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Come here for America in all its glory - my take on the twist and turns of the presidency, electoral races and life beyond Washington
12 hours ago
It's a sweltering hot day in Berlin. Barack Obama got a cheer for taking off his jacket and urging others to do the same. It wasn't the last of his exhortations, by any means.
As for John Kennedy and later Ronald Reagan, this great city and its tortured history were his backdrop and his chosen symbol.
20 hours ago
Obama says re Syria people have got "over cranked " thinking that US is going in to start another war "we want to end a war"
20 hours ago
Obama says "cannot & will not" detail aid programmes to Syrian opposition
20 hours ago
Obama warns of danger of being on a perpetual war footing - must guard against being driven by fear http://t.co/l4R4J1Iqa7
20 hours ago
Obama giving detailed defence of prism gives example of finding out if Bin Laden called anyone in NY or Berlin
20 hours ago
But despite challenges worth seeking political reconciliation
20 hours ago
Obama says he expected friction at opening of talks w Taliban - there's enormous mistrust http://t.co/b3Q9vvStAr
20 hours ago
Obama says US & Germany want to see end to bloodshed in Syria and democratic future
20 hours ago
Obama says Afghanistan has chance to make its own destiny thanks to sacrifice of troops http://t.co/BrI7wup6eS
20 hours ago
Obama says Europe is US partner "in almost everything we do" http://t.co/Uj0eMnuXc2
20 hours ago
Merkel says talked to Obama about US Internet spy programme - free liberal democracies need proportionality - there'll be detailed talks
21 hours ago
Likely Karzai huff is about Taliban flag at office in Doha - not sure there's much the Americans can do about it
22 hours ago
Bloomberg claims Kerry wanted airstrikes on Syrian bases http://t.co/TeK0QfS5MN
22 hours ago
No comment from White House yet on Afghan suspension - guess they're trying to figure out what it's all about
07:40 UK time, Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Obama to use Berlin speech to say he'll cut cut nuclear weapons by a third - US will only use "under extreme circumstances"
16:34 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
G 8 calls on the Syrian authorities and opposition to destroy and expel from Syria all organisations and individuals affiliated to Al Qaeda
16:32 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
G 8 say deeply concerned about "growing threat from terrorism and extremism in Syria"
15:55 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Senior administrators describe it as a milestone on the road to peace. Others will feel it is nearer to treason.
After more than 10 years of war, President Obama's government will open direct talks with the Taliban.
15:55 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Mark added analysis to:
Russia's president fidgeted, looked awkward and moved his neck oddly, his body language screaming that he would be rather be anywhere else than at this summit.
Covered British politics from the fall of Thatcher to Blair's last election victory as political correspondent, Newsnight Political editor, BBC Chief Political Correspondent and diarist for This Week.
The BBC's first Europe editor covering the impact of EU laws on people in and beyond the European Union's 27 countries, from illegal immigration to Poland to environmental change in Spain.
Grew up in Surrey, educated at Kent University in Canterbury, worked in commercial radio on Teesside Leeds and London before joining the BBC.
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