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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Revealed: terror training base Israel claims was built by British aid

Published by The Mail on Sunday (8th August, 2016) A training base built by an Islamist terrorist group behind suicide bombings and mass shootings was allegedly funded by […]

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Aid / World

British reporter arrested by ‘torture’ police funded by UK

Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st July, 2016) An elderly British journalist investigating corruption in Bangladesh has been arrested by a police squad that received UK aid […]

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Politics

Another casualty of Brexit?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (2nd July, 2016) They came together in common cause to pull Britain out of Europe. But one by one they stumbled in […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Tears inside Number Ten after the door closed

Published by The Mail on Sunday (26th June, 2016) David Cameron held back tears as he stood in front of the cameras on Friday outside Downing Street and, […]

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Aid / Politics

The depressing day your concerns were simply swept aside

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th June, 2016) It should have been momentous: Westminster forced to reconsider the folly of adopting a fixed rate of foreign aid […]

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Drugs / Policy

Agony of losing both our ‘stupid boys’ to ecstasy – and why drugs should be legalised

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th June, 2016) The boy’s room at the top of the house looks like any teenager’s bedroom, with school pens stacked neatly […]

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Aid / Politics

Aid bosses and tales to make your eyes pop

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th June, 2016) It was the campaign that made the country rise up with collective fury against political stupidity – and actually […]

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Europe / European Union / Norway / Politics

Should we follow Norway to the EU exit? Nei!

Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th May, 2016) Picture a scene familiar to many who live in the English countryside. Armies of eastern European farm workers are toiling […]

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Europe / European Union / Politics

Blips, blunders and bluster… has Boris lost it?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) When he announced he was backing Brexit, there was jubilation among those wanting out of the European Union, and […]

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Austria / Europe

The pistol-packing extremist set to be Austria’s leader

Published by The Mail on Sunday (22nd May 2016) Norbert Hofer is a father- of-four who speaks softly, smiles often and walks with a stick following a paragliding […]

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Aid / Israel, West Bank & Gaza / World

Stop giving aid cash to terrorists, say Jewish leaders

Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th May, 2016) Jewish groups are launching a campaign to stop British aid being used to fund Palestinian terrorists following shocking revelations […]

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Africa / Aid

Fishy tale of British aid and French military boats

Published by The Mail on Sunday (1st May, 2016) Britain has suspended aid to Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest nations, after secret loans meant to fund a […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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