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Syria: what the draft UN resolution on chemical weapons really means
From imminent intervention to the realpolitik of Moscow, outplaying the west at every turn – what a difference a few weeks makes.
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Untenable for US to keep vetoing UN resolutions on Israel Gaza war, former Obama advisor says
We spoke to Frank Lowenstein, who served as the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State under President Obama.
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‘UN resolution needed demanding both sides put down weapons and go to the negotiating table’, says former acting US ambassador to Ethiopia
We spoke to Vicki Huddleston, the former acting US Ambassador to Ethiopia.
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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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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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Pensioners biggest winners in tax, benefits and spending since 2010 – Resolution Foundation
When it comes to tax, benefits and spending, pensioners have been the big winners since 2010, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank.
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Why did US abstain from Gaza UN Security Council ceasefire resolution vote?
Washington Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy joins us from outside the State Department.
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UN Security Council passes Gaza ceasefire resolution – as US abstains
The growing divide between Israel and Washington has been laid bare by the US allowing the United Nations Security Council to vote for a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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UN Security Council agrees Gaza resolution that does not call for ceasefire
For the first time since Hamas’s attack in October – the UN Security Council has agreed a resolution on the Gaza war – calling for the delivery of humanitarian aid to be urgently speeded up – and for the immediate release of all hostages.
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Israel-Hamas war: UN Security Council to vote on ceasefire resolution
Delegates at the UN security council will vote later tonight on the ceasefire resolution – but the United States has already said it would not support an “immediate truce”, saying Hamas “has no desire to see a durable peace” for both Israelis and Palestinians.
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UK households ’10 per cent poorer than in France’, Resolution Foundation says
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned that the party won’t “quickly turn on the spending taps” if they win the next general election – insisting that economic growth must raise living standards in every community.
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Sudan conflict: Not much ‘hope’ for ‘peaceful resolution’, says OHCHR country office chief in Sudan
We spoke to Gillian Kitley, Head of the Office of the UN’s high commissioner for human rights in Sudan.
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‘No one in Britain has got a growth strategy because we’ve just spent the last fifteen years not growing’, says Resolution Foundation CEO
We are joined by Shevaun Haviland, head of the British Chamber of Commerce.
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‘Window of opportunity’ for Northern Ireland protocol resolution, says Sinn Féin leader
Could a deal between the EU and the UK government to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol be imminent?
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Think tank Resolution Foundation warns 2022 will be ‘year of the squeeze’
This year has been a struggle for many people who’ve lost jobs and livelihoods to the pandemic – now a leading think tank is warning that 2022 will be “the year of the squeeze”.
