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Analysis: what next for Russia and Syria?
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum on what the airstrikes mean for international relations with Russia.
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Evgeny Buzhinskiy: ‘It’s an illusion that the military conflict between the United States and Russia can be controlled’
Earlier I spoke to Former Russian General, Evgeny Buzhinskiy. He was closely involved in Russian – NATO relations and is now Chairman of the international non-proliferation organisation, the PIR Centre.I began by asking him if he thought we’ll see some military action by Russia in retaliation to airstrikes in Syria.
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How the air strikes affect international relations with Russia
Diplomatically, one of the impacts of the air strikes will be on the further deterioration of the relationship between Moscow and the West. The arguments over what happened in Douma a week ago and the threats of retaliation by Russia mean that maybe President Trump wasn’t exaggerating when he tweeted that the US relationship with…
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Diplomacy takes centre stage 36 hours after Syria air strikes
It’s thirty six hours since the missiles were aimed at targets in Syria. Today the diplomatic battle returned to centre stage. The Foreign Secretary says it’s been important to show the world that the use of chemical weapons is intolerable, but Boris Johnson admits there’s precious little the Government can do about the humanitarian disaster…
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President Trump: ‘Mission accomplished’ after Syria airstrikes
The Pentagon said the strikes were designed to “cripple Syria’s ability to use chemical weapons in the future” – calling the operation “precise, overwhelming and effective”. President Trump also tweeted the words Mission Accomplished, which might conjure up some unfortunate connotations and then later added, for good measure, the USA is still locked and loaded.
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Could Trump sack special counsel Mueller?
Amid the Syria chemical weapons crisis and Trump’s continuing tweets about when the missiles might fall, a new attempt to have the special prosecutor Robert Mueller who is investigating Trump’s Russian involvements, neutralised. A war of words is raging here in Washington: Prominent trump supporters calling Mueller, the head of a crime family; whilst Trump…
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Karin Von Hippel: ‘The peace process is essentially dead’
I’m joined by Karin Von Hippel who leads the defence and security think tank, the Royal United Services Institute.
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David Ignatius: ‘American military response of some kind is likely’
I’m joined by the Washington Post’s Associate Editor and columnist David Ignatius.
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Trump seems to row back on promise of strikes
As so often in these turbulent days here in Washington, Trump’s tweets serve to confuse the issue. Never truer than tonight over what America intends to do in responding to Syria’s apparent use of chemical weapons. Kylie Morris has been to Capitol Hill where senators have been questioning what they say is a lack of…
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How Facebook users are reacting to data scandal
As well as dealing with increased scrutiny from politicians, Facebook’s public profile has also taken a knock. Calls to delete Facebook and demands for greater regulation have wiped billions off Facebook’s share price, but will it change people’s day to day interaction with the platform ? I found a mixed reaction in Washington to what’s…
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Jessica Lessin on Facebook: ‘On trial is how you govern the internet’
Jessica Lessin, founder and editor-in-chief of the tech news website The Information, discusses Facebook.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal: Facebook ‘have failed to come clean with the American people and the world’
Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee and seasoned prosecutor, discusses Facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the FBI raids on Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen, which the President has denounced as a disgraceful witch-hunt.
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‘Devil with the blue dress’: Lewinsky scandal turned into a play
In the age of Trump and #MeToo, would the Monica Lewinsky scandal have played out differently? A play opens in London this week that explores what happened and lays bare the verbal bloodshed inside and outside the White House. The Five actors play the key women… Monica herself, her friend Linda Trip, Hilary Clinton, her…
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President Trump v Amazon – is it about profits or politics?
In one corner, one of the most valuable companies in the world. In the other – the US President. Amazon is the latest target of Donald Trump’s twitter postings – and CEO Jeff Bezos is paying the price on Wall Street.
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Protests following police shooting of Stephon Clark
Protestors blocked the streets in the Californian city of Sacramento last night after the funeral of a young black man who was shot dead by police. 22 year old Stephon Clark, who was unarmed, was killed in his grandmother’s back yard earlier this month – after two officers mistook the mobile phone he was holding…