Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband’s army of Lib Dem switchers
Introducing the voters who may decide the next election. Not Tories tempted by Ukip, but disillusioned Lib Dems now thinking of voting Labour.
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Kiev pulls back forces after Russia flexes military muscles
Kiev reportedly suspends its “anti-terror operation” in eastern Ukraine after five pro-Russian militants are killed and Russia orders military exercises on the Ukraine border.
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Hague: ‘No real doubt’ Russia is behind Ukraine unrest
Pro-Russian protesters respond to Kiev’s deadline to leave buildings by seizing more, as Foreign Secretary William Hague says there is “no real doubt” Russia is behind the unrest.
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‘Russia is waging war against Ukraine’
Ukraine’s acting president says Russia is waging war against his country by sowing disorder in the east, and launches a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian separatists.
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Gary Gibbon
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Life for former army man who tortured two estate agents
A 26-year-old former army officer was today sentenced to a minimum of 34 years in jail after admitting he murdered a York estate agent and seriously injured her flatmate.
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Fort Hood: three dead at Texas army base shooting
A US soldier with mental health issues shoots dead three people and injures at least 16 before shooting himself at an army base in Fort Hood, Texas.
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Is the US military failing its soldiers?
The latest shooting incident at Fort Hood in Texas mirrors an attack in 2009 which was the deadliest inside a US military base in history. So are returning soldiers being given effective treatment?
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Paul Mason
Undercover in Transnistria, Russia’s next potential flashpoint
Pretending to be a tourist, Paul Mason crosses into Transnistria, a country that does not welcome journalists – and which has no official status under international law.
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Jonathan Miller
Inside Hezbollah: fighting and dying for a confused cause
Channel 4 News heads to Lebanon to meet Hezbollah in its heartland, and finds the group fighting a war that has dramatically departed from its original aim: resistance to Israel.
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David Cameron orders probe into Muslim Brotherhood
An investigation into the “activities” of the Muslim Brotherhood and the UK’s policy towards the group is ordered by David Cameron.
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Licence to krill: what happened to Crimea’s dolphin army?
In 2012 the Ukrainian navy revived a Soviet project that trained combat dolphins – but following the annexation of Crimea many are wondering what side they will flip on?
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Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death
An Egyptian court sentences 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder.
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Ukraine soldiers ‘repel’ Russians on Crimean border
One day before Crimeans vote on whether to join Russia, and two weeks after Russian soldiers occupied the region, a confrontation breaks out on the Ukrainian land bordering Crimea.
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Tony Benn: ‘most dangerous man’ to ‘national treasure’
Labour MP for 50 years, cabinet minister, socialist firebrand in opposition, anti-war demonstrator – Tony Benn was never at a loss for words, as his most striking quotes show.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Bullets and potholes at the birth of Crimea’s new army
It wasn’t the best venue for the birth of the new Crimean army – but if you leave one country and join another in less than a month, you have to get on with it as best you can.
