Colonel Gaddafi made a quite extraordinary speech this afternoon, vowing to stay on and “die a martyr”; here, Seph Brown looks at the British left’s questionable relationship with the tyrant.
As uprisings continue to spread across the Middle East – particularly Libya – in a small corner of New York, the United States has taken a stand which could inflame the region further.
There is no doubt that Bahrain is a less likely place for the popular unrest sweeping the Middle East to settle, over and above more traditionally volatile states in the region.
State television has confirmed that Hosni Mubarak will address Egypt this evening at 8pm GMT, with reports emanating tonight that the president will resign, ending 30 years in power.
Within the space of two weeks, the Obama administration has managed to find itself sitting in the middle of the road on the vexed questions of Egypt and the Middle East.
All trains and internal state-airline flights across Egypt have been cancelled ahead of calls for a million-strong march in Cairo tomorrow, reports Seph Brown.
Seph Brown reports on the leak of the Palestine Papers, what they mean and the implications for the future.
Seph Brown discusses the Fabian Society Nexy Left conference debate on the environment, titled: “Green Gloom: How do we win the argument for the planet?”
Yvette Cooper has taken a decisive step in the development of Labour’s approach towards Middle East peace, reports Seph Brown, consultant for Prosper Palestine.
