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Guardian's world affairs editor, author of The Butcher's Trail: How the Search for Balkan War Criminals Became the World's Most Successful Manhunt

Joined March 2009

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    “I did. Absolutely, I said that,” Trump tells reporters at the White House.

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    One of the "mere editorial errors" in this report was a claim that immigrants were convicted of nearly 70,000 sex offenses in a span of 6 years. Except the time span was 55 years, not six; and the data was for arrests, not convictions

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    This is truly amazing. The Justice Department admits that, under Trump, it effectively made up and misstated information to link immigrants to terrorism, but that it won't retract or correct the culprit report.

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    I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous. Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too! 💃🏽 Have a great weekend everyone :)

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  5. Senior administration official on Khashoggi case: "I don't think the narrative emerging from the Saudis and legal process there has yet hit that threshold of credibility and accountability"

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    Jan 3

    Scoop: Trump’s aides presented him with a memo weeks ago for an expansive, long term US presence in Syria. He didn’t sign it. It wasn’t the first sign that Bolton’s Iran-centric plan didn’t have POTUS buy-in

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    Jan 3

    The is seeking a Berlin bureau chief, a pivotal job in the heart of Europe.

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    Pompeo to Newsmax: "The President is not ambiguous with respect to Syria. Our troops are coming out." Says counter-Iran and counter-Isis campaigns go on. "We’ll do all of those things.. at a time when the American forces have departed Syria."

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  9. Jan 3

    If the Brexiteers are going to take the Dunkirk shtick to its logical conclusion, perhaps UK-EU trade is going to be carried by a flotilla of plucky little private boats and the occasional luxury yacht.

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  10. Jan 3

    Farce and beyond. The shipping company given a £13.8 mn contract for European freight in event of no-deal Brexit not only has no ships, it copied and pasted its terms and conditions from a food delivery company, by

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    Jan 3

    Saudi prosecutor seeks the death penalty for five suspects in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a convenient plan to get rid of some of the witnesses to the authorship of this horrible crime.

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    Jan 3

    This is beyond embarrassing. Brexit has turned us into an international laughing stock

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    Jan 3

    Nancy Pelosi with JFK:

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    Jan 3

    New ad campaign from British Army targeting gaming addicts "me me me millennials", "snowflakes" & "selfie addicts" of Gen Z launches this month.

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    More than 3 years since Germany welcomed nearly 1m refugees. One in three now work or are in training schemes. These figures continue to rise fast (). Merkel’s approval stands at 60% (ht ). Not giving in to populists isn’t easy, but it can be done.

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    Jan 3

    A record-breaking 35 new women are set to be sworn in today, the most diverse U.S. House in history. ELLE composed a video of these new Congresswomen reciting the preamble to the Constitution.

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    Jan 3

    This pretty sickening, and underlines natural consequence of a nation selling visas to investors (in hedge funds) (while denying them to genuine refugees).

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    Jan 3

    The basics of Brexit have really REALLY not broken through, even to senior figures. We need more very, very simple explanations of what could happen *in less than 90 days*. It's a serious duty on the media right now.

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