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Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn't pick sides

Some three decades since the end of the Cold War, the world order is undergoing a structural transformation. At the heart of it is the challenge posed to the hegemony of the US. This is primarily being led by Russia and China which are discontented with Washington’s excesses across the…

The Conversation

Former Whitehouse advisor and Russian expert from County Durham made new Durham University chancellor

Dr Fiona Hill, who grew up in Bishop Auckland, hopes to inspire young people from all walks of life to reach their potential

Chronicle Live

G7 wrestles with how to prosecute one war and prevent another

Leaders searching for unity on extent of help for Ukraine and how to persuade global south to join China containment effort

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HowTheLightGetsIn Festival 2023 preview: The event looking to overhaul the UK’s ‘suspicion of philosophy’

Louis Chilton looks ahead to the 2023 philosophy and music event in Hay-on-Wye, and speaks to the festival’s founder Hilary Lawson

The Independent UK

In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead

One year after President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine both countries are preparing for offensives that could set the stage for a potentially even more disastrous phase of the war

The Independent UK

Putin aiming to divide US public opinion with nuclear treaty pullout, experts say

Russian president accused of ‘playing to rifts in the United States’ by raising specter of nuclear war between Moscow and west

The Guardian - US

Ukraine's unlikely wartime leader Zelenskyy instills hope

Western leaders feared for the life of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a year ago and the U.S. offered him an escape route as Russian forces bore down on Ukraine’s capital

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Putin's Ukraine gamble seen as biggest threat to his rule

Russian President Vladimir Putin's gamble to invade Ukraine a year ago seems to have backfired spectacularly

The Independent UK

Trump claims he turned down prisoner swap for Michigan's Whelan

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he had turned down a proposed one-for-one prisoner swap with Russia that would have brought Michigan's Paul Whelan home.

Tribune News Service

Hill rebukes Trump's Paul Whelan boasts

Paul Whelan's brother also called Trump's comments "offensive," adding that he never mentioned him in office

Salon

Trump was not interested in Paul Whelan’s case, his former national security official says

Trump and his allies accused Biden of ignoring the imprisoned Marine after securing Brittney Griner’s release from Russia. But officials and Whelan’s family members say Trump didn’t want to take up his case

The Independent UK

Rushdie’s Satanic Verses would probably not be published today, says Adichie

Sir Salman’s fourth novel led to death threats in Iran in the 1980s.

The Independent UK

The Envoy review: Gordon Sondland’s Trump tale fails to strike many sparks

The ex-ambassador was caught up in the first impeachment, over approaches to Ukraine. He offers scattershot justification

The Guardian - US

Ex-Trump adviser Fiona Hill accuses Elon Musk of ‘transmitting a message’ for Putin in Ukraine peace tweets

Putin ‘often uses various trusted intermediaries’ to get messages across, says Hill

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Donald Trump's security director receives honorary doctorate from University of Sunderland

Fiona Hill from County Durham returned home from the US to speak at the University of Sunderland and collect her honorary doctorate

The Independent UK

Four speakers for the 2022 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures announced

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lord Rowan Williams, Darren McGarvey and Dr Fiona Hill will give the lectures on the topics of freedoms.

Benzinga

Vladimir Putin Has A Clock Ticking, Says Former Advisor To 3 US Presidents: 'People Would Actually Like An Alternative.'

A top Russian advisor to three U.S.

Chronicle Live

Security advisor to George Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump visits Durham school

Dr Fiona Hill attended Bishop Barrington Academy in the late 70s and early 80s, before going on to follow her dreams in the United States of America

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Salon

Why Biden won't talk about nuclear war

The danger of nuclear war is higher than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis. Yet our president is silent

Wales Online

8 signs Vladimir Putin is seriously ill

There has been a lot of speculation into the wellbeing of the Russian leader amid the invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Putin ‘had to keep explaining things to Trump’, ex-White House aide says

Fiona Hill, a former national security council official, said Russian leader grew frustrated with Trump: ‘Putin doesn’t like to do that’

The Independent UK

Former US Russia adviser recalls Putin’s distinctive smell – and says he needed glasses

Recent reports suggest the Russia leader may be ‘seriously ill’

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin has a really strange smell and doesn't eat, official claims

President Vladimir Putin appeared as though he had "stepped out of a special bath" and did not eat at a meeting between Russian and Washington officials, an expert said

Chronicle Live

County Durham born national security expert shines light on Donald Trump's White House

Bishop Auckland born Fiona Hill shot to global prominence during Donald Trump’s first impeachment process.

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Ex-president says he ‘probably wouldn’t have any interest’ in returning to Twitter

Ohio man says Trump encouraged him and other supporters to ‘do his dirty work’

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