Search results for ‘ALEX THOMSON’
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This time the Games really are at risk
Alex Thomson looks at the escalating problems facing the organisers of next month’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi – and finds that this time the risks are not being over-stated.
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Still struggling to meet the Afghanistan challenge
Nearly a decade after NATO soldiers arrived in Afghanistan to oust the Taliban, Alex Thomson analyses how the security challenge remains tough.
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Growing fears over India Commonwealth Games
Beleaguered Commonwealth Games organisers in India face more collapsing infrastructure and threatened pullouts. Alex Thomson argues the Games might “quite possibly, not happen at all”.
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Pope attacks ‘marginalisation of religion’
The Pope attacks the “increasing marginalisation of religion” in an historic address to MPs after earlier meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury. Alex Thomson looks at the careful words of the Pope.
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Decoding Pope Benedict’s message
The Pope is delivering a carefully constructed message on his first state visit to the UK, writes Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Unprecedented police operation for Pope’s visit
Officers say the Pope’s visit to Britain will be met with an unprecedented police operation across the UK. Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson speaks to the people tasked with policing the Pope.
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Blitz remembered at St Paul’s 70 years on
Thousands gather in St Paul’s Cathedral for a special service to remember the Battle of Britain and those who survived the blitz during the Second World War. Alex Thomson meets one such survivor.
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Cricket bet scam: players could be victims too
As the controversy continues over Pakistan’s cricket team’s alleged betting scam, Alex Thomson asks if the young, inexperienced players could be victims of the corruption themselves.
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Taliban attacks Nato Afghan bases
Foreign and Afghan troops have repelled Taliban attacks on two bases in east Afghanistan. The assaults are nothing new, writes Alex Thomson.
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Are King’s ‘choppy waters’ being felt on the beach?
With the Bank of England’s predicting a “choppy” future for the economy, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson asks locals in West Sussex if they think a recovery is on the horizon.
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Living on the Afghan frontline with the Taliban
Alex Thomson blogs on a remarkable film on Channel 4 News filmed by freelancer Paul Refsdal about life on Afghanistan’s frontline with Taliban fighters.
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Taliban view: Nato troops ‘cannot win’
Channel 4 News meets with a senior Taliban commander who says “this war cannot be won” by foreign troops as Alex Thomson examines rare footage of life on the frontline with insurgent fighters.
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Living with the Taliban on the Afghan frontline
Channel 4 News has obtained rare film of Taliban fighters on the Afghanistan frontline as Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at what it tells us about the insurgents and their tactics.
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Chinook crash inquiry into Mull of Kintyre disaster
Sixteen years from the Chinook crash on the cold, wet summer night on the mist-shrouded Mull of Kintyre, Alex Thomson asks if the end is in sight.
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General Dannatt: army had ‘no desire’ for Iraq war
Former head of the army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, tells the Iraq inquiry that an overstretched army ‘almost seized up’ due to troop commitments abroad, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.