Lindsey Hilsum
Lindsey Hilsum’s international eye on the year ahead
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
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‘I won’t stand still’: Obama’s State of the Union address
President Barack Obama wants action. And if congress is not going to help him, he will do it by himself, writes Mikayla Bouchard.
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‘Without legislation’: Obama vows to bypass congress
Barack Obama, in his State of the Union speech, says he will bypass congress to help families. “So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation… that’s what I’m going to do,” he says.
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State of the Union: Obama’s middle class promise
The economy has never been better – but his approval ratings have never been lower. As Barack Obama prepares for his State of the Union address tonight, what can he hope to achieve?
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NY mayor de Blasio pledges radical change
In charge of America’s biggest city, with a budget of £45bn, New York’s new mayor Bill de Blasio is less than a month into his job. So how is his fight against inequality going so far?
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Stars and civil liberties groups condemn NSA spying
Hollywood actors join civil liberties groups in protests against the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities, writes Inigo Gilmore.
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Israelis pay their last respects to Ariel Sharon
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s body lies in state outside parliament in Jerusalem, where thousands of Israelis wait to bid farewell to the controversial statesman.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Polar vortex: 187 million hit by big freeze
More than 187 million are effected by the coldest blast of polar air in decades gripping parts of north America. Temperatures as low as minus 38 degrees celsius have brought many cities to a halt.
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New York battered by snow
New York battles with blizzard conditions as three feet of snow falls in areas around Buffalo. 60 miles per hour icy winds created a near white out as visibility dropped down to nearly zero.
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Channel 4 News blogs: the best of 2013
From Syria to Sri Lanka, Nelson Mandela to Weinergate, Nigel Farage to Quentin Tarantino – this is a selection of some of our best blogs from from the past 12 months.
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Paul Mason
Snowden’s alternative Christmas message: your child will never have privacy
He’s on the run and faces jail if he returns to the USA. But from Moscow, where he’s been granted political asylum Edward Snowden has delivered a defiant message on Channel 4.
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Colorado school shooting: police investigate revenge motive
Police in Colorado are investigating “revenge” as the motive of a student who opened fire in a Colorado high school, before apparently killing himself.
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Tech giants unite in demand for anti-snooping laws
The world’s biggest technology companies, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Apple, write to President Barack Obama calling for reform to US surveillance laws.
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The hunger games: Obama pardons Popcorn the turkey
President Barack Obama compares turkey’s vying for pardon to the “Hunger Games” as he crowns “Popcorn” as the National Thanksgiving Turkey.
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Matt Frei
What if Kennedy had never died, and never been martyred?
Faced with the Vietnam war and revelations of his serial philandering, the young, dashing JFK may well have ended his tenancy at the White House in failure and disgrace.
