Ukraine is hinting it may be prepared to talk, with conditions. Here’s what both sides could learn from the Northern Ireland peace process.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announce their new trade agreement.
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A newly approved trade deal could be an opportunity to return Northern Ireland’s political attention to pressing issues of health care, housing, energy costs and inflation.
Russian president Vladimir Putin honours ‘Russian heroes’ at a function in Moscow.
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The death of Queen Elizabeth will not weaken the attachment of Northern Ireland’s unionists to Britain. But it is a morale blow at a time of political uncertainty.
Olmedo Vega spent 35 years as a FARC guerrilla commander before moving to the Agua Bonita demobilisation camp.
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The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
Workers repair damage at the peace gates following sectarian violence in April 2021.
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Northern Ireland’s Orange Order will take to the streets on July 12 to commemorate a Protestant military victory. A scholar explains why this year the risk of unrest is heightened.
A fire at the site of a peace gate in Belfast during the unrest.
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Loyalist groups stand accused of encouraging young people to riot. Research suggests paramilitary groups do continue to wield significant power in certain areas of Northern Ireland.
Grafitti in Creggan, near where Lyra McKee was shot.
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Some of those who’ve grown up after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement are drawn into paramilitary groups due to a lack of power, protection and belonging.
Flowers at the spot where Lyra McKee was shot in Derry.
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Despite a year as UK City of Culture in 2013, Derry remains a place where poverty and worklessness are commonplace. Now it is mourning the loss of journalist Lyra McKee.
A mural in Bogside in Derry/Londonderry near the site of the events of Bloody Sunday.
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The British cabinet is split over whether to impose a statue of limitations on investigations into alleged crimes by former soliders in Northern Ireland.