Alex Thomson
Is ‘big nasty Putin’ really as bad as he’s made out to be?
Putin is no salesman for democracy – but for now “big bad Russia”, “big nasty Putin” and “poor heroic Ukraine” look a little too simplistic to me.
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Ukraine warning shots – is Russia acting within its rights?
The first shots in Moscow’s occupation of Crimea were fired today as Russian troops confronted members of the Ukraine air force. And over the Atlantic, the war of words is heating up.
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Alex Thomson
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FactCheck: is childhood obesity getting worse?
Scare stories about dangerously overweight children abound this week – but the government says obesity rates are levelling off. Who’s right?
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John Worboys’ sex victims win compensation from police
Two women sexually assaulted by London taxi driver John Worboys win their court battle for compensation from the Metropolitan police because of failings in the way they were treated.
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Obama: ‘US deeply concerned, but Russia can play a part’
US President Barack Obama says there will be “costs” for any military intervention in Ukraine.
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Gary Gibbon
Merkel Queen of Europe – not Cameron’s auntie…
No.10 have made a mistake in its slightly gushing briefing about the rapport between Angela Merkel and David Cameron. They’re dealing with a cool-headed rationalist.
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Russia accuses new Ukraine leadership of terrorism
Russia accuses the Ukrainian interim leadership of “terrorist methods” and says western backing for the rebellion is an “aberration”.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Can anger over corruption unite Ukraine?
Much has been made of the divisions in Ukraine, though I am yet to meet a Ukrainian who wants a divide. The question now is whether popular anger about corruption can pull people back together.
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Ukrainian MPs vote to oust the president
Ukraine’s parliament votes to oust President Yanukovych and calls early presidential elections in May – minutes after the president declared the revolution a “coup” and refused to resign.
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Benefits reforms: a ‘deeply immoral’ smokescreen?
As the prime minister insists that he has a strong moral case for welfare reform, campaigners warn that, in an already unequal society, the changes are falling unfairly on the poorest.
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UK’s top Catholic defends criticism of welfare reforms
Do criticisms of the government’s welfare reforms by Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the country’s highest-ranking Catholic, represent a shift in the church’s position?
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UK floods – in numbers
Check out the Channel 4 News infographic mapping the UK floods in numbers.
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Life in North Korea: executions, starvation and fear
The horrific brutality of life in North Korea is laid bare in a UN report, which describes how the state maintains a climate of fear through executions, enforced disappearances and starvation.
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Waterworld: Britain’s wettest winter on record
From the storm surge in December through the wettest January on record, Channel 4 News tracks the stormiest winter in memory which has left two people dead and thousands flooded and without power.
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How do you solve a problem like flooding?
“There’s nothing we can do”. You keep hearing this mantra every time we experience floods, well I think there is something we can do, writes flood expert Britt Warg.
