Kriszta Satori<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@mnutty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mnutty</span></a></span> the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> radio covers Sudan regularly, specifically its weekday morning show Newsday. Quite a few online write ups too: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/search?q=sudan&edgeauth=eyJhbGciOiAiSFMyNTYiLCAidHlwIjogIkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiAiZmFzdGx5LXVyaS10b2tlbi0xIiwiZXhwIjogMTc1NDU0ODg2MCwibmJmIjogMTc1NDU0ODUwMCwicmVxdWVzdHVyaSI6ICIlMkZzZWFyY2glM0ZxJTNEc3VkYW4ifQ.xs-yZp8LcJQ47jWgZOp1PbRfMTuvYZmD2FXIcC9C6cs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/search?q=sudan&edgeaut</span><span class="invisible">h=eyJhbGciOiAiSFMyNTYiLCAidHlwIjogIkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiAiZmFzdGx5LXVyaS10b2tlbi0xIiwiZXhwIjogMTc1NDU0ODg2MCwibmJmIjogMTc1NDU0ODUwMCwicmVxdWVzdHVyaSI6ICIlMkZzZWFyY2glM0ZxJTNEc3VkYW4ifQ.xs-yZp8LcJQ47jWgZOp1PbRfMTuvYZmD2FXIcC9C6cs</span></a> and this from <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> helps to understand the background etc: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hq5c5s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hq5c5s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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Marco Hackney<p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ShootingOfChildren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShootingOfChildren</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SanctionIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanctionIsrael</span></a> !</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/letter-sanctions-israel-gaza-starvation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jul</span><span class="invisible">/29/letter-sanctions-israel-gaza-starvation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BTselem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTselem</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">btselem.org/publications/20250</span><span class="invisible">7_our_genocide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ProtectionForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectionForce</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.change.org/p/un-general-assembly-deploy-an-emergency-armed-multinational-protection-force-to-gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">change.org/p/un-general-assemb</span><span class="invisible">ly-deploy-an-emergency-armed-multinational-protection-force-to-gaza</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Palestine_Protect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine_Protect</span></a><br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StandingTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandingTogether</span></a> 💜<br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TwoStateSolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoStateSolution</span></a><br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EndTheOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheOccupation</span></a><br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EndTheApartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheApartheid</span></a></p>
Kriszta SatoriSudan attack toll
Kriszta Satori<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@alcinoe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alcinoe</span></a></span> and many <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> radio newsprograms are just topped and tailed and remarketed as podcasts, e.g. Newshour - likely available on all platforms, let me check</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>BBC Sounds will close for listeners based outside the UK on 21 July 2025. <br>Station directory for live radio and pods: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250207-bbc-podcasts-are-now-available-on-the-bbc-website-and-app" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250</span><span class="invisible">207-bbc-podcasts-are-now-available-on-the-bbc-website-and-app</span></a> R4 and <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> English is/will be available on BBC.com <br>Any content on alternative platforms is not affected by this change.</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>In the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> bulletin:<br>Volunteer aid workers in Sudan say the paramilitary RSF have been expelling patients from hospitals in West Kordofan so that their fighters can be treated. They say some are being beaten by the RSF fighters.</p>
Kriszta SatoriSyria toll
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> top headline:<br>The Sudanese army says it has been battling RSF in El Fasher, the last city it controls in the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Darfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darfur</span></a> region, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a><br>Residents face extreme shortage of food, medicine and safe shelter.</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Top of the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> bulletin currently: Dutch and German intelligence services say Russia is intensifying its use of banned chemical weapons on Ukrainian troops <br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>
Dr Susi Arnott<p>Dismayed to hear an extended press release from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> just now. (Switched to <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BBCR4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCR4</span></a> and it was all about their failure to self-censor coverage of a music festival)<br>What's going on? <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/newsagenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsagenda</span></a></p>
Petrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂ<p>"You are unable to say anything about the Hamas regime, because your life will be ended by Hamas," says David Menser, a government spokesman of Israel, in a stunning example of projection <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Newsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Newsday</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Acc to <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> radio Iran's parliament has voted for closing the Hormuz Strait - in a non-binding vote</p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> 5 lorries , 38 dead . <a href="https://mas.to/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> 5 a.m.</p>
Kriszta SatoriExtreme graphic upsetting triggering details
Mark Chick<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@fulelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fulelo</span></a></span> </p><p>I despair. Why has the World Service to provide a return, extend influence or promote anything other than good journalism?</p><p>Cost of everything, value of nothing.</p><p>The BBC does it because it is unique, because it is good and because it can. The UK is going Trump. Sure, the news agenda already seems slanted and BBC impartiality appears weakened, but we'll never get it back once it is lost.</p><p>And there are plenty put there who know it. It's time to support and fight to keep what we have.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Will the call for the PKK to disarm bring peace for Kurds? - a visualised version of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> podcast from the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> <br>Part 1 on the history of the Kurdish issue and Turkey:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0wENcia-pM&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=j0wENcia-p</span><span class="invisible">M&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=3</span></a><br>Part 2 on the KRG and Rojava:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-24SIsnQaKE&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-24SIsnQaK</span><span class="invisible">E&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=2</span></a><br>Part 3 on the Kurds' leverage and the deals in Turkey and Syria:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75D1aGTg99Q&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=75D1aGTg99</span><span class="invisible">Q&list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&index=1</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Ps: latest UK news is not encouraging either for the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/may/11/ministers-demand-bbc-world-service-plan-for-cuts-as-aid-budget-slashed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/may</span><span class="invisible">/11/ministers-demand-bbc-world-service-plan-for-cuts-as-aid-budget-slashed</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>A recommended listen from the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> - Defeated: How ordinary Germans experienced the end of World War Two<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l3nk2s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0l3nk2s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@opethminded" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>opethminded</span></a></span> the war is comprehensively and continously covered on the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCWorldService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCWorldService</span></a> radio, especially on Newsday prog, in the mornings, avail globally. But yes, i hear you. We on <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> did this before the first anniversary <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hq5c5s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hq5c5s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Morning, all,
#BBCWorldService reports that J.D. Vance is hoping to meet the Pontiff at the Vatican in Rome.
Presumably he wants to ask the Pope how many divisions he commands?
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