Siobhan Kennedy , Washington Correspondent
Siobhan Kennedy is the Washington Correspondent for Channel 4 News, based in DC.
Siobhan joined Channel 4 News in 2008 where, as Business Editor, she covered the financial crisis, austerity and its impact on the British economy and more recently, Brexit.
Before that, as a reporter for The Times, she worked as Politics and Business Correspondent and prior to that was a correspondent for Reuters in London and New York, where she covered the tech boom and bust and 9/11. She returns to the US just in time for the 2020 election campaign.
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US documenting possible war crimes in Ukraine, says Antony Blinken
Within the last hour, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been holding a press conference where he backed President Biden’s suggestion that Vladimir Putin is committing war crimes and warned China not to back Russia.
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Zelenskyy calls for a no-fly zone in US Congress address
Addressing a joint session of the US Congress, President Zelenskyy today called again for a no-fly zone. But failing that, he said, send more weapons.
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Ukraine war: Russia accused of using UN council for ‘disinformation’
US and European nations have accused Russia of using the UN Security Council to promote disinformation about the US funding biological weapons in Ukraine.
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US rejects Poland’s offer to send fighter jets to Ukraine
With the Ukrainian government desperate for more ways to protect its skies, a Polish plan to pass Mig-29 jets to Ukraine in return for equipment in kind from the US must have seemed welcome.
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UN votes to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and calls for their withdrawal
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn Russia’s invasion and called on it to pull its forces out of Ukraine immediately.
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US says Russia ‘preparing attack against Ukraine in coming days’
The increasing tension has been discussed on the floor of the United Nations. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Russia to de-escalate in a security council meeting to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
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Canada truckers: Anti-vaccine mandate protests enter second week
There have been sporadic anti-vaccine mandate protests all over the world.
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Islamic State leader killed in US special forces raid in Syria, president says
The leader of the militant Islamic State group has died after US special forces carried out a pre-dawn raid in north-west Syria, according to the US President Joe Biden.
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Ukraine: Biden to boost US troops in Europe amid Russia crisis
The rhetoric between Moscow and NATO allies over Ukraine stepped up another unpleasant notch today.
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Ukraine: 8,500 US troops on ‘high-alert’ in eastern Europe amid Russia tensions
As the White House mulls over the decision to send 8,500 troops to eastern Europe, the unity of Nato and the western alliance have been put into sharp focus as diplomatic efforts to de-escalate have proved unsuccessful.
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Ukraine crisis: Will US-Russia talks stop war?
“Frank and substantive”, according to the Americans, “open and useful”, according to the Russians, after further talks today over Ukraine.
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Biden clarifies Ukraine ‘minor incursion’ comment, after criticism from Ukrainian president
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been in talks with European diplomats in Berlin to try to present a firm and united front against Russia’s threat to invade Ukraine.
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Man gets genetically modified pig heart in world-first transplant
Surgeons in America have transplanted the heart of a pig into a human patient.
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Capitol rioters ‘held dagger at throat’ of US democracy, says Biden
“Holding a dagger at the throat of America” – President Biden’s scathing takedown of his predecessor Donald Trump exactly a year after a violent mob stormed the United States Capitol building.
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Donald Trump cancels speech ahead of Capitol Hill riots anniversary
On the eve of the anniversary of last year’s insurrection on Capitol Hill, former President Donald Trump is making headlines once again.
