The search for survivors is underway after a two mile-wide tornado tore through Oklahoma City, trapping victims beneath rubble and flattening a school.
Oklahoma's tornado disaster turned dozens of children into eye-witnesses to a natural disaster - with pupils from two destroyed schools telling how they had to cling to desks to protect themselves.
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Gay marriage vote ends bruising few days for Cameron
The 136 Tory rebels who voted against the gay marriage bill will hope it sends a message to the Lords to do their worst with it.
Appearing before US senators, Apple boss Tim Cook rejects accusations that his company is exploiting tax loopholes and says it pays "every single dollar" of the tax it owes.
Thousands of tourists are evacuated from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after a far-right historian, who recently campaigned against France same-sex marriage law, commits suicide at the altar.
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Carey Mulligan, star of The Great Gatsby, tells Channel 4 News about her plans to raise awareness of Alzheimer's, and says there is a "real problem" with how we treat the elderly in the UK.
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The family of Maria Stubbings, who was strangled by her boyfriend - a previously convicted murderer - is calling for a full inquiry into the handling of domestic violence complaints.
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Ray Manzarek: keyboardist beyind Doors' unique sound
Jim Morrison was the figurehead and leader of The Doors. But it was the playing of keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who has died aged 74, that gave the 60s rock band their distinctive sound.
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Gay marriage vote ends bruising few days for Cameron
The 136 Tory rebels who voted against the gay marriage bill will hope it sends a message to the Lords to do their worst with it.
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As new evidence emerges of a crisis in hospital accident and emergency units, a leaked letter from 20 A&E bosses in the West Midlands warns they face the prospect of offering "unsafe care".
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Sir David Nicholson resigns ... but hangs on
After Mid-Staffs, Sir David Nicholson must have known his resignation as head of the NHS was inevitable.
by Jackie Long
Girl gangs 'most at risk in society' - report
Girls who are in, or linked to, gangs are among the most at-risk groups of children in society, according to a new report by the Centre for Mental Health.
Days after the historic conviction of former leader Rios Montt for genocide and war crimes, Guatemala's highest court throws out the ruling. Survivors tell Channel 4 News of their devastation.
As peace talks between government and rebel forces grow closer the Syrian people are "building great hopes on the conference", according to mediator Lakhdar Brahimi.
NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson, who has come under fire for alleged failings when he led the Mid-Stafforshire NHS trust, is to retire next year.
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Tory MP threatens Cameron with water clock torture
The marriage (same-sex couples) bill gets its third reading and with it the moment for quite a few Tory MPs to register their unhappiness.
As residents of Oklahoma City survey the tornado's devastation, one eyewitness describes to Channel 4 News hiding from the storm in her closet before rushing to help survivors.
Homes are left devastated and over 90 feared dead after a huge tornado rips through a school and suburbs of Oklahoma City.
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Seven-year-old schoolgirl Isabella Rojas describes how she and her classmates clung to their desks as a tornado destroyed their school in Oklahoma.
As the gay marriage bill has its final Commons reading, a Tory MP says members of his local party are angry about claims that Conservative activists were described as "mad, swivel-eyed loons".
As another major tornado hits the United States - this time killing dozens and flattening buildings and neighbourhoods in Oklahoma City - Channel 4 News looks at the science behind the super storms.
On Tuesday Archbishop Desmond Tutu receives the Templeton prize for his work in "affirming life's spiritual dimension". But the civil rights activist has not said what he will do with the £1.1m award.
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President Barack Obama declares a major disaster in Oklahoma after a powerful tornado wrecks schools and other buildings.
As rescuers hunt through the rubble for survivors in Oklahoma City, click here for the science behind the storms.
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A woman was detained by police tonight after trying to drive through the main gates of the House of Commons.
The red Volkswagen came a few metres on to the parliamentary estate at the Carriage Gates before being halted by a security ramp.
Witnesses said the driver demanded to see an MP as she was wrestled out of the vehicle by officers.
Sir David Nicholson resigns as head of NHS … but hangs on. Read @vsmacdonald’s blog for #c4news - bit.ly/119rMac
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
MPs vote by 366 to 161 to legalise gay marriage by giving the government’s marriage (same sex couples) bill a third reading. #c4news
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
Iran electoral watchdog bans former president Rafsanjani and aide of President Ahmadinejad from running in the 14 June election. #c4news
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
Just filmed very moving interview with the son of Maria Stubbings, who was at home when his Mum was murdered by her partner. More on #c4news
? Darshna Soni (@darshnasoni) May 21, 2013
On #c4news at 7: Oklahoma tornado bit.ly/118x0To, NHS boss to go, Apple tax row, Carey Mulligan bit.ly/13FeRi2, RIP Manzarek
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
Love this pic of @katierazz interviewing #KhaledHosseini in NYC for @channel4news TV exclusive wednesday night at 7pm twitter.com/KatieBond1/sta?
? Katie Bond (@KatieBond1) May 21, 2013
There is something awesome, terrifying, beyond our immediate comprehension. Hot air, cold air, debris, devastation. We are talking tornado. But in the case of last night’s horrific assault on the Oklahoma City suburb of of Moore, we’re talking more than tornado, writes Jon Snow… Sign up for Snowmail to find out what’s on tonight’s Channel 4 News
US President Obama tells the people of Moore “their country will remain on the ground, there for them, beside them, as long as it takes”.
Oklahoma official says nine of the 24 confirmed fatalities from Moore tornado were children. #c4news
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
NHS England announces Sir David Nicholson is to stand down as NHS chief executive in March 2014. #c4news
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
The path of the Oklahoma City tornado - see our graphic.
Guess hoof? #c4newstwitpic.com/cs6k02
? Anna Doble (@annadoble) May 21, 2013
Oklahoma City medical examiner says 24 people to date - not 51 - were killed in the Monday tornado in Moore. #c4news
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
This evening President Obama spoke with Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. Readout: wh.gov/SELr, twitter.com/whitehouse/sta?
? The White House (@whitehouse) May 21, 2013
Update: Residents where storms caused damage allowed back into neighborhoods bit.ly/16HKA9m
? NewsOK (@NewsOK) May 21, 2013
Seven-year-old schoolgirl Isaabella Rojas describes how she and her classmates clung to their desks as a tornado destroyed their Oklahoma school.
RT @salarmyaokeds: Oklahomans are amazing. We just arrived at our command center to find all of this water. twitter.com/SalArmyAOK/sta?
? Governor Mary Fallin (@GovMaryFallin) May 21, 2013
Obama to make statement on Oklahoma tornado at 1400hrs GMT. #c4news bit.ly/118x0To
? Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 21, 2013
Peterson Zatterlee and his friend, Abby Madi, comfort his dog Rippy, who is recovering from the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma.
HM: ‘Our deepest sympathies go out to all those whose lives have been affected, as well as the American people’ #Oklahoma #tornado
? TheBritishMonarchy (@BritishMonarchy) May 21, 2013
