Kylie Morris
US torture laid bare – but the CIA remains defiant
A Senate committee report on CIA torture is not exactly devoid of politics, but will be remembered for its grievous exposures.
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Is the US-Cuban cold war coming to an end?
They have been ideological enemies since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. Now US President Barack Obama announces he wants to normalise relations with Cuba.
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Who is Jeb Bush?
His father was the 41st president. His brother was the 43rd president. So is John Ellis “Jeb” Bush in prime position to become the Republican candidate for 45th president of the United States?
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Right to not get sacked: why Italian workers are striking
Two major Italian unions hold a nationwide strike against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s plans to overhaul labour laws.
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Kylie Morris
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Police cuts: a stark warning from Northern Ireland
As the head of Northern Ireland’s Police Federation warns of “catastrophic” consequences from possible budget cuts of over £100m, Channel 4 News examines why NI’s police still occupy a unique role.
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Penny Mordaunt’s ‘c*ck’ – is hijacking a speech ever wise?
Tory MP Penny Mordaunt wasn’t the first to change a speech for a dare, but she did it in the House of Commons – and got found out. How does her prank compare to others?
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Lindsey Hilsum
Monday at midnight: will we see nuclear peace in our time?
Will a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme lead to rapprochement between the US and the Islamic state after 35 years of enmity?
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Kylie Morris
Free at last? Obama finally acts on US immigrants
Obama could have made his big move on immigration years ago, but now faces a tough fight with congress over who should be allowed to stay.
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Kylie Morris
Going, going, gone – Democrats lose control of the US senate
So it turns out the midterms did matter, that every vote counted, that politics is still a bloodsport in the US.
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Kylie Morris
North Carolina: the most expensive Senate race in US history
There’s been $113, 639,041 spent on this week’s Senate election. It’s obscene money, particularly in a race between a Democrat and a Republican desperate to declare their interest in working people.
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Midterms 2014 – the $4bn bunfight for US power
Democrat and Republican candidates across the United States have been trading insults in the most expensive midterm campaign ever. We look at six of the most close-fought contests.
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Alex Thomson
A dismal response to Ebola’s global spread
The rest of the world seems unenthusiastic in helping tackle Ebola, even now that the outbreak has spread and spread beyond the shores of Africa.
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Ebola cases ‘set to exceed 9,000’ by end of week
The World Health Organisation says the number of Ebola cases should surpass 9,000 by the end of this week, as the British government continues to deport people to Ebola-affected countries.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Would I have been expelled if I’d joined the Guides in 2014?
If they had been the youthful feminist activists they are today, I might have been more enthusiastic and less of a pain-in-the-arse during my brief stint as a Girl Guide, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Kylie Morris
US Secret Service head resigns – where was point of no return?
After an unenviable roll-call of gaffes, it seemed unavoidable Julia Pierson would have to step down as head of the unit which guards the President.
