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Nov 13, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Explosion on Istanbul’s main shopping street. Several reportedly wounded. Cause unknown. There was a terrorist attack on this street in 2016 by an ISIS member. 🧵some of what to watch for UK gov't updated its travel advisory to Turkey about an hour after the explosion. Tourism is a big part of the economy and can have an impact on politics. The street where the explosion happened is one of the biggest tourism spots in Istanbul.
Oct 31, 2022 7 tweets 4 min read
Zelensky "is as responsible as Putin for the war", Brazil's incoming president, Lula, tells Time.

Lula blames Nato for the war, completely ignoring Russian officials' attacks on #Ukraine's national identity. (1) Brazil's incoming president Lula calls Zelensky "a bit weird."

"We should be having a serious conversation: “OK, you were a nice comedian. But let us not make war for you to show up on TV." #Ukraine (2)
Apr 3, 2022 19 tweets 8 min read
Human Rights Watch says it's documented Russian forces committing rape and summary execution in #Ukraine. Says the people who did this committed war crimes. HRW: Russian 'soldiers forced five men to kneel down, pulled shirts over their heads, and shot one of them in the back of the head', in Bucha, #Ukraine, according to a witness