Gary Gibbon
Europe and the hokey cokey
Political Editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the twists and turns of the government’s EU policy – and what a referendum could involve.
Search results for ‘William Hague’
616 items found
-
Assad’s close advisors killed in bomb blast
Heavy fighting in the streets of Damascus follows a bomb blast which killed Syria’s defence minister, deputy defence minister – President Assad’s brother-in-law – and a senior military official.
-
Opposition declares battle for Damascus has begun
As the Assad regime fights back in the south of Damascus, its opponents in the Free Syrian Army say they have launched their fight for the capital, dubbed “Operation Damascus Volcano”.
-
Three Britons killed in French avalanche named
Three British climbers, killed in an avalanche in the French Alps, are named by the Foreign Office.
-
‘Up to 200 killed’ in new Syrian massacre
Kofi Annan says he is “appalled” by the massacre of up to 200 people in the Syrian village of Tremseh, one of the bloodiest incidents in the country’s ongoing conflict.
-
Gary Gibbon
-
PM floats referendum over EU powers
The prime minister says he is prepared to use a referendum to forge changes that would produce a less restrictive relationship between the UK and its European partners.
-
Islamist Mursi is Egypt’s new president
Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader once jailed by ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, succeeds him as president of the world’s most populous Arab nation.
-
Syria weapons ship ‘turned back’ off Scottish coast
On the day the US and Russia call for an end to Syrian violence, a cargo ship believed to be carrying Russian-made attack helicopters to Syria turns back in British waters.
-
Michael Crick
Caro’s incredible biography of Lyndon Johnson
“If you’re a political animal and have never read Caro, I urge you to do so.”
-
Ankara is the key to a breakthrough in Syria
Which world capital is most likely to provide a breakthrough in the global response to the violence in Syria? Some would say Moscow, but I am plumping for Ankara.
-
UN condemns Syrian ‘atrocities’
Syrian forces who stand accused of committing a massacre in Houla could be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, according to the UN high commissioner for human rights.
-
Syrian diplomats expelled after Houla massacre
Britain and several other countries are expelling Syrian diplomats following the killing of 108 people, half of them children, in Houla.
-
More deaths in Syria after Houla massacre
Forty people are killed in Syria as international mediator Kofi Annan arrives in Damascus following the deaths of more than 100, many of them children, in Houla.
-
Assad circle ‘could be charged with crimes against humanity’
As outrage grows over the Houla massacre, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller considers evidence of President Assad’s personal responsibility for crimes against humanity.
-
‘Time is running out’ for Assad
The UN Security Council meets to discuss the massacre of more than 100 men, women and children in Houla as international condemnation grows.
