Новости за 31.07.2016

Now she is 18 years old and has graduated high school, she will be considered 'fair game' - and it's wrong

With a, happily, ageing population and, very likely, lower immigration to redress our increasing demographic imbalances, the burden of the triple lock on the social security budget is getting heavy indeed

To Assad, Isis and Jabhat al-Nusra are strategic assets. These terrorist groups allow Assad to portray himself as the lesser of two evils, urging the world to back him in the fight against terrorism. Such a policy ignores the majority of Syrians, who do not want to be ruled by either Assad or extremist groups

The argument the Government relies on for the UK having an independent nuclear deterrent – that the world is an uncertain place and we cannot know what threats will emerge in decades to come – applies equally well to this civil nuclear project

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The reasons for the rise in hate crime in the UK are complex, and we must take the time to understand them so we can move towards healing our society

Banks are networked both domestically and internationally through inter-bank borrowing and lending and derivative transactions. Problems at one bank can quickly spread, infecting other firms and the financial system

We hear a lot of talk from politicians about the urgency of improving the UK's poor productivity. Upgrading digital connections is plainly a vital element of delivering that. How can we encourage more people to set up businesses if they cannot get reliable and fast broadband?

Today's teenagers aren't just flicking through the pages of fiction in their bedroom: they are talking to jihadis on social media and these heroes are telling them how beautiful they are, and sending pictures of themselves – it's intoxicating, it's addictive and it's the stuff of teenaged dreams