Tom McArthur

London

Senior Journalist at BBC

Senior journalist, @BBCNews. Probably old enough to know better.

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Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code

2 months ago | msn.com | Imogen Foulkes |Tom McArthur

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Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Imogen Foulkes |Tom McArthur

Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic's strict dress code, the United Nations has said. Investigators say Iranian security officials are using a strategy of "state-sponsored vigilantism" to encourage people to use specialist phone apps to report women for alleged dress code violations in private vehicles such as taxis and ambulances.
Ukraine still 'ready' to sign US minerals deal, Zelensky says

Mar 2, 2025 | msn.com | Tom McArthur

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Ukraine still 'ready' to sign US minerals deal, Zelensky says

Mar 2, 2025 | msn.com | Tom McArthur

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Ukraine's Zelenksy meets King at Sandringham

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Ukraine still 'ready' to sign minerals deal with Trump

Mar 2, 2025 | bbc.com | Tom McArthur

Ukraine still 'ready' to sign US minerals deal, Zelensky saysEPAVolodymyr Zelensky has said he is still "ready to sign" a US-Ukraine minerals deal after leaving the White House without it being agreed. "We want our partners to remember who the aggressor is in this war," he added.
Warm reception for Zelensky as he meets King at Sandringham

Mar 2, 2025 | yahoo.com | Tom McArthur

Volodymyr Zelensky has met King Charles III at Sandringham, after attending a summit of European leaders on ending the war in Ukraine. As the Ukrainian president arrived at the King's Norfolk residence, local residents, some holding Ukraine flags, gathered outside the estate to witness his entrance by helicopter. Zelensky was in London over the weekend for the talks on European defence, after a fiery exchange with US President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday.
Warm reception for Zelensky as he meets King at Sandringham

Mar 2, 2025 | flipboard.com | Tom McArthur

6 hours agoFollowing the blowout between Washington and Kyiv, the stakes are “maybe the highest that we’ve seen since 1945”, said Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies & International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. "For the first time in 84 years, since 1941, the US …
Starmer and Zelensky meet at Downing Street

Mar 1, 2025 | yahoo.com | Tom McArthur |Emma Rossiter

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky embraced outside Downing Street as the pair met for key talks at No 10. Zelensky arrived in the UK earlier on Saturday, in the wake of a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump that descended into a row between the two leaders over the war in Ukraine.
Starmer and Zelensky meet at Downing Street

Mar 1, 2025 | flipboard.com | Tom McArthur

6 hours agoEuropean leaders back Zelensky after Trump clashEuropean leaders have rallied behind Volodymyr Zelensky after Donald Trump's furious exchange with the Ukrainian president in the White House.