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Ben Hansen-Hicks

@benhansenhicks.bsky.social
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Current affairs / documentary producer and journalist. | 2200/WC1X. | Tweets are own views. RTs ≠ agreeance. 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇩🇰 He/him

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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
HUGE NEWS FOR GAY MEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM #nigella #GBBO #bakeoff
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Inside the drone-driven frontlines of Ukraine: youtu.be/9hzIMI2DLys?... #futureofwar #futureofukraine
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Why Ukraine’s Deadly Drone Operation Runs Like a ‘McDonald’s’ | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Grim to guess, but I expect invasion by China to happen within 3 months: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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China pressing European countries to bar Taiwan politicians or face crossing a ‘red line’
Exclusive: Chinese officials are using a ‘highly specific’ interpretation of EU rules to suggest Taiwanese figures should not be granted visas, officials say
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Truly wild that govt agencies were allowed to search this database w/o a warrant: www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
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Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Today felt like it was the first time most people had been on public transport #newyear
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
*war crimes* *war crimes* *war crimes* occrp.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?... #ukraine
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In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’
Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic doctor. Reporters set out to unmask him.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Solidarity with every member of the Hungarian LGBT+ community: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... #OrbanTriedToBanPride #NotGoingBack
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Dozens of MEPs to attend Budapest Pride in defiance of Viktor Orbán
As many as 70 said to be planning to show solidarity at LGBTQ+ march after Hungary’s PM tried to ban it
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
German voting appears to be high..charts here from the FT live blog on the elections www.ft.com/content/b60d...
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Absolutely breathtakingly candid interview of Tanni Grey-Thompson by Kirsty Young, that is very much worth your time today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #YoungAgain
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Young Again - 23. Tanni Grey-Thompson - BBC Sounds
Kirsty Young asks Tanni Grey-Thompson what advice she would give her younger self.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
You need to be listening to the brilliant Strong Message Here - you hardly have a chance to catch your breath with topics covered, and @helenlewis.bsky.social has the brain the size of a literal planet. Very entertaining: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Strong Message Here - The Threat from Within - BBC Sounds
A tale of two speeches this week, as Helen and Armando look at Vance and Badenoch's lines.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Vildt vildt vildt dejlig serie om hvordan det er at prove at få børn som homosexuel, her i Danmark www.dr.dk/drtv/episode...
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DRTV - Far, far & børn: Designerbaby
Morten og Frederik har et stort ønske om at få børn. Nanna fra Helsingør kontakter dem på Instagram og tilbyder at være deres graviditetsvært. Men det er ikke muligt for dem at få fertilitetsbehandlin...
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is what the US has become: give us half of all your mineral wealth or we won't save you from Putin. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Stop criticising Trump and sign $500bn mineral deal, US official advises Kyiv
National security adviser says Ukraine is wrong to push back against Trump’s approach to peace talks with Russia
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Top EU court adviser finds Denmark’s ‘ghetto law’ is direct discrimination
If European court of justice agrees, ‘parallel societies’ policy could violate EU law, putting onus on Copenhagen to change it
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Truly batshit times we’re living through: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Zelenskyy: Europe cannot guarantee Ukraine’s security without America
Exclusive: In extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraine’s president says he will offer US firms lucrative reconstruction contracts to try to get Trump onside
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Russell Vought as White House budget director, putting Project 2025 architect at helm of powerful office.
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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 05/02/2025
I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
Brian Driscoll, the acting director of the FBI, sporting curly hair, a kinda rakish jazz dirtbag moustache and beard combo, a faintly amused look in his eyes and a wry "whaddaya gonna do" smirk
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hi @paulradu.bsky.social. I'm working on a podcast series on Danske Bank in the 2010s and was wondering if you might have 5 minutes for a quick call about some background to the scandal? Particularly w/r to Magnitsky/Katsyv funds that you helped trace? Will DM you my email too. Thnx
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Wild application form to join Musk's DOGE team:
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
An unqualified former Fox host, accused in an affidavit of being "abusive" toward his second wife, of being perpetually drunk, and allegedly screaming "Kill all Muslims! Kill all Muslims!" just got confirmed as the US Defense Secretary (!) by a tie-break vote in the Senate.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
2025 will be a *truly insane year* if it’s also the year that Trump invades Greenland, a NATO-alliance country, just because he wants to.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Very good episode on what Trump’s return to the White House means for Iran, by @dropsitenews.com: open.spotify.com/episode/27A9...
