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Mitt goes for gold in the under-estimation race
Romney may be fabulous at fixing the economy –the issue he is running on. He may be awesome at rising early, thinking clearly and making lists. But he is an awkward candidate, writes Matt Frei.
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Britain’s economic growth will be further damaged by fresh confusion over windfarms and renewable energy, warn leading businesses such as Marks and Spencer and Aviva.
Israeli troops take control of a boat carrying pro-Palestinian MPs and activists who are trying to pass through its naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.
A host of leaders from the Middle East used the platform of the UN General Assembly to criticise Israel in a series of speeches.
The US embassy compound in Tunis and the German embassy in Khartoum are set alight as violence erupts over an anti-Islam film that has offended many Muslims. At least five protesters are dead.
World powers have ratcheted up the diplomatic pressure on Iran over fears that its alleged efforts to achieve nuclear weapons capability will provoke a military attack from Israel.
Not just a leader, but a family man, a man of faith: this was Mitt Romney’s chance to introduce himself, not just to Republican activists, but to the nation. So how well did he do?
British equestrian sport achieves its best-ever Olympic medals haul, as Charlotte Dujardian wins gold in the equestrian dressage with the final routine of the competition.
Romney may be fabulous at fixing the economy –the issue he is running on. He may be awesome at rising early, thinking clearly and making lists. But he is an awkward candidate, writes Matt Frei.
As Tate Modern’s underground oil tanks prepare to open, Channel 4 News takes a tour of the world’s first museum galleries dedicated to live art, performance, installation and film.
More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails have agreed to end their protest following negotiations.
Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah wins an appeal against deportation from the UK, but a Jewish group has reacted with disappointment at the decision.
Israel has declared the Nobel Prize winning poet Günter Grass persona non grata – after he published a work accusing Israel of posing a threat to world peace.
The man suspected of killing seven people in France is still under siege at his home in France, and has boasted about bringing France “to its knees”.
The serial killer at the centre of France’s biggest manhunt may have been filming the deaths of his victims as he carried out the killings, the French interior minister has said.
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been simmering as usual while the world has been distracted by last year’s Arab Spring and its repercussions. But the changes in the region affect Israel and the Palestinians too