Jon Snow
Iran's looming break with Britain
Jon ponders the future of Britain’s centuries-old relationship with Iran.
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Jon Snow
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Washington accelerates pullout from Iraq
Reports that Washington is accelerating its withdrawal from Iraq by three weeks are a mixed blessing, says defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones.
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Authorities commit ‘human rights abuses’ in Mexico drug war
Mexico’s security forces are committing grave human rights abuses in their desperate fight against drug cartels, a new report alleges. Channel 4 News looks into the country’s “war on drugs”.
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Matt Frei
We can’t all be Germans, so what’s next?
Matt Frei considers the stony path between austerity and stimulus and wonders about the future track of economic well-being.
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FactCheck: Case dismissed on employment law reform
“Only in America and Canada do employers enjoy a lighter regulatory burden, according to 21 measures of how easy and expensive it is for companies to lay off their staff.”
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How private is your Facebook data?
As Facebook faces an audit over its storage of information, Channel 4 News talks to the 24-year-old Austrian student who has gone head to head with the social networking giant.
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Fox hounded out
Channel 4 News looks at the career of the former Defence Secretary who has resigned following days of increasing scrutiny and questions over his relationship with his friend Adam Werritty.
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Liam Fox quizzed about friend’s access to MoD
Labour MPs quiz Defence Secretary Liam Fox about his friendship with a man who allegedly claims to be one of his advisers and has visited him at the Ministry of Defence on many occasions.
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Is Ed Balls the problem or the solution?
The question Ed Miliband and the Labour shadow cabinet has to work out at this conference is as much about Ed Balls as anything else. Is he the economic mastermind or the electoral liability? His conference speech at Labour tried to acknowledge that he and his boss Gordon Brown made mistakes – but not the ones the government tries to pin on them. As they try to regain economic credibility they must decide whether it can be done by Ed Balls.
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Agony for Scots in last-gasp defeat to Argentina
Scotland are on the verge of exiting the Rugby World Cup after a dramatic 13-12 defeat to Argentina. Their last hope on staying in the tournament rests on them beating England next.
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EU delays Greek bailout payment
The European Union will not make a decision about the next tranche of bailout money for Greece until October, weeks later than expected.
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Homer’s Iliad translated to the modern age
Channel 4 News reporter Katie Razzall explores a sudden flurry of interest in a story written two and a half thousand years ago.
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Low-lying areas of New York evacuated in hurricane scare
President Obama has cut short his holiday warning Hurricane Irene will be a “historic” storm, as low lying parts of New York are evacuated and public transport shut down.
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Can’t afford a Gap Year? Think again
Missed out on a university place? Take a Gap Year, says spoof backpacker Orlando, “And remember, a gap yah will only cost you an extra 20K. Literally a bargain”. Channel 4 News begs to differ.
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Britain in the grip of riots – but why?
After three nights of riots, looting and arson in London and across Britain, Channel 4 News looks at who the rioters are and why they are taking to the streets so violently.
