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Russia Ukraine conflict: New life and more death in embattled Mariupol
After a week of heavy shelling from Russian forces, an attempt to deliver aid to the besieged city of Mariupol has failed.
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‘Padlock every townhouse owned by an oligarch’, says former CIA Director David Petraeus
We spoke to General David Petraeus who, after an army career including the command of the combined ISAF force in Afghanistan, served as the director of the CIA under President Obama.
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Russia versus the West
What’s going on in Putin’s mind and will the Western squeeze on Russia will bring this to a close?
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Kyiv under siege as troops close on capital
The Russia Ukraine conflict is continuing to escalate with Russian troops now closing in on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Vladimir Putin’s army is thought to have lost 450 personnel, according to the UK Defence Secretary, with Ukraine’s army also sustaining a number of casualties. The UN says at least 25 civilians have been killed.
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FactCheck: what’s happening in Ukraine and what do sanctions on Russia mean?
FactCheck takes a look.
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Sudan: Pro-democracy activists vow to step up protests after military reinstates ousted PM
A month after the military seized power in a coup, Sudan’s newly reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok pledged today to introduce a “technocratic government” of qualified professionals to lead the country on a path to democracy.
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FactCheck: Johnson claims Labour’s Nandy ‘wanted to abolish’ army
The claim was ruled “inaccurate” by the press regulator in June.
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Colin Powell ‘was a trailblazer’, says former CIA director David Petraeus
We spoke to General David Petraeus, a former United States army general, who was in New York.
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Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications at 84
Colin Powell, the first Black person to become America’s Secretary of State, has died at 84, from Covid-related complications.
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Tigray: Ethiopian army ‘launches ground offensive’
The Ethiopian army has launched a ground offensive against the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, according to their spokesman.
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Does Afghanistan withdrawal mean the end of US nation building?
After imperial Britain and the Soviet Union, Afghanistan has now seen off America, supposedly the world’s mightiest military.
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‘Now we would trusting the US and UK, but now they left us’, says former refugee who survived Grenfell
Flora Neda and her husband, an Afghan army officer, fled the Taliban in 1996. Two decades later he died in the Grenfell fire, after staying to help four women who took refuge in their top floor flat.
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Afghanistan: ‘We’ve got utter chaos right now’, says former US military advisor
We spoke to retired US Army Colonel Christopher Kolenda, who fought in Afghanistan and negotiated with the Taliban in peace talks.
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‘Al Qaeda 3.0 will come roaring back’ after US withdrawal from Afghanistan, says congressman
We’ve been speaking to the US Republican Congressman Mike Waltz, a former US Army green beret who served in Afghanistan.
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Bagram: Last US and Nato forces leave key airbase in Afghanistan
Last night under the cover of darkness, most of the last remaining US and Nato forces left Bagram airbase in Afghanistan.
