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Trump’s foreign policy may be seen as ‘open invitation to commit genocide’, warns Turkish Kurd
For more now on the Turkish assault against Syrian Kurdish fighters, which they launched today, we’re joined by Dr Janroj Yilmaz Keles – a Turkish Kurd who’s a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics.
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Series 3, Episode 21: Nesrine Malik
Journalist and author Nesrine Malik on the challenging society’s myths, the BBC racism row and shaking up the media.
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Saudis reveal ‘evidence’ Iran behind oil attacks
Saudi officials today displayed drone and cruise missile parts which they claim prove Iran’s involvement in the attack on the heart of the Saudi Arabian oil industry.
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Trump blames Iran for oil tankers attack
US Central Command produced video footage it claimed showed Iranian special forces removing an unexploded mine from the side of a Japanese tanker.
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Conservative leadership candidates admit to illegal drug use
In the Conservative leadership contest three years ago, Michael Gove reportedly told aides he’d taken cocaine.
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Threat level raised for UK forces in Iraq, amid fears of Iranian attack
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the UK does share the US State Department’s assessment of the heightened threat from Iran – despite statements from a British General earlier this week that contradicted America’s claims.
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Series 2, Episode 22: Matt Brittin
Matt Brittin is the President of Google’s business and operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was also a British rower winning medals at the World Championships and representing GB at the Olympics. Krishnan challenges him on some of the controversies Google faces, whether YouTube’s policies are in the right place when it…
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Remaining ISIS members in Syria not surrendering, despite losses
Despite being on the verge of losing their so-called caliphate, General Joseph Votel said we are not witnessing a surrender of ISIS as an organisation – and that insurgents are going to ground, “waiting for the right time to resurge.”
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Edinburgh-bound authors have visa problems
It’s meant to be a celebration of literature and artistic freedom, but at least a dozen authors who were supposed to feature at this month’s Edinburgh International Book Festival have had difficulties securing visas from the Home Office, including writers from Africa and the Middle East. Festival organisers said they’d been forced to go through a “Kafkaesque”…
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Alistair Burt MP: Gaza deaths ‘a shock to everyone’
Minister of State for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, discusses Israel and Iran.
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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Israel’s radical right rises – with help of Trump’s evangelical base
Israel called the Trump pull-out of the Iran deal a “historic move” even as the decision ramped up tensions across the Middle East. Next week another shock looms, the official – and controversial – opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, a contested city whose status quo has not been decided. For Prime Minister Netanyahu…
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‘This is an escalation from what we’ve seen before’: Dr Lina Khatib on developments in Syria
Dr Lina Khatib, head of the Middle East Programme at Chatham House discusses what the shooting down of an Israeli fighter jet in Syria means for the region.
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Trump warned on Jerusalem recognition
Donald Trump has warned Israeli and Arab leaders he plans to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The move, if it happens, would reverse decades of American foreign policy and, say critics, endanger security and stability in the Middle East. The US State Department has warned its embassies to brace for protests.
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British politicians condemn Trump re-tweets
President Trump’s now infamous re-tweet of inflammatory posts from a British far-right group have been roundly condemned by politicians of all shades. His actions were called offensive, some have called for him to be charged with inciting racial hatred and for a proposed state visit to the UK to be cancelled. The controversy completely overshadowed…