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post 24 May 2013
News Read more on FactCheck with Cathy Newman FactCheck Q&A: everything you need to know about drones

Barack Obama says he's rewriting the rules on drone strikes. Are pilotless planes a vital weapon in the war on terror, or is the cost in civilian lives too high?

article 23 May 2013 World, United States
President Obama (getty)
by Felicity Spector Obama pledges limits to drone strikes in new terror policy

More transparency, stricter controls. President Obama promises to be more open about America's fight against terrorism - in an effort to regain his credibility in an increasingly dangerous world.

article 27 April 2013 UK, Afghanistan
Drones piloted from UK in Afghanistan for first time (Reuters)
Demo as drones flown from UK soil

Drones are being flown in Afghanistan by UK-based pilots for the first time. The Ministry of Defence say the vehicles save lives - but protesters say they are a tool to fight wars "behind our backs".

article 12 April 2013 UK
'Dr Jonny King'
US drone maker targeted by anti-war web hoax

Anti-war protesters have targeted drone manufacturers General Atomics in a hoax involving a fake website and a phoney spokesman, Channel 4 News can reveal.

article 05 March 2013 World, Yemen
A psychological expert reports that a whole generation of children is being traumatised by the use of drone warfare in Yemen (picture: Reuters)
by David Doyle Drone attacks 'traumatising a generation of children'

Drone attacks are causing serious psychological harm to children in Yemen, an expert reports, and may also be pushing young men into the arms of al-Qaeda.

video 16 February 2013 World, United States

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UN: Obama 'should stay within law' on drone strikes-video

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay tells Channel 4 News that US President Barack Obama should "stay within the lines of international law" when deploying drone strikes.

post 07 February 2013
News Read more on Matt's blog: Matt Frei on America CIA boss faces questions on 'unmanned and unseen' drones

Drones are the corner stone of Barack Obama's security policy, but the debate is now raging in the CIA and beyond on whether the unmanned and unseen weapons are counter productive, and driving recruit

article 02 February 2013 World, Pakistan
Dozens dead in Pakistan checkpoint attack
Dozens dead in Pakistan checkpoint attack

At least 35 people are dead after militants attack an isolated army checkpoint in Pakistan's restive northwest.

article 30 January 2013 World, Afghanistan
Kathryn Bigelow, director of Zero Dark Thirty (picture: Getty)
by Kunal Dutta Zero Dark Thirty could breed 'new generation of torture'

As the controversial new war film opens in Britain, a former Guantanamo guard tells Channel 4 News that he fears Zero Dark Thirty will encourage future young soldiers to "throw the rulebook out".

article 24 January 2013 World, Pakistan
A drone on display at a press briefing (picture: Reuters)
Drone warfare: UN to examine civilian deaths

The United Nations launches an inquiry into the extent to which drones, the unmanned military weapon favoured by the United States in its "war on terror", cause civilian deaths.