Carrie is back, but the west is over
A complex series of unanswered questions – Paul Mason looks at America’s sudden loss of diplomatic coherence and finds an uneasy Homeland.
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Barack Obama’s struggles to get support for military intervention in Syria have not gone unnoticed by Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers – who have been circulating cartoons mocking the US president.
The number of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war has topped two million, the UN’s refugee agency says, in what it is calling the “great tragedy of this century”.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warns the US and France that military action against his regime would lead to war in the “powder keg” Middle East.
A complex series of unanswered questions – Paul Mason looks at America’s sudden loss of diplomatic coherence and finds an uneasy Homeland.
David Cameron says the UK is still “deeply engaged in the world”, but questions are being raised over the international impact of his defeat in the Commons over Syria.
Military intervention would be legally justified on humanitarian grounds, even if blocked by the UN security council, according to a summary of the UK government’s legal advice.
The prime minister falls in behind Labour’s suggestion that a final vote on military action against Syria should wait until the UN chemical weapons inspectors report is published.
“Selfie”, “geek chic” and “food baby” are just some of the new terms added to Oxford Dictionaries this year, as technology trends – and “twerking” – make their mark on our language.
American reporter James Kirchick hijacks an interview on Russia Today to protest about Moscow’s anti-gay rights laws – and gets taken off the air.
Glenn Greenwald, who exposed NSA surveillance, accuses the UK of being “despotic” after his partner is detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours. Politicians demand answers from police.
Yelena Isinbayeva says her apparent condemnation of homosexuality was “misunderstood”. Russian gay activists say her comments are typical of a climate of intolerance promoted by the Kremlin.
Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama rule out a boycott of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, insisting that anti-gay prejudice will be better tackled by attending the event.
As the US prepares for showdown talks with Russia amid strained relations, an encrypted email service, believed to have been used by American fugitive Edward Snowden, is closed down.
Facebook seemed like the perfect way to publicise Mark McAndrew’s online fundraising project – until he began to suspect that many of the fans of his Facebook page were fakes.
As pressure to take the Sochi Winter Olympics away from Russia intensifies, we look at President Putin’s anti-gay propaganda law and ask if an Olympic boycott will promote change.