Section: The United Kingdom
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 11 Feb 2015
WHISTLE-BLOWERS IN NHS TO BE PROTECTEDHealth secretary Jeremy Hunt is to announce sweeping reforms today which will protect NHS employees who decide to speak out about problems in the service after a review by Sir Robert Francis found that poor care at failing hospitals went undetected for years because staff were afraid to blow the whistle....
Minsk talks on Ukraine still ‘very likely’: France’s Fabius
PARIS (Reuters) – A four-way summit in Minsk aimed at resolving the Ukraine crisis is still very likely to go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday despite a number of unresolved issues, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. …read more Source:...
‘Contact Group’ on Ukraine to hold talks in Minsk on Wednesday: Belarus
MINSK (Reuters) – A meeting of the so-called Contact Group on Ukraine will resume talks on the conflict in the Belarussian capital Minsk on Wednesday, Belarus’ Foreign Ministry said. …read more Source:...
France: Ukraine talks in Minsk ‘likely’ to go ahead
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At least one dead in attack on Donetsk bus station, east Ukraine: Reuters witness
DONETSK (Reuters) – At least one person was killed on Wednesday when a shell hit a bus station in the center of rebel-controlled Donetsk city, east Ukraine, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Obama Warns Putin Ahead Of Talks
The United States issues a warning to Russia’s Vladimir Putin as leaders gather in Belarus to discuss a Ukrainian peace deal. …read more Source: Sky...
US warns ‘Russian costs will rise’ without Ukraine peace deal
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US warns Putin before Ukraine talks
President Obama warns Russia that it will face greater costs if it continues its “aggressive actions” in Ukraine ahead of peace talks in Belarus. …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis talks to continue in Minsk
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New violence in Ukraine diminishes hopes before four-way summit
VUHLEHIRSK/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Rockets killed more than 10 civilians and soldiers deep in Ukrainian government-held territory on Tuesday and rebels pushed on with an assault on an army-held rail junction, setbacks that showed Kiev’s position worsening on the eve of peace talks. …read more Source:...
