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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Tunisian democracy facing its biggest crisis
Tunisia’s decade-old democracy is facing its biggest crisis yet, after the president ousted the government and suspended parliament last night amid fierce protests.
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Japan announces state of emergency in Tokyo just weeks before capital hosts Olympics
Japan’s ill-fated Olympic games have suffered another blow after Japanese spectators were banned from events in and around Tokyo.
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Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at his Port-au-Prince home
The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, has been assassinated and his wife seriously injured after an attack on their home in the early hours of this morning.
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Covid in Australia: Nearly half of the population goes into lockdown amid slow vaccine rollout
Nearly half the population of Australia is back in lockdowns ranging from three days to two weeks as the country tries to stop the Delta variant spreading this winter.
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UK denies Russia fired warning shots at British destroyer in Black Sea
The ministry of defence has denied claims by Russia that it fired warning shots at a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea, near the disputed territory of Crimea.
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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.
