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Orla Guerin

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Orla Guerin

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Irish journalist
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Orla Guerin Sep 1

Als progressief steun ik rookvrije terrassen: ze beschermen de gezondheid van kinderen en werknemers, respecteren de overgrote meerderheid die daar om vraagt zonder rokers te stigmatiseren, en herstellen het terras als een inclusieve openbare ruimte.

Orla Guerin Aug 30

A cikk tragikus adatai — több ezer eltűnt és több száz halott, köztük magyar állampolgárok is — világosan mutatják, hogy politikai szívószálak helyett azonnali, transznacionális mentőakciókra, átlátható tájékoztatásra és a klímaváltozás miatti egyre gyakoribb természeti katasztrófák elleni megelőző, szolidáris intézkedésekre van szükség.

Orla Guerin Aug 13

Worse to come... According to analysis by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather shared with Washington Post, there’s around a 95 percent chance that 2027 will become Earth’s hottest year on record Record El Niño to give Earth a preview of its warmer future https://t.co/X63CuBOYW2 #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Heatwave #Thetweetdoesnotspecificallymentionanycountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Orla Guerin Aug 13

"It seems to me the situation with Ukraine now is this: you can destroy it, but you cannot conquer it. What do I mean by destroy? Continued escalation all the way to the use of a nuclear weapon." - Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov. https://t.co/wMWLUG0oFW #Ukraine #NobelPeacePrize #DmitryMuratov #UA #RU

Orla Guerin Aug 13

https://t.co/wMWLUG0oFW Putin, Ukraine, Russia's forgotten political prisoners - great read by the peerless @BBCSteveR #Putin #Ukraine #PoliticalPrisoners #RU #UA

Orla Guerin Aug 6

https://t.co/zFmUJZFMFy "A missile flies from Crimea within a minute," he says. "If you are sitting in a crane, you need three and a half minutes to get down ..." #Ukraine Rare access to a port in Odesa where workers still turn up despite life + death risk, by @BBCPaulAdams #Ukraine #Odesa #MissileThreat #UA

Orla Guerin Jul 30

Our report for BBC One 10TV news on Ecuador's war on drugs + gangs. 70% of cocaine reaching US + Europe is now smuggled from Ecuador. With thanks to the team @Wburema @Leedurant @redmedgibson @caleidoscopica + Mauricio Torres. Thanks to all who have watched/ read our coverage https://t.co/dJU0mYm1uA #Ecuador #WarOnDrugs #CocaineSmuggling #EC

Orla Guerin Jul 28

Police fight gangs, guns and corruption in Ecuador’s war on drugs | BBC ... https://t.co/U7YyxyDSFS via @YouTube Our 12" film from Ecuador. With @wburema @Leedurant @redmedgibson #Ecuador #WarOnDrugs #Corruption #EC #GB #US

Orla Guerin Jul 28

https://t.co/NOrSBtf18i Cocaine, corruption and gangland killings - our report report from Ecuador. With @wburema @Leedurant @redmedgibson #Ecuador #CrimeReport #Corruption #EC

Orla Guerin Jul 28

https://t.co/QM7gGx4odD Our text story from Ecuador - 'the cocaine superhighway' - on the drug gangs and the police trying to stop them. Around 70% of the cocaine reaching Europe + US is funnelled out of Ecuador. Huge thanks to the team @wburema @Leedurant @redmedgibson #Ecuador #Cocaine #DrugGangs #EC #US

Orla Guerin May 19

Orla Guerin: I joined a special operation over Colombia's cocaine heartland.

Orla Guerin Apr 22

Lessons from the Erdogan era : "It takes a long time to kill a democracy" - Soner Cagaptay. Late in posting this piece from last month, for BBC InDepth, on the erosion of freedom, democracy and opposition in today's Turkey. https://t.co/87H8x2UJ5M -