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The United States criticises the UN general assembly’s vote to upgrade the status of Palestine as “unfortunate and counterproductive”.
Former chancellor Lord Lawson condemns the Conservative-led coalition’s rising aid payments to Rwanda, a country which he says is run by “an unscrupulous monster”, writes Jonathan Miller.
Exclusive: A former ally of the Rwandan president warns that British aid is bankrolling an unaccountable, repressive regime accused of war crimes in neighbouring Congo, writes Jonathan Miller.
Lindsey Hilsum
The Foreign Office had been reluctant to blame President Kagame’s government for the surge in fighting in the east of the DR Congo. That changed when it emerged Rwanda was behind the M23 rebel group which seized Goma.
Hamas says a ceasefire has been agreed at Egyptian-brokered talks with Israel that will come into effect tonight. But Israel says a deal has not been finalised.
With the death toll in the conflict with Israel topping 100, Gaza residents are left to bury their dead. Meanwhile, ceasefire talks unfold to the background of a threatened Israeli offensive.
With speculation that an Israeli ground attack on Gaza is imminent, Channel 4 News looks at how the conflict began – and how it could end.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon calls on Israel to exercise “maximum restraint” to avoid further bloodshed in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Gary Gibbon
The government’s analysis on Syria looks to be changing from “there’s nowt much we can do” to “we should explore what can be done to limit Syria’s wider impact”.
There have been plenty of sparks and there are warnings of “protracted days” of fighting in the wake of the Israeli assassination of Ahmed al-Jaabari, the military commander of Hamas in Gaza.
Visiting a refugee camp near Jordan’s border with Syria, David Cameron has called for a new diplomatic push to force President Assad from power.
Britain boosts to 10 the number of drone aircraft flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan, as the foreign secretary faces questions over UK support for US drones in Pakistan.
Ahead of David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative party conference, Channel 4 News asks a former minister, a celebrity and conference delegates for their assessment of the PM.
Imran Khan tells Channel 4 News drone attacks in Pakistan are “fomenting radicalisation” and calls on the US to name victims to prove they are killing terrorists, not civilians.
Gary Gibbon
I’ve been reading the document Rory Stewart MP was referring to when he challenged William Hague in the Foreign Affairs Select Committee yesterday about why he referred to green-on-blue/fratricidal/Afghan National Security Force attacks against Isaf as “Taliban” attacks. Rory Stewart said there was evidence that perhaps three quarters of such attacks were not committed by people with links to…