John Simpson on wars: ‘Why I've never seen a year like 2025'

It has been a year of multiple major conflicts - and there are geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance

John Simpson: 'I've reported on 40 wars but I've never seen a year like 2025'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4qp17e1lqo

#HackerNews #JohnSimpson #2025 #wars #journalism #news

John Simpson on wars: ‘Why I've never seen a year like 2025'

It has been a year of multiple major conflicts - and there are geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance

John Simpson: Donald Trump means 2025 could be year for the history books

Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.

🔴 #BBC #JohnSimpson: 2025 could be year for the #history books

ℹ Just occasionally, there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change

1968, with the Soviet invasion of #Czechoslovakia, the #Paris riots and the anti #Vietnam #War protests in #America, was one of them

1989, the year of the Tiananmen massacre, the fall of the #Berlin Wall, and the implosion of the #Soviet empire, was another ⤵

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0ng4eyr3xo #News

John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books

Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.

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🔴 #Ukraine’s campaign of assassination is continuing.

Last week a senior russian missile scientist was killed on the edge of #moscow

Now Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of chemical, biological and radiological weaponry, has been blown up in south-east #moscow

https://twitter.com/JohnSimpsonNews/status/1869038798795059609?t=_0gU9ZG8T9wf5Wge2GpZlw&s=01 #News

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Ukraine’s campaign of assassination is continuing. Last week a senior Russian missile scientist was killed on the edge of Moscow. Now Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of chemical, biological and radiological weaponry, has been blown up in south-east Moscow.

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The Conflict: Israel-Gaza - Taking the long view with John Simpson - BBC Sounds

The veteran correspondent on the lessons from past conflicts.

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“Calling someone a terrorist means you’re taking sides and ceasing to treat the situation with due impartiality.” #JohnSimpson #bbc #hamas #israel #Palestine

"Jon Sopel slams BBC over Hamas as John Simpson hits back"

I like Jon Sopel, but he's wrong on this.

BBC: "Terrorism is a difficult and emotive subject with significant political overtones and care is required in the use of language that carries value judgments."

I am happy to call Hamas terrorists, but when doing so I'm not acting as an impartial news reporter. That's how journalism works, and Sopel knows it.

#journalism #terrorism #Hamas #JonSopel #JohnSimpson

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1822351/jon-sopel-john-simpson-bbc-hamas-terrorists

BBC row erupts as John Simpson fires back after Jon Sopel savages Hamas coverage

The BBC has come under fire over guidelines telling staff not to refer to Hamas as terrorists.

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"#Russia's problems today are the same as they were in 1917...Scarcely anyone seems prepared to stand up voluntarily and defend the state...Today, Russia's government is every bit as brittle as it was in 1991 and 1917. #Putin can't really be certain that anyone much will help him stay in power."

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