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Leftie or Tory? No, just following the hedgehog
It’s often said that the only thing in the middle of a road is a white line and a squashed hedgehog. Perhaps to that ignominious roll call should be added: news presenter.
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In a first for the US military Chelsea Manning, the soldier serving 35-years in prison for sending classified documents to Wikileaks, is to receive hormone therapy as part of her gender reassignment.
King Abdullah’s death has trained a spotlight on Saudi Arabia, one of the most devout and politically insular countries in the Middle East. Here are some facts about the kingdom you may not know.
They came to the UK to seek refuge – but now exiled Bahraini democracy activists have been alarmed to find their online activities may have been under surveillance by the government of Bahrain.
After two years of confinement inside the Ecuadorian embassy, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange calls a press conference and says he will leave “soon” – without giving any further details.
It’s often said that the only thing in the middle of a road is a white line and a squashed hedgehog. Perhaps to that ignominious roll call should be added: news presenter.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – hiding for two years in the Ecuadorian embassy – is in “a prison cell with internet access” and “yearns to walk in the fresh air,” says a close friend.
US intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden says in a US television interview that he was “trained as a spy” and worked undercover in other countries for various government agencies.
US explorers say they have found Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria. It could be one of the greatest nautical finds ever, but there are many other famous shipwrecks still waiting to be discovered.
Jon Snow interviews one of the world’s most famous political thinkers, Noam Chomsky, live on tonight’s Channel 4 News at 7.35pm – so what should he ask? Tweet your question now.
British film director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave gets 10 Bafta nominations, with other films in the running for a fruitful awards night including American Hustle, Captain Phillips and Gravity.
From the ‘fiscal cliff’ from which America never fell, to an Iraq inquiry that is still to report back. Here are seven things that were expected to happen in 2013 – but did not.
It was a weird feeling, standing there in my suit and tie at the edge of the virtual battle space. Because the asymmetry of power is massively dramatized in this drone ‘cockpit’.
Out of time and soon out of office, the Afghan president-outgoing, Hamid Karzai, has just done exactly what Afghans and foreigners alike, never expected.
A few years back it would have been a no-brainer for Edward Snowden that WikiLeaks was the right forum for his expose – but it’s no longer the destination for whistleblowers.
The US and UK governments are struggling to recruit the number of tech-savvy agents they require to police their citizens. And that is causing security issues.