Matt Frei
No ‘wild-eyed’ exuberance, but Merkel remains ‘quietly alluring’
Europe Editor Matt Frei pops into Angela Merkel’s final campaign rally, to see why the self-deprecating physicist is still popular with the crowds.
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China buys huge swathe of Ukraine in grab for farmland
It has a fifth of the world’s population but just 9 per cent of the world’s farm land. Now China has signed a deal to buy vast areas of arable land in Europe’s bread basket – Ukraine.
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British architect among Kenya terror victims
Tributes pour in for talented British architect Ross Langdon, killed along with his pregnant girlfriend in the Nairobi terror attack. His mother describes her loss as “immeasurable”.
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Preston’s brutalist bus station grade II listed
Preston’s iconic bus station lives to fight another day as Culture Minister Ed Vaizey awards it grade II listed status, putting paid to council plans to demolish the structure to save money.
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Stephen Hawking : life after death
For a man with superhuman powers of thinking it might seem a bit greedy to seek more, but Stephen Hawking is trying to cram as much into his life as possible.
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Matt Frei
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Jonathan Rugman
Time for a 'grand bargain' between United States and Iran
You’d have to go back over 15 years to find such constructive interaction between Iran and the west, and over 35 years since Iranian and American leaders last met.
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Costa Concordia raised from rocks – video
Efforts to refloat the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia continue. Some 500 technicians have been working on the 225m euro salvage project for more than 24 hours.
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N Ireland: compromise and the fight to be heard
US diplomat Richard Haass holds all-party talks in Northern Ireland this week on challenges to the peace process. 15 years after the Good Friday agreement, we look at the challenges that remain.
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Why Scotland should embrace independence – Pat Kane
One year ahead of the independence referendum, Scotland is modern, wealthy and competent enough to embrace the prospect of independence, says writer and musician Pat Kane.
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FactCheck Q&A: Benefit fraud in perspective
The Crown Prosecution Service will push for longer sentences for benefit fraudsters. A long-overdue clampdown or a waste of resources? FactCheck finds out.
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Jonathan Rugman
Beauty, anger and Naomi Campbell's fight for diversity
Supermodel Naomi Campbell wants designers to celebrate diversity, with a new campaign to get more black models on catwalks and in campaigns.
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Cable targets abuse of zero hours contracts
Business Secretary Vince Cable launches a consultation on how to tackle abuse in zero hours contracts.
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Greek civil servants lose their ‘computer holiday’
Civil servants’ six day holiday perk for the strain of having to use a computer falls under the axe as Greece makes austerity cuts.
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Will going public change Twitter?
Twitter has filed to float on the stock market. But will pressure to turn out fat dividends for shareholders endanger the platform that has become so popular? And is it really worth $10bn?
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Bedroom tax: legal fight ‘not over’
Grant Shapps hit back at the UN, saying UK courts approved the so-called “bedroom tax” policy. But Channel 4 News hears that lawyers are continuing to fight it on human rights grounds.
