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Jeremy Bowen
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Jeremy Bowen
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International Editor, BBC News
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Oct 25, 2023
    The paperback is now out. At a time when the Middle East is once again in turmoil, immodestly I suggest you take a look at my book to see how the region ended up the way it is. Also available as an audiobook.
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Aug 12, 2022
    Picador just sent first copies of my new book, published on 1st Sept. It follows my BBC series Our Man in the Middle East. Ridiculously proud that I took most of the photos, including the jacket. If you need one book to help you navigate the Mideast, I hope it will be this one.
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Mar 4, 2022
    Alexander’s tearful farewell with family #Kyiv railway station. They’re going to relative safety in Lviv, he’s staying to fight. Wouldn’t let go of a toy ambulance his 8 year old son gave him as he put them on the train. #ukraine more later on ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCWorld⁩
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Mar 4, 2022
    18 year old Ukrainian volunteers off to war in Kyiv. Three days training and they will be on the front line.
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Dec 10, 2021
    Thank you to the anonymous London Underground worker who found my stolen wallet & dropped it at my home with this unsigned note. The pickpocket took the cash, everything else is there. Christmas miracle from a very good person. Really touched by the kindness of a stranger. @TfL
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Apr 3, 2022
    Desperately sad story from just outside Kyiv, about a woman called Iryna whose son was killed by Russian soldiers. We were the first outsiders she'd seen since the Russians left her village on Friday. Shot and edited by @leedurant. Produced by @ProducerKathy
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Feb 16, 2024
    Discharged 5 years & 4 months after diagnosis of stage 3 bowel cancer - it was in my lymph nodes plus the highly undesirable B-RAF mutation. Get tested if you have something weird happening in your bowels, or even if you haven’t. I had none of the usual symptoms
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Apr 9, 2022
    Just crossed into Poland from Ukraine. Thanks to everyone who sent support and appreciation for our reporting. It’s been very heartening. I’d like to say Ukrainians are over the worst, but cannot. The invasion has put them through hell. But their strong response has stung Putin.
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Apr 4, 2022
    This is Iryna Kostenko, with a childhood photo of her only son Oleksii, shot dead by Russian soldiers age 27 on 10 March. I've already tweeted our report. Better news is that @producerkathy told @MSF about her, and they've found her. Iryna needs a lot of help
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Oct 28, 2022
    For those who’ve donated to Ukraine or put together care packages - I saw this box of toiletries in a front line hospital in Donbas. All UK brands. Someone went to a British supermarket and got all this stuff in the hope it might reach someone who needed it. And it did.
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    May 23, 2020
    20 years ago today the Israeli army killed my friend and BBC colleague Abed Takkoush in South Lebanon. They fired a tank shell into his car from their side of the border wire.They claimed we were terrorists. Abed left a wife and 3 teenage sons
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Oct 6, 2022
    This malicious tweet and others like it allege that I faked a piece to camera in Ukraine in March. The allegations are utterly false, #fakenews. Insult me if you want. Don’t insult thousands of civilians fleeing over Irpin bridge into Kyiv from Russian shelling and war crimes.
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Nov 24, 2022
    This was me 4 years ago this week recovering (slowly) from bowel cancer surgery. 6 months of chemo followed. Still in remission - I tested positive when great medics could still help me. Posting painful memories to encourage testing. Get advice from ⁦@bowelcanceruk⁩
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Dec 21, 2020
    32 years ago tonight I rushed to Lockerbie for the BBC after the bomb on Pan Am flight 103 killed 259 people onboard & 11 in the town. Twisted metal everywhere, so sharp it punctured the soles of my shoes. Half a street was flattened. On this day I think always of those people
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    Jeremy Bowen
    @BowenBBC
    Feb 27, 2022
    Quite moving individual gestures by Poles towards Ukrainian refugees as they come over the border. Near me a 60 something man with a carrier bag of chocolate bars handing them to families with small children