Today in Proximities: - Mutharika, 85, sweeps back to power in Malawi - Four killed during protests in India's Ladakh - Eleven fresh Ebola cases in DR Congo As usual, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/malawi-ind...

Today in Proximities: - Finally! Alaa Abd el-Fattah pardoned in Egypt - Syria's Sharaa in New York, urges U.S. to lift sanctions - Three trans women murdered by gunmen in Pakistan As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/egypt-syri...

This week's Saturday deep dive in my newsletter was an explainer on the war in DR Congo. Recently, we've run explainers on Ethiopia, Haiti, the Sahel, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sudan. Subscribe! Oh, and Monday to Friday editions are completely free. www.proximities.news/p/whos-fight...

Today in Proximities: - Saudi-Pakistan defence pact rattles India - 78 killed in drone attack on Sudanese mosque - Nepal interim PM pledges to tackle corruption As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/saudi-arab...

Today in Proximities: - Israel is still bombing Lebanon - Maldives journalists challenge crackdown - Togo president's critical sister-in-law arrested As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/lebanon-ma...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

Pleased to have worked on "Trump vs The Truth" for Channel 4. Last night we aired “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. It's now available on streaming. www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Today in Proximities: - Young Nepalese topple prime minister - Ethiopia inaugurates massive dam, Egypt worries - Hope for prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah's release As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/nepal-ethi...

As RFK Jr. destroys the world's strongest safeguard against new contagious diseases: "Ebola is a word you never want to see in a headline," but today DR Congo "confirmed a fresh outbreak… 28 suspected cases and 15 deaths." From @barrymalone.bsky.social's excellent Proximities newsletter:

Today in Proximities: - More than 1,000 reported dead in Sudan landslide - Second quake in Afghanistan hampers rescue efforts - Burkina Faso outlaws homosexuality As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/sudan-afgh...

Today in Proximities: - At least 100 people, mostly women and children, kidnapped in Nigeria - Argentina's Milei pelted with rocks, plants and bottles - Museveni, 80, to run yet again in Uganda As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/nigeria-ar...

I've been subscribed to the Proximities newsletter for ages now and I'm so glad it's back from hiatus! It always highlights stories that have be under reported and quite often provides new angles for those of us in the anglophone west for stories we might think we already know. A real gem of a thing

Today in Proximities: - Israeli drones kill Syrian soldiers near Damascus - DR Congo peace talks resume in Qatari capital - Pardon after eight years for woman accused of insulting Thai royals As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/syria-dr-c...

Today in Proximities: - Botswana declares emergency as clinics run out of medicine - U.S. envoy launches bizarre tirade against Lebanese journalists - Riot police fire tear gas at Indonesian students As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/botswana-l...

Today in Proximities: - Israel slaughters more Palestinian journalists - Three Sudanese sisters drown in Mediterranean - Bangladesh says struggling to provide for Rohingya refugees As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/gaza-libya...

Today in Proximities: - Gaza: What does a famine declaration mean? - 18 killed as Colombia security crisis deepens - Kim's emotional meeting with families of troops killed in Ukraine As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/gaza-colom...

Today in Proximities: - Death toll in Nigeria mosque attack rises to 50 - Gaza City children "condemned" to death - Police: Brazil's Bolsonaro planned Argentina escape As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/nigeria-ga...

In today's Proximities: - Civilians killed in DR Congo, sexual violence rampant - Afghans die in bus crash as forced out of Iran - North Korea dismisses "gibberish" from South As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-a...

Today in Proximities: - Israeli settlers try to push deep into Syria - More civilians killed in DR Congo - Ethiopian journalist disappeared by authorities As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/syria-isra...

Today in Proximities: - Hope for peace deal in DR Congo? - Druze protest for self-determination in Syria - Seismic shift in Bolivian politics As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-s...

A beautiful tribute to Anas. Pease read & share. Uplift the truth-tellers in Irish media. We need them. "Many Western journalists do not regard Palestinian journalists as colleagues and that’s why those reporting from Gaza can be killed by Israel with impunity." Thank you @barrymalone.bsky.social

I've written in today's Irish Examiner about how Western media's faithful repetition of Israel's lies gives it cover to keep hunting down and killing Palestinian journalists, the best journalists we have. www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

Today in Proximities: - Frenchman held in Mali accused of coup plot - Israeli strike on Iranian prison "apparent war crime" - Concerns for Jimmy Lai's health in Hong Kong As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/mali-iran-...

