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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

USA

Former Ukraine envoy Volker to testify in impeachment inquiry

Volker will be deposed before members of the House Intel, Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees.

01/10/2019

USA

GOP is playing a weak hand in defending Trump on Ukraine

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

30/09/2019

USA

Trump faces greatest threat as impeachment inquiry speeds up

House Democrats are planning a rapid start to their push for impeachment of President Donald Trump, with hearings and depositions starting this coming week.

29/09/2019

USA

'SNL' returns for 45th season, targets Trump impeachment

Rudy Giuliani, played by Kate McKinnon, comforts Trump on live TV: "Nobody is going to find out about our illegal side dealings with the Ukraine."

29/09/2019

USA

Pompeo subpoenaed by House Democrats over Trump-Ukraine scandal

The committee chairmen also sent a separate letter to Pompeo to schedule the depositions of five State Department officials over the next two weeks.

27/09/2019

Europe Decoded

The Zelensky-Trump phone call: Poroshenko weighs in | #TheCube

The Zelensky-Trump phone call: Poroshenko weighs in | #TheCube

27/09/2019

USA

Euroviews. World leaders at the UN and student protests are not enough to confront the climate crisis ǀ View

Because of my position, no matter what I thought of leaders like George W Bush, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin or Ignacio Lula da Silva, I would never make a face like that of young climate activist Greta Thunberg when she saw President Trump passing near her at the UN.

27/09/2019

USA

Whistleblower allegation of server misuse raises alarm bells

If true, the allegations should spark an investigation into the potential mishandling of a classified system, intelligence experts say.

27/09/2019

USA

'Total panic' as White House struggles to find impeachment footing

While many in the Trump White House are battle-tested from the Mueller investigation, this time is starting to feel different, aides and advisers said.

27/09/2019