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Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Recently she has reported on the war in Ukraine, and the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan. She has reported from six continents, covering the major conflicts and refugee movements of the…
Lindsey Hilsum
Britain is going all out to get Chinese investment and to increase British exports, but the Chinese are pragmatic too. They’ll invest where they will get a good return and import the best products.
“A remarkable woman who got remarkable stories” – the BBC’s director general Tony Hall joins many others in paying tribute to the life and work of Sue Lloyd-Roberts, who has died of cancer.
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“If you have a young man of army age in your bus or someone they think is a spy, there’s nothing you can do. They take them off the bus, beat them and send them back to Raqqa.”
Lindsey Hilsum
People sometimes say that foreign journalists make too much of the wanton demolition in historical sites such as Palmyra and Nineveh. People’s lives matter more, they say.
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In President Assad’s heartland the Russian decision to start air strikes on Syrian rebel positions is being hailed by ordinary people, who hope they mark the beginning of the end of a long war.
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The online abuse I’ve received while covering the refugee and migration crisis is more than any other story I’ve reported.
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There were scuffles and screams – in the chaos a distraught Syrian man pushed his wife and baby onto the tracks as some kind of desperate protest.
Lindsey Hilsum
After I reported on scenes of desperation at the Greece/Macedonia border, there was nearly as much outrage about the use of language as the plight of the people.
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The assumption in China these days is that officials lie and cover up whenever there’s an environmental catastrophe.
Lindsey Hilsum
The death sentences passed down on eight Gaddafi era officials, including the dictator’s son Saif al Islam, are unlikely to cause much outrage in Libya. In fact, they may be a cause for celebration.
Lindsey Hilsum
The most astonishing aspect of today’s deal on Iran’s nuclear capability is that neither side is negotiating the terms of its defeat.
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A deal on Iran’s nuclear programme would be a historic event – but it could come at the expense of angering some of the US’s staunchest allies.
Lindsey Hilsum
I found myself thinking about Rupert Brooke’s soldier this morning as we mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and think about British tourists who were murdered in Tunisia.
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All the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put Syria together again. So now neighbouring countries are preparing to intervene.
Lindsey Hilsum
I have never heard President Kagame of Rwanda so angry. As he addressed parliament in Kigali yesterday his words dripped with fury and venom.
