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Keir Starmer faces Easter uprising over Labour campaign attacking Rishi Sunak

Labour MPs complain to their leader and warn ‘ugly’ new tactics will backfire in blue wall

The Independent UK

The road to war in Iraq: Bush, Blair, intelligence failures and the lying game

From dud intelligence to dire warnings, the failures of the infamous dossier making the case for war are examined by World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

What is the BBC Modi documentary and why is it so controversial?

‘India: the Modi Question’, examining 2002 sectarian riots, comes at sensitive time for prime minister

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Janet Anderson obituary

Labour minister whose campaign skills forced government action on a range of life-saving social changes in the law

The Guardian - UK

The Modi documentary must be watched, but did we need colonial overlords to tell this story?

By now, there’s a good chance most people have heard about the BBC’s documentary on Narendra Modi – and the controversies surrounding it.

Newslaundry

BBC’s Modi documentary is a story already known, aired and shared – but with one big bombshell

On January 17, the BBC aired part one of its two-part historical documentary on the rise of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and the controversy surrounding his role in the horrific Gujarat riots of 2002. Unsurprisingly, a hugely polarising controversy erupted not only in India but also among the Indian…

Newslaundry

India blocks BBC documentary on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots

The documentary critical of PM Modi’s role in the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots draws the ire of the Indian government.

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India says BBC film on Modi’s role in Gujarat riots ‘propaganda’

Documentary shows findings of a UK inquiry into the 2002 deadly riots, which reveals PM Modi failed to stop violence.

Al Jazeera

Blair’s exasperation with Mowlam over drugs policy revealed

Files released to the National Archives show the former Northern Ireland secretary pressed to liberalise the laws on cannabis.

The Independent UK

'Complete disregard' as slide at Nottingham's Christmas market placed near city focal point

Nottingham's speakers' corner was officially opened in 2009 by then-Justice Secretary Jack Straw. It was unveiled alongside a statue of former Nottingham Forest manager, Brian Clough

Nottingham Post

Sir Christopher Meyer, former UK ambassador to US, dies at 78

Meyer was ambassador from 1997 to 2003 and previously press secretary to PM John Major

The Guardian - UK

Nazanin arrest ‘may have been retaliation for detention of Iranians in UK’

Ex-foreign secretary Jack Straw said Iranian negotiators who came to the UK in 2013 to resolve a disputed debt were detained despite having visas.

The Independent UK

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