Pakistan drone warfare: special report

Five women working on a UN-backed polio vaccination campaign are dead after gunmen, thought to be from the Taliban, attack two Pakistani cities.

Iran tried to shoot down an unmanned US surveillance drone in international airspace over the Gulf, the US claims, as tensions rise further between Tehran and Washington.

When the victory celebrations are over, the new US president will face a growing pile of issues to tackle in his foreign policy in-tray. Channel 4 News looks at those likely to be top of the list.

Israeli jets reportedly fly low over southern Lebanon in show of strength after an unmanned drone crossed into Israeli airspace.

Pakistani security forces have turned back protesters led by cricket star turned politician Imran Khan at the border of a volatile tribal region.

A report into Britain’s spending on military drones over the last five years reveals the most clear evidence yet that the future of warfare is unmanned and remote-controlled.

America’s so called “war on terror” did not end when George W Bush left office. Under Barack Obama the covert war entered a new phase, one of increasing reliance on missile strikes from aerial drones.

Civilians in north west Pakistan are suffering “24-hour mental stress” because of the threat of drone strikes, drawing comparisons to the mood after the 9/11 attacks in the US.

Imran Khan moves his anti-drone march in Pakistan to 7 October and, speaking to Channel 4 News, calls on the US to “reveal the identities of drone victims”.

Imran Khan tells Channel 4 News drone attacks in Pakistan are “fomenting radicalisation” and calls on the US to name victims to prove they are killing terrorists, not civilians.

As a section of UK airspace is set aside for unmanned aircraft, Channel 4 News asks whether drone technology is the future of aviation.

A US drone attack in north west Pakistan, reported to have killed at least 10 people, hit a small village mosque sources reports Channel 4 News Foreign Editor Ben de Pear.

A would-be underwear bomber foiled by American intelligence is actually a double agent, according to US reports.

The Foreign Secretary and the Red Cross have condemned the “barbaric” beheading of a kidnapped British humanitarian worker in Pakistan.

Lawyers working for human rights group Reprieve launch formal proceedings against the government over claims the UK is “helping” the US carry out covert drone strikes in Pakistan.