Search results for ‘UN security council’
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Syria and United Nations agree deal on peace observers
Syria agrees on the terms of a ceasefire monitoring mission which will see more United Nations observers deployed.
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Fresh violence in Syria as UN monitors due
Fresh clashes are reported in Syria ahead of a visit by UN monitors to oversee a ceasefire. The security council voted unanimously to authorise the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers.
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North Korean rocket launch fails
North Korea admits that its much publicised rocket launch, which international journalists were invited to watch, fell to the ground only minutes after taking off.
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Syria violence continues ahead of UN ceasefire
Amid signs that Syrian attacks on the opposition have intensified in the last 24 hours, the United Nations struggles to implement a peace plan calling for an end to the violence.
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Cameron revives right to buy council home scheme
From Thatcher to Cameron. As the prime minister unveils big discounts for council tenants in England who want to buy their homes, Channel 4 News looks in detail at the right to buy scheme.
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Iraq explosions kill dozens and wound hundreds
A series of bomb blasts erupt across Iraq killing at least 43 and wounding 232, raising fresh fears ahead of an Arab League summit in Baghdad next week.
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Secret emails reveal Iran advised Syria on counter-revolt
A series of leaked emails reveals how President Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran on countering a revolt against his regime while his wife spends tens of thousands on luxury shopping sprees.
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UN aid chief to visit Syria as pressure on Assad grows
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is facing mouting pressure over human rights abuses and the refusal of aid convoys as the UN’s humanitarian chief prepares to go to Amman.
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UK ‘to deport 100 Tamils’ as Sri Lanka fights UN resolution
A plane chartered by the British government is to deport about 100 Tamil asylum seekers to Sri Lanka, according to a human rights charity.
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Cameron: A unified Britain ‘matters head, heart and soul’
David Cameron makes a robust case against Scottish independence, but was a meeting with Alex Salmond dismissed as ‘frustrating’ by Mr Cameron’s aides really that bad? Mr Salmond begged to differ.
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UN's Ban Ki-Moon is right to fear for Syria's future
When the UN Secretary General describes what is already a desperate situation in Syria as “a grim harbinger of worse to come”, you know things are bad.
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UN resolution failure ‘disastrous’ for Syria
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says failure to agree a resolution on Syria is “disastrous” for the country as it has encouraged President Assad’s government to step up attacks on civilians.
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Argentina to make UN complaint over Falklands
Argentina’s president accuses Britain of “militarising” the row over the Falkland Islands, and announces plans to complain to the United Nations.
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Syria and the west ‘running out of options’
While the Syrian government bombards Homs, what is the international community doing? Channel 4 News looks at what is happening on the surface and behind the scenes – and why.
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Syrian army mounts Homs bombardment
Syrian troops are carrying out a bombardment of Homs, in the west of the country. Channel 4 News speaks to a journalist in Homs who says Syrians are desperate for the UN to enforce a no-fly zone.