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Assange blames ‘railroading’ as judge grants extradition
A UK judge has ruled Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden, dismissing fears his human rights are at risk. Pro-WikiLeaks campaigners tell Channel 4 News the process has become a “joke”.
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Bahrain protesters in Britain ‘terrified for families’
As the Bahrain protests leave five dead and hundreds injured, campaigners in Britain tell Channel 4 News they’re terrified for relatives in Manama.
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Protesters killed as police storm Bahrain demonstration camp
Riot police storm a protest camp in central Bahrain killing five people and leaving hundreds wounded as unrest continues. A witness tells Channel 4 News the authorities wanted protesters to “pay”.
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US piles pressure on Egypt for ‘immediate’ progress
US Vice-President Joe Biden calls for “prompt” action in Egypt as fears increase that the ongoing protests pose an escalating threat to the Middle East peace process.
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Egypt diary: Obama's big foreign policy test
When President Obama appeared on American TV sets just before 7pm on Tuesday he talked about “difficult days ahead”. And he wasn’t just talking about difficult days in Egypt, blogs Sarah Smith.
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More US troops as military reaches Afghan deal
As the US plans to send more combat troops to Afghanistan there are reports of a peace deal with local tribes in the Sangin region. Alex Thomson says the deal should be treated with “extreme caution”.
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Veteran US diplomat Richard Holbrooke dies
Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who was President Obama’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died at the age of 69. Sarah Smith looks back at the life of the “foreign policy giant”.
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Arrest warrant expected for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
Channel 4 News learns that Britain’s serious crime agency is expecting an arrest warrant application from Sweden for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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WikiLeaks latest: embarrassing and undermining trust
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, says the latest WikilLeaks revelations will not be as damaging as those previously published, but they do offer embarrassment and will undermine trust.
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US braced for fresh WikiLeaks release
Government are bracing themselves for the latest batch of classified documents by WikiLeaks. Former diplomat Carne Ross tells Channel 4 News there is a need for more responsible accountability.
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US briefs allies on new WikiLeaks documents
The United States has briefed Britain, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Israel ahead of the expected release of classified US documents, according to WikiLeaks.
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US briefs allies on new WikiLeaks documents
The United States has briefed Britain, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Israel ahead of the expected release of classified US documents, according to WikiLeaks.
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to fight order for arrest
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to challenge a Swedish prosecutor’s “bizarre and exotic” request for an international arrest warrant, his lawyer tells Channel 4 News.
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MoD condemns Iraq war files leak as reckless
The MoD has joined the US in condemning Wikileaks for the largest ever leak of classified files, as human rights campaigners call for an investigation into thousands of unreported civilian deaths.
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Iraq secret war logs: surrender and die
Exclusive: a lawyer tells Channel 4 News there could be evidence of war crimes in the Iraq logs made public by WikiLeaks which contain records of fighters being killed as they try to surrender.