Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor.
Recently she has reported on the war in Ukraine, and the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
She has reported from six continents, covering the major conflicts and refugee movements of the past three decades, including Syria, Iraq, Kosovo and Rwanda, winning many awards.
She is the author of Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution and In Extremis; the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin, which won the 2019 James Tait Black Prize for biography.
She is a regular contributor to newspapers and literary journals.
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Trump and Zelenskyy clash in angry White House meeting
The extraordinary row that took place in the last few hours in the Oval Office is the kind of bust up that might happen in private. But not in public in front of the world.
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US – Russia talks held in move to improve diplomatic ties
Ahead of discussions between the UK’s prime minister Keir Starmer and President Trump, the US was forging ahead with talks with Russian diplomats in Turkey.
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Trump says Zelenskyy will sign ‘very big’ mineral deal in Washington on Friday
Despite being under a huge amount of pressure during days of negotiations, Ukraine has limited the scope of President Trump’s original proposed minerals deal. Trump wants money and Zelenskyy wants security.
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How will Trump react to increase in UK defence spending?
It’s been reported that Ukraine has agreed terms with the USA on a minerals deal in bid to improve its own relations with the Trump administration.
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Macron and Trump discuss Ukraine peace prospects at White House
Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, the French President is at the White House on a mission to stop Donald Trump sacrificing Ukraine to Vladimir Putin.
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At CPAC Musk defends DOGE cost cutting as ‘a good time’
At the Conservative Political Action Conference – or CPAC – in Washington DC Elon Musk brandished a chainsaw and Steve Bannon raised his arm to the crowd.
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CPAC: Trump faithful gather near DC for conservative conference
The Donald Trump faithful have been gathering near Washington DC for their annual pilgrimage to all things conservative.
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Trump’s new world: US and Russia begin Ukraine peace talks
After three years of being left out in the cold following the invasion of Ukraine, today the Russians were back at the table, the meeting with a US delegation in Riyadh went on for more than four hours.
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US to meet Russia to discuss future of Ukraine
Tomorrow, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to hold talks with Russia’s foreign minister in Riyadh.
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Vance: Europe’s biggest threat not from Russia, but “from within”
JD Vance had a stark message for Europe: free speech is in retreat across the continent
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Ukraine war: Trump works with Putin as Nato and Europe sidelined
Russia is rejoicing after President Trump ripped up three years of US policy on the war in Ukraine.
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How Trump’s Gaza proposal risks destabilising the entire region
Jordan has already absorbed two and a half million Palestinian refugees over the decades.
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Israel ramps up operations in occupied West Bank
The ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel was an achievement Donald Trump claimed before he’d even taken office last week.
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Trump pledges to ‘take back’ Panama Canal – but is it bluster?
Among Mr Trump’s immediate pledges – taking the Panama Canal back under US control, after alleging China is operating the canal and accusing Panama of charging the US too much to use it.
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US imposes sanctions on Sudan, accuses RSF of genocide
The US has determined that the Rapid Support Forces who are fighting Sudan’s military in the country’s brutal civil war, have committed massacres and rape that amount to genocide.
