Maria Polachowska
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Exhausted but not beaten. On International Women’s Day respect for their courage and determination.
#Ukraine
#InternationalWomensDay
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Thank you to
all friends of
@BBCNewsnight
. Your kind words of support and appreciation mean so much at a difficult time. As ever 🙏.
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Such a special day leaving a brilliant team and a brilliant programme. The happiest of memories!! Thank you to all the Newsnight family and supporters. Simply the best. xx
A special word today about
@mpolachowska
who leaves
@BBCNewsnight
after 35 years on the show. She is a foreign field producer who gave total dedication to the BBC & the teams who worked with her. Smart, tireless, & loyal she saw me through countless trips from Bosnia to Ukraine🙌🏻
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@BBCNewsnight
team. Post deployment, Sarajevo August 1995.
@MarkUrban01
Thank you for all the kind and uplifting tweets and retweets. Touching tributes at a special time. Sincerely appreciated. xx
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Marking the Battle for Monte Cassino today. 4 engagements from 17th Jan 1944 to 18th May. Fortitude and brotherhood. We will remember them. For our freedom and yours. 🙏
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To all who fought for our peace & those endured WW2 thank you. Jan Polachowski my father fought at Tobruk, Monte Cassino and Bologna. He could not return to Poland but Britain gave him refuge.
#VEDay75
#VEDay2020
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@MarkUrban01
@BBCNewsnight
Greatly appreciated Mark. From the fall of communism to Ukraine working with you has been a dream ticket. Hope it's not quite over. Good luck to you and THANK YOU!! I seem to have something in both eyes!!😰
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Day after day Ukrainian’s seek shelter from Russian peacekeeping! 1.5 million. A warm welcome in Poland but they are determined to return to an Independent European Ukraine!
@BBCNewsnight
Tuesday
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
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@BBCNewsnight
near the border to Ukraine. staging post for those seeking sanctuary and those returning defiantly to fight.
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
#Ukraine
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Hear, hear. Thank you Mark. Such a privilege to work with you and all the Newsnight family of Editors, Correspondents Producers, Designers, Camera journalists and Production staff Simply the best!
@BBCNewsnight
@MarkUrban01
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Protests outside Russian Embassy in London tonight. In Russia people across most major cities have gathered to commemorate
#Navalny
. Watch
@BBCNewsnight
with
@BBCJoeInwood
22:30 BBC2.
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BBC Newsnight on BBC2 at 22:45 tonight. Join Kirsty Wark presenting from BBC Scotland, Glasgow.
@BBCNewsnight
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Human need meets human kindness. Oksana, Martin and Kasia. Refugee and Polish host family. Strangers brought together by the invasion of Ukraine.
@BBCNewsnight
22:30 2nite
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
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Three brave psychologists from Mariupol share their powerful stories with
@BBCNewsnight
. They are now helping Ukrainians in Poland to deal with their trauma. They work with
@FHumandoc
- www.humandocpl .
@BBCWorld
this Sat & Sun.
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Within 6 days , 17 nationalities from 4 continents fleeing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Heartbreaking. Watch
@BBCNewsnight
2nite 22:30 with
@lewis_goodall
& camera
@LondonLuke
producer
@mpolachowska
#Ukraine
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@BBCNewsnight
22:30 2nite. Reporting from Medyka and Przemysl border crossings. Women and children cross leaving their men to fight the Russian invasion.
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
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BBC's Newsnight to be cut back as part of savings plan. Devastating news for the team. Known for it’s distinctive journalism and films.
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@MarkUrban01
As ever, distinct, smart and thoughtful. A joy working with you Mark. May I add wisdom to know when is the best time to run a story and what that story should be. You always did and hope will do. Enjoy. x
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On the borderlands between East Poland and West Ukraine neighbour’s share a common foe, Russia. 2022 invasion unites them again. Watch
@BBCNewsnight
22:30 with
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
#Ukraine
#UkraineUnderAtta
сk
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On the Polish-Ukrainian border as tens of thousands flee - BBC Newsnight via
@YouTube
team
@BBCNewsnight
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
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A message from George Formby 1930s & 40s star of Ealing film studios.
