Jon Snow
Britain's health service: the best in the world?
So far, so predictable. One week of the formal election campaign underway and one key political football emerges, as so often before, the NHS.
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Child sexual abuse gang had its ‘tentacles round the world’
A gang of paedophiles who raped and abused babies, toddlers and children under the age of five in attacks that were streamed over the internet are facing lengthy prison sentences.
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Tom Clarke
Mysterious crash of one of the world’s safest aircraft
The Airbus A320 involved in the Germanwings crash is one of the world’s safest aircraft. And based on the limited details available, experts are describing the incident as bizarre.
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World celebrates Women’s Day
From beauty contests to angry protests, events are held around the world to mark International Women’s Day.
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Islamic State ‘destroys world heritage site of Hatra’
Islamist militants in Iraq have blown up and bulldozed the remains of the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra, the Iraqi government says.
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A Christmas World Cup? The key questions
A Fifa task force recommends playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in November and December, with the prospect of a 23 December final.
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Fifa panel wants shorter Qatar World Cup – in winter
The controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar receives a makeover from a task force at football’s world governing body Fifa, which recommends playing the tournament in November and December.
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World renowned music teacher jailed for raping students
A recorder teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, one of Britain’s leading arts schools, is jailed for 11 years for raping and indecently assaulting young female pupils during lessons.
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Channel 4 News RTS award for Romanian tunnel film
Channel 4 News and Ecostorm win the Royal Television Society’s independent award for a “remarkable” film about the world of Bucharest’s homeless underground society.
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Can world powers really control the weather?
A leading climate scientist says the CIA approached him to ask for information on how to disrupt the weather.
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Only in Bangkok: the world’s weirdest Valentine’s Day ritual
Forget chocolates and flowers: death, rebirth, cross-dressing and chariot rides come together in a very Thai celebration of love.
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HSBC: whistleblower Herve Falciani talks to Channel 4 News
The theft of thousands of HSBC clients’ financial details led to a major probe into tax evasion and money laundering. In 2013, the whistleblower who took the data talked to Channel 4 News.
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#WeWillUnite: the good news about cancer survival rates
More people are beating cancer today than ever before, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK, who argue that the disease may no longer be “beyond us”.
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World is now ‘three minutes before armageddon’
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic countdown to global catastrophe, is moved two minutes forward – meaning we are now three minutes to armageddon.
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‘Third world’ bail system slammed by former Murdoch lawyer
Police will lose the power to bail people indefinitely under plans announced by the home secretary, lawyer Tom Crone says the system is “grotesque”.
