President Trump’s shock decision to withdraw US troops from north-east Syria confirms a disastrous slide in American foreign policy.

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President Trump’s shock decision to withdraw US troops from north-east Syria confirms a disastrous slide in American foreign policy. He deserves credit for pulling the US out of the lethal Iran nuclear deal; but his subsequent actions have merely empowered Iran, which is now gloating over American weakness. To read my take on how Trump's isolationism risks turning him into Obama mark two, please click here.

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The Metropolitan police treatment of prominent men they treated falsely as paedophiles caused untold suffering. Yet incredibly, the police regulator's report on this travesty was a whitewash. To access my Times column (£) on this scandal, please click here.

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