Jenny Witt

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Jenny Witt

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Radiojournalistin (En/De) Bildung, Wissenschaft für @ndr, hier privat. Hamburgerin. Atlantic fan. BBC N. Ireland till 2016, now roaming northern Germany.

Hamburg, Germany Katılım Mart 2009
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
To the people of Tenerife, My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the @WHO, the @UN agency responsible for global public health. It is not common for me to write directly to the people of a single community, but today I feel it is not only appropriate, it is necessary. I want to speak to you directly, not through press releases or technical briefings, but as one human being to another, because you deserve that. I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word “outbreak” and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment. But I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID-19. the current public health risk from #hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now. The virus aboard the MV Hondius is the Andes strain of hantavirus. It is serious. Three people have lost their lives, and our hearts go out to their families. The risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low. This is the WHO’s assessment, and we do not make it lightly. Right now, there are no symptomatic passengers on board. A WHO expert is on that ship. Medical supplies are in place. Spain’s authorities have prepared a careful, step-by-step plan: passengers will be ferried ashore at the industrial port of Granadilla, far from residential areas, in sealed, guarded vehicles, through a completely cordoned-off corridor, and repatriated directly to their home countries. You will not encounter them. Your families will not encounter them. I also want to say something else, something that goes beyond the science. I personally thanked Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon for #Spain’s decision to receive this ship. I called it an act of solidarity and moral duty. Because that is what it is. I want you to know that the WHO’s request to Spain was not made arbitrarily. It was made in full accordance with the International Health Regulations, the legally binding framework that defines the rights and obligations of countries and the WHO when responding to public health events of international concern. Under those rules, the nearest port with sufficient medical capacity must be identified to ensure the safety and dignity of those on board. Tenerife met that standard. Spain honoured it. Nearly 150 people from 23 countries have been at sea for weeks, some of them grieving, all of them frightened, all of them longing for home. Tenerife has been chosen because it has the medical capacity, the infrastructure, and the humanity to help them reach safety. And because I believe that so deeply, I will be there myself. I intend to travel to Tenerife to observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen, and to personally pay my respects to an island that has responded to a difficult situation with grace, solidarity, and compassion. Your humanity deserves to be witnessed, not just acknowledged from a distance. As I have said many times: viruses do not care about politics, and they do not respect borders. The best immunity any of us has is solidarity. Tenerife is demonstrating that solidarity today. The ship’s captain, Jan Dobrogowski, crew and the company operating the vessel have shown exemplary collaboration at this challenging time. On behalf of the World Health Organization, and on behalf of those passengers and their families around the world, I thank the people of Tenerife and everyone else involved. Please take care of yourselves and of each other. Trust in the preparations that have been made. And know that the WHO stands with you, and with every person on that ship, every step of the way. With respect, care, and gratitude, Tedros
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Dr Rachel Clarke
Dr Rachel Clarke@doctor_oxford·
As a doctor, I would simply like to observe that we do not, routinely, conduct ward rounds with a flock of attending bald eagles, nor assess patients with bolts of light emanating from our palms, nor have satanic angels rising from our toupees. Other than that, the AI pic of Dr Trump was spot on.
Headquarters@HQNewsNow

Q: Did you post that picture of yourself as Jesus Christ? Trump: I did post it, I thought it was me as a doctor. It's supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better

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Frank Gardner
Frank Gardner@FrankRGardner·
I’m just going to say it, re the ceasefire in the #IranWar‌ - neither side has ‘won’. Iran’s military and its command structure is decimated and yet it has emerged strategically stronger. It now effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz. Which it didn’t before this war.
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BBC Breaking News
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking·
Donald Trump says "a whole civilisation will die tonight" if Iran fails to make deal - follow live bbc.in/3PLAa5D
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Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour@amanpour·
Madman Theory? Trump got summits with “little rocket man” Kim Jong Un last time around, but never in all my years reporting America at war have I heard anything like this: an American president threatens to destroy a “whole civilization” and says it’ll take 100 years to rebuild. Striking Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, Israel warning people to avoid trains and stations, Trump threatening whole power grids, desalination plants, the nation’s bridges… Is this war still against the Iranian regime or now against a whole people?
Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social@TrumpDailyPosts

𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐉. 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟎𝟖:𝟎𝟔 𝐀𝐌 𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝟎𝟒.𝟎𝟕.𝟐𝟔

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Jon Sopel
Jon Sopel@jonsopel·
The talks must be going really well with this new, more moderate Iran leadership who are desperate to do a deal (according to Trump)
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Veronika Grimm
Veronika Grimm@GrimmVeronika·
Wenn man sich in einer Energiekrise für ein temporäres Tempolimit ausspricht, bekommt man noch mehr als Hass-Nachrichten, als wenn man vorschlägt das Renteneintrittsalter zu erhöhen. Was für eine Stimmung im Land!
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Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Bowen@BowenBBC·
Journalists are not legitimate targets… no matter who they work for…Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike, say broadcasters bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Hans von der Burchard
Hans von der Burchard@vonderburchard·
Ein Regierungssprecher sagte POLITICO, dass Merz weiter einen Einsatz in der Straße von Hormus ausschließt, solange der Krieg läuft. (Aber ja, solche Statements sind Mist, wenn sie verschiedene Auslegung je nach Interesse der einzelnen Länder zulassen und so Verwirrung schaffen)
Veit Medick@vmedick

Muss zugeben: Ich komme nicht mehr richtig mit. Nachdem er sich tagelang vom Krieg distanziert und deutsche Hilfe ausgeschlossen hat, bekundet @bundeskanzler mit fünf anderen Regierungschefs, "unsere Bereitschaft, einen Beitrag zu geeigneten Anstrengungen zu leisten, um eine sichere Passage der Meerengen zu gewährleisten."

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Kai Kuestner
Kai Kuestner@KuestnerK·
Das ist noch sehr vage, aber 6 Staaten (inkl Deutschland) schließen Einsatz zur Sicherung der Straße von Hormus nicht mehr aus: „Wir bekunden unsere Bereitschaft, einen Beitrag zu geeigneten Anstrengungen zu leisten, um eine sichere Passage der Meerengen zu gewährleisten“.
British Embassy Washington@UKinUSA

NEW: The UK alongside France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan expresses readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

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Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News@Channel4News·
'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?' President Trump made a joke about Japan's surprise attack during World War II when asked about not telling allies about his strike on Iran.
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Damian Low
Damian Low@DamianLow3·
They say a picture can say a 1000 words. Bravo The Economist. They have summed it up perfectly.
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Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan@SadiqKhan·
The evidence is overwhelming: Brexit has been a disaster for London and the UK. Rejoining the EU is now clearly in our national interest. The option to rejoin should be on the ballot at the next General Election. theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport@DublinAirport·
Attention travelling Scotland rugby fans! 🏉 Help can be purchased in Boots in T2 on your way home. Just ask for “Sudacrem”. That’s “Suda” as in “shoulda woulda coulda” and “crem” as in “couldnae beat them”. Safe travels home - See you in 2028! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Nick Bryant
Nick Bryant@NickBryantNY·
When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.
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Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam@faisalislam·
On the ground across the Middle east like no other broadcaster, a BBC news special now anchored by Anna Foster in Dubai on the war with Iran, including Orla Guerin in Iraqi Kurdistan… our defence teams, and myself on the crude oil price shooting up to $94 a barrel, fears over jet fuel and fertiliser and ructions in global government debt markets as inflationary wave expected incoming after Qatar’s energy minister warned of Gulf energy export shut down.
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