Angela Merkel: the anti-Iron Lady
It is not in Angela Merkel’s DNA to exert a leadership role in Europe and the German people don’t expect it. But she is arguably the most powerful politician in the western world.
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It is not in Angela Merkel’s DNA to exert a leadership role in Europe and the German people don’t expect it. But she is arguably the most powerful politician in the western world.
As the US begins talks on Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, Russia rejects a draft resolution drawn up by France authorising force.
After arriving late for last night’s G20 dinner, President Obama may have been cheered by some of what followed – apart from Argentinian President Kirchner’s 25-minute speech on her country’s past conflicts with the US.
There’s a new town in town. Not on any map, but deep in the public psyche of the UK, US and France. It’s Baghdamascus.
Ostensibly this G20 meeting is all about world economic recovery, but Syria is at the front of most minds and there is scant agreement on what to do.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warns the US and France that military action against his regime would lead to war in the “powder keg” Middle East.
The US president will wait for Congress to debate and vote on the issue before launching military action against the Assad regime.
David Cameron says the UK is still “deeply engaged in the world”, but questions are being raised over the international impact of his defeat in the Commons over Syria.
UN inspectors prepare to visit the site of last week’s suspected chemical weapon attack outside Damascus, as President Bashar al-Assad warns that any US intervention will fail.
William Hague says the crisis in Egypt is the most important event of the 21st century, as bloodshed on both sides sees police officers and prisoners killed.
Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is charged with aggravated pimping in connection with organised sex parties at a French hotel. His lawyer calls the charges “as false as they are absurd”.
The train derailment which killed at least six people in France on Friday may have been caused by a loose steel plate on the track, the train operator says, as rescuers hunt for any trapped survivors.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is stripped of her European parliament immunity and could now face charges over comments she made comparing Muslim street prayers to an occupation of France.
Arming the Syrian rebels: David Cameron is like “a man who drags his friend to the bar only to discover he’s got no money himself to buy a round”.
The leaders of the G8 nations gather to attend the summit in Northern Ireland on Monday, with Syria’s crisis dominating the agenda.