@BBCNewsnight
TONIGHT 22:30.
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Amazing journalism of Peter Taylor - film this weekend on UK News Channel 00:30 and 20:30 Sunday 23rd January. Camera:
@mmccauleycamera
Producer:
@mpolachowska
for
@BBCNewsnight
@BBCWorld
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On
@BBCNewsnight
tonight at 22:30 BBC2. In
#India
starvation and unemployment on the rise following enormous death toll due to pandemic.
@sima_kotecha
reports. Produced
@mpolachowska
#India
#Covid
#Starvation
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80th anniversary of victory at
#Monte
Cassino. For our freedom and yours. Nasza Wasza Wolnosc. Thank you to all who fought for our freedom. 🇵🇱🇬🇧
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In an election year, when politicians need more scrutiny, not less, it is deeply worrying that
#Newsnight
is facing severe cuts.
How are citizens to hold politicians properly to account if serious, indepth
#BBC
interviews and investigations are scrapped?
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Shocked to hear news of the death of Roger Law. Outstanding legal voice - encouraged and backed a lot of difficult and risky journalism. I worked on many films and investigations with him. A legend both within the BBC and the legal world. My condolences to his family. RIP.
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Always a privilege to work with you
@MarkUrban01
. Thank you. It's been an amazing journey!! Lovely edit as ever, by
@LondonLuke
.
WATCH: how global politics changed during 35 years of reporting for Newsnight. A valedictory piece produced by
@mpolachowska
who shared that journey, edit by
@LondonLuke
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In Jan 96 BBC Newsnight returned to
@Srebrenica
to ask what happened to the missing men? Interviewing families, officials and survivors we pieced together the first accounts of their story.
@MarkUraban
@Srebrenica27
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Fascinating read. Dramatic detail of the collective effort between the French, British and Polish collaborators who broke the Enigma code. A tale for today.
@MarkUrban01
@edwardlucas
@WandaKoscia
@maya_rstw
@richardwatson1
“A remarkable tale of intellect, bravery and camaraderie that reads like a nail-biting spy novel.” -
@nature
#EnigmaRevealed
#WW2
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Powerful and moving voices of protestors in Myanmar. They face, arrest, snipers and torture yet their resolve appears to grow. Watch
@BBCNewsnight
22:45 tonight. Reported by
@EmirNader
produced by
@mpolachowska
#MyanmarCoup
#Yangon
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Farewell, with regret … Kirsty Wark, Newsnight’s smiling assassin in stripes | Rachel Cooke | The Guardian
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Afghan families eligible for UK still stuck in Pakistan hotels - BBC News... via
@YouTube
. 2 years on from return of Taliban,
at risk & unable to start a new life.
@BBCNawal
@BBCNewsnight
@de_Jong_Sara
@SulhaAlliance
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@MarkUrban01
reports from Ukraine tonight,
@BBCNewsnight
22:30. Ukraine’s struggle 2 years on. Exhausted soldiers need a break. Will the government’s new recruitment plan provide the numbers needed? Filmed
@JackGarland
Prod
@mpolachowska
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@vicderbyshire
@KirstyWark
@BBCTwo
@BBCiPlayer
Formidable journalist and a great friend. A fantastic privilege to work with you Kirsty. All the very best. x
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From blackouts to broadcast blockbusters – BBC Two turns 60 this weekend.
To mark the occasion, here’s a
#Newsnight
mash-up of some of its best moments.
Made by
@StuartDenman
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The killing fields of Srebrenica - Newsnight archives (1996) via
@YouTube
July 95
@MarkUrban01
+ team reported from Bosnia. Jan 1996 we searched for the missing men of Srebrenica. Powerful stories of 2 survivors of the massacre.
#srebrenicaGenocide
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On
@BBCNewsnight
tonight. We speak to some Afghans brought to the UK because they worked as interpreters with British forces. Today they face eviction from hotels. When will they have a permanent home?
@EmirNader
reports.
@mpolachowska
Producer
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Thank you so much. Teamwork from
@LondonLuke
(Camera) and Mike Latham (Editor). Thanks to
@BBCNewsnight
@BBCOurWorld
@dan1kelly
@djoeclarke
@islingtonlizzi
Congratulations to Mark Urban & Maria Polachowska - their film ‘The Butcher of Bosnia’ is shortlisted for an Annie Dodd award to be screened at the Imperial War Museum short film festival.
