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ITV faces a hard sell to tempt suitors despite Carolyn McCall’s best efforts
enters her eighth year as boss of ITV
she might be forgiven for wondering if maybe she shouldn’t haveturned down a chance to run Marks & Spencer instead.
McCall revealed the approach back in 2016 while quashing speculation she was poised to …
Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria – but where is the former dictator now?
former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad
remained unclear on Sunday as his ally Russia, which had long sustained him in office, said he hadresigned and departed the country
.“As a result of negotiations between B. Assad and a number of participants …
Undercover officer denies role in arson attack on Debenhams in 1987
An undercover police officer has denied that he set fire to a high street department store while masquerading as an animal rights campaigner, a public inquiry has heard.
Six witnesses have told the undercover policing inquiry that Bob Lambert, a police spy, was involved in an arson attack on a …
Syria’s rebels had strengths, but it was his regime’s weakness that undid Assad | Jason Burke
From doctor to brutal dictator: the rise and fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
On the face of it at least, the Bashar al-Assad of 2002 presented a starkly different figure to the brutal autocrat he would become, presiding over a fragile state founded on torture, imprisonment and industrial murder.
He had been president then for just two years, succeeding his father, Hafez, whose …
Christmas dips and party nibbles run short as Bakkavor factory strike continues
Industrial action at …
Lando Norris wins Abu Dhabi F1 GP as McLaren take first title since 1998
Lando Norris won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren and with it secured the constructors’ championship for his team, their first since 1998. In a tense race in the season finale, Norris had to beat Ferrari on his own from pole after his teammate Oscar Piastri was all but …
Trump calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy
Donald Trump has called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, a day after
meeting the Ukrainian president
, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Paris, claiming Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end its war with Russia.
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Any settlement with Russia has to be ‘just’, …
Hezbollah’s war with Israel left the Assad regime fatally exposed
It was not a coincidence that the Syrian group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began its push for the city of Aleppo on the same day that Israel and Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire to end the fighting in Lebanon. The domino effect set in motion by Hamas on 7 October 2023 …