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Mark Lowen

@marklowen

BBC News Correspondent and Presenter. Previously in Rome, Istanbul, Athens, Belgrade and lots in between. Dad. Heart belongs to a Portuguese. All views my own

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Just when you thought your jaw couldn't drop any further... Donald Trump releases a private message sent by NATO Sec General Mark Rutte - with a very big claim, and written, it would seem, in the most Trumpian language (NATO has confirmed to BBC it is genuine). What a world.

Just when you thought your jaw couldn't drop any further... Donald Trump releases a private message sent by NATO Sec General Mark Rutte - with a very big claim, and written, it would seem, in the most Trumpian language (NATO has confirmed to BBC it is genuine). What a world.
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Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say | CNN Politics cnn.com/2025/06/24/pol…

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We’re at Kerem Shalom border crossing from Israel to Gaza, where there are no aid trucks crossing - aid workers on the ground tell us of catastrophic situation, and Gazans queuing for aid are still being killed almost every day. We’re live today BBC News (UK)⁩ ⁦BBC News (World)⁩

We’re at Kerem Shalom border crossing from Israel to Gaza, where there are no aid trucks crossing - aid workers on the ground tell us of catastrophic situation, and Gazans queuing for aid are still being killed almost every day. We’re live today <a href="/BBCNews/">BBC News (UK)</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/BBCWorld/">BBC News (World)</a>⁩
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Pretty loud thud of artillery in the last few minutes across the border in Gaza - black smoke rising - as this war grinds on into its 631st day. Israel and the US may be talking up the prospects of ceasefire - but intractable issues with Hamas remain

Pretty loud thud of artillery in the last few minutes across the border in Gaza - black smoke rising - as this war grinds on into its 631st day. Israel and the US may be talking up the prospects of ceasefire - but intractable issues with Hamas remain
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After 2 days in which Israel said it was blocking aid entering Gaza, accusing Hamas of stealing it, we just saw these trucks entering Gaza through a side road, not via the official Kerem Shalom crossing. They had no registration plates. Likely to be Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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ā€œAttendees face a €500 fine, organisers face up to one year in prisonā€ - for walking through Budapest to say #LoveIsLove.

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šŸ’„šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ Viktor OrbĆ”n banned Budapest Pride by law but didn’t dare use police to stop it. The result? A record-breaking crowd: the front of the march reached the end point in Buda while the back had barely left the start in Pest. šŸ“ø: GĆ”bor Tenczer, BalĆ”zs IvĆ”ndi-Szabó Telex

šŸ’„šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ Viktor OrbĆ”n banned Budapest Pride by law but didn’t dare use police to stop it.

The result? A record-breaking crowd: the front of the march reached the end point in Buda while the back had barely left the start in Pest. 

šŸ“ø: GĆ”bor Tenczer, BalĆ”zs IvĆ”ndi-Szabó <a href="/Telexhu/">Telex</a>
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šŸ“£Some news: After 10 months presenting OS on BBC World Service I’ll be swapping the radio studio for TV in September as I become a presenter/correspondent for our BBC News (UK) TV channel, streaming & on the day team, in the studio & in the field. A few more weeks with great OS first!

šŸ“£Some news:
After 10 months presenting OS on <a href="/bbcworldservice/">BBC World Service</a> I’ll be swapping the radio studio for TV in September as I become a presenter/correspondent for our <a href="/BBCNews/">BBC News (UK)</a> TV channel, streaming &amp; on the day team, in the studio &amp; in the field. A few more weeks with great OS first!
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Excited to be making a presenting debut on The World at One today - the legendary WATO as we refer to it - on Radio 4 coming up at 1pm. Listen on your wireless or on BBC Sounds

Excited to be making a presenting debut on <a href="/BBCWorldatOne/">The World at One</a> today - the legendary WATO as we refer to it - on Radio 4 coming up at 1pm. Listen on your wireless or on <a href="/BBCSounds/">BBC Sounds</a>
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"We knew that making and hard work was in the essence of the town." Wayne Hemingway, designer and co-founder of Red or Dead, explains to Mark Lowen where he got the idea for the National Festival of Making in Blackburn. #BBCWato

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When I gave my 2 and a half year-old a bit of cheese tonight and she turned to me and said ā€œnice cheese, Gromitā€, my Aardman and Nick Park-loving heart melted.

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Tune in now to OS BBC World Service BBC Sounds as we unpack another turbulent week in the Middle East with our international editor, Jeremy Bowen Jeremy Bowen - we'll discuss Syria, Gaza, Israel, and take your questions

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ā€œLadies and gentlemen, I know our train is due to depart now but unfortunately we don’t currently have a driver. I’ve just called control and they’re trying to find oneā€. Typically wonderful service from SWR Help