Gary Gibbon
Cameron meets EU leaders for first time since election
Cameron is in Riga today to meet his fellow EU leaders for the first time since the election, but the focus won’t be on his party’s now mandated plans for renegotiation.
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Zamira Hajiyeva first person to be subjected to unexplained wealth order
She owns an £11m house and a golf course, and spent over £16m at Harrods.
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Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies aged 65
Dame Zaha Hadid is widely regarded to have been among the greatest architects of her generation.
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Gary Gibbon
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Baku’s European Games – spectacle or gimmick?
Azerbaijan hosts the first European Games in June. With Team GB sending 153 athletes, including Olympic gold medallists, could this be a new major sporting event – or a propaganda vehicle for Baku?
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Paul Mason
Greece: why something has to give
Negotiations over a new bailout for Greece are approaching a critical stage. And if the country runs out of cash, it might just feel like the end of the world for many Greeks.
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FactCheck: how many of the world’s Muslims are radicalised?
A video claiming that the majority of the world’s Muslims have been “radicalised” is getting a lot of attention online. Is there any truth in it?
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FactCheck: has the Russian bear lost its claws?
Vladimir Putin claims Russia only has two military bases abroad. FactCheck thinks he’s having an attack of amnesia.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Inside the shards and rubble of Luhansk airport
As we picked our way through the shards and rubble, we found a discarded DVD case – it was for the Arnold Schwarzenegger film “End of Days”. It did indeed look like a scene from the apocalypse.
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Nul points! How will Ukraine tensions hit Eurovision voting?
Will Moscow’s involvement in the Ukrainian crisis see Russia hit where it really hurts – the Eurovision song contest? Two statisticians explore the likely voting patterns for Channel 4 News.
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Exposed: far-right veteran seeking London multicultural vote
A political party with links to the BNP and National Front is running in the European elections on a multicultural slate with Tamil, Sikh and Kurdish candidates, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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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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President Putin threatens to ‘annihilate’ bus bomb terrorist
Russia will retaliate, Putin tells the terrorists behind the deadly bus and train bombs in Volgograd. “Annihilation” awaits those who threaten Russia or the Winter Olympics, the president says.
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Thin ice: who threatens Sochi’s Winter Olympics, and why
The resort is the playground of Russia’s elite, and in February hosts the Winter Olympics. But Sochi sits on one of the global flashpoints for Islamist terror. Who threatens the games – and why?
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Four arrested in ‘terror plot inspired by Mumbai’
Police are questioning four suspected Islamist terrorists – all British nationals – amid fears they may have been planning an attack in the UK inspired by Mumbai.
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No Go Britain: what the UN can do for you
UN treaties can be seen in the UK as nice things to sign but with little impact on the day-to-day lives of disabled people – but that’s not the case, says Zara Todd, who went to Jordan to prove it.
