The power of parody in eastern Ukraine
The tired looking young men in t-shirts and combat fatigues manning the barricades in Slovyansk say they are not going anywhere.
616 items found
Teenage cancer victim Stephen Sutton is honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours list, joining A-list celebrities and Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic champions.
Pro-Russian rebels shoot down a military transport plane in eastern Ukraine, killing all 49 Ukrainian service personnel on board.
Labour’s Yvette Cooper calls on the home secretary to explain why she released a letter criticising Michael Gove, which resulted in the resignation of one of her advisers.
World leaders and world war two veterans gather in Normandy to mark 70 years since D-Day, when allied forces landed in German-occupied Europe.
An explosion in China’s Xinjiang region kills 31 people, with 90 others injured. An eyewitness tells Channel 4 News she is “scared” of a repeat of violence that hit the city five years ago.
Nigeria’s neighbouring countries are ready to launch a “total war on Boko Haram”, the terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls, the president of Chad says.
The International Criminal Court is reopening an investigation into allegations of war crimes against the British Army in Iraq.
Vladimir Putin claims that Russia has withdrawn 40,000 troops from Ukraine’s border – but Nato says there is “no indication” of this.
David Cameron says the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria three weeks ago was an “act of pure evil”, as the Nigerian police offer a $300,000 reward for information leading to their rescue.
Groups of armed men kidnapped eight more girls – most of them teenagers – and attacked a further school in Nigeria, adding to more than 200 schoolgirls abducted three weeks ago.
A protest is held in London to demand the Nigerian government do more to rescue more than 200 school girls abducted by militants.
A hostage negotiator in direct contact with the kidnappers of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria tells Channel 4 News their safe release is “within reach”, but that their fate rests on a knife-edge.
The government denies Taliban claims it shot down a military helicopter in Afghanistan killing five British servicemen, calling the crash a “tragic accident” as tributes are paid to those who died.
The tired looking young men in t-shirts and combat fatigues manning the barricades in Slovyansk say they are not going anywhere.
Pro-Russian protesters clash with Ukrainian soldiers in the country’s east, as Kiev tries to control the unrest it blames on Russian agitators.