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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Iran rejects Johnson proposal for new nuclear deal
The Iranian President has rejected a suggestion by Boris Johnson that President Trump should replace the 2015 nuclear accord with a new “Trump deal”.
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Iran denies shooting down passenger plane
One thing is certain. A plane has crashed with the loss of 176 lives.
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Former Nissan chief Ghosn criticises ‘rigged’ Japanese justice
In his first public appearance since he was smuggled out of Japan, the former boss of Nissan today framed himself as the victim of an inhumane justice system and a corporate coup.
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Dozens killed in stampede at Soleiman burial in Iran
At least 56 people have been killed and more than 213 injured in a stampede, during the funeral of the Iranian General who was killed by a US drone strike on Friday.
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Crowds fill Tehran streets for Soleimani funeral
Iranian state TV said millions turned out. And while that’s impossible to verify, it’s certainly true Tehran’s streets were packed with mourners for Qassem Soleimani today.
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Trump vows to strike ‘very fast and very hard’ if Iran retaliates against US
Sitting in his Florida mansion, President Donald Trump took to Twitter and vowed to strike ‘very fast and very hard’ if Iran attacked Americans or their assets.
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Angry mourners chant ‘death to America’ after top Iranian general assassinated
General Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike near Baghdad airport yesterday – a killing that Iranian leaders called ‘an act of war’.
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Iranian reaction to US killing
Foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman is in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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Interpol issue red notice for ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn
Interpol has issued a ‘red notice” to Lebanon, requesting the arrest of Carlos Ghosn – the former boss of Nissan cars, who’s denied any of his family were involved in his escape from Japan.
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FSB officer killed in gun attack outside Russia spy agency
An officer from Russia’s federal security agency has been killed in a gun attack outside the FSB’s headquarters in central Moscow.
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European leaders expect Brexit vote soon
In Brussels, European leaders say they expect newly elected MPs to vote on Mr Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement as soon as possible.
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European leaders call for vote on withdrawal agreement
It’s looking like full steam ahead for Brexit now – with European leaders saying they expect a vote on Britain’s withdrawal agreement as soon as possible.
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Son of murdered Maltese journalist calls for EU action on Prime Minister
The Prime Minister is staying on, he says until the middle of next month.
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Trump calls Trudeau ‘two-faced’ after NATO ‘gossiping’ video
Today the NATO summit for the first time discussed a potential threat from China – and declared outer space a new operational domain. But planning for the future was overshadowed by tensions in the present.
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Growing division on future of NATO
There’s growing evidence of division among leaders on the future of NATO – as a war of words continued throughout the day between Presidents Trump and Macron.
