What to watch as America awakes to financial vulnerability
Channel 4 News’ economics editor Faisal Islam explains what it means to the US and to the world, for America to have its credit status downgraded to AA+.
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The Office of Rail Regulation is set to launch a criminal prosecution over the deaths of two teenage girls who died at a level crossing in 2005.
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.
Two women working for the aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres at the world’s biggest refugee camp, Dadaab, are kidnapped by gunmen.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox gives strong support to the defence industry at the opening of the UK’s DSEi arms fair, which includes delegates from Bahrain.
The UN reveals famine has spread to three quarters of Somalia, threatening 750,000 people with imminent starvation. Islamic Relief in the UK tells Channel 4 News the situation is now “catastrophic”.
The Disasters Emergency Committee tells Channel 4 News that just over a quarter of money it has raised towards the Horn of Africa Appeal is going to Somalia, the epicentre of the drought crisis.
Channel 4 News’ economics editor Faisal Islam explains what it means to the US and to the world, for America to have its credit status downgraded to AA+.
The head of the UN in Somalia exclusively tells Channel 4 News he is “not sure the population can survive until the end of the year” unless urgent action is taken, amid the worst drought in 20 years.
Ten million people across the Horn of Africa are being affected by the worst drought in 60 years. At the world’s largest refugee camp, aid agencies tell Channel 4 News people are facing desperation.
As Italy calls for fighting in Libya to be suspended so aid can reach victims, one charity tells Channel 4 News reports of landmines in western regions are making aid deliveries “very difficult”.
As another politician hears the clang of the prison gates, FactCheck looks at the Palace of Westminster’s soaring crime rate.
Former Conservative peer Lord Taylor of Warwick is jailed for 12 months after being convicted of fiddling his parliamentary expenses and claiming more than £11,000 from the taxpayer.
A bad night in the local elections for the Lib Dems, but political analyst Lewis Baston finds a glimmer of hope for Nick Clegg and his party in the electoral mathematics.
Rebels are given a financial lifeline as allies seek to unlock Libya’s assets. A lawyer tells Channel 4 News the allies are now aggressively targeting Gaddafi while in Misrata the struggle continues.
As much of America celebrates the death of Osama bin Laden, questions surface over the use of torture in locating his whereabouts, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.