Jonathan Rugman , Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Jonathan Rugman has been Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News for more than a decade.
He reported from the revolutions and uprisings in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Bahrain and has covered stories as diverse as Somalia's famine, the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, corruption in world football and the Haiti earthquake. In 2016 he won a BAFTA for his reporting on the terrorist attacks in Paris.
He was previously the programme's Washington Correspondent and Business Correspondent and his reporting has won more than 10 awards. He is the author of "Ataturk's Children: Turkey and the Kurds" and previously worked on BBC Radio 4 documentaries and in Turkey for the BBC and The Guardian.
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Gaza ceasefire talks to begin under shadow of Iran Israel attack
Talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza are due to begin in Doha tomorrow: an Israeli delegation is on the way, while Hamas says it won’t be in the room but is open to separate discussions with mediators.
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Sudan’s military chief escapes drone attack ‘defiant’
Sudan’s military chief has survived a drone attack at an army graduation ceremony he was attending in the east of the country. General Abdel-Fattah Burhan escaped unhurt and defiant, but five people were killed.
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Inside the Paris Olympics security operation
France’s Interior Minister has suggested that he was more worried about tonight’s weather than the security situation.
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Israel strikes Yemen for first time since Gaza war
Israel has shot down a missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels towards the southern resort of Eilat.
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CrowdStrike: World’s biggest IT outage continues to cause global chaos
Cyber agencies in both the UK and Australia have urged people to be alert to fake emails or calls.
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What Trump assassination attempt might mean for the US political atmosphere
The United States is no stranger to presidential assassinations. Four sitting presidents have been killed, as well as several presidential candidates.
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Israeli airstrike kills dozens in Gaza refugee camp
At least 71 Palestinians have been killed, and almost 300 injured, in an Israeli airstrike on a camp for Palestinians displaced by the war in Khan Younis in Gaza, according to the health ministry there.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza
Dozens of people have been killed during Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, according to officials from the Hamas-run media office.
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IDF ‘tactical pause’ to allow Gaza aid criticised by Israel leader Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the army for its decision to pause its military offensive along the main road in southern Gaza.
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Pressure for Israel-Hamas ceasefire continues
This could be crunch week for Prime Minister Netanyahu and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Netanyahu calls Rafah attack ‘tragic mistake’
Israel says it has launched an investigation into civilian deaths – after dozens of displaced Palestinians were killed in an attack on Rafah in southern Gaza – sparking an international outcry.
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Iran’s president and foreign minister missing after helicopter crash
For hours, rescuers in Iran have been searching for a helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, which has crashed in heavy fog.
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Israeli forces push deeper into Northern and Southern Gaza
Fighting rages on in the north and south of Gaza.
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Israel vows to ‘exact a price’ as Iran launches first ever direct attack
It’s the first time Iran has launched a direct attack on Israel, though drones and missiles were also fired from Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
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Israel braces for Iran attack as Revolutionary Guard storm ship
President Biden is cutting short his weekend and returning to Washington to consult his national security team about events in the Middle East.
