Lose, lose for Obama – and Palestinians too
Matt Frei mulls over why the Americans have put the boot into Palestinian statehood.
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Chancellor George Osborne welcomes the eurozone deal but says the “ultimate lesson” of the crisis is that “if you can’t pay your way, you’ll be next in firing line”.
As EU leaders meet in Brussels to agree a debt rescue deal, Channel 4 News is told that Germans believe Chancellor Angela Merkel is “out of her depth”.
Reports that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to resign in the next three months are denied by his office.
Ahead of a key meeting of European leaders, jitters spread globally that it may not be enough to solve the eurozone crisis. A stockbroker tells Channel 4 News the markets need clarification.
Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King tells MPs measures adopted at the eurozone summit will only provide “a year or possibly two years’ breathing space” and the underlying problems remain.
MPs reject a call for a referendum on Europe – but rebels voting against the government have dealt Prime Minister David Cameron a major blow to his authority.
The chancellor calls for a long-term solution to the eurozone’s debt woes as finance ministers gather in Brussels.
The world reacts to the end of Colonel Gaddafi’s 42-year grip on Libya as the US warns of “difficult days ahead” following his death. Meanwhile, Gaddafi’s burial has been delayed.
After partially recovering in early trading, shares in markets across Europe have fallen by between 1.5 per cent and 2.5 per cent, with the FTSE slumping below the 5000 mark.
Matt Frei mulls over why the Americans have put the boot into Palestinian statehood.
US President Barack Obama makes a last-ditch attempt to head off the Palestinians’ bid for statehood at the United Nations, saying there is “no short cut” to solving the decades-long conflict.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says his sexual liaison with a hotel maid was a “moral failing”.
Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to fight on as world leaders freed up billions of dollars to help Libya’s new rulers rebuild the North African state.
Britain “won’t be left behind” in the grab for Libyan oil contracts, William Hague said today, as world leaders flocked to Paris to plot out the new Libya. And why should we? Rumours are rife that Libya’s new government plans to hand the French the keys to 35 per cent of the country’s oil. And we’ve done just as much to help Libya as the French, haven’t we? Hmm not exactly, FactCheck discovers.
As world leaders meet for a key summit on Libya, one analyst tells Channel 4 News there is a diplomatic scramble to establish Libya’s new government and avoid a “terrific embarrassment”.