Lindsey Hilsum
Berlin 1989 – the miracle that blinded us to the truth about revolution
My generation was blinded by the fall of the Berlin Wall. Bloodless revolutions are few and far between.
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What does Putin want? The key questions
With Vladimir Putin meeting Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande in Moscow to discuss the Ukraine conflict, what is driving the Russian president, what is he seeking, and will he get it?
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Lindsey Hilsum
Ukraine: lessons Putin must learn from Russian invasion of Afghanistan
President Putin seems confident as he says one thing and does another – denying Russian soldiers have crossed the border despite overwhelming evidence is classic Soviet doublespeak.
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Liverpool FC, neon colours and Tories: 1990 all over again?
When Liverpool last won the title in 1990, Margaret Thatcher was still in power, the Soviet Union was in crisis and we were still wearing neon colours. What else has changed?
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Jon Snow
Time to see the world through Russian eyes?
The vote is done. Crimean matters have come to a head. But how did we get into the mess, which now has ‘the west’ scurrying around looking for reprisals against Russia?
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Jon Snow
Geneva – history's crucible yet again
Iran and the world are talking, and talking specifics about nuclear issues, energy sanctions, and draconian curbs on Iran’s ability to do business with the outside world.
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Sir David Frost dies at 74
The veteran BBC broadcaster, best known for his interview with disgraced US president Richard Nixon, was a star for more than 50 years.
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Jon Snow
That delicious moment we thought the nuclear nightmare was over
Jon Snow looks back at his defining memory of the ’80s: the day when it seemed that the threat of nuclear Armageddon had finally lifted.
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The Queen and Jeremy Clarkson among Thatcher funeral guests
As details of the guests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral emerge, the decision of the Queen to attend remains controversial, as does the scale of the ceremony.
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Gary Gibbon
Miliband: ‘Thatcher was right’… but not often
Sounding prime ministerial the Labour leader seems to find paying tribute to Margaret Thatcher less troublesome than her successor David Cameron.
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Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady
Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first woman prime minister. And, as Gary Gibbon writes, at her death the Iron Lady leaves behind a country very different from the one she once led.
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Margaret Thatcher’s death: the view from abroad
Margaret Thatcher was a controversial figure at home and abroad. So how has her death been received across the world?
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Lindsey Hilsum
What a simple handbag may tell us about China’s confidence
What’s in a handbag? If that bag is carried by China’s first lady, perhaps a symbol of the stylish confidence the country is now exuding.
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Whatever brought it about, change has come to Burma
Years of western pressure did not bring change to Burma. Was it wariness of Chinese which did the trick? Or did the generals understand after the “saffron revolution” in 2007, when monks took to the streets, that they could not keep power forever? Was it Cyclone Nargis? The endless patience of Aung San Suu Kyi? Or was it one man, U Thein Sein, who saw a moment to make history?
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And finally, Newsround is 40
“Just get in the water Krishnan, quick!” yelled my co-presenter Juliet. “It looks like a Great White” I quivered, dipping my fins gingerly into the cold water. We jumped in and tried to swim towards the vast beast with its huge fin and open jaws. Juliet started to float off into the middle distance.
