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Governor Bill Richardson: Korea summit ‘remarkable, breathtaking’
Governor Bill Richardson, who was the former US ambassador to the United Nations and has travelled to North Korea numerous times, and Jean Lee, director of the Korea Foundation Centre in Washington, discuss the historic summit.
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Philip Hammond on Windrush: ‘We will do whatever is necessary to put it right’
We asked Chancellor Philip Hammond, who was in Washington for the IMF’s spring meeting, if those caught up in the Windrush scandal would be in line for compensation, among other issues.
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Syria chemical attack: the evidence
President Assad’s government has been accused of launching a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma. But Russia claims the attack was faked by Britain and anti-Assad rebels. FactCheck examines the evidence.
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Former FBI director says President Trump ‘morally unfit’ for office
Even by the standards of Trump’s Washington, the TV interview with the former director of the FBI was pretty startling. James Comey, who was fired by the US President last year, told ABC News that he believed Donald Trump was a liar who was simply “unfit for office”. He also said it was possible the…
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Could Trump sack special counsel Mueller?
Amid the Syria chemical weapons crisis and Trump’s continuing tweets about when the missiles might fall, a new attempt to have the special prosecutor Robert Mueller who is investigating Trump’s Russian involvements, neutralised. A war of words is raging here in Washington: Prominent trump supporters calling Mueller, the head of a crime family; whilst Trump…
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David Ignatius: ‘American military response of some kind is likely’
I’m joined by the Washington Post’s Associate Editor and columnist David Ignatius.
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Trump seems to row back on promise of strikes
As so often in these turbulent days here in Washington, Trump’s tweets serve to confuse the issue. Never truer than tonight over what America intends to do in responding to Syria’s apparent use of chemical weapons. Kylie Morris has been to Capitol Hill where senators have been questioning what they say is a lack of…
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How Facebook users are reacting to data scandal
As well as dealing with increased scrutiny from politicians, Facebook’s public profile has also taken a knock. Calls to delete Facebook and demands for greater regulation have wiped billions off Facebook’s share price, but will it change people’s day to day interaction with the platform ? I found a mixed reaction in Washington to what’s…
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Journalist Marie Colvin ‘targeted by Syrian government’ when she was killed
A judge in Washington DC has unsealed evidence suggesting that the Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin was targeted by the Syrian government when she was killed in Homs in 2012. The documents are part of a civil case brought by Colvin’s family, who claim that orders to kill her and other journalists in an artillery…
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Facebook reveals data scraping as scandal hits millions more users
Last month we revealed 50 million Facebook profiles could have been harvested by Cambridge Analytica, the political strategists who boasted of helping Donald Trump become president. Now Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that figure could be 87 million, and also – every single user – that is roughly 2.2 billion people – could have…
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Martin Luther King Jr’s death: the aftermath revisited by those who were there
News of Martin Luther King’s death triggered an outpouring of sorrow and anger across the US as rioters set buildings on fire, and looted stores. In Washington DC, that violence resulted in a military occupation. Entire blocks of the city were left in ruins for decades. Two men who saw the rioting in their own…
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Russian foreign minister suggests Britain may have been behind Skripal poisoning
Russia’s foreign minister has suggested the British secret services may have been involved in the poison attack on former spy Sergei Skripal to distract attention away from Brexit. At the same time, the Kremlin has revealed that Donald Trump has invited President Putin to the White House. US officials have confirmed the invitation. From Washington,…
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Stormy Daniels alleges she had sexual encounter with Trump
President Trump has weathered many storms in Washington, but none quite like this.The adult film star and director, Stormy Daniels, appeared on CBS’s 60 minutes programme in the US last night, detailing her alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump in 2006. She made claims of alleged hush money and threats to keep her silent.The White…
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Q&A on Cambridge Analytica: The allegations so far, explained
What has Cambridge Analytica actually been accused of? And why should you care?
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EU Commissioner Vera Jourova on Cambridge Analytica USA: ‘Case shows failure by Facebook’
What can be done about ensuring the legitimacy of elections and protecting citizens’ privacy? Vera Jourova, the EU’s Justice and Data Protection Commissioner, is in Washington to discuss these matters with her US counterparts.