Jonathan Rugman

Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Jonathan Rugman's beat includes foreign policy, terrorism and international development.
Jonathan Rugman's beat includes foreign policy, terrorism and international development.

Jonathan Rugman is Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News. He has reported from the revolutions and uprisings in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Bahrain and has covered stories as diverse as Somalia's famine, the eurozone crisis and the Haiti earthquake. He was previously the programme's Washington correspondent and Business Correspondent and his reporting from North America, the UK, Asia and Africa has won several awards. Jonathan joined Channel 4 News in 1999. He is the author of "Ataturk's Children: Turkey and the Kurds" and previously worked as Turkey correspondent for the BBC and The Guardian.

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07 May 2013
article 04 May 2013 World
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Malaysia elections: the dark forces of corruption

As Malaysia counts down to its general election, corruption still looms large. Our foreign affairs correspondent, Jonathan Miller, reports on one scandal that has horrified electorates.

post 26 April 2013
Welcome to Jonathan Rugman's new blog

News and colourful analysis from our award-winning foreign affairs correspondent, with his individual take on events around the world.

article 25 April 2013 World, Syria
In separate announcements, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (above) and the British Foreign Office state there is evidence that Damascus has used chemical weapons.
Evidence of Syria chemical weapons use, say US and UK

In separate announcements, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the British Foreign Office state there is evidence that Damascus has used chemical weapons.

video 23 April 2013 World, Bulgaria

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Immigration Nation: Nigel Farage's Bulgaria trip - video

Channel 4 News takes Nigel Farage, the outspoken leader of Ukip, on a trip to Bulgaria to find out if his fears about an influx of immigrants when EU restrictions are lifted, are warranted.

video 07 April 2013 World, Ecuador

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Ecuador's David v Goliath with a British twist

A small indigenous community deep in the Ecuadorian rainforest is taking on one of South America's largest oil companies, and the campaign is being helped by a former London businesswoman.

post 14 March 2013
New Pope, new doctrine?

The wait is over, but who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and as Pope Francis does he have the ability to connect with Catholics around the world?

post 12 March 2013
And they're off! The race to be Pope begins

All 115 runners and riders lined up in the paddock of the Basilica to celebrate Mass, all dressed in splendid red and white, writes Jonathan Rugman in Rome.

post 11 March 2013
Next Pope: church looking for 'Jesus Christ with an MBA'

It will be letting the world's 1.2 billion Catholics down if this conclave does not choose a pontiff who breathes new life into the institution.

post 06 March 2013
Hugo Chavez - Latin American demagogue with the common touch

The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure - someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.

video 06 March 2013 World, Venezuela

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Hugo Chavez: an old school socialist firebrand - video

Hugo Chavez rekindled the dreams of the Latin American left. Watch Jonathan Rugman's obituary of a man who referred to George W Bush as a donkey and the devil.

video 05 March 2013 World, Venezuela

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Demagogue Chavez prompts tensions with US - video archive

In this report from March 2006, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks at the growing tensions between Venezuela, led by the populist Hugo Chavez, and the US.

video 22 February 2013 World, Pakistan

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Pakistan honour killing: a widowed husband's story - video

Amid UN global estimates of 5,000 honour killings every year, a Pakistani man is on a quest for justice after the murder of his wife and children. (Warning: you may find this report distressing.)

post 30 January 2013
Less mission creep, more mission fatigue

For all the talk of "mission creep" in north Africa and comparisons to Tony Blair, this Prime Minister does not have the stomach for foreign wars of any scale.

post 21 January 2013
My Venezuelan jail hell

Rather like my experience in one of Venezuela's jails, it has often been hard with Hugo Chavez to tell how much was comedy, how much deadly serious, Foreign Affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman refl

video 18 January 2013 World, Pakistan

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Pakistan protest over after government offers deal

Pakistan's government has struck a deal with protesters in Islamabad, which has ended a mass sit-in. Jonathan Rugman reports on what this settlement means in reality.

article 16 January 2013 World, Pakistan
Jonathan Rugman interviews Muhammad Tahirul Qadri (screenshot)
Pakistan protest cleric: 'I just want to empower my people'

Muhammad Tahirul Qadri, who leads thousands of anti-government campaigners now protesting in Pakistan's capital, tells Channel 4 News he has no connection to the army and just wants electoral reform.

video 11 January 2013 World, Syria

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Rebels capture key Syrian military airbase - video

Rebel forces in Syria capture the military airbase of Taftanaz after months of trying. Videos posted on the internet show Islamist fighters at the base ripping down posters of President Assad.

post 10 January 2013
Were PKK killings an attempt to derail the peace process?

One theory behind the killing of three PKK women in Paris is that they were killed as part of an internal split, between those who supported the peace process with Turkey and those who did not.

video 28 December 2012 World, Syria

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What 2012 taught us, by Jonathan Rugman - video

Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks back on a year of bloodshed in Syria but "choosy foreign policy" in the west.