Section: The United Kingdom
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 13 Feb 2015
LABOUR: WE’LL TAKE BACK BANK BONUSESShadow chancellor Ed Balls has said that under a Labour government bankers would be expected to repay bonuses received as long ago as ten years if found guilty of misconduct. The current limit is seven years but Balls said that was “too weak”. The Tories said nobody would trust a word Balls said. UKRAINE...
Ukraine: Eight killed and 34 wounded in recent fighting
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In Russia, battle for university places deflates Crimea euphoria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alexandra Kartokhina always dreamed of studying in a big city. She even went to a Russian school in her native Crimea to help her achieve her ambition of studying in St Petersburg. …read more Source:...
Shelling follows Ukraine summit
New shelling is reported in the rebel-held east Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk shortly after the peace summit in Belarus. …read more Source:...
We Europeans must face up to our own security challenges | Natalie Nougayrede
The crisis in Ukraine has reopened the post-cold war settlement, but the United States cannot be relied on forever to guarantee peaceThe return of war to the European continent has come as a profound, if delayed, shock to the west. No one, just a year ago, could have imagined that it would come to this. A Europe struggling with its financial and...
Russia Warned Over Ukraine Truce Failure
The EU is preparing additional measures in case the ceasefire collapses, as Ukraine complains of a new influx of armour. …read more Source: Sky...
What has happened to the fight against Somalia’s al-Shabab?
The situation is murky, but it is certain that al-Shabab remains undefeated and is still a real threat, not just to Somalia, but to the region as a whole. Somali security forces keep vigil during the funeral of assassinated MP Abdullahi Qayad Barre in Mogadishu in February 2015. Photo: Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images News on Somalia has gone...
Rival Ukrainian MPs trade blows in punch-up after falling out over corruption bill
On the day a ceasefire was finally agreed in Ukraine, two MPs traded blows in a full-blown and vicious punch-up in the halls of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev. …read more Source: Daily...
Cameron: ‘We need to see actual things happening on the ground in Ukraine’
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Ukraine war rages on after ceasefire is agreed
CIVIL war continued in Ukraine yesterday despite hopes of peace raised by the prospect of a new ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...
