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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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.
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Erdogan’s party defeated in Istanbul mayoral election
When Turkey’s President Erdogan and his ruling party lost control of Istanbul, the result was cancelled and a re-run was ordered. Last night, voters gave their verdict on the President’s autocratic rule in emphatic style. March’s narrow 13,000 vote victory for the opposition was transformed into a far larger majority of more than three quarters of a…
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‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing
It was an “a deliberate, premeditated execution… for which the state of Saudi Arabia is responsible”. That’s the conclusion of a report into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October by UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard.
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Iran to break uranium stockpile limit
Iran has warned that, within days, it will breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, a central element of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Police raid Australian Broadcasting Corporation over leak
Australian police have raided the offices of the national public broadcaster, ABC, over news reports from 2017 alleging misconduct by Australian troops in Afghanistan.
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Vigils held in Hong Kong on 30th anniversary of Tiananmen massacre
In Hong Kong, tens of thousands of people have joined a candlelit vigil to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the only place in China where commemorations could be held openly.
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Trump UK state visit begins with Twitter attack on London mayor
It has been a day of royal welcomes, of smiles for the cameras and elaborate pageantry for Donald Trump.
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Erdogan and Putin urge one another to implement Idlib ceasefire in Syria
The truce with jihadist rebels, brokered by Turkey last year, has broken down.
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Dissident takes legal action against Saudi government over spyware claim
Lawyers for a Saudi dissident have told the Saudi embassy that they intend to begin legal action, after accusing the government in Riyadh of spying on his mobile phone.
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Was WhatsApp hack exploited by security services spying on Khashoggi?
Could a hack which allegedly breached the global messaging service WhatsApp be linked to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
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Scores killed in Syria as bombs target last major rebel area
More than 100 people have now been killed in a bombing campaign by President Assad and his allies, targeting the last major rebel-held area.
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Pompeo takes UK to task over Huawei
A month before President Trump’s visit to the UK, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in town, voicing his concerns about the potential role of the Chinese tech giant Huawei in Britain’s 5G network.
