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Hugh Sykes

Hugh Sykes

@hughsykes

Former BBC foreign correspondent reporting from Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, N-Ireland, Pakistan, India, South Africa. Book: http://hughsykes.substack.com Biog: https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08pnq3d Archive: https://soundcloud.com/hughsykes

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Ehud Olmert's sad conclusion echoes comparable disappointment and distaste at the way Israel has turned out expressed to me by a veteran of the 1948 war who became a peace maker & co-founder of the Peace Block Gush Shalom, the late Uri Avnery. (Audio)

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Rain (sleet? on May 13th?) - lasted less long than Streeting's 'coffee' in Number Ten:

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#Birds Anyone know what this one is? Very urgent in the dusk of my [London] garden, this evening.

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Tree surgeon...the movie...

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#MayDay And now the weather forecast for western Europe. Some viewers may find this video disturbing.

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Thank you for your attention this bird.

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And drive less fast. 60 mph instead of 70 mph saves a lot of fuel. #Hormuz

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Hesketh is cosplaying General Buck Turgidson.

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#Hormuz Average UK fuel prices per litre today: Unleaded: 147 p. Diesel: 171 p. Save fuel, drive less fast. Not slow. Just less fast. 10 mph slower can save you a L O T : Watch:

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#HolocaustMemorialDay #Auschwitz80 "We are not safe. You have to be awake." Sound on. 🔊🔊

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And in the courtyard of the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, despite the alleged grim (pilgrim-trap) presence of the severed heads of John the Baptist and of Imam Hussein, children play.

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