Channel 4 News - War on Terror

Airline bomb accused 'shocked' by trial

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:13:00 +0100

The only defendant cleared over the plot to bomb transatlantic airliners, Donald Stewart-Whyte, talks to Channel 4 News for the first time about his ordeal.

'Only God knows what the future holds'

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:55:00 +0100

The jury at the airline bomb plot trial found Donald Stewart-Whyte not guilty of conspiring to murder by blowing up planes. Simon Israel put six written questions to Stewart-Whyte via his solicitor. These are his written answers.

Ministers deny collusion in torture

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:30:00 +0100

Britain can never be certain that anti-terror intelligence obtained overseas was not gathered as a result of torture. That is the admission of the home and foreign secretaries today. Alex Thomson reports.

Ministers deny collusion in torture

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:30:00 +0100

Britain can never be certain that anti-terror intelligence obtained overseas was not gathered as a result of torture, say the home and foreign secretaries. Alex Thomson reports.

Profile: targetting Baitullah Mehsud

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:58:00 +0100

Officials believe Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a missile attack. But, just who was the man with the $5m bounty on his head?

Terror threat still lingers

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:22:00 +0100

The terrorist threat level may have been lowered, but there is still a "strong possibility" of an attack. Jane Deith is at the MI5 building in central London.

Interview with released terror suspect

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0100

Arrested by armed officers on suspicion of terrorism, then held for three months in a high-security jail, a Pakistani student rounded up in April as part of an alleged terror plot has spoken exclusively to Channel 4 News about his ordeal. Andy Davies reports.

PM backs Afghanistan strategy

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:02:00 +0100

Gordon Brown has admitted that Britain's strategy in Afghanistan is working, despite troops suffering one of their bloodiest days since the conflict began. Watch Jane Deith's report.

Four held over US missile plot

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:40:00 +0100

Four men arrested over a terrorist plot to blow up a Jewish temple and fire missiles at US military planes.

Three 7/7 'friends' not guilty

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:20:00 +0100

Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil are found not guilty of carrying out a reconnaissance mission to establish targets for the 7/7 attacks. Andy Davies reports.

Death penalty sought for 9/11 suspects

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:19:00 +0000

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says he plans to seek the death penalty against self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees if convicted in federal criminal court in New York

9/11 suspects to face trial in US

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:50:00 +0000

Self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, according to an Obama administration official.

The events of 9/11

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:58:00 +0100

How the events of 9/11 unfolded with the four hijacked planes.

9/11: five years on

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:35:00 +0100

Sixty months later, as America remembers, the grief is as powerful as ever.

Obama, McCain agree 9/11 truce

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0100

Presidential hopefuls in New York to mark seventh anniversary of Twin Towers attack, reports Sarah Smith.

Darling postpones fuel tax rise

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:30:00 +0100

After heavy hints from Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling postpones the proposed 2p rise in fuel duty, reports Emily Reuben

Israel pulls troops out of Gaza

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

After five days of hostilities in Gaza in which more than 100 people died, Hamas and Israel are both claiming victory.

'Terrorism devastates families'

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Andy Davies talks to Saba Mozakka, whose mother was killed in the 7 July bombings, on the day a new memorial to the 52 victims is unveiled in London's Hyde Park.

7/7 surveillance report clears MI5

Tue, 19 May 2009 09:45:00 +0100

A parliamentary intelligence report refrains from criticising MI5's decisions before the 7/7 attacks, but says it is "astounding" that MI5 could only adequately monitor one in 20 terror suspects. Jenny Wivell reports.

Interview: Tim Coulson

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:29:00 +0100

Andy Davies speaks to Tim Coulson who survived one of the July 7 tube bombings in London four years ago.

Spymaster comes in from the cold

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

New MI5 chief Jonathan Evans gives an upbeat message about the terrorist threat. Simon Israel reports.

De Menezes mother 'reborn'

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:54:00 +0000

The mother of Jean Charles de Menezes said she felt "reborn" after today's open verdict. The dead man's family expected a verdict of an unlawful killing and vowed to "carry on the struggle."

Channel 4 News wins home and away

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:39:00 +0000

Channel 4 News picks up two of the big awards at the prestigious Royal Television Society Awards.

Fertiliser plot jurors tell of trial

Thu, 03 May 2007 17:17:00 +0100

Two of the jurors in the fertiliser plot have told Channel 4 News of the ordeal of the 14 month trial and how it impacted on their lives.

Call for independent 7/7 inquiry

Tue, 01 May 2007 18:15:00 +0100

7/7 survivors want an independent inquiry after MI5 confirmed two of the attackers had links to the fertiliser bomb plotters.

MI5 transcript of bomber's conversation

Tue, 01 May 2007 09:00:00 +0100

This is a transcript of conversations bugged by MI5 between the ringleader of the fertiliser plot, Omar Khyam, and London suicide bomber Mohammed Siddique Khan.

7/7 an intelligence failure?

Tue, 01 May 2007 06:41:00 +0100

The man behind 7/7 had appeared on MI5's radar several times. So were the bombings the result of an intelligence failure?