BBC Broke Editorial Rules After Reporting That Nigel Farage Had “Excused” Russia’s Ukraine Invasion

BBC Broke Editorial Rules After Reporting That Nigel Farage Had “Excused” Russia’s Ukraine Invasion

BBC Broke Editorial Rules After Reporting That Nigel Farage Had “Excused” Russia’s Ukraine Invasion EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has admitted that it was wrong to report that Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage had excused Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. In a BBC News channel report noting a backlash against Farage’s comments in an earlier Panorama…

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 916

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 916

As the war enters its 916th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Fighting At least 14 people were injured and a number of others were killed after a Russian-guided bomb attack on the eastern town of Kupiansk. Speaking in his evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

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Central Asia: The Last Stronghold of a Declining Russia?

Central Asia: The Last Stronghold of a Declining Russia?

Sitting next to Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June 2022, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, declared that Kazakhstan does not recognise any quasi-state territories, including Taiwan, Kosovo, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Lugansk and Donetsk. At the Astana Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States in October of the same year,…

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The Effects of Wars: Lessons from Ukraine

The Effects of Wars: Lessons from Ukraine

The devastating war in Ukraine has transformed our understanding of military combat and international politics in the 21st Century. Until now, analyses of the effects of wars – including this one – have tended to be compartmentalised by sub-disciplines. These include International Relations (IR), Security Studies, International Political Economy (IPE), History, Historical Sociology, Public Administration…

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