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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

3 years

Apologies for this dear viewers - I was at the end of a long shift after a 5am start when the director cut to me by mistake. The perils of live TV!

Ghausia

@GhausiaSpeaks

3 years

Seems like tier 4 fatigue is getting to the BBC News presenters 😂 #UKlockdown @BenBrownBBC @BBCNews

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@BenBrownBBC

2 years

One hour and counting stuck in this BBC lift - I’ve been promised rescue teams are on the way but no sign of them yet

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

BREAKING NEWS: I’m free!! Almost three hours of incarceration but thanks to all for your concern (and bad jokes)

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

UN Secretary General tells me he’s shocked by Russia carrying out a missile attack on Kyiv while he’s on the city for talks with President Zelensky. Ukraine calls it a ‘heinous act of barbarism’ - and a ‘postcard from Moscow’

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Great to see George Alagiah back in our BBC newsroom today!!

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

1 year

So sad to see her go…farewell to a broadcasting legend. Composed, articulate, empathetic and warm to the very end.

The TV Room

@thetvroom

1 year

[NEWS] Joanna Gosling bids farewell to BBC News viewers after 23 years at the corporation.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Good news: a lift engineer is on the way. Bad news: he’s stuck in traffic and will be another hour

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Strange day - anchored live coverage of the announcement of new Prime Minister - and am currently stuck in a BBC lift trying to get home. Help!

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

1 year

I did a challenging interview with @campbellclaret as I do with all my guests, whether they are Labour, Tory, LibDem, SNP or anything else. Please don’t presume to know my politics - and please understand that tough, devil’s advocate interviews are what a free press is all about

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@Maree8184

1 year

@BenBrownBBC You were schooled by @campbellclaret . It was so obvious, you were following the toryfied line of impartial questioning. You really looked silly there. Your broadcasting standards have slipped. So many decent presenters like Emily Maitlis have left and exposed the BBC.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Sorry Greg, didn’t mean to slag off Radio One, but three hours of forced listening to any radio station is hard to take! Obviously if it had been your show, my incarceration would have been more pleasurable 😊

Greg James

@gregjames

2 years

@BenBrownBBC @AnneAshworth As promised

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2 years

My interview tonight in Kyiv with the UN Secretary General on his talks with President Zelensky - and his efforts to stop the fighting in #Ukraine

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@BenBrownBBC

2 years

@AnneAshworth Radio One - starting to drive me mad

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@BenBrownBBC

1 year

What an enormous loss to the BBC. Joanna has consistently been one of our most brilliant presenters - a privilege and pleasure to have worked alongside her

Joanna Gosling

@joannagtweets

1 year

You may have already heard, but I wanted to confirm, that I have decided to leave the BBC and will go off air on the 26th January. I am very grateful for the kind messages I’ve had from so many of you. I’m proud of my career in news. Now it is time for new beginnings.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

RIP Bill - like me he began his career at Radio Clyde (where they said we were Clyde-built, like ships). Terrific broadcaster, and a lovely, caring man adored by viewers and colleagues alike.

George Alagiah

@BBCAlagiah

2 years

Very sad day for the millions who knew Bill from TV and for colleagues at the BBC. Well done Bill for setting an example for all of us living with life-threatening illness. RIP Bill Turnbull: Former BBC Breakfast presenter dies aged 66

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Ben Brown

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10 years

Brazil v Columbia - heaving at the big screen on copacabana beach! #bbcworldcup http://t.co/1zMG8r5o6b

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10 years

Fans gather on the copacabana to watch Brazil v Chile on the beach big screen - amazing atmosphere! #bbcworldcup http://t.co/z5eRh4Dpct

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Amazing story of heroism emerging from #Tunisia attack - Matthew James from South Wales took 3 bullets to protect his fiancée

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@BenBrownBBC

9 years

A few tourists back at the pool today in Sousse despite attack - we won't be beaten said one Brit. #Tunisia http://t.co/PxUA3ycL9x

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Take care George - the best in the business, and the nicest

BBC News (UK)

@BBCNews

2 years

George Alagiah takes TV break after cancer spreads

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10 years

Fans watching the Brazil Mexico match on copacabana beach tonight #bbcworldcup http://t.co/9SChYwl23d

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

#EURO2016 English & Welsh fans in #Lille chanting: 'we're England & Wales, F off Russia, we're England & Wales'

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Reporting from the Maracana as fireworks light up the sky - thank you Brazil for a great World Cup #bbcworldcup http://t.co/iBGL0jZMrP

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

@KateEMcCann Not yet - nearly 2 hours now. Shouldn’t complain though…

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

@robertrea Not till tomorrow morning - at this rate I may not make it!

