Lindsey Hilsum
Tears and breathless emotion at the Chinese congress
Such is the excitement surrounding China’s 18th Communist Party congress in Beijing, some delegates have been reduced to uncontrollable sobbing.
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Cameron and Clegg insist coalition is ‘steadfast’
David Cameron and Nick Clegg insist their parties remain “steadfast and united” as they outline new reforms to mark the midway point of the coalition government’s first term.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Matt Frei
Does civil war beckon for the Republican party?
What used to be a broad church has become a schismatic one and after Mitt Romney’s defeat civil war could be looming for the Republicans.
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Commission to tear apart banking ‘greed culture’
The fate of British bankers is in the hands of 10 people tasked with reforming a culture of recklessness and crime. Meet the banking standards commission, who will tame the masters of the universe.
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The party’s over: How to deal with post-Olympic depression
It has been an amazing party – but now the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games are over, and the nation is facing a hefty hangover. What next? Let Channel 4 News be your guide.
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Gu Kailai verdict protects the Communist party
So a Chinese court in an out-of-the-way city called Hurfei has sentenced Gu Kailai, the wife of a disgraced Communist party boss, to a prison term of “life”. No dramatic tension there, I am afraid.
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London 2012 Olympic Games end with a party
London’s Olympic Stadium is turned from an athletics track into a massive musical show to celebrate the end of the London 2012 Games.
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What Team GB athletes get up to after winning medals
After years of strict diets and training regimes, Team GB’s athletes are now getting stuck into very different activities. Channel 4 News analysed their favoured pursuits before and after the Games.
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Faisal Islam
Five types of Drachmail ‘tearing the eurozone apart’
I see five types of euro-related blackmail going on that will determine Greece’s fate in the eurozone. What might be called “Drachmail”.
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The crying game: when politicians get teary
Ken Livingstone became tearful this week at the broadcast of his mayoral election video. Channel 4 News looks at some other notable public blubs.
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Tories to reopen talks on party funding
The Conservatives are prepared to reopen cross-party talks on political donations in the wake of the cash-for-access scandal, Michael Fallon has told Channel 4 News.
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Popular teacher dies after coach crash
A popular schoolteacher who was about to retire died when a coach carrying children back from a skiiing trip crashed in northern France.
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Party revellers warned of fake vodka dangers
A warning about the dangers of counterfeit alcohol is issued ahead of New Years Eve celebrations, after tests on counterfeit bottles revealed high levels of poisonous substances.
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Tears and fears: the death of Kim Jong-il
Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks blogs on the North Koreans’ response to the death of their ‘dear leader’, Kim Jong-il
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Putin’s party wins Russian poll but dealt huge blow
As Russian voters cut the ruling party’s parliamentary majority, the Russia Foundation’s David Clark tells Channel 4 News that this could be the beginning of the end for the Vladimir Putin era.
