G4S death: today was not a victory for compassion
A dispiriting end to the day for David Taylor Smith – a man once in command of 50,000 people for the world’s third largest company G4S.
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A dispiriting end to the day for David Taylor Smith – a man once in command of 50,000 people for the world’s third largest company G4S.
The world’s largest security firm, G4S, admits systemic failures in regards to its process of performing background checks after it led to the murder of one of its security guards by another.
Tony Blair would look disloyal if he didn’t raise a finger to help his successor. He’s already sprinkled £106,000 around local parties – not all of it welcomed with open arms.
Foreign policy: two words that have so far played very little part in the run-up to the general election. What would the parties do?
We are running out of words to describe the vandals of the Islamic State (IS) who not only show merciless cruelty to the living but are seeking to destroy the heritage left by the long dead. A new video, released on a jihadi website, shows men climbing ladders to take mallets and hammers to friezes…
Police are searching the home of a Labour councillor whose son is one of nine Britons detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross the border into Syria.
Nine British nationals – three men, two women and four children – arrested in Turkey near the Syria border are believed to come from Rochdale, say police in Greater Manchester.
Islamic State fighters take control of large parts of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus – a sign that the brutal jihadi group’s is trying to open a new front in the Syrian capital.
For the Saudis, Iran – not Islamic State – is the greatest danger in the Middle East. So nuclear détente between Iran and the US will not be cost-free.
Diplomats are trying to decrease tension in Lausanne and put a brake on Iran’s nuclear programme. The fear is what could happen if the talks fail.
Arab leaders announce the formation of a unified regional force to counter security threats, as conflicts rage in countries such as Yemen and Libya.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash with Jeremy Paxman in the first public contest leading up to the general election, and take a grilling from the public on their records and future promises.
Utah’s governor signs a bill that brings back firing squads as one potential form of execution. But why is this significant?
Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to have travelled to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.
Ninteen-year-old Brusthom Ziamani is jailed for 22 years for plotting to carry out an act of “horrifying savagery”.