Lindsey Hilsum
Libya: is it better to leave dictators in their place?
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Could the rise of Islamic State prove fatal for Libya?
Many Libyans who fought to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi are in despair. They know their failure to curb the rise in Islamic State could be deadly for their disintegrating country.
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Egypt and Libya strike Islamic State after beheadings video
Egypt carries out an airstrike against an Islamic State-affiliated group in Libya in retaliation for the apparent beheading of 21 Egyptians.
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Britain to build permanent navy base in Bahrain
Foreign Secretary signs deal for expanded UK military presence in the Gulf, despite concerns over Bahrain’s human rights record.
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Lindsey Hilsum
‘Asking for trouble’: Libyan soldiers sent home amid rape allegations
The debacle of Libyan soldiers accused of rape while on a training course near Cambridge symbolises the chaos of both post-revolutionary Libya and British policy.
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‘We are with you’: new allies for Islamic State
The Pakistani Taliban is reported to have pledged to send fighters to support the Islamic State group in the fight against the “enemies who are united against you”.
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British hostage David Bolam released by Libya militants
British hostage David Bolam is set free after being held by Libyan militants for six months, after reports that a ransom was paid to secure his release.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Murdered in the fight to build a democratic Libya
18-year-old Libyan civil society activist Tawfik Bensaud was killed on Friday, probably by Islamists. His friends are now struggling to keep faith in the democratic state they dream of.
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James Foley: war reporter ‘drawn to the frontline naturally’
In his last article before he was kidnapped, James Foley reported on the “increasingly violent” Syrian opposition, which had been “deeply infiltrated by both foreign fighters and terrorist groups”.
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Gaza, Israel, MH17. And now for the rest of today’s news…
As the news channels focused on violence in Gaza and the tragedy of MH17, what else happened? Channel 4 News finds out.
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Clinton: I’ve run for president – but never been a granny
With two years before the presidential election, Hillary Clinton is coy about whether she will run. But the ex-first lady tells all about US policy on Putin: “If he will talk to us, we talk to him.”
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Lindsey Hilsum
Salwa Bugaighis: Libyan human rights activist who took on Gaddafi
The Libyan human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis has been shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in Benghazi on the day of the country’s general election.
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Death toll rises in Libya clashes
The death toll from clashes between renegade military forces and Islamist militants in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi rises to 43, with more than 100 injured, the government says.
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British man shot dead in Libya
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office confirms that a Briton has been found dead from gunshot wounds in Libya.
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Freaking out in Dallas – 50 years after the death of JFK
Paul Mason speaks to the conspiracy theorists about the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy, and meets the students who wish the past would stop haunting American politics.
