20 July 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: President Trump was the guest of President Macron at the military parade on Bastille Day in Paris. The parade had a US theme to commemorate the centenary of US intervention in World War I. President Macron acknowledged French responsibility for sending thousands of Jews to Nazi… Continue reading Issue 114:2017 07 20:Week in Brief International
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Issue112:2017 07 06:Week in Brief International
06 July 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The defence minister announced plans to send troops and armoured vehicles to blockade the Brenner Pass to stop migrants entering the country from Italy. FRANCE: President Macron summoned the members of both the Assembly and the Senate to Versailles, and addressed them about his aims… Continue reading Issue112:2017 07 06:Week in Brief International
Issue 108:201 7 06 08:Meltdown in Qatar (R.D.Shackleton)
o8 June 2017 Meltdown in Qatar Why this matters for the UK by R.D.Shackleton It’s no coincidence that the diplomatic crisis isolating Qatar from its neighbours in the Gulf should have escalated so markedly after Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia. The House of Saud, along with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, has long been… Continue reading Issue 108:201 7 06 08:Meltdown in Qatar (R.D.Shackleton)
Issue 108:2017 06 08:Week in Brief International
08 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe BOSNIA: President Dodik of the Serb Republic in Bosnia banned textbooks teaching the siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica genocide. EU: The president of the European Council has asked the president of the European Commission to block Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2, the proposed Russian gas pipeline… Continue reading Issue 108:2017 06 08:Week in Brief International
Issue 56: 2016 06 02:The politics of concrete (J.R.Thomas)
o2 June 2016 The Politics of Concrete What do our towers tell us? by J.R.Thomas It has been a good year for aficionados of John le Carre. A biography of him came out in paperback; his novel “The Night Manager” was made into a six part series by the BBC (no expense spared) and… Continue reading Issue 56: 2016 06 02:The politics of concrete (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 22:2015 10 01:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
1 October 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have captured the northern city of Kunduz. BANGLADESH: An Italian aid worker was shot dead in Dhaka. ISIS have claimed responsibility for the murder. BURKINA FASO: Last week’s military coup has failed. Soldiers have withdrawn from the capital Ouagadougou. The transitional government of interim president… Continue reading Issue 22:2015 10 01:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 18: 2015 09 03: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
3 September 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have taken Musa Qala in Helmand province, defeating Afghan forces supported by US airstrikes. AUSTRIA: A lorry abandoned on a motorway near the Hungarian border was found to contain the decomposing bodies of up to 50 migrants. AZERBAIJAN: An investigative journalist has been sentenced… Continue reading Issue 18: 2015 09 03: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
