Julia Macfarlane
@juliamacfarlane
Journalist @BBCNews, sometimes presenting @bbcworldservice #globalnewspod | Formerly @ABC foreign correspondent | Foreign affairs in my DNA 🇮🇩🏴
One year to the day his Health Secretary and Chancellor resigned over his handling of the Chris Pincher affair (allegations of sexual assault that No10 denied knowing about) does Boris Johnson wish he had handled things differently? I asked the former PM. His response: a snore
They say, laughter is the best medicine. I couldn’t agree more. Find happiness in what you do, and who you do it with. Everything else is just noise. - Don
💥Former IDF Spokesman Peter Lerner on the Israeli government: "They failed to see the emerging crisis due to their lack of sensitivity. They didn't believe there was a famine because they pinned their hopes on the illusory GHF. Most importantly, they put the IDF forces in an…
נפלו שוב למארב של חמאס. לא זיהו את המשבר המתהווה בגלל קהות חושים. לא האמינו שיש רעב כי תלו תקוותם באשליית פתרון ה GHF. ובעיקר שמו את כוחות צה״ל במצב בלתי אפשרי. ניצחון מוחלט עאלק. חבורת פירומנים.
My parents were murdered on October 7th, and if anyone is slapping us in the face, it's people like you, who for the past 20 years have failed to prevent violence and bloodshed in Israel-Palestine, whilst making inflammatory remarks. Your administration could stop the war…
The United States strongly rejects @EmmanuelMacron’s plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the @UN general assembly. This reckless decision only serves Hamas propaganda and sets back peace. It is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th.
The opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics was 13 years ago today in London; what a wonderful time for our city and country that was.
Someone brought an RC car to the dog park.. 😊
I can’t do a single keepie uppie
Italian rhythmic gymnast Sofia Raffaeli is truly out of this world , just listen to the crowd erupt as she delivers a breathtaking, sublime performance!🌟🇮🇹💫
Today I saw the face of what we’ve become: and it was buried in trash. It was after the hospital. My hands still smelled of blood and iodine, as if I had just pulled death out of someone’s lungs. I stepped into the street not as a man walks, but as a shadow stumbles: worn,…
💥#Breaking: @IDF announces its resuming air drops of humanitarian aid to Gaza tonight, will secure "humanitarian corridors" to secure safely of UN aid truck convoys & has reconnected an electric line to the Gaza desalinization plant. From released images air drops seem imminent.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation offered a 'women only' day. It didn't stop the killing. By BBC's @EmirNader in Jerusalem bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Trump posts a meme of him and JD Vance chasing Obama in cop cars. …using the meme version of Vance.
Breaking News: Israeli military officials say they have no proof Hamas routinely steals UN aid, undercutting a claim Israel has used to limit food for Gaza. nyti.ms/4opoK4n
💥The IDF never found proof that Hamas systematically stole aid from the United Nations, the biggest supplier of emergency assistance to Gaza for most of the war. In fact, the UN aid delivery system, which the Netanyahu government derided & undermined, was largely effective in…
-European insults Indonesia on twitter -Indonesian netizens respond by starting fights with Malaysians 😂🇮🇩
We're gonna deport you back to Indonesia
This is important testimony that cuts through all the bluster from the Israeli government and the American contractors
A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres. “I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians,” Anthony Aguilar told…
A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres. “I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians,” Anthony Aguilar told…
One of Lebanon’s most celebrated composers & musicians Ziad Rahbani - as well as the son & curator of the musical legacy of his legendary mother Fairouz - has died at the age of 69 - his music remains an essential part of the soundtrack of life in Lebanon #زياد_رحباني
Rest in peace, Ziad Rahbani, cultural giant, leftist rebel, prolific composer, genius social critic, witty writer and son of diva Fayrouz. He defined a whole era. A huge loss for Lebanon.
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