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China sends paramilitary police to the Hong Kong border amid escalating protests
Donald Trump has urged the Chinese President to personally meet with protestors in Hong Kong, after weeks of violent clashes between the police and demonstrators calling for democratic reforms. China has sent its paramilitary police force to the border and today the Chinese Ambassador to the UK said his government “would not sit on its…
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UN authorises investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in Syria’s last rebel-held area
The Secretary General of the United Nations has authorised an investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in Syria’s last rebel-held area.
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FactCheck: we can’t find evidence that Dominic Raab warned of no-deal Brexit
We can’t find an interview where Mr Raab warned explicitly about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit during the referendum campaign.
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Dozens killed in Syrian government attack in rebel-held Idlib
An attack today on a market in Maarat al-Numaan is reported to have left at least 32 dead.
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Further leaked memos criticise Trump’s withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
The memo, in further leaked cables, claimed Donald Trump acted because the deal had been agreed by his predecessor Barack Obama.
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Police launch criminal investigation into leaked diplomatic memos
There’s been widespread criticism of the police decision to target journalists.
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2019: Exclusive – Rescue workers in Syria apparently targeted by multiple airstrikes, investigation finds
Footage obtained by Channel 4 News appears to show so-called ‘double-tap’ airstrike in Idlib province, with rescuers hit in follow-up attack.
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Former US diplomat Nicholas Burns on Darroch: ‘This is the kind of treatment we reserve for the Iranians or North Koreans’
Nicholas Burns was the US Ambassador to NATO from 2001 to 2005.
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Inside Idlib: How the province has become the final battle in the Syrian conflict
Over the next few days we’ll be running a series of special reports from inside the Syrian province of Idlib, the last remaining rebel enclave opposed to President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Powell Brothers: Siblings on advising Thatcher and Blair, Brexit and the leaked memos| Politics: Where Next? podcast
In this week’s podcast we bring together two brothers – Charles Powell and Jonathan Powell.
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FactCheck: will a Trump trade deal lead to the privatisation of the NHS?
The NHS is always an emotionally charged subject, and FactCheck’s inbox is full of warnings from campaigners about a supposed threat to Britain’s public health system from across the Atlantic. Is there real cause for concern, or have the warnings been overcooked?
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African Union suspends Sudan after violent crackdown
Opposition activists say at least 100 people have been killed this week, blaming the paramilitary group formerly known as the Janjaweed.
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US wants NHS and chlorinated chicken included in UK trade deal
Mr Trump has arrived in the UK in the midst of a growing row over America’s future trade relations with the UK after the US Ambassador to London suggested the NHS should be “on the table”.
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Scores killed in Syria as bombs target last major rebel area
More than 100 people have now been killed in a bombing campaign by President Assad and his allies, targeting the last major rebel-held area.
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The Banks Files: How Brexit ‘bad boy’ Arron Banks was eyeing a massive Russian gold deal
Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks eagerly pursued a multibillion-pound gold deal brought to him by a Russian oligarch with links to the Kremlin just months before the EU referendum, Channel 4 News can reveal.