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Al Jazeera's European News Editor. Editor of Planet SOS. My own views.

Europe
Joined January 2010
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Spent day in Ceuta - Several thousand mainly young men walked peacefully back across border - Many said they were returning because didn’t have access to food/water but said they would return - Nobody we spoke to seemed have serious expectations of coming Europe via this route
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Nobody we spoke to mentioned the UK or wanting to come to the UK contrary to some posts I’ve seen
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Steady stream of migrants escorted by army crossing the border from Ceuta back into Morocco – at City of Ceuta, Spain
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Huge street party with DJs in Budapest to celebrate Peter Magyar’s victory in Hungarian election
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Greenlandic PM: We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU, we choose NATO.
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PM: We are ready to negotiate a better partnership but sovereignty is a red line.
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PM: I don’t know what’s in that deal but I know we have a high level group working on a solution.
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Bizarrely a Trump impersonator has turned up outside the U.S. consulate in Nuuk.
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A crowd has gathered at Nuuk airport to welcome back Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt
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We visited the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat where residents were celebrating Seqinniarfik, the return of the sun after two months of the polar night.
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Some people we spoke to got very emotional as they told us of their fears.
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This year celebrations were somewhat muted folllowing Trump’s threats against the territory.
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Large turnout for anti-U.S. protest in Nuuk this afternoon
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Danish patrol vessel off coast of Nuuk, Greenland
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Aurora over Ilulissat in Greenland
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All eyes on this podium.
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In 2022 myself and @NickClarkAlJaz went to Greenland to check out what had happened to old U.S. bases in the country. It took two days to reach one such base known as Bluie East Two on the remote eastern coast of the country.
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Scientists we spoke to who are monitoring the site told us that Camp Century is now experiencing more melt than it has in the past and will need to be continually monitored for any signs of the seepage of hazardous or radioactive materials.
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Our full half hour show filmed in Greenland is here: youtu.be/_zmN0QhbAGk?si=7c2-…
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