28 January 2016 Week in Brief: International AFGHANISTAN: A suicide bomber killed seven employees of the TV channel TOLO and injured at least 25 other people. Last year the Taliban announced that they would be targeting the channel. President Obama has authorised US special forces to combat Isis-affiliated groups, which have infiltrated Afghanistan from Pakistan.… Continue reading Issue 38: 2016 01 28:Week in Brief: International
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Issue 38:2016 01 28: A Five Star Act (Neil Tidmarsh)
28 January 2016 A Five Star Act A politician turns comedian. Or vice versa. By Neil Tidmarsh This week Beppe Grillo, the comedian who formed the Five Star Movement in 2009 which is now Italy’s second most powerful political party with 91 MPs, announced that he will be backing away from politics and returning to… Continue reading Issue 38:2016 01 28: A Five Star Act (Neil Tidmarsh)