David Pratt
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Watch Benjamin Netanyahu once again play his âsecurity cardâ as election looms (opens the original)
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AS I write this, the full details of yesterdayâs terrifying incident on the Israel-bound flydubai flight that was diverted to Saudi Arabia are still unfolding. What is clear is that events aboard Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv appear to have involved a fight between two pilots and whatever the reason for this, a general emergency signal and then another emergency signal, a code 7500 indicating possible unlawful interference, was then sent. A short time later, Israelâs prime minister Be
'A f***ing disaster' Finally, Donald Trump has become a liability for the Republicans (opens the original)
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The president has told voters to vote like he is on the ballot, but that’s precisely what worries Republicans who are distancing themselves from him writes Foreign Editor David Pratt There was a lot of pomp and pageantry last week when Donald Trump welcomed China’s leader Xi Jinping to the White House. Never one to miss a grandstander opportunity, perhaps the most memorable quote from what was otherwise a meeting short on substance, was when Trump gave Xi a tour of the new helipad he had recentl
Donald Trump has become a midterm election liability for Republicans (opens the original)
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The president has told voters to vote like he is on the ballot, but that’s precisely what worries Republicans who are distancing themselves from him writes, Foreign Editor David Pratt THERE was a lot of pomp and pageantry last week when Donald Trump welcomed China’s leader Xi Jinping to the White House. Never one to miss a grandstander opportunity, perhaps the most memorable quote from what was otherwise a meeting short on substance, was when Trump gave Xi a tour of the new helipad he had recent
The shadow of another military call-up is looming over Russiaâs election (opens the original)
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THEYâVE been stepping up the pace on âcorporate mobilisationâ these past weeks in Russia. For those readers unfamiliar with the term, it refers to a practice the government uses to pressure and control employees at state-funded institutions, state-owned corporations, and major private companies into making sure they vote the âright wayâ in elections. Or, to put this another way, make sure they vote for candidates that are pro-Vladimir Putin and the Kremlinâs main United Russia Party.
'I am a soldier without boundaries' What bin Laden told me years before 9/11 (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years ago, the collective shock of the terrorist attacks on the US was upon us. Foreign Editor David Pratt’s essay recounts what it was like to report on their aftermath and how those events shaped our world It would be about 17 years ago now. Embedded as a correspondent with a US military unit, I found myself sitting one afternoon swapping stories with American helicopter pilots in the shade of a sweltering hot day at their airfield base near the Afghan city of Jalalabad. As we chat
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