Freelance producer, camera operator-editor, DOP in news and documentaries. Mostly Channel 4 News, but many others too. Formerly with the BBC in China.
London and Asia
Joined February 2011
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Got to take a flight in this Ehang autonomous flying taxi. Perhaps a bit of a gimmick for now, but the ambition from China is there. Companies are pumping money and expertise into developing flying vehicles as China aims to develop a ‘low-altitude economy’. #china
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"When I changed the subject to China, Chiang suddenly became visibly uncomfortable, looked at his watch and told me that he had forgotten he has somewhere else to be". asia.nikkei.com/opinion/coul…
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"Top officials in the State Department made clear that only candidates who voted for President Donald Trump would be eligible for the mid-to-upper level foreign service roles. They also told candidates that their campaign donation history would be examined and any donation to Democrats would be disqualifying."
SCOOP: The State Dept has started asking career diplomats up for promotion if they voted for Trump in 16, 20, 24.
Federal law prohibits politically based hiring for career staff.
State tells @washingtonsun it's screening for "fidelity" and execution of the president's vision👇
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Cyprus must be a strange place: Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs, Greeks and Turks, Israelis feeling Israel, English military base, drunk English tourists, porn and crypto servers, offshore banks, every intelligence agency spying on each other — all on one medium sized island.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that he, President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet next month to attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine that would favor Moscow, said people familiar with the discussions. on.wsj.com/4BeZLqz
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EXCLUSIVE: Putin has proposed that he, Trump and Xi meet next month to talk about Ukraine in an attempt to negotiate an end to the four-year conflict that would favor Moscow, said people familiar with the discussions wsj.com/world/russia/putin-f… @Lingling_Wei @learyreports @tggrove @jdawsey1
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I’ve been in London Fields tonight, watching the first ever Lime Bike joust - here’s a thread of my best shots:
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🚨 NEW: The BBC has now suspended its secondment scheme for civil servants after revelations they helped write and fact-check stories on contentious issues such as small boats
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A kid in Shaanxi, China, came home from school on Oct 15 and immediately launched a “trash can investigation.” Realizing Mom and Dad had been feasting without him, he burst into tears.
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🚨 NEW: The French Government has launched an investigation after 4x4 vehicles funded by the UK to stop migrants crossing the Channel were used to ram student protestors
Source: "I don’t think the British are aware that their money is being used to beat French kids"
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In January 2007, a woman was refused entry to the UK because immigration officials claimed it was ‘not credible’ that someone wanted to spend a week in Gateshead.
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Party to celebrate Ian Hislop's 40 years as editor of Private Eye & 65 years at the magazine. Has anyone currently in public life held the same job for longer? The Eye is the greatest journalistic institution of my lifetime. Long may Ian and the Eye reign.
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To be clear: Some facts are neither in dispute nor unclear. Our photographer was clearly marked as Press. She was clearly beaten. These are not partisan or risible statements, but indisputable. We urge a thorough investigation and accountability.
The Prime Minister’s Office:
The facts surrounding the confrontation near Abu Falah, during which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, remain unclear and are under investigation.
Israel unequivocally condemns violence against anyone—Jews, Arabs, Christians or journalists. Those responsible will be held accountable.
But serious questions remain. Reports indicate some 200 Arabs and far-left activists confronted approximately 40 Israeli youths. Footage shows masked individuals on both sides hurling objects, amid reports of fireworks fired at Jewish youths. Other footage appears to show Levine knocked down and immediately helped to her feet by the same unidentified individual.
The investigation must establish the facts, including who initiated the violence.
We will not allow disputed incidents to be exploited to demonize the hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria.
The facts must determine the conclusions. Not the headlines.
Russia’s finance minister attended a Group of 20 meeting in Bangkok on Thursday, his second in-person appearance at the event since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, testing how far Washington’s rapprochement with Moscow will strain ties with Europe
Russia returns to G20 table in Bangkok on U.S. invitation that angers Europe buff.ly/4L7txEt
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Radio 4 consumer prog “You and Yours” set to be cut “The BBC has been inundated with thousands of messages protesting the loss of this specialist consumer programme - which has changed laws and lives” @NUJofficial
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NEW: The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.
Here’s our @Channel4News film from last year on some of displacement from Tulkarm youtu.be/REu_08p-iMs
