Krishnan Guru-Murthy
A few hundred thousand voters will decide the fate of millions
With just days to go until the independence referendum, those who are still undecided will decide Scotland’s fate.
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Lampedusa remembered one year on – but has anything changed?
Twelve months ago, Italy’s conscience was rocked by the sight of the bodies of hundreds of migrants shipwrecked at Lampedusa – one year later and the mood is very different.
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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Paul Mason
Deutsche’s ‘Wall Street Crash’ prediction goes über alles the airwaves
Deutsche Bank’s warning over an independent Scotland’s finances is all over the headlines. How seriously should we take it?
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Oscar Pistorius cleared of murder
Judge Thokozile Masipa finds Oscar Pistorius not guilty of murdering his girlfriend after a six-month trial, but appears to be leaning towards a verdict of culpable homicide, or manslaughter.
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Rotherham inspection ordered after widespread abuse
After the child abuse scandal in Rotherham, the education secretary orders an inspection of child protection services there. But do victims nationwide still face a culture of disbelief?
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Aid convoy trucks cross back from Ukraine into Russia
Some 100 trucks from a Russian aid convoy which crossed into Ukraine on Friday have crossed back into Russia. The incursion had been described as a “direct invasion” by Kiev.
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Kiev accuses Russia of ‘invasion’ as convoy crosses border
A column of Russian trucks crosses the border into eastern Ukraine without permission in what Kiev called a “direct invasion” of its territory.
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#Fail: hundreds of police investigated for social media use
Trying to “friend” victims of crime, uploading inappropriate images of colleagues and making racist comments: hundreds of police officers are investigated for their behaviour on social media.
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Yazidis ‘massacred’ by IS in Iraq
Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly massacre 80 members of the Yazidi minority, although reports emerge of a far larger number being killed.
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Ex-Hurricane Bertha sweeps across Britain
The storm remnants of Hurricane Bertha which battered the Caribbean hits the UK, bringing fierce winds, torrential rain and more than a few floods.
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Tom Clarke
Ebola outbreak declared a public emergency as clinics ‘paralysed’
West Africa’s raging epidemic of Ebola virus is an “extraordinary event” and now constitutes an international risk, the World Health Organisation says, as the number of deaths rise to 961.
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Israel retaliates as rockets fired from Gaza
A 10-year-old Palestinian is reportedly killed after Israeli military responded with air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday after militants launched rockets from the enclave.
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Lights out in Britain: world war one remembered
Lights across Britain are switched off for an hour in a tribute to the dead of world war one, inspired by the prophetic observation of Britain’s foreign minister on the eve of war 100 years ago.
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Gaza conflict: ceasefire shattered within hours
Israeli shelling in southern Gaza kills at least 25 people, the Palestinian interior ministry says, as a ceasefire that went into effect only hours earlier appears to be crumbling.
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India landslide: dozens feared trapped
Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide in India on Wednesday, burying up to 150 in a village around 37 miles from the western city of Pune in Maharashtra.
