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CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Gaza's journalists who never quit
Gaza's journalists who never quit Journalists in Gaza have continued reporting under extraordinary conditions—amid danger, displacement, hunger, and personal loss. With international media barred from entering, their work has been the world's only window into the war. Anas Al-Sharif, with Al Jazeera, was among those killed in a recent targeted attack. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reflects on the risks these journalists have taken and the stories they've reported on for the world to see. 02:30 - Source: CNN Vertical World News 16 videos Gaza's journalists who never quit Journalists in Gaza have continued reporting under extraordinary conditions—amid danger, displacement, hunger, and personal loss. With international media barred from entering, their work has been the world's only window into the war. Anas Al-Sharif, with Al Jazeera, was among those killed in a recent targeted attack. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reflects on the risks these journalists have taken and the stories they've reported on for the world to see. 02:30 - Source: CNN Can hockey help heal US-Russia relations? Ahead of Presidents Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska this week, Russian hockey stars tell CNN's Fred Pleitgen they hope sport could help bring the two nations -- and people -- closer. 01:38 - Source: CNN Journalists killed in targeted Israeli strike on Gaza Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif was killed in a targeted strike in Gaza on Sunday alongside multiple other journalists. The Israeli military accused Al-Sharif of leading a Hamas cell, an allegation Al-Sharif had previously denied. 01:50 - Source: CNN Australia will recognize Palestine in September Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly of the United Nations in September. Australia joins the UK, France and Canada in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state. The move leaves the US increasingly isolated from some of its closest allies in its defense of Israel's escalating military campaign that's decimated the besieged enclave after almost two years of war. 00:29 - Source: CNN Wildfires rage across Europe amid heatwaves Wildfires have been raging across Europe over the past few days, with several countries, such as Italy and Spain, experiencing severe heatwaves. 00:48 - Source: CNN Gazan boy struck and killed by falling aid A 14-year-old boy was killed by an airdropped aid package in Gaza on Saturday, according to Al-Awda hospital. The UN has warned that airdrops of aid are ineffective, expensive and dangerous in heavily populated areas. 01:30 - Source: CNN Hundreds arrested at Palestine Action protest In the UK, hundreds have been arrested by London police for protesting the British government's decision to ban the group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. The group, which opposes weapons sales to Israel, is challenging the ban. Earlier, police had cautioned they would arrest anyone showing support for the proscribed group. CNN's Isobel Yeung reports. 01:26 - Source: CNN Ukrainians in Kyiv react to Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 00:43 - Source: CNN Israelis protest Netanyahu's Gaza policies CNN's Matthew Chance is in Tel Aviv, where thousands of protesters are gathering to call on the Israeli government to end the war in Gaza 01:49 - Source: CNN Inside a military raid deep in Ecuador's gang territory CNN follows a military raid in Duran, Ecuador as they go door to door deep inside gang territory. Senior National Correspondent David Culver is with the authorities as they seize drugs, uncover explosive devices, and make a gruesome discovery. Watch 'Ecuador: The Narco Superhighway' on 'The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper' Sunday August 10 at 9pm ET on CNN. 01:55 - Source: CNN Ukrainians in Kyiv react to Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 00:43 - Source: CNN Analysis: Why Alaska signals a slow defeat for Ukraine President Donald Trump said he'll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include 'some swapping of territories.' But as CNN's Nick Paton Walsh explains, the conditions around Friday's summit so wildly favor Moscow, it's hard to see how a deal emerges that does not eviscerate Ukraine. 01:18 - Source: CNN Zelensky rejects territorial concession with Russia Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address after President Trump's announcement to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine is "ready to work together with President Trump," but quashed the idea of any territory concessions. 01:22 - Source: CNN Israel 'brutally determined' to capture Gaza in new escalation plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military escalation in Gaza, which he claims will capture the city and eliminate Hamas, brings doubtful Israeli citizens to the streets in protest. Palestinians in Gaza scramble for safety and brace for impact as the war intensifies. 02:33 - Source: CNN Balcony collapses in Gaza under weight of crowd scrambling for aid As Palestinians rushed toward an aid package airdropped in Gaza City, a balcony collapsed under the weight of the crowd. It is not clear how many people were injured in this incident. 00:41 - Source: CNN Palestinians and Israelis react to plan to take over Gaza City Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City. The deadline for the first phase of the offensive is October 7, according to an Israeli source. Hear how Israelis and Palestinians have reacted to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for occupation. 01:52 - Source: CNN