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Back in Ukraine for a couple of weeks reporting for @BBCNewsChannel and @BBCWorld on the endless horrors of this war

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

Calls for Parisians to make as much noise as possible tonight at 9.20 - one week on from #ParisAttacks - to fill the cafés and the streets

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

7 years

Unfortunate interruption of broadcast in Bradford - just tried to minimise disruption but v tricky live on air - completely unintentional

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Brilliant recreation of Picasso’s legendary anti war painting Guernica - on the destroyed bridge at Irpin outside Kyiv. From the Spanish civil war to this one, art can encapsulate the agony of human conflict #Ukraine

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Chatting today from my rooftop perch in Kyiv to the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall as they visited BBC HQ for the 90th birthday of our wonderful World Service

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Upstaged again!!

Larry the Cat

@Number10cat

2 years

BBC BREAKING NEWS: Larry is in the building (sorry to take attention @BenBrownBBC )

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@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Fans watching Brazil v Cameroon on the copacabana beach big screen tonight! #bbcworldcup http://t.co/j6pIJ9rMol

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

Dramatic news on #Mugabe - Zimbabwe tv preparing to broadcast a big announcement from State House this evening - speculation it could be his resignation as president at last

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

BBC safety have told me to take a flak jacket to #Paris - just about the last place in the world you'd think you'd need one

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@BenBrownBBC

2 years

An extraordinary leader who changed the face of Europe - and modern history. I interviewed him several times: once, in 1993, he wrote a short letter to my baby daughter, telling her that while all around her turmoil raged, he hoped she would grow up in a more peaceful world. RIP

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

2 years

Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, one of the most influential politicians of the 20th Century, has died aged 91

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@BenBrownBBC

8 years

On Eurostar to #Paris to cover #Parisattacks - train that was fully booked is pretty much empty

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

7 years

Francois Hollande at EU #brexit summit - says UK shouldn't be punished but 'will have a worse situation after Brexit than it has now'

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Am travelling to Munich on this train - guards put up tape to separate refugees from other passengers #refugeecrisis http://t.co/ZLp9rSwmVO

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

All best wishes to Caroline - one of the BBC's most brilliant reporters and a fantastic colleague

Caroline Wyatt

@CarolineWyatt

8 years

BBC News - BBC's Caroline Wyatt 'determined' after MS diagnosis

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Tunisian government closing down 80 mosques after #TunisiaAttack - some saying they should have done more after museum massacre in March

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

It's over - confirmation that the last British troops have just been flown out of Helmand province, so Britain's 13 year war here at an end

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@BenBrownBBC

10 years

#BrazilVsNetherlands Brazil ship 10 goals in 2 games...they came looking for redemption and just got more humiliation #bbcworldcup

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

7 years

PM of Luxembourg at EU #brexit summit: May has called election to resolve 'an internal problem in the Conservative party' @BBCNewsChannel

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Amazing scenes at Tovarnik - 1,000 migrants trying to get on a ten carriage train from Serbia Croatia border http://t.co/Jy58KqzZSc

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

So inspiring and such a privilege to be in #zimbabwe on this amazing day - this is one of the most beautiful countries in the world with some of the most brilliant, articulate people I’ve ever met. Zimbabwe has been abused for too long under #Mugabe - deserves a better future

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@BenBrownBBC

4 years

Hard to believe it’s 25 years since the brilliant young BBC reporter John Schofield was killed in Croatia - I was with him not long before he died. A tragic waste of a wonderful life but he’s always remembered, especially through the amazing @JSchofieldTrust #RememberingJohn

