Jon Snow , Presenter
Jon Snow has been the face of Channel 4 News since 1989.
Jon Snow joined ITN in 1976 and became Washington Correspondent in 1984. Since then, he has travelled the world to cover the news – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of Nelson Mandela, to Barack Obama's inauguration and the earthquake in Haiti.
His many awards include the Richard Dimbleby Bafta award for Best Factual Contribution to Television (2005), and Royal Television Society awards for Journalist of the Year (2006) and Presenter of the Year (2009).
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Sleaze scandal caused ‘immeasurable damage’ to reputation of parliament, says Standards Committee chair
We spoke to the MP Chris Bryant, chair of the Commons Standards Committee, and began by asking if he thinks these changes are clear enough.
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Lukashenko is showing his opponents ‘just how brutal he can be’
We have also been speaking to Anne Applebaum, writer for The Atlantic magazine and author of Twilight of Democracy.
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Belarus border crisis: ‘We are under attack’, says Poland’s deputy foreign minister
We spoke to Martin Shidash, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, and asked if this was a new crisis or the extension of an old one.
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FW de Klerk: Last South African apartheid president dies at 85
The death has been announced of FW de Klerk, the last South African president to rule under the apartheid system. He was 85.
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People in Afghanistan will starve to death this winter unless we act, says Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary-General
Aid organisations have warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, with around 60% of the population now facing acute hunger.
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‘Government made a mistake’ over Owen Paterson vote, says Tory MP
We spoke to MP Kevin Hollinrake, who was one of the few Conservative MPs to vote against the government’s amendment last week.
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‘Considerable damage to PM’s reputation’ over handling of Owen Paterson row, says Sir Alistair Graham
We spoke to the former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Alistair Graham.
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‘We can’t defend using parliamentary privilege for personal gain’, says Lord Heseltine
We spoke to the former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine, and began by asking him how much damage Owen Paterson’s lobbying row has done to the party.
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‘Freetown to Treetown’ – mayor outlines plan to plant a million trees
Thousands of miles across the African continent, in Sierra Leone and its neighbours, the overheating planet and desertification are becoming ever more urgent.
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Madagascar on verge of ‘first climate-induced famine’
Madagascar, one of the world’s poorest countries, has been plagued by drought and hunger for decades.
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‘Our main struggle has been protecting Ecuador’s territories from extractivism’, says indigenous people’s advocate
We were joined by Helena Gualinga from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku in Ecuador.
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It’s ‘bad business lending to Big Energy’, says former Bank of England governor
There is no shortage of dire warnings about the catastrophe facing the planet, but what’s really needed are answers.
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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface set for first polar expedition
Britain’s new polar research ship was given a send-off in London today. This is the ship which the public, when polled, wanted to call Boaty McBoatface. That was overruled, in favour of the more regal-sounding RRS Sir David Attenborough.
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‘Pull together’ like ‘Britain did against Hitler’ to tackle climate crisis, environmentalist Jane Goodall says
The environmentalist Jane Goodall achieved fame for her decades working with wild chimpanzees – encouraging people to see the creatures as capable of emotion, with their own personalities.
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Antarctica marine biologist: ‘It’s not the earth that needs saving, it’s us as humans’
Sixty percent of the world’s freshwater is held in Antarctica in an ice sheet that stretches across almost the entire continent.
