Gary Gibbon
1,800 dock jobs go amid anger over spin
Portsmouth has long been under threat when it comes to shipyard job losses, but political spin has clouded that reality.
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Gary Gibbon
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BAE cuts 1,800 jobs and ends shipbuilding in Portsmouth
As BAE scales down operations in Portsmouth, news of an end to shipbuilding at the historic yard is greeted with dismay by unions. Hundreds more jobs in Scotland are also to be cut.
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Syria attack is not Iraq or Afghanistan, says Obama
President Barack Obama says he is confident that congress will vote in favour of military action and that the US will “degrade” President Bashar al-Assad’s capabilities.
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Indian submarine crew killed by blast
An Indian naval submarine with at least 18 sailors on board catches fire after an explosion and sinks in its home dockyard in Mumbai.
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Iraq war 10 years on: what have we learned?
It was the most divisive war of modern times. In our second special report a decade after the Iraq invasion, Channel 4 News asks leading figures what have we learned from it all?
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Matt Frei
America prepares for a nationwide self-amputation
The US spending “sequester” that could come into force later today stands to shave as much as half a per cent off the country’s GDP growth. And its impact on the UK could be critical.
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Matt Frei
CIA boss faces questions on ‘unmanned and unseen’ drones
Drones are the corner stone of Barack Obama’s security policy, but the debate is now raging in the CIA and beyond on whether the unmanned and unseen weapons are counter productive, and driving recruits to al-Qaeda.
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Bayonets, horses, and Mitt’s quest for world peace
Foreign policy was never going to be a hot election issue. But as Obama and Romney squared up in their final debate, the candidates were, quite literally, all over the map.
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LIVE BLOG: David Cameron at the Leveson inquiry
David Cameron gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards about his alleged “closeness” to members of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Add your voice.
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Jon Snow
Heat up the pasty! U can turn if you want to
Last night, the gentle scent of heating pasties indicated that we are indeed entering a new era.
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More missile sites as part of London 2012 security
The Ministry of Defence announces six possible missile launch sites, including several in residential areas, to protect the skies over London during the Olympic Games.
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US jet pilot: ‘I’m sorry I destroyed your home’
A US Navy F/A-18D fighter plane crashed into an apartment complex in Virginia soon after takeoff on Friday, sending fireballs into the sky, damaging six buildings and injuring at least seven people.
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Iranian nuclear weapon ‘getting closer’
As President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loads nuclear fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor, experts say Iran does have the technology to make a nuclear weapon, but lacks the political will – for now.
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UN moves on Syria as tanks pound Homs
With Russia resisting moves at the UN to force President Assad to stand down, Jonathan Miller describes the emergence in Syria of citizen reporters determined to show the world what is happening.
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Why the EU oil embargo on Iran matters
It’s all brinkmanship, and goes to prove how the volatile politics of the Middle East affects all of our lives, writes Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
