Campaigner to support the BBC (not a BBC employee). It’s affected by savage UK govt cuts: c40% 2010-2024. BBC costs >49 pence/around 65 US cents a day per UK household. It’s a national public service broadcaster, respected worldwide for accurate reporting.
Driving across the divide: Israeli volunteers meet ill Palestinians at the check point to drive them to hospital. 🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling, from the BBC.
BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, Driving across the divideIsraeli volunteers meeting ill Palestinians at the check point to drive them to hospitalwww.bbc.co.uk@bbcstever.bsky.social: 3 dead in explosion at a Moscow restaurant. Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee says a woman tried to bring in “improvised explosive device”, but got stopped by a security guard. Bomb went off. Both were killed - a guest, too. Restaurant was hosting a private function.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.www.vox.com@martynziegler.bsky.social: ‘LATEST: Infantino had his eyes on a $30m salary plus bonuses for leading new FIFA enterprise, say whistleblowers. Now the "shabby" scheme has collapsed, football's most powerful confederations are moving against him.’
Gianni Infantino clinging to power as efforts to oust him intensifySupport is flooding away from the Fifa president, who will likely be asked to resign at emergency council meeting and is scrambling to establish base of backerswww.thetimes.comFollow the Money: Ahead of the World Cup, BBC’s Sam Fenwick looked at how the event generates billions of dollars for FIFA - where the money comes from and how it gets spent. 🎧The daily drama of money and work from the BBC
BBC World Service - Business Daily, Listen again - Follow the Money: FIFA's BillionsSam Fenwick looks at how FIFA generates billions of dollars from the World Cupwww.bbc.co.uk@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social: ‘EXCLUSIVE Nigel Farage struck secret deal for return as Reform leader months before election — challenging claim he wasn't involved in politics so didn't need to report gifts. In May 24 he showed deal to treasurer, who tonight acknowledged its existence’
Nigel Farage struck Reform comeback deal long before electionSupervised by the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, the agreement undermines Farage’s claim about when he decided to return to politicswww.thetimes.com‘Maybe the real #Trump derangement syndrome is the betas who suck up to the alpha in the apparent belief they will somehow osmotically absorb his unique characteristics and political gifts..It’s personality cult as cargo cult.’ #Infantino
A World Cup with no participants – it could be Gianni Infantino’s boldest move yet | Marina HydeYou’ve got to admire the Fifa president’s chutzpah in trying to flog off football’s greatest prize. If only Uefa wasn’t being so pesky about it all, says Marina Hydewww.theguardian.com@faisalislam.bsky.social: Shaky numbers in FIFA presentation of now abandoned Infantino plan Esp claim fifa “under monetised” with questionable comparison to annual income for NFL/ PL But why exactly £4.2bn? & did tech investors looking for “AI proof” entertainment drive it? 👇🏽
Fifa's World Cup plan never stacked up - here are 4 reasons whyThe actual presentation of FIFA's plan to part-privatise the World Cup raises many more questions than it answers.www.bbc.co.uk‘Many have asked why I won’t be doing this anymore…This year I have cost BBC News literally nothing. So why get rid of us? What savings are being made? What if something big happens and they can no longer call on us to cover it? It feels performative and self-defeating.’ Indeed.
Goodbye to all thatA 22-year relationship with BBC News ends today. Emotions are mixed.robjcameron.substack.com
