Islamic State turning old enemies into new allies
Amid the rise of and widespread exhibition of the vile inhumanity of the Islamic State, has been the tender opening of dialogue between two vast regional enemies – Iran and Saudi Arabia.
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Amid the rise of and widespread exhibition of the vile inhumanity of the Islamic State, has been the tender opening of dialogue between two vast regional enemies – Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The number of refugees from the Syrian civil war rises above 3 million, the United Nations refugee agency says.
My grandfather was a heroic figure who understood his own shortcomings, but was candid too about the terrible failures of those directing the war from Whitehall.
This year’s Worldcon is the biggest ever, with 10,000 sci-fi fans coming to London. But with shows like Game of Thrones getting cult status (and investment to match) geeks are coming in from the cold.
My grandfather, a WWI officer, led the retreat from Mons in 1914. 100 years on, my work as a journalist has left me with a vivid picture of the grave suffering that war brings.
A huge fired ravaged parts of the world-famous Glasgow School of Art on 23 May. Jon Snow returns two months later to see the damage for himself and hear about the renovation plans.
Leaving Gaza, for the first time in my reporting life I feel scarred, deeply scarred, by what I have seen – some of it too terrible to put on the screen.
We publish in Arabic Jon Snow’s account of the scene in Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, where doctors struggle to treat adults and children wounded by Israeli attacks.
I can’t get her out of my mind. Two year old Nema. Her broken skull and fractured nose have imposed two vast round suppurating panda sized blobs effectively closing her tiny eyes.
Have I awoken to a swarm of bees in my lightless hotel room? The electricity is off, again. The bees are drones, devised in America, manufactured in Israel, overhead in Gaza at all times in this war. Crump, crump, boom. boom. You hear the shells fired, and the boom of impact and wonder who has…
Al-Shifa Hospital, the main medical facility in Gaza, has opened its doors for thousands of Palestinians fleeing an ongoing Israeli shelling of eastern Gaza City.
Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports from the ground in Gaza – follow his tweets, videos and blogs throughout the day in this live blog.
“Welcome to Israel. We wish you a pleasant stay. If this is not your final destination, we wish you a pleasant onward journey.” Can the British Airways captain be referring to Gaza?
The NSPCC has finally said that turning a blind eye to child abuse should be a criminal offence – and they are right to include public schools.
I have already described how I was abused as a child – but my abuser did not haunt me because, unlike Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris, he was not constantly in the public eye.