Ed Miliband, Europe and chaos
Less than a year ago, some report that Ed Miliband was ready to press the button and sign up to an in/out referendum. He was pulled back by Douglas Alexander.
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There are “indications” that Russia may be planning a military intervention in the south and east of Ukraine, Kiev’s ambassador to the United Nations warns.
Chinese relatives demand more information and threaten hunger strike, as Malaysia reveals the search area for the missing plane spans 2.24m square nautical miles.
With the eyes of the world on Ukraine, an escalated campaign of barrel bombings by the regime of Bashar al-Assad has led to the indiscriminate killing of men, women and children in Syria.
Less than a year ago, some report that Ed Miliband was ready to press the button and sign up to an in/out referendum. He was pulled back by Douglas Alexander.
Art is meant to be universal – and nothing is more universal than fear of death. Or grief. In Gardens Speak, out of the most specific experience, Tania El Khoury crafts something massive.
US and EU diplomacy to end the Ukraine crisis is being undermined by the lack of appetite among some countries for any course of action that might influence Russia’s next moves.
A thick fog has descended on Kiev and its politics, as Ukraine waits to see what Vladimir Putin will do next.
Live updates from Channel 4 News and our team of journalists on the ground in Ukraine as a revolution in the former Soviet country sparks the threat of war with Russia.
Vladimir Putin says Russia’s actions in Crimea are legal. The west disagrees. Who’s right?
The US and EU failed to anticipate President Putin’s response to events in Ukraine. But as Andrew Wood writes, the west can benefit from the situation – provided it is firm and sticks together.
The UK has no intention of doing anything “muscular” to stop Russia taking Crimea, which is now considered as returned fully to the Russian sphere.
President Putin is adept at extracting advantage for Russia from complex situations – and recent events in Crimea are designed to pressure the new authorities in Kiev.
US President Barack Obama says there will be “costs” for any military intervention in Ukraine.
Armed men seize the regional government headquarters in Crimea. Ukraine summons the Russian ambassador after Russian fighter jets put on “combat alert”.
A bruised Russia has seen its sphere of influence reduced by what it perceives to be western interference – but is military retaliation likely?