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News, views and highlights from the BBC's international radio station.
May 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
A US Supreme Court leak suggests a woman’s nationwide right to abortion may be overturned, with states setting their own rules instead.

What does it mean for Americans, especially women? #RoeVWade (THREAD 1/6) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… (2/6) Limiting abortion access would impact younger women, poorer women and African-American women the most, according to official data.

Robin Marty is director of Alabama West Women's Center which provides abortion services
#RoeVWade ➡️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Mar 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 This short thread explains how you can access BBC News World Service live news updates in Ukraine and Russia 👇

You can listen online 📱: bbcworldservice.com (1/4) BBC World Service English is available free-to-air via satellite TV (Hotbird, 13 degrees east).

The service will show in the radio part of your channel listing. If necessary, re-scan your set top box for available channels
(2/4)
Oct 20, 2020 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
It’s two weeks until Americans elect their next president and the world is watching (THREAD 1/10) 🇺🇸 🌍🗳️

Here’s what the US can learn from other countries about holding an election in a pandemic bbc.in/3obfKQY 2/10 But what does the US election mean for the world? Here’s what some in the international business community want to see ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Jun 11, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: How the global anti-racism protests are bringing change 👇🏿👇🏼👇🏾👇🏻
(1/8) Statues representing men with links to slavery and oppression are being toppled or removed. Confederate leaders in the US, British slave traders and a former Belgian king bbc.in/30we2jJ (2/8) Liverpool University in the UK is renaming its Gladstone building because of the former PM’s links to slavery. His great-great-grandson accepts the decision and says more needs to be known about what his ancestor did
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
May 17, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: How will #COVID19 change the way we travel?

(1/7) Wanting to travel in Europe this summer? Here’s @GavinLeeBBC’s advice on what you’ll need to think about
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… (2/7) ✔️‘Disinfection tunnels’ at airports
✔️Masks and gloves for all passengers
✔️‘Sanitagged’ luggage
✔️Inflight janitors on long haul flights

This is how the airport experience could change when we fly again bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
Mar 25, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD 👇

(1/9)
🔴 Over 423,000 cases
🔴 Around 19,000 confirmed deaths

The #coronavirus outbreak has forced a quarter of the world's population to go under lockdown (2/9) From South Africa to the US, countries across the world are attempting to contain the spread
bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl…
Jan 31, 2020 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
THREAD 👇

Britain is out of the EU. So what happens next? #BrexitDay
bbc.in/2tgfNmX Leaving the EU is the culmination of years of votes by the people and by MPs #BrexitDay

(via @BBCPolitics)
Jan 21, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
At least six people have now died from a new strain of respiratory virus in China THREAD 1/6 Anyone who conceals new cases will "be nailed on the pillar of shame for eternity", the political body responsible for law and order in China has said 2/6
bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
Dec 20, 2019 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
THREAD 👇

(1/10) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised for holidaying in Hawaii during the country’s bushfire crisis #Australianbushfires bbc.in/2EC3of4 (2/10) Here’s why the PM’s trip has caused such outrage #Australianbushfires
bbc.in/2Z6FDFC
Dec 4, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD 👇

(1/7) This is what happens when the Nato family meets in London for its 70th birthday… 🥳
bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-… (2/7) First comes the mandatory group photo with a piper, of course 📸
Nov 9, 2019 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
THREAD 👇
1/8 The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1989, was one of the most significant events of the 20th century. But why was the Wall built in the first place❓ #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall @bbcworldservice 2/8 As political change and civil unrest gripped Eastern Europe 30 years ago, a euphoric crowd of Berliners started to tear down the Wall. What led to that moment? 🤔 #BerlinWall30 #BerlinWall
Aug 23, 2019 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
Why is the Amazon burning?

Forest fires are common from July to October. But activists say Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s policies have encouraged farmers to clear land for crops or grazing - resulting in an increase in fires #AmazonFires [THREAD 🌳]
bbc.in/31UpF1i Brazil’s president has hit back, accusing environmental NGOs of starting the fires. He also accused @EmmanuelMacron of colonialism for making the crisis top of the G7 agenda #AmazonFires (2/7🌳)
bbc.in/2zeFxQd