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Gaza's journalists who never quit
Gaza's journalists who never quit Journalists in Gaza have continued reporting under extraordinary conditions—amid danger, displacement, hunger, and personal loss. With international media barred from entering, their work has been the world's only window into the war. Anas Al-Sharif, with Al Jazeera, was among those killed in a recent targeted attack. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reflects on the risks these journalists have taken and the stories they've reported on for the world to see. 02:30 - Source: CNN Vertical World News 16 videos Gaza's journalists who never quit Journalists in Gaza have continued reporting under extraordinary conditions—amid danger, displacement, hunger, and personal loss. With international media barred from entering, their work has been the world's only window into the war. Anas Al-Sharif, with Al Jazeera, was among those killed in a recent targeted attack. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reflects on the risks these journalists have taken and the stories they've reported on for the world to see. 02:30 - Source: CNN Can hockey help heal US-Russia relations? Ahead of Presidents Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska this week, Russian hockey stars tell CNN's Fred Pleitgen they hope sport could help bring the two nations -- and people -- closer. 01:38 - Source: CNN Journalists killed in targeted Israeli strike on Gaza Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif was killed in a targeted strike in Gaza on Sunday alongside multiple other journalists. The Israeli military accused Al-Sharif of leading a Hamas cell, an allegation Al-Sharif had previously denied. 01:50 - Source: CNN Australia will recognize Palestine in September Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly of the United Nations in September. Australia joins the UK, France and Canada in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state. The move leaves the US increasingly isolated from some of its closest allies in its defense of Israel's escalating military campaign that's decimated the besieged enclave after almost two years of war. 00:29 - Source: CNN Wildfires rage across Europe amid heatwaves Wildfires have been raging across Europe over the past few days, with several countries, such as Italy and Spain, experiencing severe heatwaves. 00:48 - Source: CNN Gazan boy struck and killed by falling aid A 14-year-old boy was killed by an airdropped aid package in Gaza on Saturday, according to Al-Awda hospital. The UN has warned that airdrops of aid are ineffective, expensive and dangerous in heavily populated areas. 01:30 - Source: CNN Hundreds arrested at Palestine Action protest In the UK, hundreds have been arrested by London police for protesting the British government's decision to ban the group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. The group, which opposes weapons sales to Israel, is challenging the ban. Earlier, police had cautioned they would arrest anyone showing support for the proscribed group. CNN's Isobel Yeung reports. 01:26 - Source: CNN Ukrainians in Kyiv react to Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 00:43 - Source: CNN Israelis protest Netanyahu's Gaza policies CNN's Matthew Chance is in Tel Aviv, where thousands of protesters are gathering to call on the Israeli government to end the war in Gaza 01:49 - Source: CNN Inside a military raid deep in Ecuador's gang territory CNN follows a military raid in Duran, Ecuador as they go door to door deep inside gang territory. Senior National Correspondent David Culver is with the authorities as they seize drugs, uncover explosive devices, and make a gruesome discovery. Watch 'Ecuador: The Narco Superhighway' on 'The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper' Sunday August 10 at 9pm ET on CNN. 01:55 - Source: CNN Ukrainians in Kyiv react to Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 00:43 - Source: CNN Analysis: Why Alaska signals a slow defeat for Ukraine President Donald Trump said he'll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include 'some swapping of territories.' But as CNN's Nick Paton Walsh explains, the conditions around Friday's summit so wildly favor Moscow, it's hard to see how a deal emerges that does not eviscerate Ukraine. 