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Cambridge Analytica finally speak to Channel 4 News
He’s come out fighting: PR supremo Clarence Mitchell is now the public face of Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the heart of the Facebook data harvesting scandal. Just two days into the job he gave a feisty press conference – accusing the media of portraying the firm as “some Bond villain”. And he’s robustly denied…
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The Windrush Generation: Fighting to be British
Since January, Channel 4 News has been reporting the plight of the Windrush kids. They came to UK as children, attended British schools, worked British jobs and built British lives. Now thousands of people who arrived in the UK decades ago – in the first wave of Commonwealth immigration in the 1950s and 60s – are living with the threat of deportation.
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Windrush Generation: The scandal that shook Britain explained and debated in a Channel 4 News Special
Watch live as the Windrush generation, campaigners and politicians discuss the scandal that shook the UK – as thousands of British citizens were faced with deportation.
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Dying homeless on UK streets: counting the true number
There is no official record of when, where or how people die homeless in the UK. Channel 4 News and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism are compiling a record to reveal the true number.
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Ways to Change the World – a new Channel 4 News podcast – Tom Walker (AKA Jonathan Pie)
When I present Channel 4 News, in-depth analysis and great journalism come together to explain the events of the day. But this new podcast wants to help you go much deeper and discuss answers, not just problems. Each week, I’ll speak to one guest, at length, who will hopefully have some answers – without having to…
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Hungary: a civil war for the soul of Europe
The Hungarian capital looks as splendid as ever. The tourists are here en masse. But behind the alluring facade there is trouble. The European Parliament today accused the Hungary’s ruling Fidez Party of systematically undermining the rule of law, democracy and minority rights at home. The Hungarian Foreign Minister shot back: all lies. Mind your…
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Economist Mariana Mazzucato on a ‘parasitic’ system in need of change
It’s one of the central economic questions of our time: what is value and who creates it? The economist Mariana Mazzucato has tried to answer it in her new book The Value of Everything – arguing that it’s time to refocus. She claims that right now – many of the world’s most successful companies don’t…
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Windrush scandal in Jamaica: the effects across the generations
Many of the first post war migrants to arrive in Britain were ex serviceman who fought in the Second World War. But as the Windrush scandal upsets one generation born under British rule – it may be encouraging apathy amongst their grand children.
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‘Democracy is not black and white’ – Hungarian Helsinki Committee
We invited a government spokesman onto the programme. Having said yes they turned us down saying that no one in the government was giving any interviews to the foreign media at this time. Andras Lederer from the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a Human Rights and rule of law watchdog, that receives money from the Soros Foundation…
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Facebook’s technology officer faces questions from MPs
MPs have accused Facebook of being a “morality free zone” – as the social media giant’s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer faced questions from the culture media and sport committee. The MPs though weren’t impressed by his answers – describing his testimony as unsatisfactory.
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Trump heading to the UK on Friday 13th July
President Trump will be in UK this summer – arriving on Friday 13th of July for what’s being billed as a ‘working visit’ – including talks with Theresa May at Downing Street . Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has already greeted it as the “greatest visit ever” while critics are already predicting mass protests on the…
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Burglaries and violent crime up across England and wales
Knife crime is up. Firearms offences are up. And the number of burglaries have soared. New official statistics show that across England and Wales there’s been a worrying rise in police recorded violence – even though a separate survey says the overall level of crime has remained broadly stable. Labour have accused the Conservatives of…
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Home office ‘hasn’t performed well’ – Peter Bone MP
Conservative MP Peter Bone spoke to us about the Windrush scandal – as no minister was available yet again.
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Yvette Cooper MP: ‘Questions still need answering on Windrush’
Labour’s Yvette Cooper – chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee – questioned the Home Secretary Amber Rudd yesterday.
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The Windrush scandal continues: 20 years trying to get a passport
Yesterday she said there were no immigration removal targets. Today the Home Secretary Amber Rudd admitted there were – but declared that what she called ”local” targets would now be abolished. Labour accused her of trying to blame officials – again demanding that she resign as the fallout over the Windrush scandal continues. The Home…
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Alfie Evans’ parents lose appeal
The parents of Alfie Evans have lost their latest appeal against a ruling stopping them taking their seriously ill son to Italy for treatment. At the Court of Appeal in London, three judges dismissed their challenge after hearing legal arguments this afternoon. Twenty-three-month-old Alfie, who has a neurological condition which has damaged his brain, has…
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Peter Madsen sentenced over Kim Wall murder
The Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine. The judge told him it had been a “cynical murder” of a journalist who’d been carrying out her duties, finding him guilty of premeditated murder and sexual assault. Ms Wall’s dismembered remains…
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Neil Coyle MP on anti-semitism: Len McCluskey ‘undermining what Corbyn has admitted’
One of those criticised by Len McCluskey is the Labour MP Neil Coyle.
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Len McCluskey reignites Labour anti-Semitism row
A senior union leader has attacked Labour critics of Jeremy Corbyn, accusing them of trying to portray the party as a hotbed of anti-Semitism and bullying. MPs singled out by Len McCluskey have hit back, claiming he was undermining Mr Corbyn’s efforts to tackle the issue and smooth over relations with the Jewish community. Party…
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Macron speaks to US Congress
The American and French people have long had a “rendezvous with freedom”, the French President Emmanuel Macron declared today, as he spoke to a special joint session of the US Congress. There was frequent applause as he praised what he called the special bond between the two nations, but he also warned the United States…