Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter
Krishnan Guru-Murthy is one of the main anchors of Channel 4 News.
He also fronts Channel 4 News' podcast 'Ways to Change the World' which interviews one guest at length each week about the big ideas in their lives and the events that have helped shape their thinking.
Since joining the team in 1998 he has fronted big events from the Omagh bombing, 9/11, the Mumbai attacks, to special war reports from Syria, Yemen and Gaza. Having covered five British general elections he does special political shows for Channel 4 such as the "Ask the Chancellors" debate.
Krishnan reports for the foreign affairs series Unreported World and commentates on major live events for Channel 4 such as the Paralympics Ceremonies. He also anchors controversial programmes outside the news including the first live televised "Autopsy".
His TV career began at the age of eighteen presenting youth television for the BBC. He went on to present, report and produce a variety of programmes from Newsround to Newsnight.
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53m
‘We need more migrants in London’ – Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan discusses the crisis of policing in London, the possibility of a Labour government in Downing Street and why the UK government should be allowing more migrants to move to London.
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4m
‘Not appropriate’ to threaten indigenous homes to mine clean tech minerals, says UK mining body founder
We spoke to Jeff Townsend, founder of the Critical Minerals Association, the UK industry body for mining and supply of these materials.
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4m
Russian threats should always be taken seriously,’ says former UK national security adviser
We spoke to Sir Mark Lyall Grant, former UK national security adviser and ambassador to the UN, and asked him whether this was all part of a diplomatic escalation.
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4m
UK missiles are escalating Ukraine conflict to ‘new level’, says Russian politician Evgeny Popov
We spoke to Evgeny Popov, an MP for President Putin’s United Russia party and a host of the 60 Minutes political news programme.
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8m
AI extinction threat is ‘going mainstream’, says Max Tegmark
We speak to Max Tegmark, a professor at MIT and a signatory to the warning of the dangers of AI as an extinction level threat to humanity.
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3m
Artificial intelligence could cause ‘human extinction’, AI leaders warn
As apocalyptic warnings go, today is right up there. Some of the world’s most influential tech geniuses and entrepreneurs say AI risks the extinction of humanity.
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3m
Comedian Lee Mack calls on United Utilities to remove sewage from Lake Windermere
We spoke with comedian Lee Mack who’s been with campaigners on the shore of Windermere today.
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9m
Bank of England has a lot of work to do, says former Monetary Policy Committee member
We spoke to Dr Sushil Wadhwani, a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.
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5m
PM ‘seems to be doing a sloppy investigation’ into Suella Braverman’s speeding fine row, says Lord Kerslake
We spoke to Lord Kerslake, who was head of the Home Civil Service and is now a crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
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5m
‘Normalising Syrian regime last thing we should be doing,’ says director of Middle East think tank
We were joined by Charles Lister, Syria programme director at the Middle East Institute think tank.
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7m
Arab states ‘coming to terms’ with Syrian war, says former Middle East minister
We spoke to Alistair Burt, who was the UK’s Middle East minister for much of the time the Syrian Civil War was raging. We began by asking him whether Assad’s appearance will give reassurance to President Putin.
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40m
“Our economy drives deforestation” – Suzanne Simard on protecting our forests
In today’s episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speak to ecologist Suzanne Simard about how her work could help protect forests from climate change.
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5m
No one is secure if Putin achieves aggressive goals, says Ukraine deputy foreign minister
We spoke to Ukrainian deputy foreign minister Emine Dzheppar.
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6m
Imran Khan: ‘We are a big governance disaster’
In Pakistan, the home of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been surrounded by police.
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7m
Illegal Migration Bill ‘deterrent’ to human traffickers, says immigration minister
We spoke to immigration minister Robert Jenrick.