01:18 - Source: CNN Zelensky rejects territorial concession with Russia Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address after President Trump's announcement to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine is "ready to work together with President Trump," but quashed the idea of any territory concessions. 01:22 - Source: CNN Israel 'brutally determined' to capture Gaza in new escalation plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military escalation in Gaza, which he claims will capture the city and eliminate Hamas, brings doubtful Israeli citizens to the streets in protest. Palestinians in Gaza scramble for safety and brace for impact as the war intensifies. 02:33 - Source: CNN Balcony collapses in Gaza under weight of crowd scrambling for aid As Palestinians rushed toward an aid package airdropped in Gaza City, a balcony collapsed under the weight of the crowd. It is not clear how many people were injured in this incident. 00:41 - Source: CNN Palestinians and Israelis react to plan to take over Gaza City Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City. The deadline for the first phase of the offensive is October 7, according to an Israeli source. Hear how Israelis and Palestinians have reacted to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for occupation. 01:52 - Source: CNN
CNN
3 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Gaza's journalists who never quit
Gaza's journalists who never quit Journalists in Gaza have continued reporting under extraordinary conditions—amid danger, displacement, hunger, and personal loss. With international media barred from entering, their work has been the world's only window into the war. Anas Al-Sharif, with Al Jazeera, was among those killed in a recent targeted attack. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reflects on the risks these journalists have taken and the stories they've reported on for the world to see. 02:30 - Source: CNN Vertical World News 16 videos Gaza's journalists who never quit Journalists in Gaza have continued reporting under extraordinary conditions—amid danger, displacement, hunger, and personal loss. With international media barred from entering, their work has been the world's only window into the war. Anas Al-Sharif, with Al Jazeera, was among those killed in a recent targeted attack. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reflects on the risks these journalists have taken and the stories they've reported on for the world to see. 02:30 - Source: CNN Can hockey help heal US-Russia relations? Ahead of Presidents Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska this week, Russian hockey stars tell CNN's Fred Pleitgen they hope sport could help bring the two nations -- and people -- closer. 01:38 - Source: CNN Journalists killed in targeted Israeli strike on Gaza Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif was killed in a targeted strike in Gaza on Sunday alongside multiple other journalists. The Israeli military accused Al-Sharif of leading a Hamas cell, an allegation Al-Sharif had previously denied. 01:50 - Source: CNN Australia will recognize Palestine in September Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the General Assembly of the United Nations in September. Australia joins the UK, France and Canada in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state. The move leaves the US increasingly isolated from some of its closest allies in its defense of Israel's escalating military campaign that's decimated the besieged enclave after almost two years of war. 00:29 - Source: CNN Wildfires rage across Europe amid heatwaves Wildfires have been raging across Europe over the past few days, with several countries, such as Italy and Spain, experiencing severe heatwaves. 00:48 - Source: CNN Gazan boy struck and killed by falling aid A 14-year-old boy was killed by an airdropped aid package in Gaza on Saturday, according to Al-Awda hospital. The UN has warned that airdrops of aid are ineffective, expensive and dangerous in heavily populated areas. 01:30 - Source: CNN Hundreds arrested at Palestine Action protest In the UK, hundreds have been arrested by London police for protesting the British government's decision to ban the group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. The group, which opposes weapons sales to Israel, is challenging the ban. Earlier, police had cautioned they would arrest anyone showing support for the proscribed group. CNN's Isobel Yeung reports. 01:26 - Source: CNN Ukrainians in Kyiv react to Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 00:43 - Source: CNN Israelis protest Netanyahu's Gaza policies CNN's Matthew Chance is in Tel Aviv, where thousands of protesters are gathering to call on the Israeli government to end the war in Gaza 01:49 - Source: CNN Inside a military raid deep in Ecuador's gang territory CNN follows a military raid in Duran, Ecuador as they go door to door deep inside gang territory. Senior National Correspondent David Culver is with the authorities as they seize drugs, uncover explosive devices, and make a gruesome discovery. Watch 'Ecuador: The Narco Superhighway' on 'The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper' Sunday August 10 at 9pm ET on CNN. 01:55 - Source: CNN Ukrainians in Kyiv react to Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska As US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepare to meet in Alaska to discuss a potential end to the war in Ukraine, residents in Kyiv told CNN how they felt about the meeting that, so far, excludes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. 