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USA

'Don't be a tough guy,' Trump warned Erdogan over offensive in Syria

The US president cautioned Erdogan: "History will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way. It will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don't happen."

16/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. The fake Trump shooting video is the result of decades of media demonization by conservatives ǀ View

Trump didn't start this fire, but he stoked the flames as the antagonizer-in-chief, bringing us to a dangerous new low in American life.

16/10/2019

Syria

Euroviews. With the US absconding, the EU is facing a day of reckoning over Turkey’s Syria campaign ǀ View

Apart from the immediate disastrous results for the Kurds who have freed their areas from Islamic State (IS) with tremendous sacrifice, the US troops’ pull-out will have vast security implications for Europe as well.

15/10/2019

USA

Trump imposes sanctions on Turkey over its military operation in Syria

US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Turkey over its military operation in Syria — a move Democrats are calling "too little, too late".

15/10/2019

USA

Kevin McAleenan out at Homeland Security

Trump said McAleenan "has done an outstanding job."

12/10/2019

USA

The 8 wildest moments from Trump's Wednesday press event

The US president criticized the Kurdish forces he's accused of abandoning, saying 'They didn't help us in the Second World War'

10/10/2019

Europe Decoded

French charity publishes deepfake of Trump saying 'AIDS is over'

A deepfake video developed by French charity Solidarité Sida features US President Donald Trump saying ''AIDS is over''. But should fake news be used in this way?

09/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump's Syria policy isn't America first — it's America alone ǀ View

Given ample evidence that the terror organization still poses a deadly threat, it is clear that the military mission in Syria is not complete.

09/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. We shouldn't have been giving money and weapons to Ukraine in the first place ǀ View

Arming Ukraine will almost always result in a stronger Russian response. Rather than end the conflict, military assistance risks prolonging it.

09/10/2019

USA

White House refuses to cooperate with impeachment inquiry

The move comes hours after the administration blocked the testimony of U.S. ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland.

08/10/2019

Turkey

Euroviews. Trump’s support for Erdogan’s plans in Syria has green-lit a Turkish genocide of the Kurds ǀ View

When the Turks are “just passing through” a territory, sometimes they stay 500 years. Just ask the Bulgarians, who spent 500 years under violent Ottoman rule.

07/10/2019

World

Washington green-lights Turkish incursion into northern Syria

The Kurdish SDF have been a key US-ally in the fight against ISIS

07/10/2019

My Europe Series

From one circus to another

In this edition we look at how Commissioners-to-be had a delicate balancing act as MEPs grilled them on their possible portfolios and how new Brexit plans launched a new blame game. From political circus acts to real ones, we look at how European circuses want to be taken more seriously.

07/10/2019

USA

Second whistleblower comes forward in Trump-Ukraine scandal

The first whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president led to Democrats' impeachment inquiry.

06/10/2019

Sweden

North Korea and US resume nuclear talks in bid to end stalemate

An isolated conference centre on the outskirts of Stockholm was the setting on Saturday for the US and North Korea to resume nuclear talks.

05/10/2019

USA

Intelligence community watchdog testifies behind closed doors in impeachment inquiry

The inspector general, Michael Atkinson, had deemed the whistleblower complaint at the center of the impeachment inquiry an "urgent concern."

04/10/2019

USA

Texts reveal US diplomats pushed for Ukranian investigation

The US House Intelligence Committee released text messages between a Zelensky aide and US diplomats

04/10/2019

USA

Trump publicly urges China, Ukraine to investigate Bidens

Trump has repeatedly accused Hunter Biden of using a 2013 trip on Air Force Two with his father to procure $1.5 billion from China for a fund he started.

03/10/2019

USA

Trump lashes out at reporter over impeachment inquiry question

US President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter over a question about an ongoing impeachment inquiry.

03/10/2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump's two faces on foreign policy exposed by call with Ukraine president ǀ View

Something important was missing from the phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy: any sign of what we think of as Trumpian nationalism.

02/10/2019