Ibrahim al-Mazwagi grew up in a middle-class family in London. But the 21-year-old jihadi left behind his home comforts to fight and die in Syria, writes Inigo Gilmore.
In this Channel 4 News exclusive, British and other western jihadi fighters are shown in Syria as never before – fighting and killing, shopping and preparing for a wedding. Inigo Gilmore reports.
More than 140 people, half of them children, have been killed in Syria in a series of scud missile attacks over the last few days, according to activists.
Welcome to the wacky world of anti-virus software guru John McAfee, who Belize police want to question about a murder and who describes himself as James Bond meets Scarface meets Indiana Jones.
Fresh analysis from Channel 4 News of police video taken during the Marikana massacre sparks nationwide debate in South Africa. Inigo Gilmore returns to the scene to hear from key witnesses.
Channel 4 News shows police footage which appears to undermine claims officers were acting in self-defence over the shootings. Inigo Gilmore reports on the distressing footage and its implications.
It was meant to save lives – but precious anti-retrovirals designed to fight Aids in South Africa’s townships are being stolen by street gangs to produce a highly addictive new drug.
Haiti’s sorrows seem never-ending. Two years after the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Caribbean nation. And now there are severe food shortages.
The lights may be glittering in Manhattan but much of the northeast is still struggling. Many in the New York borough of Staten Island are without power and fearful of looters. Inigo Gilmore reports.
The Greek government is cracking down on immigrants as the effects of its financial crisis deepen. Thousands of foreigners have been arrested. Inigo Gilmore reports from Athens.
The British government will force up to 60 Sri Lankan Tamils on to an aeroplane on Wednesday and send them back to a a country still recovering from a brutal civil war. Inigo Gilmore reports.
As South Africa’s striking miners prepare to return to work, Channel 4 News looks at the labour dispute that turned into a major political crisis – and the biggest threat that has ever faced the ANC.
In powerful testimony South African miner Shadrack Mtshamba tells Channel 4 News how he witnessed police shooting protestors at the Marikana mine last month even as they tried to surrender.
As tensions rise after 270 striking miners were charged with the deaths of 34 colleagues, who were shot by police, Channel 4 News hears one miner’s allegations of abuse by South African police.