Quentin Sommerville
@sommervilletv.bsky.social
BBC’s International Correspondent https://www.youtube.com/@sommervilletv
#BBCNews - As Russian army inches closer, Ukrainians must decide to stay or go www.bbc.com/news/article... By @sommervilletv.bsky.social #UkraineWar
As Russian forces advance, Ukrainians in Donbas must choose to stay or go
In Bilozerske, eastern Ukraine, people must make the agonising decision to flee or risk staying.
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The Mission: Truth postage stamp of the Heroic Professions series is a symbol of gratitude to those who make the truth heard, who risk their lives to defend us from the enemy with the power of truth. This stamp issue is a tribute to the memory of media professionals killed by Russia.
"In the de-Sturgeonisation process that took place in the wake of her resignation..her relatability, gravitas & high approval ratings were forgotten; her managerialism, insularity & lack of transparency stressed." I wrote about Sturgeon's memoir & attempt to reclaim the narrative in the @lrb.co.uk
Dani Garavelli · Dance in the Rain: Sturgeon comes out swinging
It’s hard to articulate what Nicola Sturgeon’s feminism meant to someone like me who moved back to Scotland in the...
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Watch: Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region is on the frontline of the military and diplomatic battle over the country’s future. Our latest from Donbas. youtu.be/g1HM7-Vu_Wg
Ukraine frontline report: fighting rages in Donetsk region as Putin demands full control | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Read: Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control www.bbc.com/news/article...
Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control
Quentin Sommerville follows volunteers carrying out evacuations in eastern Ukraine as drone attacks rage.
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Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...
Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is a very good piece. When you are, to quote Starmer, the result of a squalid experiment doing untold damage to the UK then what do you self-define as? Living your life in opposition to a culture is unsustainable so how do you find/make/sustain your own?
The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025
Ed Sheeran grew up in England but described himself as 'culturally Irish,' prompting debate about what that really means
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First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan apnews.com/article/leba...
First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan
The first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the Lebanese government.
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Desperation of people in Gaza is visible from space in extraordinary image from Planet Labs PBC captured on Saturday afternoon showing crowds on and around aid trucks north of Morag Corridor. The same scene is visible at street level in numerous videos like this one: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6nj/
A FT analysis has identified a number of detention facilities housing hundreds more people than they were designed to hold. The experience has left lasting scars. https://on.ft.com/3IAh26M
In Ukraine, some people with tourniquets can’t escape because drones are waiting to kill them. “There are so many people [in] Ukraine now with tourniquet syndrome, because the tourniquet’s on for more than six hours. They’re all getting very high arm amputations, leg amputations.” on.ft.com/3TKYraF
War zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’
[FREE TO READ] The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God
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“Alissa managed to keep both kids on the countertop, one hand on each, still trying to reassure them. As the house came undone, she grabbed one in each arm. This is the part that will forever haunt me. If I or anyone else had been closer to them, we would have helped her”
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
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A Roman-era mosaic, measuring 4.30 by 2 meters, has been discovered in Homs, Syria. The mosaic depicts Tyche, the goddess of luck, chance, and fortune. www.sana.sy/en/?p=356047... 🏺 #archaeology
Russia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report says www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Russia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report says
Russia claims the hotels have housed military targets, but Reporters Without Borders says the attacks are aimed at reducing coverage of the war.
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