Why the trouble in Ukraine has only just begun
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.
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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.
A bruised Russia has seen its sphere of influence reduced by what it perceives to be western interference – but is military retaliation likely?
Russia accuses the Ukrainian interim leadership of “terrorist methods” and says western backing for the rebellion is an “aberration”.
EU foreign ministers agree to move ahead with imposing sanctions including visa bans and asset freezes on those responsible for the violence in Ukraine.
Officers are searching a house in west Sussex where a man believed to have carried out a suicide bombing at a Syrian prison is thought to have lived.
The operation to evacuate the city of Homs, with men aged 15-55 exempted from the deal between government and rebels, shows how hard it is to establish a human corridor in Syria.
Shirley Temple, once the world’s most famous child star, who appeared in a string of hit films during Hollywood’s golden era, has died at the age of 85.
Video emerges of hundreds of Syrians allegedly being targeted by shelling as they are evacuated from the besieged city of Homs, as the latest round of peace talks begins in Geneva.
Aid workers resume humanitarian operations in Homs – a day after they came under fire in the besieged rebel heart of the Syrian city.
Four members of an aid convoy bringing humanitarian supplies to Homs in Syria are wounded by rebel fighters.
British Muslim Iftikhar Jaman died fighting in Syria. He has gained a cult following and his death is being eulogised by some in his community. His family speaks exclusively to Channel 4 News.
An El-Salvador fisherman washes up in the Marshall Islands after apparently being adrift in the Pacific Ocean for a year, and surviving on turtle blood.
Scarlett Johansson quits her role as ambassador for Oxfam after coming under huge criticism for supporting the company SodaStream, that operates in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
After a day of separate meetings with the Syrian government and opposition delegations, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says both sides have agreed to meet in the same room on Saturday.