Search results for ‘UN security council’
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‘We’re on the cusp of a broader war if we don’t manage this carefully’ – former US National Security Council director
We spoke to Alexander Vindman – who is the former Director for European Affairs for the United States’ National Security Council.
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‘There’s a lack of clear communication from the top down’ – Beth Cameron, ex-White House National Security Council
Beth Cameron is vice president for Global Biological Policy at the Nuclear Threat Institute.
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Calls for policy inquiry grow after Gavin Williamson sacked over Security Council leak
The Prime Minister is insisting the matter is closed – but calls for police to investigate the row over the National Security Council leak are growing tonight.
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Security council 'no show' follows rant by Gaddafi
There was one bright spot in the Prime Minister’s day at the UN on Thursday. Colonel Gaddafi did not bother to turn up for the security council meeting. It’s just a coincidence that Libya happens to hold one of the rotating seats on the council at the moment but we all expected it was a…
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EU chief launches unprecedented public attack on Viktor Orban – yet they still need each other
In an extraordinary speech to the European Parliament, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán watching on, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched a blow-by-blow attack on his government.
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‘There are no safe places’ in southern Gaza says member of Norwegian Refugee Council
We spoke to Gavin Kelleher from the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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‘Shameless’ if US block our UN membership, says Palestinian ambassador
There’s expected to be a vote at the UN security council on granting Palestine full membership of the United Nations.
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Many promised European ‘gigafactories’ are ‘already at risk of never materialising,’ says economic security expert
We’re joined from Brussels by Tobias Gehrke, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, specialising in economic security.
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Russian army has ‘consistently underperformed’ in Ukraine, says retired US lieutenant colonel
We spoke to retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman who was the top Ukraine expert on the US National Security Council.
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Putin condemned at UN summit after latest “act of desperation”
At the United Nations general assembly – America’s secretary of state Antony Blinken urged all security council members to send Russia a clear message “that these reckless nuclear threats must stop immediately”.
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Ukraine war: Russia accused of using UN council for ‘disinformation’
US and European nations have accused Russia of using the UN Security Council to promote disinformation about the US funding biological weapons in Ukraine.
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UN Chief says world is facing ‘moment of peril’
US President, Joe Biden, has announced sanctions on the makers of the Nordstream 2 pipeline connecting Russia and Germany.
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‘G7 is important opportunity to address China’s increased aggression’ says former assistant to Donald Trump
The G7 leaders have been discussing China as part of a wider pushback against Beijing over human rights, Taiwan and the origins of the Covid pandemic. We spoke to Lisa Curtis, who was US National Security Council senior director for south and central Asia under Donald Trump and Noah Barkin, who founded the Watching China…
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Digital sting operation that led to hundreds of arrests is ‘a proud day for the good guys’ says former FBI chief
We spoke to former FBI cyber division chief of staff and White House National Security Council member, Jordan Rae Kelly, now head of cybersecurity for the Americas at FTI Consulting, and started by asking how the security services utilised the digital age.
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Israel-Gaza violence threatens whole region, says UN chief
At least 42 people have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military operation against Hamas would continue “at full strength” and would “take time”.