Section: The Guardian (The United Kingdom)
Trump’s new righthand man has history of controversial clients and deals
Paul Manafort’s track record may create new headaches for a campaign that has been criticized for weak foreign policy credentials and controversial stancesFor almost four decades, Donald Trump’s newly installed senior campaign adviser Paul Manafort has managed to juggle two different worlds: well-known during US election season as a...
Shakhtar’s Darijo Srna: ‘We have lost our homes, our stadium and our fans’
Ukrainian club play Sevilla in Europa League semi-finals two years after Russian separatists forced them 700 miles away from their home city“I remember my last day in Donetsk,” says Darijo Srna, the captain of Shakhtar, a football club in exile. “It was 16 May 2014. We were told we had to leave quickly. I didn’t take anything from my home....
Crimean court bans ‘extremist’ Tatar governing body
Ruling against Mejlis sparks fears of renewed crackdown against peninsula’s ethnic minorityThe top court in Crimea has banned the ruling body of the Crimean Tatar community, the Mejlis, branding it an extremist organisation in the latest move against the peninsula’s ethnic minority.The supreme court of Crimea, annexed by Russia from...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30th anniversary – in pictures
Crowds have gathered in Ukraine, Russia and beyond to remember the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The nuclear fallout forced tens of thousands of people from their homes, with many killed at the time and in subsequent years as a result of the radiation … …read more Source: The...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster 30th anniversary – in pictures
Crowds have gathered in Ukraine, Russia and beyond to remember the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The nuclear fallout forced tens of thousands of people from their homes, with many killed at the time and in subsequent years as a result of the radiation … …read more Source: The...
‘Not a year went by without a Chernobyl funeral’: 30 years since disaster hit
We meet the people most affected by the nuclear catastrophe, from the Pripyat evacuee to the daughter of a KGB first responderOn 26 April 1986 one of four nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded, triggering the biggest nuclear catastrophe in history. Some living nearby found their lives changed almost immediately, for others...
Chernobyl nuclear disaster: Ukraine marks 30th anniversary
Series of events held to commemorate the tragedy, which remains the worst nuclear accident in historyUkraine is marking the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a botched test...
BBC: Sunday Express wrong to say film claims MH17 was downed by Ukraine
Corporation accuses paper of ‘misrepresenting’ forthcoming documentaryThe BBC has criticised the Sunday Express for its claiming a forthcoming BBC2 documentary will say that Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot down by a Ukrainian jet.The Sunday Express ran an article headlined “Shock claim: Ukrainian fighter jet shot down Malaysia...
Obama’s Hanover talks unlikely to yield new line on vexed issues
US president expected to discuss Syria, Isis, the refugee crisis and Libya with French, German, Italian and British leadersAfter two days spent wandering the Alice Through the Looking Glass land of Brexit, Shakespearean make-believe and magical Windsor Castle mystery tours, Barack Obama gets back to the real world on Monday at a summit in Hanover...
Barack Obama to discuss efforts to combat Isis with European leaders
Migration, Nato, Ukraine and Libya also on agenda for Monday meeting between Obama, David Cameron, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Matteo RenziBarack Obama will meet the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy on Monday to discuss the next phase of the war against the Islamic State.The US president will hold talks with David Cameron,...
