John Simpson

Afghanistan is on the brink of humanitarian disaster – and the West is culpable

It is not the Taliban but the millions of Afghans facing starvation who will be most hurt by sanctions and the lack of international aid.

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A return to the scene of the 20th century’s greatest accidental revolution.

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Thirty years on, the events that took place in Beijing remain misunderstood – and the Chinese government wants to keep…

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Now I was going to stay at the BBC, I had to do an intensive and radical rewrite of…

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In February it became known that Xi was planning to abolish the rule that limited China’s president to two…

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For years now, the official Chinese position has been that no one was killed in Tiananmen Square.

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We desperately need a return to calm and moderation.

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If this was indeed a warning from the electorate, Erdogan is unlikely to go quiet and soothe the feelings…

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We were determined to ask the Cuban leader a question. Our beautiful fixer called out “Comandante!” – and just like that,…

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