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@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Storm clouds, rain,lightning over copacabana - but still they watch #BrazilvsGermany in their thousands #bbcworldcup http://t.co/PRldsDyupK

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@BenBrownBBC

1 year

One of the bravest and most brilliant reports from the war so far

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

#Mnangagwa tells cheering supporters in Harare there is a ‘new and unfolding democracy’ in #zimbabwe . He has been a ruthless henchman under Mugabe though - the people here and the international community will have to hold him to account

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@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Meet Ukraine’s top chef - Yevhen Klopotenko - like this country’s Jamie Oliver. He’s giving free meals in his bistro in Lviv for people in hardship who’ve fled their homes.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

'Love for all - hatred for no one' the message from Belgian Muslims today after #Brusselsattacks

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@BenBrownBBC

7 years

Donald Tusk at #EU #brexit summit: we can't discuss the future (i.e. Trade deal) without sorting out the past (i.e. The divorce settlement)

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Sir Tom Jones arrives at #CilliaBlack funeral - 'she was always smiling - she was a people person' http://t.co/0KkGIAOmcp

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@BenBrownBBC

6 years

Attempt to impeach #Mugabe now seems inevitable. Section 97 of #zimbabwe constitution says president can be removed due to physical or mental incapacitation or serious dereliction of duty

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Reporting live from #Bucha #Ukraine today for ⁦ @BBCNewsChannel ⁩ and ⁦ @BBCWorld ⁩ - 3 more bodies found here of men with hands tied behind their backs, and Ukrainian prosecutors indict ten Russian soldiers from 64th brigade for war crimes. (Pic ⁦ @DuncanCStone ⁩)

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

#CometLanding 'a big step for human civilisation' say european space agency darmstadt mission control. echoes of 'a giant step for mankind'

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

2 years

Behind the scenes on our rooftop position in Kyiv

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Our BBC team threatened too but we managed to run away just in time. Very very scary

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Refugees this morning at Tovarnik on Croatia Serbia border - about 2,000 waiting for buses and trains #refugeecrisis http://t.co/aSXUMjbRe0

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

@BBCAlagiah Big love to you and the family - you bounced back once, you can do it again. Stay strong.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

Fascinated to watch #IDS on #marr this morning - not often you can't wait for a political interview to begin

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

Surprise surprise #Zimbabwe government sources confirm #mugabe will NOT be attending inauguration of his successor #Mnangagwa

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

More history being made today in #zimbabwe - central committee of ruling Zanu-PF expected to dismiss #Mugabe as party leader. One more humiliation for the man who’s ruled - and misruled - this country for 37 years. Follow it all with me - live from Harare - on @BBCNewsChannel

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@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Clearing up after the refugees - cleaners move in at Tovarnik wearing masks and protective overalls #refugeecrisis http://t.co/gxz4M2bFCt

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

Ahead of @RIBA #StirlingPrize 2018, I caught up with former winner Sadie Morgan of @dRMMArchitects and @NatInfraCom . Sadie told me how design has problem solving at its heart -- and is essential in infrastructure planning:

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

Leaving Paris soon. In its pain and tragedy, it's never been more beautiful, and I've never loved it more. #ParisAttacks

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Tourists here lay more flowers at the scene of the massacre #TunisiaAttack http://t.co/7TZqYTb7Vk

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

My one and only appearance as a tv actor - #SilentWitness last night!

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Rocket attack in Kabul tonight - just heard three loud explosions - all on the day Britain announces its war here is over after 13 years

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

Residents of #SaintDenis being warned to stay off the streets - roads blocked off, schools closed today, says Mayor. #ParisAttacks

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

#Simferopol russian troops pushing back press at scene of shooting at Ukrainian base. Bursts of automatic fire heard http://t.co/gkIQwiCAZC

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

Wonderful scenes of euphoria in Harare sports stadium ahead of #Mnangagwa inauguration #Zimbabwe #bbcworldnews @bbcnewschannel

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@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Croatia says 44,000 migrants have entered in the last week - that's one third of the 120,000 EU plan to relocate http://t.co/Xfro3XJvjY

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3 years

My vantage point at Wembley for coverage on ⁦ @BBCNewsChannel ⁩ of the big game build up - a scissor lift in a car park! Oh the glamour! Lucky I have a decent head for heights.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

#BBCDebate Sturgeon: 'I will work with Labour'. Then she has a shouting match with Ed Miliband.

