Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News.
This year he has led the Channel 4 News coverage of events in Ukraine from the crash site of Malaysia flight MH17, to the tensions in Crimea and reported live from Independence Square on Kiev’s bloodiest day. He has also secured major interviews with Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Prior to his appointment as Europe Editor for Channel 4 News, Frei was the Washington Correspondent for two years and has reported on the Americas on everything from business and culture to US foreign policy and its view of the world.
He is also part of the presenting team across Channel 4's news and current affairs portfolio, including the award-winning Dispatches programme.
Matt previously anchored the BBC World News America bulletin and was also Washington Correspondent. He presented a weekly radio show called Americana, and in two decades at the corporation reported from Bonn, Rome, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore.
He is the author of two books: Italy: The Unfinished Revolution published in 1996 by Random House and Mandarin books and Only In America published in 2008 by 4th Estate.
Higher rates of maternal mortality among Black women isn’t just an issue in the United States – here in the UK, Black women are up to four times more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth than white women. We spoke to the Labour MP and black maternal health advocate Bell Ribeiro-Addy and asked her…
We spoke to Craig MacKinlay, the Tory MP for South Thanet and chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group. We began by asking him if the party’s victory in Uxbridge and South Ruislip was purely down to opposition to the Ulez.
It’s been yet another day of disruption for train passengers.
We spoke to Mohamed Osman, the author of a Human Rights Watch report on killings that took place in the Western Darfur town of Misterei. We put it to him that the Rapid Support Forces had issued a statement saying none of this ever happened – and asked him if their denial was credible?
The 2026 Commonwealth Games have been thrown into doubt after Australia’s Victoria state pulled out of hosting them.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games have been thrown into doubt after Australia’s Victoria state pulled out of hosting them, citing soaring costs.
Children armed themselves with homemade weapons for protection at a young offenders institution in Kent where violence was rife – a damning report has revealed.
Europe has also been trying to deliver on its pledge to tackle illegal migration, agreeing a new deal with the country that’s become the latest hub for people trying to cross the Mediterranean for European shores.
The release of the government’s plan to cope with the climate crisis – was brought forward after it was leaked to a newspaper.
Victor Gao is vice president of the Beijing-based think tank – the Center for China and Globalisation.
Rachel Kyte is Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University and has advised different governments and financial institutions on climate change.
The Belarusian defence ministry has released footage which they say shows Wagner forces in the country and training Belarusian soldiers.
We were joined by Conservative MP Steve Brine, who chairs the health and social care select committee.
We were joined by Candice Howarth from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change.
We spoke to Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole about the Ryan Tubridy scandal, and began by asking him whether parliamentary inquiries are always so popular they’re played in pubs in Ireland.