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Moscow does not fear sanctions over Navalny poisoning, says Russia’s ambassador to UK
We spoke to the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, in his first British broadcast interview since the G7 summit and asked him about the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Belarus, and the US-Russia relationship.
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Nuclear threat means relations between Russia and Nato must not get any worse, ex-US ambassador warns
Ivo Daalder was the US ambassador to Nato under the Obama administration.
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Climate crisis and Covid to occupy UK and US at G7 talks, not Ireland or the EU says former US ambassador
We spoke to the Irish Minister for Europe, Thomas Byrne, and to Kim Darroch – the former UK ambassador to the US who also served as a permanent representative to the EU.
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Palestinian ambassador Husam Zomlot wants ‘clear commitment from UK to fix the mess created here’
On Wednesday, we spoke to the Israeli Ambassador, and now it was the turn of Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot. We asked that given he works for the Palestinian government in the West Bank, does he support what Hamas has been doing in Gaza?
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Israel-Gaza: Israeli ambassador to UK on two-state solution and civilian casualties
We talk to Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely.
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‘The Russians do not want Navalny to die,’ says former UK ambassador to Russia
We speak to Maria Lipman, Moscow-based senior associate at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, and Sir Tony Brenton, UK ambassador to Russia for four years until 2008.
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‘If they are not going to make negotiations it will head to civil war“ – Myanmar former UK ambassador
The UN human rights office says it fears the situation in Myanmar could escalate into a civil conflict similar to that seen in Syria due to the clampdown on protests by the military there.
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Myanmar: Ex-ambassador says he spent night in car after being locked out of London embassy
Eleven more anti-coup protesters are reported to have been killed by security forces in Myanmar – more than 600 people have died so far in the crackdown.
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It will be ‘very uncomfortable’ for US to deal with Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi report, says former US ambassador
Senior research fellow at Chatham House Sanam Vakil and former US ambassador talks to us about the US report into Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
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EU ambassadors give ‘green light’ to Brexit trade deal
EU ambassadors say they have given a “green light” to Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal, due to come into force on Friday. Focus now switches to MPs here, who will vote on the new agreement at a special sitting of parliament on Wednesday. Some Labour MPs say they will vote against the deal, while fishermen’s leaders…
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Former UK Ambassador to the US, Lord Kim Darroch says UK’s relationship with US will remain strong whoever wins election
We’re joined by the former British ambassador to the United States, and author of ‘Collateral Damage’, Lord Kim Darroch.
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‘There have been episodes of what I would describe as discrimination against Italians’ – Italian Ambassador to UK
Earlier I spoke to Italy’s Ambassador to the UK, Raffaele Trombetta. I started by asking him how things were in his country at this critical moment…
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Syria: are civilians being deliberately targeted by pro-Assad forces?
President Assad’s regime has always insisted it’s fighting a war against terrorists and jihadists, while denying that it’s deliberately aiming at civilians.
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Assad forces close in on last rebels as thousands of civilians try to escape
Russia is sending negotiators to Turkey this weekend to try to resolve the crisis in North West Syria where Syrian, Russian and Turkish forces are all dangerously close to conflict as President Assad presses on towards the city of Idlib.
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“They believe they are going after terrorists. We’ve pointed out there are more babies than terrorists in Idlib’: UK Ambassador to the UN
We spoke to the UK’s Ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce, ahead of the UN’s emergency session.