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What Trump 2.0 Means for Iran
Drop Site News · Episode
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Nice artikel om C-lion og kablerne i Østersøen af @danwatchdk.bsky.social: danwatch.dk/skyggeskib-f...
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Skyggeskib fik maskinstop tre gange over undersøiske kabler  – Danwatch
Alle tre maskinstop var i nærheden af det undersøiske C-Lion 1-kabel, der tidligere er blevet saboteret af et fragtskib. Flere eksperter siger, at det med stor
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
OPEN THE SCHOOLS:
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
You know when geopolitics and business are really firing up when the FT sends a reporter to Nuuk to talk to people about Trump. Good read: www.ft.com/content/2e2b...
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‘You don’t just go and buy a country’: Greenland plunged into geopolitical storm
Residents of Nuuk do not want to be part of the US but welcome a discussion of their sovereignty
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Oh it is absolutely time to leave Messenger, Instagram and Facebook in the dust.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Cancelled my TIME subscription for 2025 because they gave Trump the front page he’s always wanted. Have you ever cancelled a magazine/newspaper subscription because of a ethically/morally questionable issue?
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Is Farage wearing a Cadburys tie?
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
LOVE this type of story: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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‘Living the dream’: snowed in at Britain’s highest pub strangers became friends
When 33 people stuck together due to wintery weather were able to escape, not everyone wanted to leave
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 07/01/2025
i am so not ready for 4 years of this
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Major gym ick? People not wiping down the equipment they’ve just used after their workout is done.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A brief intro: I’m a journalist and documentary producer. I work for a variety of broadcasters and streamers, most recently Apple TV+ for “The Changemakers”: tv.apple.com/gb/episode/t...
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The Changemakers Denmark - The Changemakers (Series 1, Episode 5) - Apple TV (UK)
In Denmark, Syrian women are fighting back as they contend with some of the harshest immigration policies in the EU; Haya fled her old life for a new …
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Things are heating up in Greenland; Donald Trump Jr is on his way there now, seemingly cutting Copnehagen out of the equation www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
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Donald Trump Jr. er på vej til Grønland
Ifølge departementschef for udenrigsanliggender skulle der være tale om et privat besøg.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
A great new podcast series by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on Russian spies and influence in London. Worth a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/3mJF...
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Episode 1: A Meeting at the Carlton Club
Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · Episode
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Still can’t quite believe the way in which The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday paper, was sold without consultation to Tortoise by @theguardian.com. Wild, wild, wild. Short-sighted too, I feel…
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Very, very interesting investigation into Honey’s (discount code app) questionable business practices online: youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk?...
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Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
YouTube video by MegaLag
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NPR @npr.org · 26/12/2024
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year
The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
One of the most frustrating things about the rise of Nige is that political circles are fast accepting him as ‘the Opposition’. We should be ignoring him until the Tories accept he’s the Opposition, which they never will: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK claims to be ‘real opposition’ with more members than Tories
Nigel Farage heralds ‘historic moment’ as figure surpasses that of Conservatives when Kemi Badenoch took over
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
in France, companies are not allowed to donate to parties or candidates, while individuals are allowed to give a maximum of €7,500 per year in Finland, no single donor can give more than €30,000 per year, according to Transparency International www.ft.com/content/e668...
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Financial TimesFinancial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The new UK ambassador to the US everyone.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
From the most recent, former editor of The Observer:
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A fantastic, thoughtful 45 minutes that you'd do well to listen to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=onpY... #ActorsonActors
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Andrew Garfield & Ryan Reynolds | Actors on Actors
YouTube video by Variety
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Direct hit again by #MarinaHyde.
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I spy another Prince Andrew disaster. Pity the royals: how could they possibly have seen this coming? | Marina Hyde
The Duke of York has proven to be a scandal magnet. He is a problem, a royal problem: it’s time they owned it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It’s time. #christmas
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Power to absolutely everyone protesting on the streets in Georgia at the moment.
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
What a loss; not only to Today but to the rest of the programming Mishal has fronted with such alacrity, tenacity and precision over the years: www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Today presenter Mishal Husain to leave BBC in new year
Presenter who joined BBC in 1998 says her time there ‘has involved many memorable moments’
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Well this is atrocious: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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Danish parenting tests under fire after baby removed from Greenlandic mother
Campaigners say psychometric tests are discriminatory amid protests over case of Keira Alexandra Kronvold
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Ben Hansen-Hicks @benhansenhicks.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Well this is nice.
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