Tag: War and Peace
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McGuinness: IRA leader turned peacemaker
It was an extraordinary personal journey. Martin McGuinness went from being a militant IRA commander to a “courageous” peacemaker. Now he has died aged 66. How should he be remembered?
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‘The most destructive weapon of all time’
The phone Adolf Hitler used to arrange genocide and murder has fetched nearly £200,000 at auction. Is a phone a weapon? And do its owner’s actions make it deadlier than a gun or a bomb?
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Fury as Trump bars millions of Muslims from US
Donald Trump has prevented citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America, sparking an angry backlash. Is the president trying to protect his country or divide it?
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I shot wounded men on battlefield says writer
A distinguished journalist has revealed how, 60 years ago when he was a marine, he shot two helpless and wounded enemy fighters dead. When this is done in battle, is it truly murder?
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Your 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed
She is the seven-year-old girl whose tweets forced the world to take notice of the war in East Aleppo. Meet the person chosen by The Day’s readers as 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed.
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Aleppo: ‘biggest civilian massacre since WWII’
Thousands are fleeing Eastern Aleppo as bombs rain down on schools and hospitals. Russia is planning to recapture the city before Donald Trump takes office — with it, they could win the war.
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Poppy row overshadows ‘Battle of Britain’
England face Scotland tonight on Armistice Day. FIFA rules that national teams cannot wear ‘political symbols’ but both teams are defying them by wearing poppies. Are poppies political?
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World on edge as US election reaches last day
America’s election tomorrow belongs to all of us, for all of us will live with the consequences. Just how much does modern global security and liberty still flow from ‘the land of the free’?
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Pope vows to heal 500 years of division
It split Europe in two. It launched wars and strife. But as the 500th anniversary of the Reformation approaches, Pope Francis wants to end the rift between Catholics and Protestants. Can he?
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Fall of Dabiq is ‘end of the world’ for ISIS
Yesterday ISIS lost control of a small Syrian town which is the battleground that will end the world. Or so it teaches. Is this ‘game over’ for ISIS? Or the trigger for a bloody martyrdom?
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Shock as Colombian voters reject peace deal
Last weekend, Colombians were asked to approve a controversial peace deal between their government and Marxist rebels. They shocked the world by refusing. Did they make a mistake?
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‘I want to live like a child. I’m very afraid'
Seven-year-old Bana Alabed is trapped by Syria’s horrifying civil war. Now her eye-opening tweets have gained international attention. Will they help to improve the situation in Aleppo?
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ISIS faces endgame as USA and Russia team up
At sundown this evening a ceasefire is due to begin in Syria. The world’s two great hostile powers will then launch a joint centre to combat jihadists, including ISIS. Should we be celebrating?
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The future of war — ‘anything is a weapon’
From jamming GPS to Twitter propaganda: a British Army report warns that Russia is using Ukraine to rehearse ‘hybrid warfare’ against the West. Scaremongering? Or a glimpse into the future?
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Japanese emperor hints at end of peaceful era
The head of the world’s oldest monarchy has revealed his desire to step down. He will be known as the emperor of ‘peace everywhere’ — but could Japan’s age of pacifism be coming to an end?