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US Congress considers Biden’s Ukraine aid request
The US Congress is set to consider a request from President Biden to endorse a new $33bn spending package for Ukraine.
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Northern Ireland election 2022: Polls suggest Sinn Fein set to become largest party
Voters in Northern Ireland will elect a new assembly next week.
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Justice minister resigns over Downing Street party fines
In a letter he said the government couldn’t expect to formulate new laws and defend democratic norms abroad if it was not seen to be committed to the observance of the law.
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Rishi Sunak: Questions over the Chancellor’s tax arrangements
Rishi Sunak has continued to face questions about his judgement despite his wife saying she will now pay tax in the UK on her overseas earnings.
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Government ‘totally negligent’ in failure to ease energy bills burden, Lib Dem leader says
We were joined by leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey, who was energy secretary under the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition when in 2014 Russia annexed Crimea – he warned then about European reliance on Russian gas supplies.
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China faces consequences if it supports Russia, says US senator
We spoke to Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who’s a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and asked him about the news surrounding the Iran nuclear deal and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Don’t punish Belarus for Lukashenko’s actions
Most countries have sought to distance themselves from Russia, but neighbouring Belarus has remained a steadfast ally of the Putin regime.
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Putin’s influence means Lukashenko has “lost his independence in decision making,” says Belarus opposition leader
I spoke to the exiled leader of Belarus’s democratic opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Russia has more to lose than EU if it cuts off gas supply, German MEP says
We were joined by the German MEP Dietmar Köster, who’s from the Social Democrats and is a member of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs committee.
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Northern Ireland First Minister Paul Givan resigns
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Paul Givan of the Democratic Unionist Party has resigned in protest over Brexit checks in the Irish Sea.
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Warning ‘stealth tax’ will leave average family hundreds of pounds worse off a year
It’s known as the ‘Big Squeeze’ – soaring energy and fuel prices, tax hikes, and wages that don’t keep pace.
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Capitol riots investigation: ‘You don’t hurry truth’, says congresswoman
We spoke to Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, who was inside the House of Representatives when the mob stormed the Capitol building.
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How Germany became great again
John Kampfner, the author of “Why the Germans Do it Better”, takes us on a tour of German history.
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Memorial to Tiananmen Square victims removed from Hong Kong University
One of Hong Kong’s last remaining public monuments honouring the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre has been removed, after workmen dismantled a statue at Hong Kong University during the night.
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North Shropshire by-election: Boris Johnson accepts ‘personal responsibility’ for huge defeat
The pressure is mounting on Boris Johnson as senior Tories questioned his leadership after the party’s shock defeat in the North Shropshire by-election.