Jonathan Rugman
@jrug
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@channel4news for yonks. @BBCNews @guardian before. Sr Assoc. Fellow @RUSI_org . Lecturer @cityjournalism . Author: https://t.co/uTdAU3yIXs
Joined March 2009
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One presumes UK PM’s new National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell will not be telling Lord Mandelson to “get up the arse of the White House and stay there”? That was the advice Powell, then Tony Blair’s chief of staff, gave UK Ambo Sir Christopher Meyer during the Clinton era…
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RT @Charles_Lister: It’s been a while since #Russia was precision striking hospitals in #Syria - but it’s restarted, as #Putin pursues a pu…
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My @Channel4News report on the rapid advance of Syrian rebels. Assad regime/Russian backers caught off guard. Iran/Hezbollah not much help when already pummelled by Israel. Result: Syria’s revolution rekindled, with Sunni Islamist fighters in vanguard.
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RT @ThomasVLinge: #Syria BREAKING: rebel forces have ENTERED the city of #Hama. It seems the regime has abandoned the city.
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Syria’s government was not going to wait long to respond to the revival of this armed revolution- with gunfire. More on @Channel4News at 6pm UK.
#Syria: regime forces opened fire on protesters in the town of Inkhil in #Daraa province as they were trying to raise the #FreeSyria flag. Little is needed to reignite the rebellion in the south.
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My @Channel4News report on Zelenskyy, Scholz repositioning themselves ahead of a Trump presidency, anticipating his negotiations to end the Ukraine war:
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RT @DmytroKuleba: A few months ago, Chancellor Scholz asked President Zelensky whether a call to Putin would be appropriate. Zelensky oppos…
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RT @vsmacdonald: So proud of this piece and so much credit to @Rebeccasmt for her work on this. It’s not often we get to report on somethi…
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Last time the UK summoned the Israeli ambassador was early April, after 7 aid workers were killed in Gaza. Israel was told “urgently to scale up humanitarian access.” Now UNRWA, Gaza’s main lifeline, is being banned. If the diplomatic strategy isn’t working, why not change it?
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RT @AlecuRussell: Brace yourselves US allies & enemies. Here are Trump’s plans for the world from Ukraine & China to keeping friends & foes…
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RT @NevMab: Follow the reports of @Channel4News foreign team who are getting terrifying footage out of northern Gaza every day thanks to @Y…
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RT @lindseyhilsum: The remaining journalists in Gaza are under direct threat from Israel tonight
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And now his X account has been suspended again! Quite right too.
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