Gary Gibbon
Brexit strains in the Cabinet
Individual Cabinet Ministers are getting their briefings on Theresa May’s new Brexit proposals ahead of Friday’s special Cabinet meeting.
Search results for ‘Switzerland’
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The ECB raises interest rates after receiving support package
Shares in the troubled banking group Credit Suisse jumped up this morning, after it was able to announce a £45bn support package from Switzerland’s central bank.
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FactCheck: Truss claims she introduced world’s toughest sanctions on Russia
Does the data back up her claim?
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Lester Piggott dies: Tributes paid to legendary jockey
The legendary jockey Lester Piggott has died at the age of 86 at his home in Switzerland.
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‘I am Russian… in my name such horrible crimes are committed’, says Russian novelist Mikhail Shishkin
He’s the only author to have won the Russian Booker, the Russian National Bestseller and the Big Book prizes and his works have been translated into thirty languages.
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Covid: Dozens arrested after second night of violent protests in the Netherlands
Protesters in the Netherlands have taken to the streets and clashed with police for a second night over new Covid restrictions.
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Merkel ‘governed by spreadsheet rather than tweet’, says biographer
From Switzerland, we spoke to Professor Matt Qvortrup, who has written Angela Merkel’s biography.
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FactCheck: Boris Johnson repeats claim that no country has a functioning Covid-19 tracing app
The Prime Minister says no country has a “functional” Covid-19 tracing app. But dozens of countries have launched apps designed to warn citizens of possible infection.
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FactCheck: your Brexit day questions answered
We asked FactCheck readers what they wanted to know about Brexit day.
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Last decade warmest on record
Today, the World Economic Forum today has said all of the five biggest threats to economic and political stability were linked to the environment.
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How Boris Johnson has changed his views on Europe
What has the PM said about Europe over the years?
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How climate change is melting the biggest glacier in the Alps
We’ve just lived through the four warmest years on record, say scientists. And in Switzerland, temperature rises are twice the global mean. In fact, if nothing is done to tackle climate change, all the glaciers in the Alps could vanish by the end of the century. A move to make Switzerland carbon neutral by 2050…
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France prepares for 40C heatwave
France is preparing for a potentially record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius later this week. Authorities in Paris have enacted an extreme heat plan, fearing a repeat of the conditions which killed an estimated 15,000 people in France in 2003. Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain are also preparing for oppressive heat.
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Explained: what Brexit could we get? Norway? Canada? WTO?
Politicians have been bickering about Brexit for the past two years, but everything that has happened so far is just figuring out how we leave the EU – we still have to sort out what kind of relationship we have once we have actually left.
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Davos: is world economy working for majority?
The big beasts of the international business world are turning up at Davos in Switzerland for this year’s World Economic Forum.
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Gary Gibbon