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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West has ‘moral obligation…to push back’ over ‘dystopian’ treatment of Uyghurs in China, says author Nury Turkel
Human rights groups believe a network of detention centres across China’s north-western Xinjiang province are being used to detain more than a million Uyghur and Turkic Muslim people.
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‘We are all being tainted’: Conservative MP Caroline Nokes says Johnson must say ‘what he knew and when’ over appointment of Chris Pincher
We spoke to the Conservative MP Caroline Nokes, who’s chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, and began by asking her about Downing Street’s reaction to the allegations about Chris Pincher.
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‘This is what living with Covid looks like’, says Scotland’s national clinical director
Covid infection levels in the UK have risen by more than 30 per cent in a week according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics.
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‘Power, control and entitlement’ currency of Westminster, says Labour’s Jess Phillips
We did ask the government and the Conservative party for an interview, but no one was available.
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‘Russia will try to drag this war out for as long as they can’’ – Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko
Lesia talks to Krishnan about her first impression of President Zelenskyy and how she believes this war might end.
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What’s needed to reform the Met Police?
Watchdogs have highlighted a series of failings by Britain’s biggest police force which they say have damaged public confidence in the force, revealing they have had “substantial and persistent concerns” about the Met Police for “a considerable time”.
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G7 leaders need ‘serious measures’ to tackle rising food prices, says IRC’s David Miliband
We were joined from New York by David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee.
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By-election results ‘appalling’ for Tories, says former international development secretary
Boris Johnson will be going straight from the Commonwealth meeting in Kigali to a G7 summit in Germany, then to meet Nato leaders in Spain.
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Boris Johnson vows to ‘keep going’ after double Tory by-election loss
Boris Johnson has insisted he will “keep going” as prime minister after two by-election losses overnight and the early morning resignation of Conservative Party chairman Oliver Dowden.
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‘Anyone is free to express themselves, what people are not free to do is break the law’, says Rwandan government spokesperson
We spoke to Yolande Makolo, who is the spokesperson for the Rwandan government.
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Boris Johnson hits out at ‘condescending’ critics of Rwanda asylum plan
In Rwanda, Commonwealth leaders are meeting tonight for the first time in four years.
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‘Everything is in favour of the rich’ – growing list of public sector workers ready to strike over pay
The list of professions planning industrial action is growing every day.
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Rail workers ‘already on very good salaries’, minister says
Speaking for the government is the Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Chris Philp.
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Julian Assange’s wife to appeal to his extradition to the US
The home secretary has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. Mr Assange’s legal team have said they will challenge Priti Patel’s decision and have two weeks to mount an appeal. The US has sought to prosecute him for more than a decade after he published huge numbers of leaked…
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North can control its own destiny and not be reliant on PM, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Jake Berry, chair of the Northern Research Group, a collection of “red wall” Tory MPs. We asked him whether Conservative MPs were disappointed that the prime minister didn’t campaign in Wakefield
