Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Russia’s troll army: how the propaganda factory operates
Description Lyudmila Savchuk works on her laptop during an interview in Saint Petersburg. Credits OLGA MALTSEVA/Getty Alt Text Lyudmila Savchuk – Internet Research Journalist posing as a pro-Kremlin employee wins case against shadowy agency known as Internet Research …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 12 Aug 2015
Russia and the West ‘prepare for war’ The European Leadership Network think tank has warned that Russia and Nato are “actively preparing” for war, with the greatest military build-up in Europe since the Cold War underway. Russia mobilised 80,000 troops in March, with Nato or the US the only possible adversaries. Nato began...
Russia and the West ‘actively preparing for war’
Description Vladimir Putin at the controls of a Tupolev bomber in 2005 Credits Vladimir Roidonov/Getty Alt Text Vladimir Putin Think tank warns old enemies are increasing tensions with large-scale military exercises One-Minute Read …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 7 Aug 2015
Migrant ‘almost reached England on foot’ A spokesperson for Eurotunnel says a migrant stopped inside the Channel Tunnel had “almost succeeded” in reaching England. The Sudanese national, aged 40, was arrested a mile or two from the Dover end of the 31-mile tunnel on Tuesday. He is due to appear at Medway Magistrate’s Court, charged...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 30 Jul 2015
MH370: Malaysians to inspect washed-up debris A team from Malaysia is to travel to the French territory Reunion island, which lies near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. A piece of debris thought to be part of a plane has washed up there, with some experts saying it could be a flaperon from a Boeing 777. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, a 777, went...
Army makes 20,000 job cuts three years ahead of schedule
Credits Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images Alt Text British army soldier Cuts to service personnel will send a dangerous message to Britain’s enemies, warns former commander One-Minute Read Wednesday, July 29, 2015 – 3:47pm …read more Source: The...
Ukraine debt crisis: why it could be the next Greece
Credits Yuriy Dyachyshyn/Getty Alt Text Ukraine troops Reports suggest debt is now 158 per cent of GDP amid a severe economic slowdown In Depth Friday, July 24, 2015 – 4:06pm See related …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 21 Jul 2015
Labour MPs defy whips to oppose welfare bill Harriet Harman’s acting leadership of the Labour party is in “disarray”, says The Guardian, after one quarter of the party’s MPs defied the whips to vote against the government’s welfare bill. Harman had asked them to abstain, after backing her amendments. Jeremy Corbyn was the only...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 18 Jul 2015
Video of Queen’s Nazi salute released Buckingham Palace has said it is “disappointed” that footage from 1933 showing the Queen performing a Nazi salute has been published by The Sun. The newspaper has released film, which shows the Queen aged about seven, with her mother, sister and uncle. The newspaper says the 17-second black and white...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 17 Jul 2015
British pilots carry out airstrikes on Syria Despite the 2013 parliamentary vote against bombing Syira, three British pilots have carried out air strikes on IS targets there. The pilots in question are part of a group of around 20 British personnel embedded in the US and Canadian air forces. The news comes after a freedom of information request...
