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Ben Brown is a BBC News presenter, on its 24 News Channel, and BBC One bulletins such as the One OтАЩClock News. HeтАЩs one of the corporationтАЩs longest serving journalists, having joined it 35 years ago. HeтАЩs covered at least a dozen wars, reported from more than 40 countries and won several major awards, including BAFTA and RTS recognition of his work. He was twice named Bayeux War Correspondent of the Year.
Among the historic moments heтАЩs helped bring to our screens: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the lowering of the red flag over the Kremlin when Soviet communism collapsed and he was Moscow correspondent, 9/11, the Boxing Day Tsunami and the Rwandan genocide. As a war correspondent, he covered the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Somalia and Chechnya тАУ and more recently Ukraine. Here at home, he has reported on the terror attacks in London and Manchester, and тАУ from Westminster тАУ the Brexit debate and the political turmoil in Downing Street. He was live on BBC One on the day of the QueenтАЩs death.
He is married with three children and lives in London. HeтАЩs published a bestselling novel, тАШSandstealersтАЩ, based on his time as a war correspondent.