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War and journalists: why do we go?
You prove yourself by getting great stories not by taking insane risks and talking about it in the bar afterwards – a consideration of the dangerous business of reporting from war zones.
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Former prime minister Tony Blair insists he has not been holding up the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. So what has it taken so long to see the light of day?
Tony Benn, who has died aged 88, appeared on our television screens over several decades – on the stump, addressing conferences, discussing his famous diairies, even interviewing Saddam Hussein.
Labour MP for 50 years, cabinet minister, socialist firebrand in opposition, anti-war demonstrator – Tony Benn was never at a loss for words, as his most striking quotes show.
British terror suspects could be stripped of their citizenship even if it leaves them stateless – if an amendment is made to the immigration bill.
You prove yourself by getting great stories not by taking insane risks and talking about it in the bar afterwards – a consideration of the dangerous business of reporting from war zones.
How much do we know about the spymasters who stepped out of the shadows to face the television cameras? Channel 4 News has the scoop on the snoopers.
Should the American and Iranian presidents manage to grasp a handshake in the margins of the UN general assembly, it could prove the most important handshake since the ending of the cold war.
The Kerry-Lavrov deal will rewrite the diplomacy handbooks… if it works.
There’s a new town in town. Not on any map, but deep in the public psyche of the UK, US and France. It’s Baghdamascus.
Western public opinion has turned against military intervention, but those who deplore the use of chemical weapons have yet to come up with a viable alternative response.
Almost 100,000 people have died as a result of Syria’s two year conflict. Why did it take the suspicion of chemical gas for the west to consider intervention? Channel 4 News reports.
The US secretary of state says hair and blood samples prove that the Assad regime used deadly nerve gas in an attack on rebel positions.
The UN team investigating allegations of chemical weapons attacks on rebels leaves Syria as the US says it is considering military action.
He has suffered a momentous Commons defeat, but David Cameron’s decision to rule out British military action in Syria puts him at one with public opinion.
British MPs may think they’re debating Syria, but their frame of reference is Iraq. Of course we should learn from past mistakes but the two situations are different, the proposed intervention is different and the aim is different.