The take from #BBC#Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg:
'In effect, Vladimir Putin is saying: I’ll keep the territory I’ve occupied, plus some territory I’m not occupying, plus Ukraine won’t join Nato, plus the West will drop all the sanctions against Russia. This is what he’s calling “a real peace proposal.”
The BBC are always desperate to promote the views of the Israel State, like they are demigods or something.
And they never allow a voice to the Palestinians, apart from victims of an air strike, never the politicians because that would suggest they are human and equal
Ebrahim #Raisi stood close to the pinnacle of power in the Islamic Republic and was widely tipped to rise to its very top
A dramatic turn dealt him a different hand
His death in a helicopter crash on Sunday has upended the growing speculation over who will eventually replace the 85-year-old Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei, whose own health has long been the focus of intense interest ⏩
#BBC can't get its mind whether they want to present #Russia narrative or international law, so some dumb editor pictured #Crimea as part of Russia but at the same time Donbas as part of #Ukraine. For this map, the editor would be arrested in Russia as it doesn't show the "new territories" (Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts) but they would be (and already are) criticised in the West 🤦
My pals in BBC World Service have been doing some awesome work on "lite" versions of their news articles (other page types to follow).
They essentially skip the Server-Side React hydration which means you end up with a simpler HTML+CSS page, no JS.
Page sizes drop significantly:
🔴 Ukraine's prime minister has told the #BBC there will be a "Third World War" if #Ukraine loses its conflict with #russia, as he urged the US #Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill
#DenysShmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that #US lawmakers would pass the hotly contested measure, which has $61bn earmarked for #Kyiv
The House of Representatives is set to vote this Saturday
We are going to continue our trial here for at least another six months while we share our findings internally and seek more engagement from other BBC teams. We are also planning to start researching ways to publish more BBC content using ActivityPub.