Watch it at:
@MarkUrban01
|
@mpolachowska
|
@I_W_M
|
#newsnight
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The Abbey of Monte Cassino. Site of one of the most difficult Battles of WW 2. Soldiers from many countries bravely fought Jan to May 1944. Jan Polachowski my father was one. Thank you. Their spirit lives on in the town Cassino. Thank you for your welcome.
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BBC 2, 22:30 2nite. Marina Litvinenko joins
@BBCNewsnight
to talk about the painful memories that Navalny's death evokes,
#Putin
and
#Russia
. Watch
@richardwatson1
,
@mpolachowska
doc on
#AlexanderLitvinenko
. .
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Losing BBC Newsnight’s investigation arm is bad decision via
@ft
Such a privilege to work on
@BBCNewsnight
Distinctive public interest journalism from a committed and hardworking team. Thanks for all your support.
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@BBCNewsnight
Film set streets in old town Lublin.
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
🎥on travels to Eastern towns and borders - how is Poland coping with 2.7 million refugees from Ukraine. 14 March 22:30 BBC2.
NEXT WEEK:
@BBCNewsnight
“Ukraine: The Global Fallout”
Newsnight will air live from five key capitals to assess how the war in Ukraine is reshaping the world order.
🇵🇱Warsaw
🇫🇮Helsinki
🇩🇪Berlin
🇺🇸Washington
🇬🇧London
Mon-Fri 10.30pm
@BBCTwo
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Afghans who worked alongside British spies left in Afghanistan - BBC New... via
@YouTube
Great report
@MarkUrban01
@Charlie533080
@DanJarvisMP
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Wishing all peace, kindness and happiness, for Easter, Passover and Ramadan. M
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Sending best wishes to
my friend and colleague
@jennymparks
also leaving
@BBCNewsnight
after many years. A talented filmmaker and journalist who embodies the spirit of Newsnight. All the very best. Will miss the office banter we enjoyed. Good luck xxx
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The Butcher of Bosnia film- via
@YouTube
. Today Ratko Mladic appeals against the charge of genocide.
@MarkUrban01
covered the Balkan wars for
@BBCNewsnight
. Why did Mladic become known as The Butcher of Bosnia?
@mpolachowska
@dan1kelly
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Mary Lou talks to
@lewis_goodall
for
@BBCNewsnigjt
tonigjt 22:30 BBC2. What will the new political landscape look like after this extraordinary surge for Sinn Fein
#IrishElection
Irish Elections2020.
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@shirinwheelerEU
@BBCNews
@MarkUrban01
@gavinesler
@maitlis
@lindseyhilsum
@BBCkatyaadler
@BBCNewsnight
True journalist, grit, compassion and determination. Privileged to have worked with Charles in my first year on Newsnight.
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Hi Carolyn. That is so very kind. Thank you. It has been a privilege to have a journalistic canvas like
#Newsnight
. Credit to all those like you who helped.
@Carolyn_J_
@MarkUrban01
@BBCJoeInwood
@Charlie533080
@de_Jong_Sara
#Afghanistan
@DanJarvisMBE
Incredible timeline of coverage from
@MarkUrban01
and my friend
@mpolachowska
. Mark and Maria at Newsnight gave the in-depth, hard hitting political and diplomatic journalism we all need to see, and will be missed.
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@SrebrenicaUK
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre watch The Butcher of Bosnia film on
@BBCBreaking
Fri 10/7 21:30, on
@BBCWorld
Sat 11/07 07:30 19:30, Sun 12/07 00:30 & 11:30.
@MarkUrban01
@LondonLuke
@mikey_wireyface
@mpolachowska
@dan1kelly
@BBCNewsnight
.
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Respect to all those who like
@MarkUrban01
go the extra mile in taking risks to report from conflict zones.
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Generation Covid: Can Schools reopen safely? - BBC Newsnight via
@YouTube
Thanks to all pupils, staff & parents
@StPaulsRCWirral
you are amazing!
