Personal update: I’m leaving the BBC today after 24 years.
What a privilege it’s been to travel the world and tell people’s stories.
Thanks to the many lovely colleagues whose talent, courage and friendship have made it such a pleasure
jenny hill
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jenny hill
@jennyhillBBC
Global Head of Media, The HALO Trust Former BBC Foreign Correspondent
Joined February 2009
- Slightly awkward start to what the German press call Theresa May’s ‘begging tour’ Angela Merkel normally waits on red carpet to greet guests on arrival ....not today...
00:00 - German police say they believe Madeleine McCann was murdered by a German citizen who was living on the Algarve at the time of her disappearance. He's in prison for an unrelated offence. They're appealing for information from holiday makers who were there in April and May 2007
- Germans waiting to give toys to refugee children...heartwarming
00:00 - Saying goodbye to Moscow after three months with very mixed feelings. I’ll miss my wonderful, brave and talented colleagues who battle on in very challenging circumstances @BBCSteveR @dj_olen @LizaVereykina @BBCWillVernon @AntonChicherov
- To all who’ve sent such kind thoughts and messages this week - thank you. I’ve been really touched by each one ❤️ Merry Christmas from Berlin!
- My brilliant Dad A teacher whose enthusiasm for chemistry endeared him to generations of children A much loved friend whose eccentricities & passions sometimes bemused but always entertained And a husband & father whose love sustained & inspired We’re heartbroken to lose you
- Listening to @MishalHusain ‘s last Today programme. What a voice. What an intellect. What a pity.
- Bring your tractor to work day. Thousands of farmers blockading Berlin city centre in protest at environmental policies which they argue are unfair
- The independent Novaya Gazeta refuses to publish reports on the ‘special military operation’ under those constraints. So today it’s published 2 blank pages instead
- And just in case you were in any doubt as to German position, the Bundestag has just agreed to oppose renegotiation of Brexit deal. Majority of MPs voted in favour of a motion which states ‘it would be an illusion to hope that a rejection of the deal could lead to renegotiations’
- Angela Merkel at Auschwitz. The German Chancellor said she felt deep shame at horrors perpetrated by Germans here. Today’s values must be defended because of rising anti semitism, racism, intolerance
