William Lee Adams

📻 Rounding up the most talked-about stories from the past week across the @bbcworldservice. 😴 How to get more sleep 🍔 How designers influence what and where we eat 🗣️ How Afghan girls are defying the Taliban 🌴 How nature can help us cope with grief https://t.co/AfMm5jEKjf

🇰🇷 South Korea faces a deepfake porn crisis at schools and universities. 🎤 Hyojung Kim from the BBC’s Korean service tells me what’s driving it. ✍️ And Jess Davies, author and women’s campaigner, explains what victims can do to take back control. https://t.co/FFaoXpgHrn

🍵 From slimming teas to banana diets, wellness trends often lack any credible support. 🔎 BBC disinformation reporter @Jacqui_wak tells me why they take off. And our reporters @TickTacFoe and @mc_montoya explain scams in Nigeria and Latin America. https://t.co/dyhma9C2CZ

🎥 Incredibly honoured that our BBC Travel Show documentary "Vietnam: Return to Banana Garden Market" has been shortlisted for Best Lifestyle Programme at the @BanffMedia ROCKIE Awards. 📺 The shortlisted programmes are so uplifting. It's a privilege to be among among them. https://t.co/xe1JdUhYfD

🐼 700 million people visit zoos every year. Advocates say zoos inspire respect for wildlife. 🦒 But critics point out that conditions in zoos frequently traumatise the animals. 👇 So should zoos exist? I discuss on @bbcworldservice below. 🔗 WATCH: https://t.co/IZuGipNoK1 https://t.co/0XxgG6J4Oe

🇸🇪 Who will take home the Melodifestivalen 2025 songbird trophy? (Not us. We had to give it back). 🎤 We’ll be live from 20:00 CET on SVT Play with the English commentary for Sweden’s Eurovision final. See you soon! 🔗 https://t.co/s2dstCkVsl 📸 Stina Stjernkvist / SVT https://t.co/CcE4kWxUQH

RT @willyleeadams: 🇲🇹 Europe is talking about KANT. ❤️ Total pleasure watching Miriana Conte do things her way at the Malta Eurovision Son…

👑 Angelea Preston won America’s Next Top Model All-Stars…but producers stripped her of the title after learning she’d worked briefly as an escort. 🎤 A decade on, she reflects on personal growth, the #ANTM franchise and Tyra Banks. 🔗 https://t.co/dwBx1QoZ8m #TopModel https://t.co/7fieifiRSR

📺 Have reality tv shows aged well? We speak with: ✍️ Academic and author @djlindee ⭐ America's Next Top Model All-Stars winner (#1) Angelea Preston 🦢 The Swan contestant Tawnya Perrotta 🇳🇬 Big Brother Naija contestant Mr Kayvee #RealityTV #TVhistory https://t.co/unH6jITroD

🪙 President Trump, the pygmy hippo Moo Deng and the Central African Republic all have meme coins - but what are they and how can you spend them? 🎤 BBC reporter @njimenezmar answers all our questions. #memecoin #CryptoMarket https://t.co/lu2iduc2B9

The civil war in Sudan has forced more than 11 million people from their homes and left more than 24 million people in urgent need of food aid. BBC journalist @moehash1, who grew up in Sudan, unpacks the conflict and reflects on his recent visit. https://t.co/8Q3ZugmY0L

🇲🇹 Europe is talking about KANT. ❤️ Total pleasure watching Miriana Conte do things her way at the Malta Eurovision Song Contest. 🤍 Original, outré, unexpected — this was a performance to remember! 👏 Bravo and see you in Basel. #mesc2025 #eurovision https://t.co/rJ9AiaTTnh

Donald Trump has frozen foreign aid and people around the world are feeling the consequences. So what is USAID and can the world live without it? We hear from BBC reporters @njimenezmar 🇺🇸, @TickTacFoe 🇳🇬, and @AnselmGibbs 🇧🇸. https://t.co/oxPlmGTOTm

✂️ More young men are considering vasectomies. 🎤 @doctor_jef Foster explains the procedure and busts some of the myths surrounding it. 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 We also hear from men in Kenya and the U.S. who have gotten the snip. https://t.co/pj8m5S8J4v

📣 “I have to do this for my Mom.” 🇫🇷 Today on the @wiwibloggs YouTube channel, France’s #Eurovision 2025 singer @Louane tells me about her entry — and reflects on the intense emotions she feels singing for her late mother, who inspired her Eurovision dreams. https://t.co/hhqBoe98xO

🇬🇧 #TheTraitorsUK star Alexander Dragonetti has inspired people to donate more than £61,000 to Mencap — a charity that helps improve the lives of people with learning disabilities. ❤️ His brother, who had global development delay and autism, used to go to their summer camps. https://t.co/HE8UtqNqwF

🇻🇳 In Hoi An, floating lanterns carry wishes to the souls of the departed. 🏮 Lighting one for my brother was overwhelming. 🎥 Season 3 of The Travel Show — featuring my film "Vietnam: Return to Banana Garden Market" — is available now in the U.S. and Canada via @bbcselect. https://t.co/DRTzCpVN7S