War on terror: special report

Al-Qaeda will launch a “nuclear hellstorm” on the west if Osama bin Laden is captured, according to Wikileaks files detailing the interrogation of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

After a period of relative quiet over winter months, U.S. General David Petraeus tells Channel 4 News he expects a ‘spring offensive’ from the Taliban but insists withdrawal plans are on track.

His critics have branded him a “Joe McCarthy for the age of terror”. Republican Congressman Peter King is holding hearings into what he sees as the rising terror threat from American Muslims.

The July 7 inquest has heard the testimony of the former girlfriend of one of the suicide bombers, and have also seen a video of ringleader Mohammed Siddique Khan saying farewell to his baby daughter.

The inquest into the July 7 London bombings has heard how 50 people left the number 30 bus just seconds before the explosion in which 13 people were killed, as Andy Davies reports.

Terror threat levels have been raised at some London tranport hubs, Channel 4 News understands. But security sources say there is no suggestion that an attack is imminent.

Terror threat levels have been raised at some London tranport hubs, Channel 4 News understands. But security sources say there is no suggestion that an attack is imminent.

Egypt’s president has called for calm between the country’s christians and Muslims after at least 17 people were killed in a bomb attack on a church. Officials are blaming foreign-backed terrorists.

Only one Baghdad church is celebrating Christmas fully this year, as Iraqi Christians face violence, prejudice and fear, writes Lindsey Hilsum for Channel 4 News and The Daily Telegraph.

The number of drone strikes in Pakistan, believed to be led by the CIA, has doubled under the Obama administration in 2010 – leading to hundreds of deaths. Channel 4 News maps a secret war.

Twelve men have been arrested in a major anti-terrorism operation in Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent and London. Midlands Correspondent Darshna Soni says the arrests in Stoke were “low-key”.

What is behind the surge in CIA drone strikes in Pakistan over the last two years? Channel 4 News asked a panel US defence analysts and commentators for their views.

The deaths of two British al-Qaeda members in a drone attack in Pakistan have focused attention on US deployment of unmanned airplanes in north Waziristan.

As MI5 continues to investigate whether Taimur Adbdulwahab al-Abdaly had links to other terrorists, Channel 4 News discovers that he lived close to numerous Luton-based extremists.

An inquest into the deaths of the 52 people who died in the July 7 London bombings today heard testimonies from survivors in the Russell Square attack, which killed 26 people.