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Syrian troops are carrying out a bombardment of Homs, in the west of the country. Channel 4 News speaks to a journalist in Homs who says Syrians are desperate for the UN to enforce a no-fly zone.
The US defence secretary warns that Israel may attack Iran as early as April to halt the development of Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Gary Gibbon
There isn’t normally a prime ministerial statement after an informal European Council like this one but one Tory MP told me he was sure there would be an attempt to table an urgent question and drag Mr Cameron to the Commons. “He’d better explain quickly,” one Tory MP said, “or he’s going to get his backside kicked.”
Amid continued sabre-rattling from Tehran and the west over an EU oil embargo and the free movement of oil ships through the Straits of Hormuz, Channel 4 News looks at the increasing tension.
As the Arab League observers pull out, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller asks what’s next for Syria, as it appears to slide unstoppably towards civil war.
As hundreds of political dissidents, politicians and journalists are freed in Burma, one analyst tells Channel 4 News the acid test for the country will be whether it allows free and fair elections.
Gary Gibbon
Political editor Gary Gibbon on the pressure David Cameron was (and remains) under from his eurosceptic backbenchers over the Eurozone crisis.
Senior UK security officials and ministers could be in the frame as the Metropolitan Police begins a new wider investigation into allegations of rendition in Libya, as Simon Israel reports.
British spies will discover later whether they will face charges over their alleged complicity in the torture of terror suspects.
Amnesty International calls on the US government to end indefinite detentions in Guantanamo, as the prison reaches its 10th anniversary.
As Ed Miliband rejects criticism of his leadership of the Labour party, Channel 4 News looks at how he is faring 16 months into the job.
Five explosions rock Nigeria killing dozens of people. The most serious blast is at a Catholic church on the outskirts of the capital Abuja.
The first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize wants Britain to freeze President Saleh’s assets, and tells Channel 4 News she was laughed at for protesting – until the Tunisian revolution.
The body of a woman has been found at the warehouse of a convicted Belgian gun fanatic who killed five people, including himself, in a grenade attack on Christmas shoppers.
The UK emerged from last week’s Brussels summit with a “bad deal”, says Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who fears Britain will now become “isolated and marginalised” within the EU.