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@BeckyCNN connects you to the stories changing your world. Join us on @CNNi Monday to Friday, 17:00 UAE | 14:00 London | 09:00 New York
Abu Dhabi
Joined April 2009
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    “I speak to the kids who are pleading to save their parents…I wish I could do something.” @SonuSood speaks to @BeckyCNN about India’s devastating Covid crisis, as he steps up to help people find medical aid – helping with tens of thousands of pleas for oxygen.
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    “Nigeria is a dictatorship with a democratic face.” Nigerian activist @dj_switchaholic speaks to @BeckyCNN from hiding, telling her about the horrors she witnessed at an #endSARS protest, and why she says she can’t trust the Nigerian government.
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    Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi used music as a weapon of resistance against the Iranian regime, but that could cost him his life as he was arrested and charged with crimes punishable by death. @JomanaCNN tells his story:
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    Join us on Connect the World today, @BeckyCNN will be joined by @SonuSood to discuss the catastrophic situation in #India, as he tries to help those without medical aid. The country is struggling with rocketing cases, overwhelmed hospitals and a lack of oxygen.
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    When CNN found Nigerian soldiers opened fire on peaceful protesters at #LekkiTollGate in October 2020 --the army called it ‘fake news’. One year later, officials still aren’t taking responsibility. @StephanieBusari reports on where the search for justice stands now.
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    In Lebanon, many ills have one cause: corruption.
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    “So come 2001, George Bush asked Pakistan to help, and he famously said "We will not abandon Pakistan again". Pakistan joined the US war in #Afghanistan. Was I the prime minister? I would never have done that” said #Pakistan PM @ImranKhanPTI during our exclusive interview.
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    As hospitals in India run out of oxygen, @kileycnn has this devastating account from one in New Delhi where patients are dying as a result. One of the doctor’s he speaks to, says it’s destroying him.
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    "We absolutely want free and fair elections" @BBhuttoZardari, chairman of Pakistan People's Party, tells @BeckyCNN the Pakistani national assembly must first legislate electoral reforms after what he claims was a rigged election in 2018 before holding new elections.
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    "We have already been occupied by Russians once in 1968 and we don't want to repeat that." The Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic @JanLipavsky tells @beckycnn that defending Ukraine also means defending themselves.
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    .@richardquest on today’s deadly #EthiopianAirlines crash: “It’s one of those airlines that when you have worries about any other… you always say I’ll take Ethiopian.”
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    "The world is leaving Pakistan with an impossible situation next door. It's very unfair." Pakistan's NatSec Adviser @YusufMoeed tells @BeckyCNN what's happening in Afghanistan is like "deja vu".
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    “I would simply describe it as a human tragedy, what we're going through here in Brazil.” José Sarto is the Mayor of #Brazil’s fifth largest city. He tells @beckyCNN that his country is in desperate need of help, as the number of people killed in the pandemic goes over 365,000
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    #k-pop #boyband @BTS_twt gave a speech at the #UNGA76 addressing #climate_change. "The future is unexplored territory, and that's where we, more than anyone, will spend their time" they said.
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