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EU energy crisis: prepare to abandon energy targets
Europe’s collective energy needs are startling, and the only available options terrifying. We are going to abandon most of our sustainable energy targets.
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Noam Chomsky speaks to Jon Snow – tweet your questions
Jon Snow interviews one of the world’s most famous political thinkers, Noam Chomsky, live on tonight’s Channel 4 News at 7.35pm – so what should he ask? Tweet your question now.
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Why the Iran nuclear deal is the overture to much more
It is not so different from the nuclear deal Hassan Rouhani offered when he was Tehran’s nuclear negotiator 10 years ago. Now he’s Iran’s president and the western powers are desperate for a deal.
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Saint Vincent storm: why the Commonwealth should care
Britain’s influence in this island region is waning. A storm crisis in a Caribbean island is an opportunity for Britain to reconnect with the Commonwealth.
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Amid Britain's own storm damage, spare a thought for a faraway island
Saint Vincent, a small Caribbean island state, suffered one of the most violent storms in living memory. Jon Snow was there to witness the aftermath.
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Hassan Rouhani – confounding expectations and inspiring rare hope
We may have failed to engage with him first time round, but this time, despite all the hurdles and pitfalls, 2013 could prove to have been Hassan Rouhani’s hour, with more to come.
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A Sarajevo moment for the Middle East?
The murder of a politician in Lebanon could be as decisive a turning point as the assassination that started the first world war. Jon Snows reflects on the spiraling Sunni-Shia conflict across the Middle East.
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Why the Christmas power cuts are a frightening wake-up call
After losing power twice over the Christmas break, this newsman finds himself a minor statistic in one of the week’s top stories. Now we know what a rainy day feels like.
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Bank of England announces switch to plastic banknotes
Paper currency will disappear from circulation after 300 years, to be replaced by polymer notes. Changes will also be made to how famous faces are chosen to appear on notes.
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Mandela remembered as a ‘giant of history’ by Obama
Barack Obama praises Nelson Mandela as “the last great liberator of the 20th century”, and Jacob Zuma is booed, at the former South African president’s memorial service in Johannesburg.
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The calm above South Africa's storm
Twenty-four hours on the ground here in South Africa tells me one exceptional thing.
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Nelson Mandela: the man who inspired my generation
For my generation, Nelson Mandela’s struggle to end apartheid defines our time, and the impact of his death will reach far beyond the frontiers of South Africa.
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Cycling in Britain's cities – mad and dangerous
Britain needs a political leader who is prepared to confront the urban traffic disaster that every day threatens the health – and the lives – of cyclists.
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My pleated skirt and JFK's assassination
I was on stage, aged 15, dressed as a woman, when I heard – along with the cast and audience – that the president of the United States had been shot in Dallas, Texas.
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Smile! ‘Selfie’ chosen as word of the year
The internet is full of celebrities posting “selfies” – and the rest of us duly followed in their footsteps. Now the 21st century term for a self-portrait photo is named the definitive word of 2013.
