Kylie Morris
For Obama on Iraq, the stakes have never been higher
US President Obama may prefer a political response to what is happening in Iraq – but whether by diplomatic or military means, he must act quickly.
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The fight against Isis: thousands of Shias join military
Volunteers who fight alongside Iraq’s security forces will be given 750,000 Dinars (£375) per month, the country’s prime minister says, as battles rage for control of the country’s largest oil field.
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Pariah no more: Iran comes in from the cold
Britain will reopen its embassy in Iran, William Hague announces, as western powers seek to co-operate with Tehran to tackle the advance of Isis in Iraq.
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My enemy’s enemy? US considers Iran co-operation
They have been called state sponsors of terrorism – but now the United States is considering working together with Iran, as both countries try to stop Iraq disintegrating into chaos.
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Kylie Morris
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Jonathan Rugman
Questions for Obama as extremists head for Baghdad
Iraq was not Barack Obama’s war. But a US president with a track record of resistance to military excursions in Muslim lands cannot dodge the judgement calls he now has to make.
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Kylie Morris
The new US dilemma on Iraq crisis
Barack Obama pulled American troops out of Iraq more than two years ago – but Washington is being pulled back into a war that Obama thought he had already brought to a close.
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Iraq crisis: will the US respond?
US marine commander Elliot Ackerman tells Channel 4 News there is no appetite to intervene in Iraq but former ambassador James Jeffrey says Iraq is sinking “slowly under the control of terrorism”.
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D-Day 70 years on – the world remembers
World leaders and world war two veterans gather in Normandy to mark 70 years since D-Day, when allied forces landed in German-occupied Europe.
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Gary Gibbon
Obama: EU and UK – better together
Don’t go changing … President Obama says the UK is better in Europe, and gives an endorsement for the campaign against Scottish independence too.
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Muscular diplomacy. Barack Obama hits the gym
With President Putin known as a judo loving tough guy, a snatched video emerges online of President Obama in the gym as he visits Poland.
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Obama: ‘Hard to imagine’ it would serve Britain to leave EU
US president Barack Obama says it would be “hard to imagine” that it would be in Britain’s interests to leave the EU, and hints that the US would prefer Scotland not to vote for independence.
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US soldier Bergdahl ‘had walked off base before’
The US soldier who was released by the Taliban at the weekend had walked off his base before, according to a leaked military report.
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Kylie Morris
How Bergdahl’s release turned into political defeat for Obama
The release by the Taliban of Sgt Bowe Berdahl should have prompted national celebrations in the US. Instead, it is turning into a political disaster for the president.
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Tom Clarke
Obama is brave – but King Coal has already lost its crown
President Obama is taking a bold stand on climate emissions. But conservative critics are exaggerating the risk to the US economy.
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Black and white students learning together: a dying dream?
1960s campaigns made massive strides in de-segregating US education. But as requirements on schools to educate black and white students are relaxed, re-segregation is becoming increasingly prevalent.
