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Natasha Raquel Kirtchuk

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🌎TV Anchor & Correspondent & MC 🇦🇷 🇮🇱 🇺🇸
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❗PLEASE WATCH: Millions of Ukrainians are fleeing their home country following Russia's invasion on February 24th, 2022. I want to show you what it looks like on the border of Ukraine and Poland. This video was shot about 3 weeks ago when I was there covering the refugee crisis. This is the work humanitarian aid workers are doing on a daily basis.

Here are the latest updates on the war:

- Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children some 4.8 million - have been displaced, according to the UN

-The mayor of the besieged city of Mariupol has told the Associated Press news agency that at least 10,000 civilians have died in the southern port since the war began.

-Ukraine has denied it is about to lose control of Mariupol.

-President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russian troops who have withdrawn from occupied territories to focus on conquering the east have left behind tens of thousands of explosive mines

-Eleven civilians were killed by Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine overnight, said the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synyehubov. One of the victims was a seven-year-old child, he said. More than 14 other people were hospitalized. Officials there have deployed loudspeakers to warn residents away from mines that they say were scattered by air around the city

-The UK has said that fighting is likely to intensify in the coming weeks in eastern Ukraine where Russia is refocusing its efforts

-Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who held talks with President Vladimir Putin at his residence outside Moscow, said afterwards that he was "rather pessimistic" about prospects for peace

-A French team has arrived in Ukraine to help local investigators look into allegations of war crimes around the capital Kyiv

-The Nato military alliance could soon expand, with both Finland and Sweden expected to apply for membership.

#ukraine #russia #ukraineunderattack #russianinvasion #ukrainian #russian #ukrainerussiawar #russiaukrainewar #humanitarianaid #volunteerwork #volunteering by @natasharaquel

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🇪🇸 El Clásico llegó a Israel! 🇪🇸 The clásico made it to Israel! I have the distinct honor of getting the opportunity to hit the sidelines of major international fútbol/soccer games, ⚽️ whenever they come around in Israel- and it’s all thanks to @sport_5 and the man behind the magic @henlevincron! 👑 Tonight, the legendary players who have made fútbol history with @fcbarcelona & @realmadrid 🇪🇸 came to play in a special exhibition game in Israel- and the line up was spectacular. I got to interview incredible stars, from @javier.saviolaok @oficialrc3 @rivaldo @ronald_de_boer_ @luis__figo - you name it! But man, is it tough! I have to interview in Spanish and English and translate to Hebrew, 😰 all while trying to attempt to sound like a functioning human being! I had the privilege of meeting the incredible @ronaldinho, along with his best friend @alvim_rodrigo and brother @robertodeassismoreira 2 years ago during the Brazil legends game- and they are absolutely wonderful! Check out our special story about the game on @i24news on Global Eye tonight! 🥅 ⚽️My speech is done. Love you all!
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#barca #ronaldinho #soccerlife #futbollegends #elclásico #elclasico #elclasicolegends #madridista #culers #barcafan #sportstv #soccerlove #futbollove #tvreporter #argentina #israeli #israel #Newyorker taken in Bloomfield Stadium by @natasharaquel

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Co-existence is real and I hope this story provides a window into the beauty of Israeli culture that the international media rarely shows the world.

Imagine going on your first ever vacation abroad, and then all of a sudden- your mom disappears into thin air. That’s exactly what happened to Yasmin- an Arab Israeli woman from Baka Al Gharribye- whose mother went missing for over two years during a trip to Europe. Almost everybody was convinced that she was gone forever- but thanks to the help of an unlikely Jewish Israeli partner in France- they found her- solving an impossible mystery, and bringing together two families from totally different worlds.

I was lucky enough to be a part of their emotional reunion for the first time.

Please share.

#israel #coexistence taken in Baqa al-Gharbiyye by @natasharaquel

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Did Ukraine just take down part of Russia’s online influence machine? After strikes hit three Yandex data centers, automated traffic plunged and some political content appeared to drop too. Here’s what the data shows, what it doesn’t, and why anti-Israel content is part of the bigger picture.

#Russia #Ukraine #Yandex #Disinformation #InformationWar by @natasharaquel

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While so much of the world seems determined to pit Jews and Arabs against one another, every Thursday night in Jaffa, Israel, something very different happens.

A 25-piece Israeli orchestra called Firqat Alnoor brings together Jewish and Arab musicians, Muslim, Christian and Druze, to simply play together. All citizens of Israel.

No performance for the cameras. Just musicians playing for one another. And they do it entirely without sheet music.

I happened to walk past Fairuz Café this afternoon and heard them. I had to film it it and show you how beautiful they are.

This is the Israel the rest of the world often refuses to acknowledge.

Not a perfect Israel. There is racism, there are divisions, and there are very real problems. But there is also this.

Jews and Arabs living and working side by side. Arab doctors, government officials and business owners. Muslim, Christian, Druze and Jewish Israelis sharing workplaces, neighborhoods and daily life.

For the past six years, I’ve worked right here in Jaffa, a mixed Jewish-Arab city. I see this coexistence every day.

It doesn’t mean the differences or conflicts don’t exist. It means they are not the whole story. This is the Israel I know. Now you can hear it too.

#israel #coexistence #arab #jew #israeli taken in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv by @natasharaquel

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“Find me, okay?”

Those were Eden Yerushalmi’s last words to emergency services on October 7, hiding in a bush near the Nova festival as Hamas terrorists closed in.

She survived 11 months in Hamas tunnels and was murdered just before troops reached her.

Three years later, her sister May and best friend Arbel open up about the new documentary named for those words, and about learning how to live again.

#EdenYerushalmi #israel #October7 #NovaFestival #NeverForget by @natasharaquel

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Three years ago, everything changed. We are still carrying the scars of what we witnessed. But it is our duty to keep on telling the stories. Speaking truth to the world.

I don’t usually share this side of my life, but this is reality- and if you’re experiencing something similar- you are not alone.

#ptsd #october7 #neverforget #israel #mentalhealthawareness by @natasharaquel

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Argentina is threatening legal action against Britain over oil exploration near the Falkland Islands, reigniting a 40 year year-old sovereignty dispute over the territory, which is known as La Malvinas to Argentinians. Here’s what you need to know.

#FalklandIslands #lasmalvinas #Argentina #UK #Britain by @natasharaquel

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The U.S. is pulling its forces out of Iraq tomorrow after more than two decades. But with American troops leaving, Iran-backed militias are celebrating, Kurdish officials are worried, and ISIS could see an opening.

So what happens next for Iraq?

#Iraq #USMilitary #Iran #ISIS #Kurds #Kurdistan #MiddleEast #MiddleEastNews #IraqWar #Geopolitics #USIran #Peshmerga #NewsExplainer #NatashaKirtchuk by @natasharaquel

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Open AI just admitted its own AI has been quietly poking around government website in the United States and abroad – without anyone telling it to. What do you think the response should be?

#OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #I24News #AISafety #ai by @natasharaquel

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Less than a month after her murder trial ended without a verdict, Lindsay Clancy is back in court on Tuesday – and the biggest question is in guilt or innocence anymore. It’s whether there’s even going to be a second trial. What do you think needs to happen?

#LindsayClancy #TrueCrime #MentalHealth #CourtNews #I24NEWS by @natasharaquel

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US president Donald Trump has just rejected Iran’s cease-fire offer – and reportedly told his own aid he expects to resume bombing once the November midterms are out of the way. Here’s what you need to know.

#Trump #MiddleEast #I24NEWS #Iran by @natasharaquel

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