Gary Gibbon
Ken Livingstone calls for Labour MP expulsions
Is Jeremy Corbyn’s inner circle eyeing a showdown with Labour HQ over an aide’s “class war” tweet?
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EU to offer Africa aid to stop flow of migrants
EU leaders are meeting African counterparts in Malta in the hope that money and other forms of aid will slow the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.
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Gary Gibbon
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Europe begins to resettle Greek asylum-seekers
Six families from Iraq and Syria are the first asylum-seekers to be relocated from Greece as part of an EU-funded resettlement scheme.
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One migrant’s extraordinary journey from Syria to Europe
Abu Salah, who fled after his home town in Syria was destroyed by the Assad regime, documented his dramatic voyage to Europe. This is his story.
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Syria: Russian embassy shelling was ‘terrorist act’
Russia says the shelling of its embassy in the Syrian capital was an “act of terrorism” designed to intimidate “supporters of the fight against terrorism”.
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Russia claims strikes on Isis from warships
Russia says it has launched rocket strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria from its warships 930 miles away in the Caspian Sea.
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Hany Al Moliya: meet the blind photographer who fled Syria
Hany Al Moliya never imagined he’d become a refugee. After members of his family were murdered in their homes, his relatives fled Syria. He is legally blind and tells his story through photography.
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Labour avoids Trident showdown
Delegates at the Labour conference vote to debate other issues, heading off a potentially damaging row over the party’s policy on the future of nuclear weapons in the UK.
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Paul Mason
Tsipras crushes his opponents, left and right, to gain second term
It was the unswayability of the left vote that put Alexis Tsipras straight back into the prime ministerial mansion he resigned from a month ago, calling a snap election.
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Greek elections: nation returns to the polls
Voting has begun in Greece’s general election, with opinion polls indicating a tight race as Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras seeks a new mandate.
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Paul Mason
Greek elections: do Syriza want to win?
Alexis Tsipras’ final election rally had the usual soundtrack and familiar props but a different cast. After more than a fifth of his MPs split to form a new left party, the inner core of party activists behind the stage were nervous. Would anybody more than the party faithful come?
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US and UK ‘completely aligned’ over action in Syria
The Foreign Secretary says Britain and the US are “completely aligned” on the need for Syria’s president Assad to leave power.
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Migrants: Croatia refuses to become ‘hotspot’
Croatia says it cannot cope with the thousands of migrants who have crossed its borders this week and is moving people on to other countries.
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Alex Thomson
‘We have no choice’: On board with Syrians fleeing their homeland
Middle class Syrians flee their homes and board a ferry from Lebanon to Turkey – the first stage of a dangerous journey to Europe. Are they refugees or migrants? Does it matter?
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Team Corbyn: who’s who?
Labour’s new shadow cabinet has been announced. Who is on the frontbench alongside Jeremy Corbyn and who is advising him behind the scenes?
