with PM Rutte on BBC Today programme on Brexit reminds me of my dealings with Dutch authorities and companies: frank, friendly up to a point, and ready to grind all your protestations into the dust with relentless rule-based logic
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Biden after US Senate passes Ukraine aid: ‘I will sign this bill into law and address the American people as soon as it reaches my desk tomorrow so we can begin sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week’
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Quality NATO joke
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Love this: Brussels isn't all about two cliches, it's also about two other cliches
Brussels isn't all about waffles and moules frites. Steeped in Surrealism, the spiritual hometown of comic-book hero Tintin is rightly proud of its artistic heritage. Find out more at the city's cultural hotspots:
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Very pleased to say I'll be taking over as AFP bureau chief in The Hague in September. Will miss Brussels, and Brexit, but what can you do
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New EU chief Von der Leyen wins by...
You guessed it...
52% to 48%
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Biden, flanked by Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin, reiterates to Cabinet that Ukraine aid can’t be allowed to lapse and urges Speaker McCarthy to quickly pass aid for Kyiv
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Thrilled to be heading to Washington to take up post soon as White House correspondent for
@AFP
. But v sad to be leaving the Netherlands after five years. Will miss fantastic AFP team and expert press corps. And herring. Dank je wel Den Haag. Good luck
@rdcParisAFP
! 🇳🇱
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‘All these people were shot.’
Twenty bodies strewn across Bucha’s street of death. Full
@AFP
report as Russian retreat reveals new horrors, with 📷
@rschemidt
and 🎥 Nicolas Garcia.
Warning: graphic content:
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Breaking - Ireland expels Russian diplomat over Britain spy poisoning -
@AFP
in Dublin reporting. Becomes 17th EU country to act
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥'I really appreciate Mr Davis's sense of humour' says Tusk when asked about DD saying UK has made all the compromises 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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That was really extraordinary. Stoltenberg looked taken aback as Trump abandoned the polite formality of their breakfast meeting and launched a withering attack on Germany over the 'inappropriate' Nord Stream II pipeline and the fact it is paying 'billions' to Russia
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Dutch to send Ukraine 50 anti-tank weapons with 400 rockets, in addition to 200 Stingers announced earlier today, def min says. Also looking at sending Patriot missiles to NATO battlegroup in Slovakia
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Europe hits back at Trump today: German FM says NATO concerned, French FM says best response is unity, EU's Mogherini defends Iran deal
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