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@BenBrownBBC

6 years

Motorcade leaves #Mugabe residence - his car plus 9 support vehicles and 2 outriders. Presumably on his way to talks with the military- can they finally persuade him to resign? live updates with me from Harare on @BBCNewsChannel

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@BenBrownBBC

6 years

How amazingly brave of my friend and colleague Emily @maitlis to speak on air about this horrific and gruelling ordeal - it raises profound questions for our justice system.

Emma Barnett

@Emmabarnett

6 years

“You just turn into this person who just shouts at your kids for the wrong things... you’re just not living normally” Emily Maitlis now on @bbc5live talking so candidly about her 27 year stalking ordeal in her first on air interview

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2 years

Just interviewed the extremely articulate deputy mayor of Lviv Serhiy Kiral on ⁦ @BBCWorld ⁩ and ⁦ @BBCNewsChannel ⁩ - he told me has no doubt Ukraine will win this war but wants more help from the west

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

Riot police teargassing England and Russia fans in Lille tonight

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Paddy Ashdown on #bbcbreakfast says #charleskennedy 'had his demons but when he was on form and on song he was the best of all of us'

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Violence erupts at the end of Pro ukrainian rally in sevastaopl. Pro Russians beat up Ukrainians using fists and whips. Terrifying #Crimea

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@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Hungarian humvees stationed at border with Croatia as they prepare for another influx of migrants #refugeecrisis http://t.co/U02pvrXCUD

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@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Reports that casualties in #Tunisia beach attack include Germans, Belgians, British and Irish. Latest toll 28 dead, more than 30 wounded

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

4 years

Sunset over Putney Bridge tonight - what an amazing city London is!!

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

So sad to hear #Neymar is in hospital and prob out of the semi and maybe the whole World Cup . The tournament needs him! #bbcworldcup

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

#Somme100 'What passing-bells for those who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns' - Wilfred Owen, Anthem for Doomed Youth

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Sit in protest at Budapest railway station after far right attack on refugees #refugeecrisis http://t.co/SZL5pOzsGV

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Tourists still here in Sousse look dazed - can't quite believe what happened. Thompson have flown out 2,500 on 10 flights from #Tunisia

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Order of service for funeral mass for #CillaBlack http://t.co/p2qHbCT2am

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

6 years

#Zimbabwe opposition MDC MP James Maridadi tells me impeachment process of #Mugabe could take weeks or months. Against all the odds the worlds oldest head of state could cling to the presidency well into 2018

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10 years

One Russian came up to me and said it's his dream to vote in a referendum on joining Russia. Was euphoric. Predicted 80% majority.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

8 years

Hollande confirms two terror suspects killed in #SaintDenis raid - 'particularly difficult and heavy operation'

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Ben Brown

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9 years

Some v angry and scared Brits in Sousse who want to go home - and say Jet2 hasn't been in touch. Company now says 4 planes being sent

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@BenBrownBBC

6 years

#Zimbabwe military issue statement saying #Mugabe has ‘started processes towards a definitive solution and roadmap for the country’. Is that definitive solution his resignation? Who knows!

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@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Press at copacabana palace hotel - reports police here to arrest Fifa official over alleged ticket scam #bbcworldcup http://t.co/5gclxzmuB0

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

7 years

Delighted to hear from talented @katetempest on her @MercuryPrize nomination on #BBCNews .Told me she was pleased and completely surprised:

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

10 years

Violence we saw today in #Sevastopol very savage - a terrifying moment that was a glimpse of the abyss #crimea hovers over.

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Ben Brown

@BenBrownBBC

5 years

‘Liverpool celebrate their champions league victory with an open top bus parade through the city.’ Our top headline on tonight’s BBC 1 news. Never have I read a script with such unadulterated joy! #BBCimpartiality

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@BenBrownBBC

9 years

Interior minister says 1,000 extra police being deployed to protect tourist resorts and attractions after #TunisiaAttack

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