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Russian threats should always be taken seriously,’ says former UK national security adviser
We spoke to Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former UK national security adviser and ambassador to the UN, and asked him whether this was all part of a diplomatic escalation.
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Arab states ‘coming to terms’ with Syrian war, says former Middle East minister
We spoke to Alistair Burt, who was the UK’s Middle East minister for much of the time the Syrian Civil War was raging. We began by asking him whether Assad’s appearance will give reassurance to President Putin.
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Zelenskyy’s surprise appearance at Arab League meeting
The United States is backing an international plan to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets due to begin in the next few weeks.
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Syria earthquake: The miraculous rescue of family buried alive (dubbed)
Tragedy piled upon tragedy for the people of northwest Syria – the earthquake on the 6 February shattered lives which were already in pieces.
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The world marks one year since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine
Rishi Sunak joined leaders of the G7 nations today in agreeing new sanctions against those supporting the Russian war effort.
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Nikki Haley enters presidential race against Donald Trump
The former governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, was once a close ally of Donald Trump.
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Syria earthquake: ‘left behind’ and ‘forgotten’ says Brit-Syrian survivor
The United Nations says it is working urgently to get more aid into northern Syria, where areas devastated by the earthquake have seen little help. Rebel-held towns like Jandaris – close to the Turkish border – have had to make do without any of the supplies, heavy machinery and international rescue teams that have been…
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Earthquake: Emergency upon emergency as crisis hits war-torn Syria
In Syria, as in Turkey, they are desperately going through rubble, trying to pull survivors out. With the official number killed heading towards 2000.
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How should UK deal with China threat?
We were joined by Sir Kim Darroch – the UK’s former ambassador to the United States.
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We must breakaway from ‘75-year-old deadly cycle’ with Israel, says head of Palestinian Mission to UK
We’re joined by the head of the Palestinian Mission in the UK, Ambassador Husam Zomlot.
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G20 ends with declaration that most members strongly condemn war in Ukraine
After an emergency meeting of its ambassadors, Nato says it’s “likely” the missile that struck Poland yesterday came from Ukrainian air defences.
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Ukraine’s fast-track application to Nato will ‘stoke tensions’, says US Institute of Peace
The UK has ramped up sanctions against Russia in response to President Putin’s illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine.
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Ukraine Russia conflict: Biden calls for Putin war crimes trial
In the US, President Biden has led the outspoken reaction to the harrowing scenes from Bucha.
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Russia ‘won’t receive weapons from China’ if US threaten economic sanctions
We’re joined by Steve Tsang, the director of the China Institute at the School of Oriental and African Students – and John Herbst, who is a former US ambassador to Ukraine and now a director of the Atlantic Council.
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‘There are no red lines in this’ – Syrian doctor on Russia’s strategy in Ukraine
Russia has consistently denied targeting civilians in Ukraine, today branding claims it bombed the maternity and children’s hospital in Mariupol as ‘fake news’.