Tom Ball

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“He was born in this region and he knows this landscape as well as anyone,” said General Jamal Yusuf, director of the Security Intelligence Agency in Puntland. “He knows every valley and every cave. He knows where to hide.”

For the past year Abdulqadir Mumin has evaded capture, eking out a nomadic existence in the mountains of Cal Miskaad. I went to Puntland to join the Somali forces who are hunting for the man believed to be Isis's global leader and fighting his army of acolytes.

🔺INVESTIGATION: The jihadi mastermind who fled MI5 to bring Isis back from the dead | ✍️ @tomfball #Echobox=1764579623" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/world/middle-e…

Not here much but popping by to tell you that I have a new documentary! I went to meet a secretive new community, who teach children an ‘alternative’ curriculum. Some people claim they are running… a conspiracy school. We Are Not a Conspiracy School is out now on @BBCSounds.

And an interview with @poroshenko who accused Zelensky of “authoritarianism” after the government sanctioned him this year. “Why is he doing this? Because he hates me on a biological, chemical level. And, frankly speaking, I also do not like Zelensky.” thetimes.com/world/russia-u…

An interview with @oleksiireznikov who said that the war will carry on as long as Putin remains in the Kremlin. His comments reflect a growing resignation among many to a prolonged conflict, a stark reversal from hopes Trump could bring about peace. thetimes.com/world/russia-u…

Some recent pieces from Ukraine. In @thetimes today a dispatch from Kharkiv where soldiers are pioneering AI drone technology. The future looks dystopic. “For the unlucky bastards in the trenches life is already hell. But it’s about to get a lot worse." thetimes.com/world/russia-u…

On today’s #Worldin10 podcast, As Donald Trump says he’s talking with Vladimir Putin, what has been going on in Ukraine? The Times’ @tomfball unpacks record-breaking drone attacks, nightly bombardments, and Russia’s symbolic victories in Luhansk. Listen ⬇️ pod.fo/e/2f5219

A modest block of social housing in south London has an unlikely tenant – the first lady of Sierra Leone. Our story for @thetimes reveals how Fatima Jabbe-Bio continues to rent her council flat seven years into her husband’s presidency. (Link at end of 🧵)

The murder of Sunday Times foreign correspondent David Holden in Cairo in 1977 remained unsolved for decades. Then editor Harold Evans called it “the most profound mystery” of his career. Today, in a special report on @thetimes, we reveal the truth at last thetimes.com/article/c82d28…

An anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh is looking into Tulip’s Territory, which belongs to the former Treasury minister’s family My joint byline with ⁦@tomfball⁩ search.app/g4cqFJEdMTrjiA…

In Sudzha there is a house on the hill known as Little Monaco. Until last August it was home to 150 FSB officers. When Ukrainian soldiers accessed the flats they found a trove of information about the lives and activities of these officers. In @thetimes thetimes.com/world/russia-u…

"These girls are being exploited all over again. Politicians jumping on the bandwagon after years of silence is 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭." Andrew Norfolk, who exposed the grooming gang scandal in 2011, condemns the reuse of the abuse for political gain. @maitlis | @lewis_goodall

‘I know the horror of Russian captivity — it drives me to help others ’ The Angels are a crack military unit who rescue Ukrainians trapped behind enemy lines. The men behind the missions tells The Times how they do it | ✍️ @tomfball reports from Odesa #Echobox=1736189213" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/world/russia-u…

Ukrainians dropped their New Year champagne as drone sirens rang out. The air raid warning came seconds into 2025 in war-town Karkiv, where the festive lights were lit for the first time since the Russian invasion | ✍️ @tomfball reports from Kharkiv ⬇️ #Echobox=1735753695" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/world/russia-u…