Jonathan Miller
Iraq: why this isn’t 2003 all over again
The legality of any future British air strikes on Iraq may be clear – but the justification for US intervention in neighbouring Syria is much less obvious.
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Russian military flights: propaganda or precursor to war?
Why has Russia radically increased military flights on Nato’s borders – and how worried should we be?
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Blackout Britain – will it happen here this winter?
The energy secretary says there will be no UK blackouts this winter. As Ofgem presents its analysis of our energy needs this winter, we look at some of the biggest power outages of the last 50 years.
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Jonathan Miller
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Ukraine shelling threatens delicate ceasefire
Shelling in the eastern areas of Mariupol and Donetsk shake the Ukraine ceasefire agreed just two days ago, but both sides are blaming each other.
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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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Russia promises ‘a reaction’ to EU sanctions over Ukraine
Russia vows “there will be a reaction” if new EU sanctions are imposed over its actions in Ukraine, where a truce appears to be largely holding after five months of fighting.
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Ukraine rebels ‘want to take Briton’s Donetsk house’
A British businessman living in Ukraine tells Channel 4 News that his family fled Donetsk just in time. In his own words he explains how rebels are now seeking to requisition his house.
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Ukraine crisis: France suspends warship delivery to Russia
French President Francois Hollande describes the fighting in eastern Ukraine as “grave” as he announces that two helicopter carriers will not be delivered to Russia next month.
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Do you know who these people are?
That’s right, Herman Van Rompuy and Donald Tusk. Still a bit unclear? They’re the outgoing and new head honchos at the European Union – and you may not be alone in feeling befuddled.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Ukraine: lessons Putin must learn from Russian invasion of Afghanistan
President Putin seems confident as he says one thing and does another – denying Russian soldiers have crossed the border despite overwhelming evidence is classic Soviet doublespeak.
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‘Roadmap’ for peace? Ukraine to seek ceasefire after talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promises to work on an urgent ceasefire plan with Russia’s Vladimir Putin to defuse the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine: Poroshenko meets Putin as tensions rise
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds talks with his Russia counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a summit in Minsk, capital of Belarus, as tensions continue to mount in eastern Ukraine.
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Aid convoy trucks cross back from Ukraine into Russia
Some 100 trucks from a Russian aid convoy which crossed into Ukraine on Friday have crossed back into Russia. The incursion had been described as a “direct invasion” by Kiev.
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Matt Frei
Why US foreign policy is like ‘smoking without inhaling’
To America, the Middle East is like a balloon. If you squeeze it in one corner it will bulge in another. You just can’t be sure where.
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Kiev accuses Russia of ‘invasion’ as convoy crosses border
A column of Russian trucks crosses the border into eastern Ukraine without permission in what Kiev called a “direct invasion” of its territory.