@lewis_goodall
,
@mpolachowska
&
@BBCNewsnight
good luck with your studies. Watch their film.
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Where are Ukraine’s refugees heading? - BBC Newsnight via
@YouTube
Human need meets human kindness. Powerful stories from
#PolandFirstToHelp
#Poland
by
@lewis_goodall
@LondonLuke
@mpolachowska
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On
@BBCNewsnight
22:30 tonight. Afghan Special Forces in danger of being sent back to the Taliban.
@BBCJoeInwood
has spoken to British soldiers who supported relocation cases to UK but the MOD never replied. They tell us Afghan forces were paid with UK funds.
@mpolachowska
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The patients priced out of orphan drugs - BBC Newsnight via
@YouTube
. Amazing courage as a drugs trial volunteer as a teenager. 10 years on Louise hears BioMarin will resume her prescription. A powerful film by
@deb_cohen
@jakemorristw
@mpolachowska
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BBC Newsnight’s Policy Editor Lewis Goddall talking to supporters at Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour Party Leadership launch, Manchester. Tonight 22;30 on
@BBCNewsnight
.
@lewis_goodall
@mpolachowska
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BBC2 Newsnight 22:30 tonight reporting from Dublin with
@lewis_goodall
. What will the surge in votes for Sinn Fein mean for a new government in Ireland.
#IrelandElection
@BBCNEQ
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Housing Britain. First in a series of
@BBCNewsnight
films on the housing crisis. Kelly Sheen, evicted, then moved to more than 6 temporary homes, "You can't let it get you down." Watch her story on BBC2, 22:30 tonight. A film by
@katierazz
@SlaterJack
@mpolachowska
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On
@BBCNewsnight
22:30 BBC 2.
@BenChu_
reports from Britain's largest steel plant at
#PortTalbot
. Workers at the plant and scientists share their take on the new UK deal for jobs and the future of steel. Filming by
@LondonLuke
.
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Amazing
@DanielPearl_TV
. Thank you.
@BBCNewsnight
pre digital days! I recall the photographer said look serious!
@MarkUrban01
Hi Maria. What a great legacy you leave at a brilliant programme. Here is something I found - what a team!
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For our freedom and yours. We will remember. Tobruk, Monte Cassino & Bologna. Thank you to all. who gave us freedom and those who protect peace.
#LestWeForget
#RemembranceSunday
#WeWillRememberThem
@PolishEmbassyUK
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BBC News Channel. Peter Taylor meets The Real Derry Girls. They confronted the dissidents who shot Lyra McKee Watch Sat 23/11 00:30, Sun 14:30
@dan1kelly
@esmewren
@BBCNewsnight
@mpolachowska
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A memorable assignment. Sarajevo 95. Crossing over Igman, rooms at the Holiday Inn, breaking curfews and yet another clapped out vehicle! Production doing some heavy lifting!👇
@MarkUrban01
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BBC2 tonight 23:03 Unspun World. With
@JohnSimpsonNews
+
@JamWaterhouse
on Ukraine support,
@bealejonathan
is Europe in pre war state?
#NATO
. Who owns the moon?
@BBCMorelle
, Euros kick off
@danroan
& the modern game.
Team
@mpolachowska
,
@MaxHorberry
,
@richardtulip
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BBC2 Newsnight 22:30 tonight reporting from Dublin with
@lewis_goodall
. What will the surge in votes for Sinn Fein mean for a new government in Ireland.
#IrelandElection
@BBCNewsnight
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BBC2 23:05 today. Unspun World.
@JohnSimpsonNews
with
@alittl
on D Day & Europe.
@nomsa_maseko
on elections in S Africa.
@pardodaniel
on Pres. elect, Claudia Sheinbaum.
@BBCMarkEaston
on immigration. Produced by
@MaxHorberry
&
@mpolachowska
Editor
@RicharrdTulip
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Alexander Litvinenko's murder: The inside story - BBC Newsnight via
@YouTube
The European Court of Human Rights today has found that Russia was behind his killing. A
@BBCNewsnight
film by
@richardwatson1
&
@mpolachowska
from 2015.
