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Latest update : 2014-06-06

Tweeting D-Day as it happened

The UK Cabinet Office and Canadian TV had live tweets recreating the Normandy Landings moment by moment 70 years ago, an opportunity to watch D-Day unfold in real time. Commemorations were marked by diplomatic tensions and the hope the historic gathering of world leaders could help ease the current Ukraine crisis. Looking to next week, the World Cup is set to begin amid protests and strikes. We look, too, at a French satirical magazine doing a Conchita Wurst-style makeover on the national squad.

By Nicholas RUSHWORTH

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To smack or not to smack?

To smack or not to smack - the debate continues in France after the Council of Europe criticised Paris for failing to introduce legislation that places an outright ban on...

2015-03-03 Benjamin Netanyahu

Online reactions to Netanyahu's speech to Congress

We take a look at social media reactions to the Israeli Prime Minister’s address to the US Congress. Next, a wildlife photo goes viral – we take look at the original and the...

2015-03-02 Russia

Media reactions to Boris Nemtsov's murder

Boris Nemtsov's murder is creating a lot of reaction in the Western media - we take a look at some editorials and social media reactions. Also - should smacking be fully banned...

2015-02-27 US Congress

Flamboyant US Congressman's Instagram lands him in bother

Live from the newsroom, Oliver Farry takes a look at what's making waves online and elsewhere today.

2015-02-26 Syria

French MPs meet Assad, causing divisions in Paris

Diplomatic relations between Paris and Damascus were cut in 2012, so the decision by four French MPs to meet with Bashar al-Assad has caused serious divisions within the French...

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JAMES CREEDON Media Editor

He’s an Irish journalist with a background in law. He also holds a Masters in Conflict and Security Studies from Sciences Po Paris. His special interests are online media as well as French politics.