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Matt Frei
The government’s suggestion of capping tax relief on charitable giving would be unthinkable in the US, where philanthropy is a full time job for some of America’s richest individuals.
Activists and Arab League observers report an escalation in violence in Syria amid claims that forces loyal to President Assad killing an estimated 50 people over two days.
The House of Lords is on course for a confrontation with ministers as the upper house votes on the government’s proposed benefits reform.
Thai officials say central Bangkok has escaped the worst of Thailand’s most severe floods in half a century, but aid groups are now warning of the threat of water-borne diseases.
The death of one of the world’s worst tyrants on Thursday made it impossible for me to report that we are now three months on since the UN declared a famine in southern Somalia, writes Jonathan Rugman.
US drone strikes in Pakistan have killed more civilians than previously reported, including 168 children, according to figures compiled by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
In the first interview with a western news organisation since the UN declared famine in Somalia, a spokesman for the al-Shabaab Islamist group tells Channel 4 News there is no famine, only drought.
We have four vehicles in our convoy, lumbering giants mounted with machine guns fore and aft. And so we trundle out of the airport, feeling like sitting ducks, through the wrecked city of Mogadishu, failed capital of a notoriously failed state.
Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman travels into Mogadishu, to witness thousands of refugees who have risked everything crossing conflict zones to escape famine in the countryside.
Tens of thousands of people have already died in Somalia as the UN declares an official famine. A key figure leading the African Union’s efforts tells Channel 4 News “we’ll be burying children soon”.
The US gives $28 million in aid but says the money won’t be used in rebel-held famine regions, unless it receives assurances from militants. Channel 4 News talks to the head of the UN in Somalia.
Amnesty International reveals to Channel 4 News that it has the names of 77 children killed in the recent violence, plus reports of a third child tortured to death.
Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, has won the prestigious British Journalism Review’s Charles Wheeler award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism.
Ryan Giggs is the most successful footballer in UK history but on the eve of what could be the crowning glory of his career – a third Champions League win – he is mired in personal and legal drama.
A hat worn by Princess Beatrice to the Royal Wedding, and likened to a Turkey Twizzler, sells on eBay for £81,100. If you were outbid don’t fret, watch the Channel 4 News guide to making your own.