Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Week in pictures: 15 – 21 February
Credits: Brendan Hoffman From Ukrainian soldiers and carnival revellers to Sienna Miller and a skatepark in a church Gallery Sunday, February 22, 2015 – 6:30am Coptic ChristiansIslamic StateHelle Thorning-SchmidtSienna MillerAnna WintourUkraineAngela Merkel …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 21 Feb 2015
LABOUR PLANS TAX RAID FOR TUITION CUTLabour is planning a tax raid on pensions to pay for a cut in university tuition fees, claims The Times. Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is considering cutting some of the tax breaks handed to pension savers as he tries to find the £2bn needed each year to reduce the fees. Ed Miliband’s plan to cut...
Turkish parliament brawl: five other political punch-ups
Credits: AFP/Getty Alt Text: Turkish MPs exchange punches in the parliament Parliamentary brawls are not uncommon around the world – here are five of the most chaotic Video Friday, February 20, 2015 – 11:29am MPs came to blows in the Turkish parliament yesterday as rival lawmakers exchanged insults and punches for the second time over a...
Britain ‘cannot defend itself against Russia’
Credits: ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty ImagesAlt Text: Two RAF Typhoon fighter jets in action UK ‘could not cope’ if Putin attacked, say military chiefs, who warn that defences have been ‘decimated’ One-Minute Read Friday, February 20, 2015 – 9:45am See related: Putin as big a threat to Europe as Islamic State, says Fallon...
Europe ‘sleep-walked’ into Ukraine crisis, say peers
Credits: ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Alt Text: Ukrainian government’s forces in Eastern Ukraine House of Lords committee accuses UK and EU of a ‘catastrophic misreading’ of the mood in Russia One-Minute Read Friday, February 20, 2015 – 9:05am Europe “sleep-walked” into the current crisis in Ukraine, with member...
Was that the most depressing item ever on the Today prog?
Alt Text: Columnist Nigel Horne BBC reporter goes to Wolverhampton South West and finds not one student interested in voting Column Nigel Horne Friday, February 20, 2015 – 8:55am Early morning listeners to Radio 4’s Today programme are still recovering from one of the most depressing interviews they have ever heard on the show. It...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 20 Feb 2015
VITAL GREECE TALKS AFTER GERMAN SNUBEurozone finance ministers are preparing for a vital third meeting in Brussels to try to solve the Greece crisis – but Germany has already snubbed the Greek plan for a half-year deal which would effectively replace the bail-out. Germany said the plan “does not meet the criteria” already laid out by...
Zimbabwe: why the EU is easing sanctions
Credits: Getty ImagesAlt Text: Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe is offered an economic ‘olive branch’ – but what exactly is going on in Zimbabwe? Briefing Thursday, February 19, 2015 – 2:31pm See related: Robert Mugabe: from freedom fighter to fearsome dictator Is Grace Mugabe set to be the next ruler of Zimbabwe? Robert Mugabe takes...
Putin as big a threat to Europe as Islamic State, says Fallon
Credits: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Alt Text: UK Secretary of Defence Michael Fallon Defence secretary warns that Russia poses a ‘real and present danger’ to the Baltic States One-Minute Read Thursday, February 19, 2015 – 8:50am Vladimir Putin is as much of a threat to Europe as Islamic State, posing a “real and present...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 18 Feb 2015
US BLAMES RUSSIA FOR BROKEN CEASEFIREThe US has directly accused Russia of violating the ceasefire in Ukraine, just as Moscow drafted a UN resolution backing the truce. The US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, said it was “ironic to say the least” that Russia wrote the motion while “backing an all-out assault” by Ukraine rebels. Joe Biden was...
