Earth from space: August 2014
During August, there have been some particularly good images of our planet taken by Nasa satellites from space.
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Scores of immigrants attempt to storm a ferry at the port in Calais, amid calls to tighten up security across the Channel.
During August, there have been some particularly good images of our planet taken by Nasa satellites from space.
In her final speech to the UN Security Council, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says a focus on short-term interests stopped the group from preventing large scale human suffering.
Minority Yazidis in Iraq are reportedly buried alive as the US steps up airstrikes against the Islamic State, which declares ‘caliphate’ in the region.
There have been three serious rioting incidents in Calais in the last 24 hours. Last night 51 people were injured as immigrants attacked each other in the French port. Channel 4 News was there.
An outbreak of Ebola has killed more than 670 people across Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. So what do we need to know about this highly contagious virus?
Meriam Ibrahi, who was sentenced to death in Sudan for renouncing Islam, has met Pope Francis at the Vatican. Meriam’s conviction was quashed after Sudan came under intense international pressure.
From home-made, short-range rockets to weapons that can threaten the populations of Israel’s major cities, Hamas arms are increasing in sophistication – and in destructive capability.
The question is no longer what Tony Blair did, or what President Obama should do, but what are we all going to do?
Sudanese Christian convert Meriam Ibrahim and her two young children are re-arrested at Khartoum airport, just hours after photos are released showing her smiling, and free from prison.
More than 50 million people were forced to leave their homes last year due to war or persecution, the highest number since the second world war, says the UN refugee agency.
Meriam Ibrahim’s lawyer tells Channel 4 News that reports she is to be freed are “absurd” and untrue, as political leaders call on the Sudanese government to lift her death sentence.
Nigeria is seeking the urgent extradition from Sudan of a Boko Haram terror suspect born and educated – and reportedly radicalised – in Britain, Jonathan Miller reports from Abuja.
Syria, Central African Republic and Iraq top a new index of conflict and political violence which gives 16 countries an “extreme risk” rating and sees Ukraine jumping to 35th most at-risk country.
Exclusive: Mountaineer Ed Wardle speaks to Channel 4 News about “horrific” scenes on the slopes of Everest, which has now been closed off, and says that 16 people are believed to be dead.