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"The Islamic State is self-sufficient"

Reality Check: Islamic State beheads another journalist, Obama in Estonia

Islamic State beheads another journalist

A second beheading video from the Islamic State has emerged, purportedly showing the execution of US journalist, Steven Sotloff. Is this a hostage situation that could be negotiated, and if so, what do they want?

Shashank Joshi discusses what the Islamic State really wants to achieve, and explains why cash is no longer an issue, and what they really want is war.

Obama in Estonia

US President Obama is in the Baltic states today, ahead of the NATO meeting in Wales tomorrow.

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US President Barack Obama and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the welcome ceremony in Tallinn

James Boys gives his analysis of the US position on the increasing tensions surrounding the crisis in Ukraine, and the implications for other former Soviet states.

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