Serena Tarling
@serenatarling.bsky.social
Journo. Mum of two. Series producer on BBC’s From Our Own Correspondent podcast. Ex FT
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“Russia has struck 25 hotels near Ukraine’s front lines from the beginning of the war in 2022 through March in what appears to be a campaign to discourage journalism in the area, according to a report” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Russia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report says
Russia claims the hotels have housed military targets, but Reporters Without Borders says the attacks are aimed at reducing coverage of the war.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“Russia has struck 25 hotels near Ukraine’s front lines from the beginning of the war in 2022 through March in what appears to be a campaign to discourage journalism in the area, according to a report” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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This is some v good reporting in today's FT: Chinese exporters are dodging Trump's tariffs by first shipping goods to nearby countries and getting clean export licences before they go to the US
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on.ft.com/43hIrCg
Chinese exporters ‘wash’ products in third countries to avoid Donald Trump’s tariffs
[FREE TO READ] Asian neighbours wary of becoming staging posts for trade actually destined for US
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May 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is some v good reporting in today's FT: Chinese exporters are dodging Trump's tariffs by first shipping goods to nearby countries and getting clean export licences before they go to the US
on.ft.com/43hIrCg
on.ft.com/43hIrCg
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Metro: Pain as Spain mainly off the mains #TomorrowsPapersToday
April 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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This is massive. The real Zeitenwende.
CDU/CSU &SPD have just proposed a sea change in German fiscal policy:
- defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from debt brake
- 10-year €500bn special fund for infrastructure
- looser debt rules for states
- further debt-brake reform in new Bundestag
- defence spending above 1% of GDP exempt from debt brake
- 10-year €500bn special fund for infrastructure
- looser debt rules for states
- further debt-brake reform in new Bundestag
March 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is massive. The real Zeitenwende.
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Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia, officials said.
Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
nyti.ms
March 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia, officials said.
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The latest edition of From Our Own Correspondent includes my dispatch about six yellow radishes and the new world order.
BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Trump, Putin and the new global order
Steve Rosenberg on how the rapprochement between the US and Russia is viewed in Moscow.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The latest edition of From Our Own Correspondent includes my dispatch about six yellow radishes and the new world order.
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Too much English spoken in Berlin so to learn German I went to help out on a farm in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. Listen here to see how I got on: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
February 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Too much English spoken in Berlin so to learn German I went to help out on a farm in Mecklenburg Vorpommern. Listen here to see how I got on: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Still hilarious
Happy #Lawyercat Anniversary for all who celebrate! It's been four years since the kitten appeared in my Zoom courtroom, and I released the 48 second video that made the whole world laugh. Here is the full video showing the big reveal at the end (in two parts because Blue sky). Enjoy!
February 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Still hilarious
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will announce early Monday the details of her government’s “Plan B” to defend the country against US tariffs.
Mexico’s Sheinbaum to Inform Measures Against US Tariffs Monday
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will announce early Monday the details of her government’s “Plan B” to defend the country against US tariffs.
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will announce early Monday the details of her government’s “Plan B” to defend the country against US tariffs.
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The first cracks are showing in France’s left-wing alliance, with the Socialists tentatively freeing themselves from Mélenchon’s grip. One figure behind the manoeuvres is François Hollande, who hopes to make the French left (and himself) electable again
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
François Hollande hopes to make the French left electable again
The former president moves away from the radicals
www.economist.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The first cracks are showing in France’s left-wing alliance, with the Socialists tentatively freeing themselves from Mélenchon’s grip. One figure behind the manoeuvres is François Hollande, who hopes to make the French left (and himself) electable again
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Of all the things Vladimir Putin has said about Donald Trump, what he said today will have put the biggest smile on President Trump's face. He told Russian state TV: "If [Trump's] victory hadn't been stolen in 2020, then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022."
January 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Of all the things Vladimir Putin has said about Donald Trump, what he said today will have put the biggest smile on President Trump's face. He told Russian state TV: "If [Trump's] victory hadn't been stolen in 2020, then maybe there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that emerged in 2022."
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In a fresh poll, a significantly increased number of Finns support sending ground troops to Ukraine: now, 40% are in favour compared to 31% last summer.
More than 50% of National Coalition Party, Finns Party, & Greens (!) voters support sending ground troops and even 46% of Left Alliance voters
More than 50% of National Coalition Party, Finns Party, & Greens (!) voters support sending ground troops and even 46% of Left Alliance voters
January 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In a fresh poll, a significantly increased number of Finns support sending ground troops to Ukraine: now, 40% are in favour compared to 31% last summer.
More than 50% of National Coalition Party, Finns Party, & Greens (!) voters support sending ground troops and even 46% of Left Alliance voters
More than 50% of National Coalition Party, Finns Party, & Greens (!) voters support sending ground troops and even 46% of Left Alliance voters
One of the most memorable dispatches on From Our Own Correspondent is Steve Rosenberg’s reflections on his experiences reporting from #Russia in the last few years - and how a song he wrote somehow struck a chord with Muscovites in an otherwise dark Winter www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
From Our Own Correspondent - A Song for Valentina - BBC Sounds
Steve Rosenberg's song about his Russian friend struck an unexpected chord with Muscovites
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
One of the most memorable dispatches on From Our Own Correspondent is Steve Rosenberg’s reflections on his experiences reporting from #Russia in the last few years - and how a song he wrote somehow struck a chord with Muscovites in an otherwise dark Winter www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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“A recent study by the Public Sociology Laboratory, an independent research group, gives a sense of the alienation ordinary Russians feel about the war. It examined three provincial towns, each in a different region” www.economist.com/briefing/202...
The war in Ukraine is straining Russia’s economy and society
Despite advances on the battlefield, pressure is growing
www.economist.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:45 PM
“A recent study by the Public Sociology Laboratory, an independent research group, gives a sense of the alienation ordinary Russians feel about the war. It examined three provincial towns, each in a different region” www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll
https://www.ft.com/content/bf290387-5f4e-4afc-ac37-0d1c2827cc47
https://www.ft.com/content/bf290387-5f4e-4afc-ac37-0d1c2827cc47
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll
First-round victory of Călin Georgescu shakes political establishment
www.ft.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll
https://www.ft.com/content/bf290387-5f4e-4afc-ac37-0d1c2827cc47
https://www.ft.com/content/bf290387-5f4e-4afc-ac37-0d1c2827cc47
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Today’s Russian papers reflect 2 very different Russias. One Russia: the military superpower threatening Ukraine & the West with Oreshnik missiles. The other Russia – where butter, increasingly expensive, is now sold in some shops in “anti-theft protective boxes.” #ReadingRussia
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (25 November 2024)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 25, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Today’s Russian papers reflect 2 very different Russias. One Russia: the military superpower threatening Ukraine & the West with Oreshnik missiles. The other Russia – where butter, increasingly expensive, is now sold in some shops in “anti-theft protective boxes.” #ReadingRussia
On From Our Own Correspondent this week: the village destroyed after a glacial lake outburst in the Hunza valley from @carolinedaviesbbc.bsky.social ; also James Landale on the world leaders sidling up to Xi Jinping in Rio #g20 @bbcsounds.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Life in the Shadow of a Melting Glacier
For villagers in the remote Karakorum mountains, climate change is a present danger.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 10:36 AM
On From Our Own Correspondent this week: the village destroyed after a glacial lake outburst in the Hunza valley from @carolinedaviesbbc.bsky.social ; also James Landale on the world leaders sidling up to Xi Jinping in Rio #g20 @bbcsounds.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Excellent production - highly recommend!
November 16, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Excellent production - highly recommend!