Libya: is it better to leave dictators in their place?
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
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Social media is full of claims that mainstream outlets have decided not to cover the protests.
Transport and communications infrastructure, homes and businesses suffered power cuts this evening in large parts of the country. The National Grid said issues with two generators brought blackouts to London and the South east as well as the Midlands, the South West and Wales, the North East and North west of England too. They said…
Hurricane Irma, with winds of 185mph, has slammed through the Caribbean with record ferocity, causing huge swathes of damage to the islands in its path. Rooftops and trees in Saint Martin and Saint Barts were brought down, with electricity supplies cut off, plunging the islands into blackout. The US National Hurricane Centre has called the…
The Civil Aviation Authority says flying displays over land by vintage aircraft will be “significantly restricted until further notice” following the Shoreham crash.
A new Czech reality TV series is asking families to re-enact life under Nazi occupation to show how the country suffered between 1939 and 1945.
Did Kim Jong-un really execute a minister with an anti-aircraft gun? How do we separate fact from fiction with a secretive state like North Korea?
The disaster of Libya provided much of the reason for not aiding Syrians who rose against dictatorship in 2012. But is the best course of action to do nothing?
Scotland Yard has asked TV stations not to “expose tactics” by broadcasting live images in the middle of a terrorist siege. Are such fears founded? Channel 4 News weighs up the arguments.
A video purporting to show the murder of US aid worker Peter Kassig by the Islamic State group is released online.
Half of Didcot power station will remain indefinitely out of action after a major fire broke out. The government says “the lights will not go out” but analysts voice electricity price fears.
Netflix, Reddit and Tumblr are among the sites taking part in a mass online protest over new net neutrality rules proposed in the US. But will it have any impact on real world policy?
Search for “Tiananmen Square” on Chinese social media and you will usually draw a blank. But China’s online community have adopted unconventional strategies to talk about the massacre 25 years ago.
Google introduces a new form allowing people in Europe to request that information about them on the web is removed from search results.
The judge banned direct reporting of some of the graphic testimony on day six of the Oscar Pistorius trial But Debora Patta argues that the public has a right to hear these details.
Oscar Pistorius vomits and retches in court on hearing graphic details of the injuries that killed Reeva Steenkamp. The judge banned live broadcast and reporting of the pathologist’s testimony.