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Syria: has the nightmare of chemical warfare arrived?
As President Barack Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons, it may be too late, according to Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Syria’s Descent: crisis forces UN staff to leave
Alex Thomson reports on a bloody day in Damascus as the UN withdraws staff in the latest in our Syria’s Descent series.
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‘Murder’ or ‘killings’ – why we need to take care with the words of war
Murder and killings: Alex Thomson argues that the mainstream media is “taking sides” in its description of conflicts around the world.
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Rangers’ player payments ‘not cheating’
Alex Thomson asks if football can now get back in the spotlight as the Nimmo-Smith independent commission clears Glasgow Rangers of cheating.
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Revealed: Rangers winding-up petition
Following feverish online speculation, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reveals the truth behind rumours of a winding-up petition against Rangers Newco.
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Same-sex marriage vote reaction from Soho
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson joins two gay men, Milo Yiannopoulos and Andrew Walford, at a bar in Soho to hear their reaction to the successful vote for the same-sex marriage bill.
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HMRC and the ‘Big Tax Case’: no victory yet except for the lawyers
With rumblings of discontent over the relationship between HMRC and the media, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at the latest status of the Rangers “Big Tax Case”.
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The unravelling of Rangers – the key questions
Rangers were among the world’s most successful football clubs. The old Rangers company no longer exists, replaced by a new company, plying their trade in the third division. Alex Thomson explains why.
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Elegy for a Blizzard
As the boring westerlies finally triumph, today’s snowfall may be the last for many of us for a while. Alex Thomson is inspired to poetry by the recent wintry spell.
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Scottish football: sport first, business second?
After the implosion of Rangers Football Club, Alex Thomson blogs on the latest initiative targeting the Scottish football authorities.
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Welcome to Cluan Place – a street failed by the peace process
Politically disengaged, isolated and despairing, Alex Thomson meets the community outraged by the decision to curtail the flying of the Union Jack at Belfast city hall.
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Belfast riots: start with the geography, then follow the money
With violence escalating in Belfast, Alex Thomson looks at a city of flashpoints, where loyalists and republican areas run up against each, and asks who is behind the recent protests.
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We have NI appeasement, not peace, says Frazer
Willie Frazer, of the Ulster People’s Forum, tells Alex Thomson the decision to limit the days the union flag flies over Belfast city hall was the last straw, and calls for a return of direct rule.
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UN envoy: Syria risks ‘descending into hell’
Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN envoy, warns that without political negotiation, Syria risks descending into “hell” and becoming a failed state. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson on the latest from Syria.
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Syria information minister: political process coming
Omran al-Zoubi, Syria’s information minister, tells Alex Thomson that in a year from now he believes there will be a genuine political process involving everyone. Watch the interview here.
