Gary Gibbon
G8 – and then there were 7
Today’s gathering of world leaders in the Hague to discuss nuclear safety will have an impromptu G7 gathering on its margins and it’s expected to suspend Russia from the club.
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Snubs and summits: a brief history of the ‘brush-past’
Geopolitical summits like the G20 are saturated in symbolism and double-meanings – so even if you’re officially shunned, you can always meet away from prying eyes.
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‘Bon appetit’: Vladimir Putin’s message to G7 leaders
The leaders of the powerful G7 industrial nations meet in Brussels – with a noticeable exception – Russia President Vladimir Putin.
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Stairs or sexism? Why men served lunch at the Hague
The catering company accused of sexism for banning women from serving lunch to world leaders hits back, telling Channel 4 News using male waiters was “practical” because they could “navigate stairs”.
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Gary Gibbon
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Jonathan Rugman
Kerry and Lavrov meet, but omens on Ukraine are not good
The diplomatic chill is deepening ahead of Crimea’s vote on joining Russia. And the tougher the west gets, the more intransigent the Russians could become.
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Ukraine warning shots – is Russia acting within its rights?
The first shots in Moscow’s occupation of Crimea were fired today as Russian troops confronted members of the Ukraine air force. And over the Atlantic, the war of words is heating up.
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G20: will Syria overshadow tax and economics?
As charities urge G20 leaders to come good on pledges to fix a “broken” global tax system that hurts developing countries, the economic agenda risks being overshadowed by the war in Syria.
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Gary Gibbon
G8 – was Obama really there?
David Cameron told the Commons what a success the G8 summit had been, but Team Cameron’s debrief to colleagues back in No.10 struck a slightly different note.
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Gary Gibbon
G8 summit: questions to Cameron in the whistling wind
David Cameron insisted it was a “really strong declaration” and jabbed his pen on the lectern to make his point. He credited the cosiness of the leader sessions with getting the final deal.
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FactCheck: have we really tamed the ‘tax havens’?
The government says it is taking “concrete action” to break Britain’s tax haven habit. But FactCheck finds that the devil is in the detail.
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Gary Gibbon
Putin digs in on Syria while Cameron claims progress
Though there were never great hopes of a significant breakthrough on Syria at the G8 summit, it’s not obvious that it has produced any sort of breakthrough at all.
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Gary Gibbon
Is Cameron’s G8 summit in deep water?
David Cameron went for a bracing morning swim in the lough at the G8 summit today. But will the leaders’ discussions over Syria be drowned in disagreement and indecision?
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Jon Snow
G8 must employ radical thinking to secure Syrian peace
We are at the most delicate and dangerous pivot since the end of the cold war, allied to the United States, France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar – to take but four – against Iran and Russia.
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Say cheese: leaders gather for G8 photo call
The leaders of the G8 nations gather for a “family photo” at the summit in Northern Ireland. But some of the world’s most powerful people seem more comfortable in front of a camera than others…
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Cameron: G8 tax deal ‘a huge benefit’
The prime minister tells Jon Snow today’s G8 declaration on taxation is “a real step forward”, while the Syria statement is “crucial” for a country whose future is without President Assad.
