Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed following a firefight with US troops in Pakistan. But International Editor Lindsey Hilsum questions how significant his death will be for the war on terror.
The man who live-tweeted the US raid on Osama bin Laden – without realising – becomes a Twitter sensation. He moved to Abbottabad in Pakistan for a quiet life, but took with him the social media age.
As Osama bin Laden is killed by US special forces, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones – who was part of the original team hunting the al-Qaeda leader – assesses the implications.
Osama bin Laden has been killed by US troops in Pakistan, ending a decade-long hunt for the man accused of orchestrating 9/11. Add your voice to the Channel 4 News live blog.
Sarah Smith asks why Americans are reluctant to believe that the killing of 13 people by a lone gunman at Fort Hood last week could be the work of a “clean skin” terrorist.
Jon Snow
Yesterday in Downing Street I asked Gordon Brown whether Saudi Arabia is still funding the Taliban. I was attending a news conference he was hosting with Pakistan’s President Zardari. Mr Brown did not address my specific question. Sidestepping the Saudi aspect, he described the MI6 financial units that are now hard at work tracking Taliban…