00:43 - Source: CNN Analysis: Why Alaska signals a slow defeat for Ukraine President Donald Trump said he'll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include 'some swapping of territories.' But as CNN's Nick Paton Walsh explains, the conditions around Friday's summit so wildly favor Moscow, it's hard to see how a deal emerges that does not eviscerate Ukraine. 01:18 - Source: CNN Zelensky rejects territorial concession with Russia Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address after President Trump's announcement to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine is "ready to work together with President Trump," but quashed the idea of any territory concessions. 01:22 - Source: CNN Israel 'brutally determined' to capture Gaza in new escalation plan Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military escalation in Gaza, which he claims will capture the city and eliminate Hamas, brings doubtful Israeli citizens to the streets in protest. Palestinians in Gaza scramble for safety and brace for impact as the war intensifies. 02:33 - Source: CNN Balcony collapses in Gaza under weight of crowd scrambling for aid As Palestinians rushed toward an aid package airdropped in Gaza City, a balcony collapsed under the weight of the crowd. It is not clear how many people were injured in this incident. 00:41 - Source: CNN Palestinians and Israelis react to plan to take over Gaza City Israel's security cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City. The deadline for the first phase of the offensive is October 7, according to an Israeli source. Hear how Israelis and Palestinians have reacted to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for occupation. 01:52 - Source: CNN
Sky News
04-08-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
Over 100 journalists demand 'immediate and unsupervised' foreign media access into Gaza
More than 100 journalists, photographers and war correspondents have signed a petition demanding "immediate and unsupervised foreign press access to the Gaza Strip". The petition is signed by leading journalists working for global news organisations. It is part of the Freedom To Report initiative, which was started by award-winning photographer Andre Liohn. Signatories include Sky News' special correspondent Alex Crawford, broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, CNN's Christiane Amanpour and chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward, as well as iconic war photographer Don McCullin. They are renewing calls for both Israel and Hamas to allow foreign journalists into Gaza to report independently on the war, something they have been barred from doing since the start of the latest conflict in 2023. The petition goes further to say if "belligerent parties" ignore the appeal, media professionals will be supported to enter Gaza without consent "by any legitimate means, independently, collectively, or in coordination with humanitarian or civil society actors". 1:56 It states: "Unrestricted, independent access for foreign journalists is urgently needed, not only to document the unfolding atrocities but to ensure that the truth of this war is not dictated by those who control the weapons and the narrative. "Gaza is the most urgent case, but it is not the only one. It reflects the gravest pattern of silencing journalists and restricting the press. If the democratic world truly intends to push back against this erosion of freedom, it must not turn a blind eye to Gaza. "Defending press access there is defending press freedom everywhere." Sky News along with other global news organisations has relied on Palestinian journalists, local reporters and humanitarian workers to provide details of what is going on inside Gaza. Despite the brave and crucial work these people do, the Freedom To Report initiative says nearly 200 mostly Palestinian journalists have been killed, making the Israel-Hamas war "the deadliest conflict for the press ever recorded". Last month, the Associated Press, AFP, BBC News and Reuters issued a joint statement saying journalists are also struggling to feed themselves and their families while working on behalf of their organisations in Gaza. It came after the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza is suffering "man-made mass starvation" because of an Israeli blockade on aid to the enclave. As well as immediate authorisation for foreign journalists to access Gaza, the Freedom To Report petition calls for respect for journalist's protected status under international law and for the support of governments and press freedom organisations.
