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Ukraine crisis: US delivers written response to Russia’s demands
In Moscow, the US ambassador personally handed over Washington’s written response to a sweeping set of security demands made by Russia.
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Syria: The people putting themselves and the environment at risk to keep fuel supplies flowing
In the countryside around Aleppo, basic necessities are in short supply and as winter continues to bite, diesel for generators is in high demand.
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Hong Kong elections: Western concern after pro-Beijing candidates sweep board
China has rejected Western claims that democracy is under threat in Hong Kong, after pro-Beijing candidates swept the board in the weekend’s legislative elections.
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Anger after France seizes UK trawler amid post-Brexit fishing rights dispute
Britain has said it will summon the French ambassador after a Scottish boat was detained off the French coast, in the escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.
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Syrians seek solace in ancient tradition of horse racing
In the past 10 years Idlib in North East Syria has become synonymous with war and resistance to the Assad regime.
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Afghanistan: Seven further deaths at Kabul airport as thousands wait to escape
Another seven people have been killed in the panicked scenes around Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to escape Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
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‘We should be in Afghanistan still,’ says former British Army commander
We were joined by Richard Streatfeild, a former British Army commander, and the former British ambassador to Kabul, Sir William Patey. And from Oslo in Norway, we also spoke to Ashley Jackson, who’s co-director of the Centre for the Study of Armed Groups.
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UK government working on resettlement scheme for vulnerable Afghans
As British troops continue with the evacuation of the remaining British nationals in Kabul, MPs will be called back tomorrow to parliament for five hours of debate.
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‘Covid is just a warm-up’ for climate crisis, conservationist warns
We were joined by conservationist and Wildlife Ambassador at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Nick Acheson and Environmental Economist at the University of Cambridge, Dr Matthew Agarwala.
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Spain deploys military as 6,000 migrants arrive on beach in Ceuta enclave
Spain deployed its military to beaches surrounding the city, as more than 6,000 thousand new arrivals, many of them teenagers, emerged from the sea to a wall of soldiers.
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Nine UK citizens sanctioned by China for speaking out about Uighur human rights abuses
Nine UK citizens, including five MPs, who’ve been sanctioned by China after accusing them of human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims say they’ll “redouble” their campaigning on the issue.
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Trump presidency ‘an aberration’ – Lewis Lukens, former US deputy chief of mission to UK
With a new incoming President in the White House, that is also going to mean a new US ambassador in the United Kingdom. Like Donald Trump, the man who’s been in charge of the embassy for the past three years has proved to be a controversial figure. The former deputy chief of mission at the…
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FactCheck Q&A: how safe is the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine?
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University is under scrutiny after the makers admitted an error had led to different groups getting different doses in clinical trials.
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Series 6, Episode 11: Lord Kim Darroch
Kim Darroch was a lifelong Foreign Office Diplomat to rose through the ranks to become British Ambassador to the United States between 2016 and 2019.
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UK government accuses China of ‘gross human rights abuses’
The government has accused China of ‘gross human rights abuses’ against the Muslim Uighur population and promised ‘measures’ against the Communist state, to be announced tomorrow.