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 members agree China poses ‘constant security challenge’
The 30 nations of Nato have today agreed that China poses a “constant security challenge” and it threatens to undermine the global rules-based system.
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Cyril Ramaphosa: ‘Action needed now on vaccines for Africa’
South Africa’s president has said vaccines are “desperately needed now” as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus. In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, President Cyril Ramaphosa, the only African head of state at the G7 summit in Cornwall, said “much more” was needed from G7 leaders to tackle coronavirus. Mr Ramaphosa…
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PM wants ‘pragmatism and compromise’ over NI protocol
After a day of elbow bump greetings and meetings with the royal family, today it was down to business at the G7 summit in Cornwall, as the leaders held a series of bilateral meetings. Boris Johnson insisting he wanted “pragmatism and compromise on all sides” in the row over post Brexit trade arrangements with Northern…
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International diplomacy in the Biden era
The era of Trump’s America first is over, but is international diplomacy any different now Joe Biden is in the White House?
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Israel in “political chaos” as Netanyahu’s time as leader runs out
He’s the longest serving prime minister in Israel’s history, but Benjamin Netanyahu’s time in office could be running out.
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Belarus: Journalists and politicians jailed after Protasevich’s detention
More journalists and opposition politicians were jailed in Belarus today, as European leaders announced new sanctions following the detention of Roman Protasevich, who was seized from an international flight on Sunday. Boris Johnson described a video of the journalist in captivity as “deeply distressing” and called for his immediate release.
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Belarus accused of ‘state-sponsored hijack’ of plane after journalist arrest
State-sponsored “hijacking”, “piracy” and even “terrorism” are the accusations against Belarus.
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Israel-Gaza: Rocket fire and air strikes continue on first day of Muslim festival Eid al-Fitr
Israeli jets have continued attacking high-rise buildings and other targets in the Gaza Strip today, as Palestinians marked Eid while under fire.
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Israel and Hamas attacks escalate with airstrikes and rockets fired
Israel has halted flights at Ben Gurion Airport, after a Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza hit a building in a suburb of Tel Aviv.
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Hamas fires rockets at Jerusalem – as nine Palestinians reportedly killed in Israeli air strikes
Hamas militants have fired rockets towards Jerusalem, after demanding Israel withdraw forces from around the al-Aqsa mosque in the city.
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Dominic Ongwen: Former Ugandan child soldier sentenced to 25 years in jail
A former Ugandan child soldier who became a rebel commander has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for war crimes at the International Criminal Court.
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India hits 20 million Covid cases as Modi opposition demands lockdown
Calls are growing for a national lockdown in India, with the country’s opposition leader saying there’s simply no other way to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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India: Dying too fast to be counted – Covid funeral pyres burn day and night
The crisis engulfing India is deepening as the country records more than 370,000 new infections and over 3,500 deaths in the last 24 hours, but the true figure could be many times that.
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India Covid crisis: families desperate for space to cremate their dead
Medical supplies are beginning to trickle into India to help tackle the overwhelming surge in numbers of people suffering and dying from the virus.
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Thousands take part in pro-Navalny protests in Russia
In Russia, thousands of people have taken part in illegal protests in support of Alexei Navalny, who is on hunger strike in prison.