#Litvinenko
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@BBCNewsnight
in
#Kiev
with Diplomatic Editor
@MarkUrban01
, Shoot/edit
@jackwgarland
, Producer
@mpolachowska
, research
@yakutenochka
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As Ukraine enters into a 3rd year of war, how do people feel about enlisting to fight? Will they have enough troops for the coming months?📽️ for
@BBCBreaking
thanks to
@SDias26472263
&
@BBCNewsnight
.
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German president asks Poles for forgiveness on eve of 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising
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25 years today Poles went to the polls and elected 1st non communist gov in E Europe! Rollback of communism began. Toast democracy tonight
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Vera Kriegel & her twin were victims of Dr Menegle. He carried out brutal experiments on twin children in Auschwitz. In a moving film for
@BBCNewsnight
Vera told her harrowing story.
#Auschwitz75
#WeRememeber
#HolocaustRemembranceDay
@mpolachowska
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Czesc ich pamieci! In tribute to their memory. Thank you to them and to all who continue to defend us.
#LestWeForget
#WeWillRememberThem
.
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BBC World News Sat & Sun. Legendary Peter Taylor recalls Bloody Sunday. Interviews with soldiers, witnesses & Inquiry Chairman Lord Saville. Moving and powerful testimony. Produced by
@mpolachowska
, Camera
@mmccauleycamera
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Twins of Auschwitz victims of Dr Josef Mengele's cruel experiments on children. My
#HolocaustMemorialDay
2015 film.
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Afghanistan Exit One Year On:
Launch of APPG for Afghan Women and Girls. More important voices raised for Afghanistan.
#Afghanistan
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@agricontract
Hi Olly - Maria from Newsnight. Keen to get in touch with you re interview and visit to your farm 24/11/22. Thanks
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Bewitching Budapest, but why are so many taking to the streets there to protest against Prime Minister Victor Orban? Watch
@BBCNewsnight
22:30 BBC2 tonight. A film by
@alittl
@LondonLuke
&
@mpolachowska
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On
@BBCNewsnight
22:30 2night. Why are Afghan interpreters who worked with British forces in
#Afghanistan
& eligible to settle in the UK, now stuck in hotels with their families in
#Pakistan
? Report by
@BBCNawal
, producer
@mpolachowska
, filmed by Liam Weir. Thanks
@de_Jong_Sara
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BBC World TV moving life story of
@NedzadAvdic
survivor of massacre
@Srebrenica
Our World/Newsnight film 29/December -21:00. 30/Dec – 4:00 am, 11:30, 16:00 and 23:00
31/Dec - 5:00am, 17:30
1st /Jan 00:00 on New Year 2018
@SrebrenicaUK
#Bosnia
#Mladic
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Truck driver raises thousands for family of truck driver killed in Berlin Christmas market attack
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@unlockcharity
@ChrisStacey
@Justforkidslaw
@libertyhq
@BindmansLLP
@DoughtyStPublic
@caoilfhionnanna
@HughSoutheyQC
@njbarmstrong
Watch
@BBCNewsnight
tonight at 10:30 to hear how some people are still living with the stigma of convictions or cautions from their childhoods or young adulthoods.
@katierazz
@mpolachowska
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Excellent exhibition at King's College, London to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, August 1944.
@PolishEmbassyUK
@SilenceInPolish
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As lockdown eases some may end up sleeping on the streets again. A
@BBCNewsnight
film by
@richardwatson1
@jackwgarland
Thanks to
@CardinalNichols
@JRSUK
@SLCT2015
.
During the pandemic the government committed to get the homeless into emergency accommodation. But what now as lockdown loosens?
-22:45
@BBCTwo
@richardwatson1
|
@mpolachowska
|
#Newsnight
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Afghan refugees still in UK hotels two years on - BBC Newsnight via
@YouTube
@EmirNader
@mpolachowska
. Thanks to
@de_Jong_Sara
@SulhaAlliance
@DanJarvisMP
#Afghanistan
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Powerful accounts from 4 survivors who escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport to the UK. Sir Nicholas Winterton the hero behind their escape gave
@BBCNewsnight
one of his last interviews. 📽️ by
@mpolachowska
&
@JonHughes1
.
@I_W_M
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