Telegraph
29-06-2025
- General
- Telegraph
The Telegraph at 170: How war first pushed us to put innovation at the service of information
It was in the middle of a war with Russia, which was not going well, that The Daily Telegraph was launched in 1855. The title of the new paper came from the world-changing technology of the electric telegraph. (The additional words on the masthead '& Courier' were soon dropped.) In May 1855, a month before The Telegraph came out, a telegraph cable had been laid between the Crimea and Varna in Turkey. It meant that the war was covered live instead of after a lapse of days and weeks. News from the battlefield reached London before it reached St Petersburg. Electric telegraph cables became possible only because of the Victorian equivalent of plastic – gutta-percha, made from the sap of a Malayan tree. Undersea cable had to be laid from a ship in a continuous length. In 1855, The Telegraph reported on the laying of a cable from Sardinia to Africa. The 150 miles of cable, weighing 1,200 tons, was stowed in a single coil in the hold of the ship Result. Criticism of the conduct of the war, a fixed idea of its first proprietor Col Arthur B Sleigh, was the very motive for starting the new paper. The moment was commercially auspicious because the government was removing the last penny tax from newspapers. The Times and The Morning Post still cost 5d; the new Telegraph sold its four broadsheet pages, packed with up to 12,000 words per page, for 2d. Thanks to the electric telegraph, a day after its first issue The Telegraph was able to report the death of the commander-in-chief of British forces in the Crimea, Lord Raglan. A special edition was rushed out that Saturday afternoon. Lord Raglan, who absent-mindedly referred to the Russian enemy as 'the French' (then our allies), was, in the infant Telegraph 's opinion, a man 'whose deeds more properly belonged to a past generation, and who ought to have been left to pass the winter of his life in comparative tranquillity and comfort at home'. Raglan's death scarcely raised morale. 'Public sympathy and indignation,' said an article at the time, 'were aroused to the utmost by the conviction that the soldiers of the finest army Great Britain had ever sent forth were ingloriously perishing of disease, overtasked and underfed.' In freezing weather the winter before, lightly clothed men lacked tents and even firewood and had nowhere to lie but the mud. They ate raw meat for want of a fire and coffee beans were issued without the means to roast them. The front page of the very first issue was one-third filled with the names of officers and men killed or wounded ('lightly' or 'dangerously') in the Crimea. The other two thirds of the page was full of small advertisements. Nothing brings home so vividly the strangeness – to us – of life in Victorian London as those small ads. 'Colt's Holster or Cavalry Revolver,' announced one ad in the first issue. 'Great length of range, force and penetration.' The price was £7, and the firearms were available at Samuel Colt's premises at 114 Pall Mall. Anyone could buy one. The small ads shouted for attention like the street cries of London: railway accident insurance; superior hats; money lent; 'Scotticisms corrected'; 'Chronic rheumatism completely cured'. And why, asked an advertisement temptingly, 'give such a high price for your Paris and other wove stays, when you can get any size you require for 3s 11d?' An alarming invitation was to sell your 'old artificial teeth' to a shop in Oxford Street. Just send them by post and their value would be dispatched by return. At a time when trains had no corridors let alone lavatories, Walter's Railway Convenience could be bought at the private entrance of 16 Moorgate Street, where a female attendant would be on duty. 'No lady should travel without one.' The rough sharpness, energetic enterprise, reforming zeal and daily jollity of the Victorians burst from the pages of early issues of The Daily Telegraph. That year saw riots in Hyde Park against new laws limiting pub opening hours on Sundays. Above the leading articles were notices for plays at Drury Lane, the Theatre Royal, the Lyceum and Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, which staged dramas performed entirely on horseback. Modernity in 1855 meant the electric telegraph and proper sewers. 'In contempt of past experience,' declared The Telegraph in a leading article, 'we still continue to inhale a poison-laden atmosphere and to drink water the multitudinous organic and inorganic impurities of which almost defy the combined labours of chemist and microscopist to describe.' That was three years before the Great Stink overwhelmed Parliament with the effluvium of the Thames. A grand modernising proposal in June 1855 was the Great Victorian Way, an astonishing arcade following a 10-mile oval, looping round St Paul's in the east and cutting through Hyde Park in the west. It was the brainchild of Joseph Paxton, triumphant from the success of the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace in 1851. A covered road and shops in the middle would be flanked by a railway on the second floor with flats above. The Telegraph was not convinced and advocated instead a network of underground railways. Modernity also meant the 36-year-old Queen Victoria, with her consort, Albert. Windsor Castle in Modern Times was the title of a painting by Edwin Landseer of the royal couple at home, the Prince dressed in tights and Puss-in-Boots boots, the carpet strewn with dogs and game. Princess Vicky plays with a dead kingfisher. At 1.40pm on a hot August day that year, Victoria and Albert landed in the steam yacht Victoria and Albert in Boulogne, and the Queen became the first English monarch to visit Paris since Henry VI in 1431. Triumphal arches were woven with 'the colours of England and France'. (Britain was seldom mentioned in those days.) The Parisians were struck by Victoria's huge handbag embroidered with a poodle. The Telegraph was at first wary of any popular frenzy for royalty. But as its circulation rose, a high point was reached at the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra in 1863, with sales of 205,884. By the 1870s, the paper was confidently promoted as having the 'LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE WORLD'.
