Flora Drury

London

Journalist at BBC

Journalist for @bbcworld. All the usual disclaimers apply.

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Tears of joy as five Thai hostages held in Gaza are freed

2 months ago | msn.com | Paweena Ninbut |Jiraporn Sricham |Flora Drury

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Tears of joy as five Thai hostages held in Gaza are freed

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Paweena Ninbut |Jiraporn Sricham |Flora Drury

Five Thai farm workers who were abducted during the 7 October attacks by Hamas on Israel have been released after being held for almost 500 days in Gaza. They were handed over to the Red Cross during chaotic scenes along with two Israelis, shortly after a first Israeli hostage was freed. Pongsak Thaenna, Sathian Suwannakham, Watchara Sriaoun, Bannawat Seathao and Surasak Lamnao had all been working in southern Israel when they were kidnapped during the attacks in October 2023.
Afghanistan: Women suspended from midwife and nurse training - BBC News

Dec 3, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Flora Drury |Turpekai Gharanai

Women at training colleges across the country were told they are not allowed to return to class.
Thousands defy Pakistan police in support of Imran Khan

Nov 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Flora Drury

Thousands of opposition protesters have converged on Pakistan's heavily-barricaded capital, demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. The convoy - which is aiming for a square in the centre of Islamabad - has already clashed with security forces, who have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets at the marchers in an attempt to disperse them.
'Don't forget us': Teenage refugee reminds Gen Z of silenced Afghan girls

Nov 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Flora Drury

When Nila Ibrahimi set out to build a website telling the stories of Afghan girls, it wasn't just to give them a voice. The 17-year-old Afghan refugee was also determined to remind her fellow Gen Zs in her adopted country, Canada, that they were similar - they even listened to Taylor Swift just like other teenage girls around the world. "I want to make them as real as possible so that other people, especially young people, Gen Z specifically, can put themselves in their shoes," she told the BBC.
Sixth foreign tourist dies of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Nov 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Flora Drury

A second Australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. The family of Holly Bowles, 19, said they were "heartbroken" to confirm her death, more than a week after she fell ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng. Her friend Bianca Jones, also 19, and British lawyer Simone White, 28, from south-east London, were confirmed to have died on Thursday.
Sixth foreign tourist dies of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Nov 22, 2024 | flipboard.com | Flora Drury

Australian teenager Holly Bowles has become the sixth foreign tourist to die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. The 19-year-old died more than a week after falling ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, her family confirmed to Australian media. Her friend Bianca Jones, also 19, and British …
Holly Bowles sixth to die of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Nov 22, 2024 | flipboard.com | Flora Drury

The death of British lawyer Simone White, 28, and five other tourists as a result of a suspected mass poisoning in Laos has rightly cast a spotlight on the serious methanol problem with which poorer parts of Southeast Asia are grappling. But that shouldn’t be allowed to obscure what was almost …
Dozens dead after gunmen attack passenger vehicles in Pakistan

Nov 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Flora Drury

At least 38 people - including women and children - have been killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire on a convoy of 200 passenger vehicles traveling through a remote area of Pakistan. The vehicles were attacked as they travelled through the tribal district of Kurram in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border, according to the area's deputy police commissioner. The gunmen initially targeted the convoy's police escort, the provincial spokesman said in a statement.
Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders

Oct 22, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Flora Drury

Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in bouldersA young woman spent hours trapped upside down after slipping between two boulders as she tried to retrieve her mobile phone during a hike in Australia. The woman - named in reports as Matilda Campbell - was walking in New South Wales' Hunter Valley region earlier this month when she fell into the three-metre crevice.