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As David Miliband bows out of frontline politics, Gaby Hinsliff looks at what is awaiting the former Labour leadership hopeful, and whether his departure is good news for his younger brother.
Sarah Murdoch, the supermodel daughter-in-law of media baron Rupert Murdoch, announces the wrong winner of Australia’s next Top Model in an error dubbed the country’s “most awkward TV moment”.
North Korea’s dear leader Kim Jong-il promotes his son to role of general as experts predict a family sucession, writes Nick Paton Walsh.
Following an extensive £2m restoration project a historic gothic castle, said to be the inspiration for the Houses of Parliament, is about to reopen to the public. Channel 4 News gets a sneak preview.
With less than a fortnight to go before the Commonwealth Games open in Delhi, organisers face protests over the state of accommodation as a bridge collapses and three English athletes pull out.
“I’m coming. Both barrels. Guns loaded.” An Ohio councilman becomes an internet hit after a passionate appeal to be nominated as a local Republican candidate.
Jon Snow
To Amnesty International last night for a session with Gideon Levy the iconic columnist (the Twilight Zone) of the widely regarded Haaretz newspaper. He’s an increasingly lone voice in Israeli journalism, urging his fellow countryman to recognise what their illegal occupation of Palestinian lands is doing to their own society, their own country.
It’s behind the biggest leak of secret information since the Vietnam “Pentagon Papers” were made public nearly 40 years ago. But what is Wikileaks? Channel 4 News examines the whistleblowers’ website.
Jon Snow
A short blog to start the day. I’m just off on the bike to chair an intriguing session for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Don’t often get the call from the military. But two very special guests today: Generals David Petraeus (US) and Peter Wall (UK) are to speak and interact with an audience.
Political analyst Peter McHugh examines the contenders in a Labour leadership race described by Diane Abbott as containing “the narrowest gene pool in history”.
Millions were donated following Haiti’s earthquake which killed over 200,000 people. But have basic necessities reached the vulnerable? Inigo Gilmore visits camps sheltering the homeless.
Gary Gibbon
How do Tory backbenchers feel about yesterday’s grand coalition deal?
Gordon Brown quotes the bible, but did he get his references right? FactCheck finds out.
The claim “Sarah loves Marmite, I love marmalade.” Gordon Brown during a TweetMinster on Twitter session, 22 April 2010 The background The prime minister submitted to Twitter this afternoon. Along with other questions on comparatively trivial matters such as electoral reform, the economy and foreign affairs, the First Lord of the Treasury was asked whether…
“There’s a wonderful phrase: ‘the Fog of War.’ What the fog of war means is: war is so complex it’s beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend all the variables. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily.”