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Ricardo Senra

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@BBCNews Journalist based in London, via Washington DC, São Paulo, Brasília, and Rio. MA Postgraduate in Anthropology/Material and Visual Culture @UCL (he/him)

 London, England
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Joined April 2009
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🇨🇳 China Lula: 73,67% (375 votos) Flávio Bolsonaro: 26,33% (134 votos) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Lula: 48,85% (127 votos) Flávio Bolsonaro: 51,15% (133 votos) 🇰🇷 Coreia do Sul Lula: 64,35% (148 votos) Flávio Bolsonaro: 35,65% (82 votos)
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🇦🇴 Angola Lula: 58,60% (167 votos) Flávio Bolsonaro: 41,40% (118 votos) 🇬🇷Grécia Lula: 45,05% (255 votos) Flávio Bolsonaro: 54,95% (311 votos) 🇪🇪 Estônia Lula: 82,90% (160 votos) Flávio Bolsonaro: 17,10% (33 votos)
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POV: you're at the same party as Madonna
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Bolsonaro starts serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot bbc.in/4okLNMl
Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot

Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot

The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.

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Paulo Coelho: 'A pior tortura não é aquela que te agride fisicamente. A pior tortura é a psicológica' Nessa entrevista de 2019 de Paulo Coelho à BBC News Brasil, o escritor brasileiro narra em detalhes a tortura que sofreu em 1974, durante o regime militar
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Paulo Coelho: 'Jesus Cristo transformou água em vinho, não vinho em água' Veja esse trecho da entrevista do escritor à BBC News Brasil em 2019.
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@bbcbrasil27 Sep 2025
Paulo Coelho: 'A pior tortura não é aquela que te agride fisicamente. A pior tortura é a psicológica'
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Shot in the head and chest. We investigated the killing of two-year-old Layan and six-year-old Mira. We also found many more cases of children shot in the head and chest in Gaza, from the beginning of the war right up until last month. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjelp7…
Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings

Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings

Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.

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depois de uns 15 anos, logo mais eu volto à amada Escola de Comunicação da UFRJ para um papo com os alunos de jornalismo sobre cobertura internacional e tretas da profissão instagram.com/p/DDIXxz8yKQB/…

Revista Palácio (@revistapalacio) • Instagram photo

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‘Better than the world's best,’ says Brazil's largest newspaper, @Folha, about Rebeca Andrade's gold medal win over Simone Biles. Such a powerful podium today in Paris.
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This is one of the most cruel and tragic stories of this war. Gaza man with Down's syndrome attacked by IDF dog and left to die, mother tells BBC - by @fergalkeane47 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9d…
Gaza man with Down's syndrome attacked by IDF dog and left to die, mother says

Gaza man with Down's syndrome attacked by IDF dog and left to die, mother says

Muhammed Bhar's family wants the Israeli military to investigate his death in Gaza City this month.

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Video: Imagens de câmeras de segurança obtidas pelo NY Times mostram que o investigado Jair Bolsonaro passou duas noites na Embaixada da Hungria em aparente pedido de asilo. Equipe do ex-presidente não respondeu à reportagem. nytimes.com/2024/03/25/world…

Video: Bolsonaro, Facing Investigations, Hid at Hungarian Embassy (Published 2024)

Security-camera footage obtained by The Times shows that Brazil’s former president spent two nights at the Hungarian Embassy in an apparent bid for asylum.

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6 anos depois, justiça começa a ser feita.
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Homenagem a Marielle Franco na universidade de Harvard. Ela era uma das convidadas da conferência sobre Brasil que acontece hoje e amanhã em Boston.
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This is the third year where girls in Afghanistan are barred from secondary school. 'Zainab' is one of the girls who should be starting school this week. Read her story in the link below. Thanks to @meghamohan @farzanaalia3 and @MariamAmanS
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Israel's bombardment has destroyed food infrastructure and farmland across Gaza. The global body responsible for declaring famine, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, says 1.1 million people (almost half Gaza’s pop) are already starving. bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-…
Gaza faces famine during Ramadan, the holy month of fasting

Gaza faces famine during Ramadan, the holy month of fasting

More than a million people in Gaza are already starving, says the global body responsible for declaring famine.

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Despeço-me definitivamente da @BBCBrasil hoje, depois de 9 anos e 10 meses (incluindo algumas ciscadas em outros cantos). Foi uma aventura bonita. Não vou muito longe: em 2024 eu finco os pés no @BBCWorld. Cheers!
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Conflits armés : quelles sont les principales guerres dans le monde ? - BBC News Afrique bbc.com/afrique/articles/cd1…
Conflits armés : quelles sont les principales guerres dans le monde ? - BBC News Afrique

Conflits armés : quelles sont les principales guerres dans le monde ? - BBC News Afrique

Le monde devient beaucoup plus violent qu'il ne l'était au début de ce siècle et devrait terminer l'année 2023 avec au moins huit guerres majeures, avertissent des chercheurs.

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Qué otras guerras hay ahora en el mundo (además de Gaza y Ucrania) y cuáles son los efectos colaterales de que atraigan menos atención - BBC News Mundo bbc.com/mundo/articles/cprpn…
Qué otras guerras hay ahora en el mundo (además de Gaza y Ucrania) y cuáles son los efectos...

Qué otras guerras hay ahora en el mundo (además de Gaza y Ucrania) y cuáles son los efectos...

El mundo se está convirtiendo en un lugar más violento, pero algunos de los principales conflictos apenas reciben atención. Eso tiene consecuencias positivas y negativas.

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Por que algumas guerras ganham mais atenção que outras?
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@bbcbrasil13 Nov 2023
Junto à guerra entre Israel e Hamas e à invasão russa contra Ucrânia, conflitos armados em grande escala estão acontecendo neste momento em Burkina Faso, Somália, Sudão, Mianmar, Nigéria e Síria: bbc.in/3FX3VrK
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Grupo de 32 brasileiros e familiares já se encontra em território egípcio, onde foi recebido por equipe da embaixada do Brasil no Cairo, responsável pela etapa final da operação de repatriação.
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