
Sam Jones
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Madrid correspondent, the Guardian and the Observer. Views my own. @swajones.bsky.social
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/samjones 04-03-2009 11:21:40
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One of the most extraordinary stories I have reported from #Ukraine. In 2023 Russia blew up a dam & destroyed the vast Soviet-era Kakhovka reservoir. Since then nature has come back. Willow trees are 4m tall; sturgeon are swimming again in the Dnipro river theguardian.com/world/article/…



US keeping quiet on details for now but Turkish presidency has put out triumphant statement on exchange, noting Evan Gershkovich, Ilya Yashin, Paul Whelan for Krasikov. 10 (inc 2 kids) going to Russia, 16 coming out. Follow the news on Guardian Live Blog theguardian.com/world/live/202…

This famine is fully man-made. We again call on all the parties to provide the humanitarian system with unimpeded and safe access to children and families in need. We must be able to use all routes, across lines of conflict and borders. Sudan’s children cannot wait. Catherine Russell

What a night. My report from the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base where our friend Evan got off a jet with Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, embraced his mother, hugged Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and then came over to chat after 491 days in jail. Unreal. theguardian.com/world/article/…


On the Russian "illegals", whose kids only found out the family was not Argentinian on the plane to Moscow. With context and background to the family havoc that illegals have created for decades, from my upcoming book on the history of illegals program. theguardian.com/world/article/…




Such a beautiful and moving piece from my excellent colleague Esther Addley

Esclarecedor artículo de The Guardian sobre #Fujimori y su legado. Gracias por citarme entre gente tan lúcida como Jose Alejandro Godoy y Michael Reid 👍 theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…



‘It was a trap’: flood alert came too late for residents of Paiporta, Spain. By Ashifa Kassam theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…


#Spain’s apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us. By jonathanwatts theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

EXCL: Keir Starmer’s national security adviser is to travel to Washington as government tries to persuade Donald Trump not to rip up Chagos Islands deal Eleni Courea Kiran Stacey report theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…