cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17965417
Richard Thomas Medhurst (1992) is an independent journalist, political commentator, and analyst from the United Kingdom with a focus on international affairs, US politics, and the Middle East.
Medhurst is known for his coverage of the Julian Assange extradition case in London, as one of the only journalists to report on the trial of the WikiLeaks founder from inside the court.
He has also covered the Iran nuclear deal talks on the ground in Vienna.
Medhurst was born in Damascus, Syria. His father is English and mother is Syrian. Both his parents served in United Nations Peacekeeping and Observer missions and were among the UN Peacekeepers awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1988.
Owing to his parents’ professional mobility, he has lived in Syria, Pakistan, Switzerland, and Austria. He speaks four languages fluently: English, Arabic, French, and German.
As an independent journalist, Medhurst regularly hosts live broadcasts and video reports on his YouTube channel. Previous guests include the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, the Dep Foreign Minister of Iran; the Palestinian, Russian and Cuban ambassadors to the United Nations in Vienna; the former British Ambassador to Syria; and various UN officials, journalists, and more.
Medhurst’s reports and analysis on Yemen, Ukraine, Syria, Niger, Lebanon, Iran, the Israeli occupation in Palestine and its genocide in Gaza have gone viral countless times, racking up millions of views.
Richard Medhurst has a combined following of roughly one million people online, and appears regularly on international news outlets including Al Jazeera, WikiLeaks, Black Agenda Report, Al Mayadeen, The Times, LBC, and others.
Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I watched some of the video and am currently stationed in the state and fly drones for fun. I usually go to parks and fly them and take pictures. Sometimes I let my one drone just follow me so people are not near me. But stupid question probably are flying drones a big deal now and have laws been enacted against them? Because one time I was at JFK Airport and left my drone outside just to hassle the baggage people. And yes sometimes I am petty. But is it not what they receive already on the internet?
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It is an excellent hobby to have!
The military drones mentioned in the video and the commercial drones for hobby are completely different, though.
One is commercially available and used for hobbies, and some in a professional manner, while the drones in the video are military drones used for battle.
The laws are really strict if you would like to be an official certificated remote pilot in the US.^[[1] www.faa.gov/uas/…/become_a_drone_pilot]
Don_Dickle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yea since I have been doing a deep dive into middle eastern terrorist groups not going to click on those links. Just kind of a lit a bit weary of it no offense or anything I appreciate it and will document but its hard for me to belive that Israel can’t just have a Mossad sniper take them right out or their iron dome.