Deputy Director @France24. Head of the English channel and website. Formerly with @cbsnews, @CNN, @CNNI, @AJEnglish, @AJAM & @CNNHeadlineNews. @DukeU Alum.
Paris, France
Joined November 2011
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Thomas Fenton retweeted
BOOM!
I have been gifted VHS of every CBS Evening News TV broadcast from 1978-1999!
I got the first installment today!
I will be curating and training AI on realtime contemporaneous insights from this era.
Someone here on X did this!
Thank you! Deep Gratitude.
Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity ft.com/content/ec9ac8eb-adce… via @ft
Ex-CIA chief Petraeus: ‘Real opportunity to help Ukraine and crush Russi... youtu.be/6CnRRtETlN4?si=JQzm… via @YouTube
'A wasteland': FRANCE 24 journalist given rare glimpse of war-ravaged Gaza f24.my/BXla.X via @FRANCE24
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🇧🇷 In #Brazil, a young indigenous boy from an isolated tribe in the Amazon appeared in a village makign his first eciouter with the outside world
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🇧🇷 A boy from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in #Brazil’s #Amazon have returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later.
The encounter occurred Wednesday in Bela Rosa, a community along the Purus River.
📹 by @andyhilliar
The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opini…
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“It was immediately clear that these battles were of a different intensity from any that had come before during three years of conflict.”
@L4ingstone reports from Goma, as the city is taken over by rebels econ.st/3PUdsEX 👇
Thomas Fenton retweeted
"I've decided to move on" from CNN, @Acosta says, while expressing gratitude to the network and its viewers.
Some parting words: "Don't give in to the lies. Don't give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth – and to hope."
French far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96 f24.my/Aqzi.X via @FRANCE24 #Lepen @France24_en
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👑 🥮 This delicacy is known by many names across the world. In #France, it is known as the "#galette des rois".
Often associated with the #Christian tradition of the #Epiphany, the galette actually traces its roots to pagan traditions.
@smougin has the details ⤵️
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📲 Elon #Musk, the world's richest man and owner of social media platform #X, has used his platform to actively stoke #political unrest in the #UK and #Germany, voicing his support for political forces on the #farright.
@andyhilliar takes a closer look ⤵️
Live: France's Macron expected to name new PM after days of political deadlock f24.my/AoGw.X via @FRANCE24
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🇫🇷🔴 French PM #MichelBarnier is due to hand in his resignation on Thursday, just three months into the job.
🗳️ That comes after #Barnier's government became the first in more than 60 years to be toppled by a no-confidence vote in parliament.
@cnorristrent reports 👇
Surplus donations allow 'Phase 3' restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2025 f24.my/Amiq.X via @FRANCE24 @France24_en #NotreDame
Foreign artisans rolled up their sleeves to help rebuild France's Notre-Dame Cathedral f24.my/AmbI.X via @FRANCE24 @France24_en #NotreDame
French PM forces budget bill through parliament, triggering no-confidence vote f24.my/AmdQ.X via @FRANCE24 @France24_en #FrancePolitics
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🔴 LIVE: Macron takes world on first tour inside Paris’s restored Notre-Dame cathedral teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1OyJAZyeR…