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Why banning football journalists makes the beautiful game ugly
Football clubs across the UK are banning reporters from their stadiums because they don’t like what’s being reported. Nowhere else in British public life is this tolerated.
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US officials believe the Islamic State group used mustard gas in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq this week, according to reports.
Mark Regev, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman, is expected to become his country’s next ambassador to the UK, according to widespread reports.
Football clubs across the UK are banning reporters from their stadiums because they don’t like what’s being reported. Nowhere else in British public life is this tolerated.
Thousands of migrants are reportedly trying to enter Britain through the Eurotunnel every single day – but what is true the scale of the problem and who’s responsibility is it to fix it?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad admits his forces are suffering from a “shortfall in human capacity” as Turkey launches airstrikes against the Islamic State group.
The most astonishing aspect of today’s deal on Iran’s nuclear capability is that neither side is negotiating the terms of its defeat.
President Barack Obama calls today’s Iran nuclear agreement a “comprehensive deal”, while President Rouhani says a “new chapter” has begun in his country’s relations with the world.
A deal on Iran’s nuclear programme would be a historic event – but it could come at the expense of angering some of the US’s staunchest allies.
As British singer Rita Ora is made an honorary ambassador for Kosovo 23 years after leaving the country, Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to her about identity, refuge and the politics of home.
The train was carrying military personnel and their families when a bridge collapsed. The army claims it was sabotage, officials said.
In the wake of the Tunisia attack, the prime minister and defence secretary call for MPs to consider if Britain should send its warplanes to bomb the self-styled Islamic State group in Syria.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men can’t put Syria together again. So now neighbouring countries are preparing to intervene.
God, the film maker Billy Wilder once remarked, had kissed Audrey Hepburn on the cheek. Wandering round the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition of photographs of the film star, “Portraits of an Icon”, you can see he was spot on.
The Islamic State group returns to attack the Syrian border town of Kobani, five months after it was driven out by Kurdish forces. IS is also moving on districts of al-Hasakah, in eastern Syria.
Barrel bombs, indiscriminate weapons responsible for the deaths of 11,000 civilians in the Syrian civil war, are the increasing weapons of choice of the Assad regime.