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• 29 Jan 2014

  Gary Gibbon

  Ed Miliband’s Labour party reforms

  Ed Miliband’s reforms of the Labour Party, promised in the heated aftermath of the Falkirk scandal, are due to be rubber-stamped – but will they effectively curb the power of the unions?

• 27 Jan 2014

  

  Ukraine: justice minister threatens state of emergency

  Ukraine’s Justice Minister Olena Lukash warns protesters she may call a state of emergency after demonstrators break into and occupy the ministry’s building.

• 22 Jan 2014

  

  Thailand declares state of emergency: red shirt leader shot

  A leading pro-government activist is shot and wounded as anti-government demonstrators in Thailand defy the start of a 60 day state of emergency.

• 20 Jan 2014

  

  Ukraine clashes: Yanukovych urges dialogue with opposition

  Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych calls for “compromise and dialogue” with the opposition after violent clashes between protesters and riot police continue in Kiev.

• 17 Jan 2014

  

  Thailand: protesters injured in Bangkok blast

  Twenty-eight protesters against Thailand’s government are injured in Bangkok after an explosive device was thrown at a march led by opposition leader Suthep Thaugsuban.

• 15 Jan 2014

  Lindsey Hilsum

  What Chairman Mao can teach us about Iraq

  Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki hasn’t read Chairman Mao on guerillas – but he’s right about one thing: the battle for Iraq will be long and it will continue.

• 13 Jan 2014

  

  French oil giant Total joins shale rush in Britain

  Oil giant Total invests in fracking exploration in the UK, by taking a share in a licence in the Midlands currently operated by a US firm.

• 11 Jan 2014

  

  Tories ‘suppressing’ garden cities report

  The Conservatives are accused of suppressing a report that calls for two new garden cities to combat the housing shortage.

• 9 Jan 2014

  

  Generation rent: but why is it so easy to evict?

  With more and more people in the UK renting property, Channel 4 News asks if rental laws should be changed to protect tenants from being evicted.

• 8 Jan 2014

  

  Tributes paid to ‘true gentleman’ Paul Goggins MP

  Paul Goggins, the Labour MP and former minister, has died, a week after he collapsed while jogging.

• 28 Dec 2013

  Lindsey Hilsum

  Kerry and Lavrov: picking up the baton for peace in Syria

  After August’s chemical attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, prospects for peace in Syria looked remote. But then Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart, John Kerry, managed to pull the world back from the brink.

• 24 Dec 2013

  

  South Sudan military ‘recaptures’ key town of Bor

  South Sudan’s government says its military have recaptured the key town of Bor, days after it was seized by rebels.

• 23 Dec 2013

  

  Britons evacuated from ‘dangerous’ South Sudan

  A plane carrying British nationals leaves South Sudan after the Foreign Office warns people to leave the country as violence spreads.

• 13 Dec 2013

  

  Nerve gas used in Syria five times

  UN chemical weapons experts confirm that the nerve gas sarin was “definitely” used in Damascus, in up to five places. Soldiers and civilians died but the report stops short of blaming any side.

• 10 Dec 2013

  

  Ten things you didn’t know about Nelson Mandela

  He was a fitness fanatic, a master of disguise, a ballroom dancer and a trained guerrilla. And Nelson wasn’t even his real name…