28 July 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Two knife-wielding jihadists murdered an 85 year old priest, Father Jacques Hamel, at the altar of a church at Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, where he had just begun morning mass. Two other people were injured. The two jihadists were shot dead by police as they left the church… Continue reading Issue 64: 2016 07 28: News in Brief International
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Issue 63:2016 07 21: Week in Brief International
21 July 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe FRANCE: A lorry was driven 2km through crowds gathered to watch the Bastille Day firework display in Nice. At least 80 people were killed. The driver was shot dead by police after exchanging gunfire with them. He was a French citizen of Tunisian origin. Reportedly a… Continue reading Issue 63:2016 07 21: Week in Brief International
Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
23 June 2016 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe AUSTRIA: The far-right Freedom Party is contesting the results of the recent presidential elections, which they lost by just 0.01% of the vote. A court will decide by July 6 whether to uphold the challenge. CYPRUS: Two firefighters have died and one has been injured as… Continue reading Issue 59:2016 06 23:Week in Brief International
Issue 52:2016 05 05:Week in Brief International
05 May 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe EU: The European Court of Auditors criticised the EU’s diplomatic corps for over-spending on buildings. 85 out of 140 delegations exceed the office floor space cap of 35 square metres per individual. The 25 officials in the delegation to the UN in Geneva have 2,600 square metres;… Continue reading Issue 52:2016 05 05:Week in Brief International
Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International
21 April 2016 Week in Brief: International Europe GERMANY: The comic Jan Böhmermann, who broadcast a satirical anti-Erdogan poem on TV, has been put under police protection. Chancellor Merkel has agreed that he is to be prosecuted under an old and little-used law – “insulting a foreign head of state” – which needs the approval… Continue reading Issue 50: 2016 04 21:Week in Brief International
Issue 40: 2016 02 11:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
11 February 2016 Week in Brief: International CANADA: Canada is to stop airstrikes against Isis and withdraw its six air force planes from Iraq and Syria later this month, to fulfil new prime minister Justin Trudeau’s election pledge. EGYPT: The body of an Italian postgraduate student studying at Cambridge university who disappeared two weeks ago… Continue reading Issue 40: 2016 02 11:Week in Brief INTERNATIONAL
Issue 37:2016 01 21:The road to Peace (Neil Tidmarsh)
21 January 2016 The Road to Peace The journey to a new Syria is due to start in Geneva next Monday. By Neil Tidmarsh Peace-talks involving all Syrian parties fighting for or against Assad are due to start in Geneva on January 25, with a cease-fire coming into force at the same time. Less than… Continue reading Issue 37:2016 01 21:The road to Peace (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: A cruel and ugly truth
17 September 2015 A cruel and ugly truth by Neil Tidmarsh One of the most interesting things I read this week was a letter to the Guardian from Leslie Brent, Emeritus Professor, University of London. As one of the Kindertransport children of 1938-39, he is urging a more generous response to the current refugee crisis.… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: A cruel and ugly truth
Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
25 JUNE 2015 Week in Brief:OVERSEAS NEWS GREECE: An emergency meeting in Brussels between Greece and the European Council and the European Central Bank to discuss compromise Greek proposals on pension cuts and VAT increases was postponed in chaos and confusion because Alexis Tsipras failed to submit the proposals in time. Nevertheless, news of… Continue reading Issue 8:2015 06 25; overseas news
