Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is one of the main anchors of Channel 4 News.
He also fronts Channel 4 News' podcast 'Ways to Change the World' which interviews one guest at length each week about the big ideas in their lives and the events that have helped shape their thinking.
Since joining the team in 1998 he has fronted big events from the Omagh bombing, 9/11, the Mumbai attacks, to special war reports from Syria, Yemen and Gaza. Having covered five British general elections he does special political shows for Channel 4 such as the "Ask the Chancellors" debate.
Krishnan reports for the foreign affairs series Unreported World and commentates on major live events for Channel 4 such as the Paralympics Ceremonies. He also anchors controversial programmes outside the news including the first live televised "Autopsy".
His TV career began at the age of eighteen presenting youth television for the BBC. He went on to present, report and produce a variety of programmes from Newsround to Newsnight.
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‘Anything’ better than Assad, says Damascus resident
We spoke to Bissan al-Hallak, who lives in Damascus, and started by asking whether she was optimistic about the future of Syria.
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‘Morale in Syrian army obviously terrible’: former US ambassador
We spoke to the former US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford and began by asking him how he thought this conflict will end.
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‘There’s now hope to get our country back’, says Syrian filmmaker
Syrian film-maker Waad Al Kateab reported for Channel 4 News from inside Aleppo, before she was forced to flee in December 2016.
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Racism in police ‘not just few people’ ex-senior police officer
We spoke to the former Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu.
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Tim Minchin on his viral speech, quitting social media and being kind
Tim Minchin opens up about stepping away from social media, the rise of polemicists in public discourse, and why kindness and generosity are central to the stories he wants to tell, and the kind of person he wants to be, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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Cate Blanchett on AI, G7 and Syria crisis
A G7 summit may not seem like a promising setting for a film.
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Syrian rebel groups ‘planned offensive for months’ – MENA expert
We were joined by Dr Haid Haid, from the Middle East and North Africa Programme of the foreign affairs think tank, Chatham House.
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How Syria conflict is changing Israel and Ukraine wars
It’s no coincidence that the forgotten war in Syria has suddenly reignited now.
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20m
‘Assisted dying supported in part because care is failing’, says palliative care doctor
Two people with in-depth experience of end of life care joined us.
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Where does the rest of the world stand on assisted dying?
Today’s vote only applies to England and Wales and, as we’ve been hearing, it still has many hurdles to pass before it becomes law.
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Assisted dying: MPs on both sides react to bill passing
Just after the vote, we caught up with two MPs from either side of the argument.
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5m
Budget was ‘really tough on business’, says CBI chief
We spoke to Rain Newton-Smith, the chief executive of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire chance ‘really high’ says Lebanese journalist
We’re joined by Lebanese journalist and analyst Ali Rizk, an expert on Hezbollah.
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Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania election
In a shock result, Calin Georgescu is leading in the first round of the presidential election.
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UN climate talk proposal ‘slap in the face’, says think tank director
Earlier we spoke to Mohamed Adow, founder and director of Power Shift Africa.
