Search results for ‘washington’
1,689 items found
-
‘Iran’s top priority is to force US out of Iraq’, says former policy adviser Vali Nasr
We asked the Foreign Office for an interview, but no one was available from the government. In a statement earlier today the Foreign Secretary urged all parties to de-escalate, saying “further conflict is in none of our interests”. We speak to Mustafa Salim, in Baghdad for the Washington Post, a US former senior policy adviser…
-
Democrats accuse Trump of ‘dangerous escalation’
Amid calls for restraint across the world, in Washington, leading Democrats called it a “dangerous escalation” which could leave the US on the brink of another major conflict .
-
3m
Democrats introduce two formal impeachment charges against Trump
For the fourth time in US history, a President is formally facing articles of impeachment.
-
4m
Sherri Goodman: “Climate change is changing the security landscape”
From Washington DC is Sherri Goodman, the Secretary General of the International Military Council on Climate and Security.
-
2m
Trump calls impeachment process a “hoax” as hearings continue
Despite being in London, Donald Trump couldn’t leave his outrage at home – railing against the Democrats trying to impeach him – calling them “very unpatriotic” for pursuing further hearings as he’s overseas.
-
2m
Trump’s former top Russia aide rejects ‘fictional’ claims Ukraine meddled in 2016 election
Could the impeachment inquiry in Washington end up boosting Russian efforts to undermine American democracy?
-
3m
US ambassador’s evidence released by Trump impeachment inquiry
President Trump is accused of withholding military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the Ukrainian President into investigating his political rival Joe Biden.
-
No 10 defends Brexit deal after Trump criticism
President Trump also dismissed Labour warnings that the NHS would be up for sale after Brexit.
-
Political campaigning on social media – debate
We’re joined from Washington DC by Brett Bruen, who was Director of Global Engagement at the White House during the Obama Administration. And with us in the studio is Carl Miller, co-founder of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think tank, Demos.
-
17m
Inside northern Syria: Five Islamic State militants break out of prison after shelling
Five militants from the extremist Islamic State group have broken out of a Kurdish prison in northern Syria – after Turkish shelling nearby.
-
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.
-
Bilal Wahab on US troop withdrawal from Syria: ‘There might be an opportunity for an ISIS resurgence’
Bilal Wahab is from The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
-
Republican strategist Deanna Bass Williams: ‘The Democrats are reaching too far’ to impeach Trump
We’re joined from Washington by Deana Bass, a Republican, strategist and former Deputy Chief of Staff to Housing Secretary Ben Carson. And former Breitbart spokesperson who was Republican but is now a Democrat, Kurt Bardella.
-
2m
Trump vows to hit back after China places $75bn tariffs on US goods
China’s move to slap tariffs on $75 billion worth of US goods today has provoked President Trump into another series of outbursts. Dani Isdale is in Washington, D.C.
-
3m
Donald Trump plays down fears of economic recession
President Trump has insisted the US economy is doing “tremendously well”, despite market fears that a recession could be on the way, partly because of a trade war with China started by the President himself.