As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, your reminder to avoid hot takes on Ukraine from armchair experts in the west; my piece for Gwara media in Kharkiv @humanrightsfirst.org @barrymalone.bsky.social @brams884.bsky.social gwaramedia.com/en/opinion-g...

Great to see Proximities by @barrymalone.bsky.social back. Sign up for 3 underreported stories that should be making the news—delivered to your inbox: open.substack.com/pub/proximit...

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In today's Proximities: - Fresh war crimes likely committed in Syria - Sudan: Footage reveals horror inside besieged city - Taliban to shower Kabul with flowers from the air As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/syria-suda...

In today’s Proximities: - Children in Yemen are starving - South Sudan denies Gaza ethnic cleansing talks - Sisi issues thinly-veiled threat to Ethiopia As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/yemen-gaza...

In today's Proximities: - “Systematic torture” in Myanmar - Another atrocity in Sudan - Gambia fury over one-month-old’s death open.substack.com/pub/proximit...

BBC News goes to Yolande Knell for the latest on Israel killing 5 journalists & the very first thing they talk about is what the Israeli military says.

In today's Proximities: - More than 300 civilians killed in DR Congo - Poll: 79% of Israeli Jews unbothered by Gaza hunger - "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" As always, you can read it in under two mins. www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-g...

"Ethiopia’s Tigray war, which lasted from 2020 to 2022, is one of the most criminally under-covered conflicts in modern history" “It is a really horrific and extreme form of sexual violence, and one that deserves the world’s attention.”🧵

In today's Proximities: - A city starves in Sudan - The truth about aid in Gaza - Bangladesh, one year on As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/sudan-gaza...

Thanks so much to the redoubtable @sulliview.bsky.social for shouting-out my newsletter Proximities in her Substack today. Subscribe here: proximities.news

In today's Proximities. - Horrific report points to genocide in Ethiopia - A Palestinian mother's story - just one of many - And Bukele clears path for third term As always, it can be read in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/ethiopia-g...

In today's Proximities: - Children are starving to death in Sudan - West Bank: Levin and Katz say it out loud again - Aid to come, finally, for Syria's Sweida As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/sudan-pale...

In today’s Proximities: - Major attack by rebels in Burkina Faso - The truth about Gaza’s aid drops - And a hunger crisis nobody is talking about As always, can be read in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/burkina-fa...

News sources I like: 💻 www.404media.co is tech news, but for the people 🌍 proximities.news by @barrymalone.bsky.social: 3 non-Western stories per day, in under 2 minutes 🌏 Nikkei Asia: news on Asia from Asia, in English 🇫🇷 Le Monde English: www.lemonde.fr/en

The first edition of my relaunched newsletter is out. Today, Proximities covers stories from DR Congo, the West Bank and Thailand-Cambodia. As always, you can read it in under two minutes. www.proximities.news/p/dr-congo-p...

Personal news: I've decided to leave my job as Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the Thomson Reuters Foundation to go independent. It's a scary move but I want to concentrate on amplifying under-reported stories.

If an Israeli - or British or American etc - woman who was eight months pregnant was shot dead by any other military, the whole world would know her name. Her name was Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi. She was 23.

At home in Dublin. And I don’t need a filter.

In November and early December I was in Beirut for @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social writing a report on attacks on journalists in Lebanon during the war. It’s out today www.gc4hr.org/attacked-fro... @barrymalone.bsky.social @smex.org @marcowenjones.bsky.social @jejem.bsky.social @ayaelb.bsky.social

Georgia: Am hearing independent journalist Vato Bzhalava was taken by police on the street in Tblisi while walking his dog this morning, that he was abused in custody & is still detained @politico.eu @fulelo.bsky.social @barrymalone.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DDfOp00...

Statement from the White Helmets who have now concluded search operations at Sednaya Prison

If you want to do good coverage, interview Syrians. That really shouldn't be rocket science.

I can't stand it when people say "the first Western journalist to report from". Who cares? What is it supposed to mean? That their reporting will be somehow better than the local journalists already there? Puts me in mind of colonisers "discovering" other people's countries.

a boring point I would make on blocklists is that journalists will often need to follow questionable people, because it can be part of our jobs, so you may be throwing the baby out with the bathwater by subscribing to any list that's based on "everyone who follows X or Y"

Al Jazeera rolling coverage of Syria streaming here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNe...

Reuters reporting, per two senior Syrian officers, that President Bashar Al-Assad has left Damascus headed to an unknown destination.