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Jon Snow
Many thousands of Saudi men are in the field with Isis. But the Saudi royal family is so dominant that it is unclear who is linked to what when it comes to the export of extremism.
Of the big macro issues – banking, debt, oil and the pound – the most critical is banking. But a desire to reject free markets, privatisation and high inequality will also play its part.
MPs defend the UK military’s controversial drones programme, saying pilots are not video-gaming “warrior geeks”, and call for more clarity around their secretive use.
As military top brass warn of an obsession with “exquisite” equipment and the RAF opens up UK drone HQ, Channel 4 News asks if the next generation of battles will be fought not by man, but by machine.
The head of the RAF tells Channel 4 News that the world of Terminator 2 is coming in response to a question about unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as “drones”.
You would expect the Prism spying software scanning the world’s email for terrorism to be cutting-edge, but experts say it is not much smarter than a search engine. But how does it work?
David Cameron hosts a summit of his business advisory group in Downing Street, but does not raise the issue of tax avoidance with Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt.
Prime Minister David Cameron will make his second trade visit to India this week as he seeks to bolster Britain’s business relationship with Delhi.
Prime Minister David Cameron begins his tour of India promising to forge one of the “great partnerships of the 21st century”.
Jon Snow
With the war in Mali and killings at a BP oil plant in the Algerian desert, where is the funding for Islamist militants coming from?
David Cameron is touring Gulf states in a bid to patch up relations and boost British arms sales. But critics say he is helping to prop up repressive regimes.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will announce an additional £350m of funding for the next stage of designing the future generation of British nuclear submarines during a visit to Faslane Naval Base.
A report into Britain’s spending on military drones over the last five years reveals the most clear evidence yet that the future of warfare is unmanned and remote-controlled.
The Co-op is riding the ethical banking wave by taking over 632 Lloyds banking group branches. But what makes a bank ethical, and what else is on offer in the UK? Channel 4 News investigates.
As a section of UK airspace is set aside for unmanned aircraft, Channel 4 News asks whether drone technology is the future of aviation.