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No ‘wild-eyed’ exuberance, but Merkel remains ‘quietly alluring’
Europe Editor Matt Frei pops into Angela Merkel’s final campaign rally, to see why the self-deprecating physicist is still popular with the crowds.
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Much has changed since Boris last visited Beijing following the 2008 Olympics. He is one of the few British politicians taking advantage of Chinese social media and his popularity is increasing.
Football fans would rather watch their club than the national team, but England’s qualification for the World Cup offers them excitement and hope, writes Sports Reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan.
As Italy declares a state of emergency following the Lampedusa disaster, Channel 4 News asks if social attitudes towards immigration are changing.
England’s footballers beat Montenegro 4-1 in their 2014 World Cup qualifier match – helped by their opponent’s own goal. But they need to beat Poland in their next game to be sure of qualification.
“Cautious not cavalier,” Roy Hodgson has every right to be confident ahead of England’s final two World Cup qualifiers, writes football commentator John Anderson.
Russia has charged five Greenpeace protestors with piracy following a protest on an Arctic oil platform, Greenpeace says.
Medics working in the chaos of Syria’s civil war are in constant danger from shells, gunfire and bombs – but they also fear arrest and death for just doing their job, writes doctor Saleyha Ahsan.
It has a fifth of the world’s population but just 9 per cent of the world’s farm land. Now China has signed a deal to buy vast areas of arable land in Europe’s bread basket – Ukraine.
Europe Editor Matt Frei pops into Angela Merkel’s final campaign rally, to see why the self-deprecating physicist is still popular with the crowds.
Half of tenants hit by the so-called “bedroom tax” have been pushed into rent arrears just weeks after its introduction, according to the body representing housing associations.
Grant Shapps hit back at the UN, saying UK courts approved the so-called “bedroom tax” policy. But Channel 4 News hears that lawyers are continuing to fight it on human rights grounds.
Even without Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge, England should still overcome Moldova. But it is the test against the Ukraine that really matters, writes football commentator John Anderson.
G20 leaders voice their concerns about a military strike on Syria, as Russia and Iran warn the US not to take action against the Assad regime.
The World Cup is the holy grail of sporting ambition. The deadline – 2022, when the World Cup travels to oil rich Qatar. But before we get there, English football has a big problem.
It is a tough job but someone has to do it – to find out why Britain is not exporting more manufactured goods, I volunteered to travel around Scotland for #c4newspopup and visit whisky producers.