Jonathan Rugman , Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Jonathan Rugman has been Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News for more than a decade.
He reported from the revolutions and uprisings in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Bahrain and has covered stories as diverse as Somalia's famine, the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, corruption in world football and the Haiti earthquake. In 2016 he won a BAFTA for his reporting on the terrorist attacks in Paris.
He was previously the programme's Washington Correspondent and Business Correspondent and his reporting has won more than 10 awards. He is the author of "Ataturk's Children: Turkey and the Kurds" and previously worked on BBC Radio 4 documentaries and in Turkey for the BBC and The Guardian.
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Empty podium for Boris Johnson – as he pulls out of Brexit event with Luxembourg’s PM
Boris Johnson abruptly pulled out of a joint press conference with the Luxembourg prime minister Xavier Bettel, amid noisy anti-Brexit protests.
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Netanyahu urges PM Johnson to end Iran talks over saving nuclear deal
There was some respite from the Brexit spotlight for Boris Johnson today, in the shape of Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Parliament suspension ‘sinister’, says Verhofstadt
The official reaction from the European Union to the decision by the Prime Minister to suspend parliament for more than a month has been not to comment, but some politicians have reacted with disbelief. The European Parliament’s Brexit co-ordinator described the decision as “sinister”.
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Macron warns Johnson that Irish backstop is ‘indispensable’
Behind all the bonhomie, there was a stern line from Mr Macron, who warned the Irish backstop was “indispensable”.
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Italian PM quits with scathing attack on populist leader Salvini
The Italian Prime Minister has said he will resign tonight, blaming his rebellious and controversial deputy, Matteo Salvini.
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Italy in crisis? Matteo Salvini’s push for power runs into trouble
Britain isn’t the only country with the threat of a no-confidence motion bringing down the Government.
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Dozens dead after missile attack in Yemen
Houthi rebels controlling much of Yemen have killed at least 36 people with a missile attack in the government-controlled southern port of Aden.
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UN Security Council briefed on Syria humanitarian situation
The UN says over 450 civilians have been killed during the conflict in northwest Syria in the last three months.
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Barnier asks if Johnson wants no-deal or orderly Brexit
Brussels will have been watching Boris Johnson’s first speech outside Number 10 very carefully indeed.
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Brussels says no-deal Brexit ‘a tragedy for all sides’
European Union leaders have urged Mr Johnson to avoid a no-deal Brexit, describing the prospect as “a tragedy for all sides”. The EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier, though, promised that they were ready to “work constructively” with the UK to achieve an orderly Brexit.
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Dozens killed in Syrian government attack in rebel-held Idlib
An attack today on a market in Maarat al-Numaan is reported to have left at least 32 dead.
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Nato member Turkey receives Russian missile defence system
The prospect of one Nato ally imposing sanctions on another moved a step closer today, as Turkey began receiving the first delivery of a Russian missile defence system.
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Government raises shipping security threat level after Iranian boats ‘tried to intercept British tanker’
The Defence Secretary Penny Maudaunt has urged Iran to de-escalate the situation in the Persian Gulf.
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MEPs deciding on next head of European Commission
In Strasbourg, Germany’s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been meeting MEPs in an effort to rally support behind her appointment as the next head of the European Commission.
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Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem at European Parliament opening
EU leaders have begun proposing their new leadership team, nominating Germany’s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen as the new President of the European Commission.
