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Long Read: The Arron Banks allegations
The full Channel 4 News investigation into the man who bankrolled Brexit – and his African diamond mine empire.
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Economist Andrew Lilico on Brexit: ‘No deal would mean brief period of considerable disruption’
Madeleina Kay is an ambassador for the Young European Movement, Andrew Lilico is executive director of the analysis firm, Europe Economics, and Chris Philp is a Conservative MP.
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French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Jouyet on winning World Cup
French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Jouyet talks about her country winning the World Cup.
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Ivo Daalder: Trump must confront Putin over Skripal “chemical weapon attack”
Former US Ambassador to Nato, Ivo Daalder, discusses President Trump’s approach to the summit. Are Donald Trump’s calls on NATO to spend 4 per cent of GDP on defence realistic?
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Sergei Skripal discharged from hospital
Two and a half months after being poisoned, the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal was discharged from hospital today. He’s been taken to an undisclosed location for the next stage of his recovery It’s not been announced whether he’ll be joining his daughter, Yulia, who was also exposed to the deadly nerve agent attack in…
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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Syria chemical attack: the evidence
President Assad’s government has been accused of launching a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma. But Russia claims the attack was faked by Britain and anti-Assad rebels. FactCheck examines the evidence.
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Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad: ‘Cripple Assad’s power or war will not end’
Journalist and author Simon Jenkins has argued that the best way to end the Syrian war is to let Assad win. Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad supports military intervention.
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Russia claims Syrian chemical attack was staged by Britain
Russian military chiefs have accused Britain of “direct involvement” in staging the alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian town of Douma, a claim roundly dismissed by Britain’s UN ambassador as a “blatant lie”. The United States says it has yet to decide on possible military retaliation, while Labour cautioned against joining any bombing campaign,…
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Talks ongoing to lift siege of Douma
Fighters have begun leaving the last rebel held town in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, where a hundred thousand civilians remain trapped. Talks are still going on to lift the siege around Douma, which is encircled by Syrian government forces and has been a center of resistance against Assad’s regime since the uprising began.
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Mark Regev: ‘Hostile infiltration of the border was their goal’
Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev and by Dr Abdullah Abdullah, a senior official in the Palestinian political party Fatah.
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Miriam Sapiro on UK after Brexit: ‘Not realistic to talk about a break with EU in terms of trade’
Lord Price, a former international trade minister, and Ambassador Miriam Sapiro, a former US trade representative under President Obama, discuss post-Brexit trade.
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Trump chooses John Bolton as national security adviser
Donald Trump has hired his third national security adviser in 14 months, after replacing General McMaster with the notoriously hawkish former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton. The move has unsettled allies, who fear the move will serve to harden US foreign policy and do away with the Iran deal.
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‘It will be the beginning of difficult negotiations ahead’: Dr Balbina Hwang
Dr Balbina Hwang, a senior adviser to US Ambassador Christopher Hill during his negotiations with North Korea.
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Sir Andrew Wood: ‘Putin probably didn’t order’ Sergei Skripal poisoning
Sir Andrew Wood, former British ambassador to Russia and associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia programme at Chatham House, discusses the Sergei Skripal case.