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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‘Fiction has the ability to bypass our self defences’, Booker Prize award winner Paul Lynch says
This year’s prestigious Booker Prize has gone to the Irish author Paul Lynch for his fifth novel ‘Prophet Song’.
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4m
‘Saudi is trying to use Africa’s poverty to enslave us to their fossil fuels’, says Power Shift Africa think tank director Mohamed Adow
It’s African countries where Saudi Arabia plans to ramp up sales of petrol and diesel cars, and the oil to fuel them.
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15m
‘Tomorrow could be different… with the PLO in charge of its people’, says the Palestinian ambassador to the UK
We’ve been speaking to Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador in the UK for our series of long interviews with both sides on the Fourcast. Krishnan asked if he thinks Israel will have to give up its stated aim of destroying Hamas.
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Tilda Swinton on her new film – a ghost story where she plays both mother and daughter
It’s an intimate tale of a mother-daughter relationship starring Tilda Swinton who plays both the mother and the daughter. The Eternal Daughter is a ghostly story – but not a horror film – in which the protagonists unpick family secrets and rake up painful memories. Along the way it explores how the parent-child relationship evolves.…
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Israel-Hamas truce needs to be longer than four days to ‘keep children safe’, says UNICEF spokesperson
We spoke to James Elder, spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations children’s charity.
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35m
Astronaut Tim Peake on Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the future of space exploration
Astronaut Tim Peake tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about his journey to becoming an astronaut, his time on the ISS and the crucial role of Elon Musk and SpaceX in future space missions, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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UK economy must grow faster or face ‘challenging future’, says Labour
We spoke to the shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
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Government ‘cutting taxes to reward work’, says Treasury minister
We spoke to the Treasury minister, Gareth Davies.
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Argentina’s not ready for Javier Milei’s ‘very radical, untested economic ideas’, says research fellow
We spoke to Dr Christopher Sabatini – the Senior Research Fellow for Latin America at the foreign affairs think tank, Chatham House.
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5m
‘People of Gaza paying for failed leadership of Hamas’, IDF spokesman says
We spoke to the IDF’s spokesperson Peter Lerner, and asked him about reports of an attack on the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza by Israeli forces.
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Gaza escapee: People there feel ‘whole world is against them’
Last week we spoke to Irish national Ibrahim Alagha – who was stuck in Gaza. We caught up with him again earlier today after he managed to escape – he is now in Egypt waiting for a flight back to Ireland.
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35m
Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her
Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya tells Krishnan Guru-Murhy about her experiences as an athlete with a difference in sex development, her tumultuous journey to the top of the athletics world, and what being a woman means to her, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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‘David Cameron can privately offer Sunak advice’, says former Downing Street head of communications
Krishnan is joined by the former Downing Street head of communications, Sir Craig Oliver, and Sonia Sodha, who’s chief leader writer at the Guardian.
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‘Who’s the real prime minister?’ – Jacob Rees-Mogg on David Cameron return
We spoke to the former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg who served in the cabinet under Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, and is now a presenter on GB News.
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Cabinet reshuffle: ‘The country trusts Cameron’, says transport minister
We spoke to the transport minister Huw Merriman about today’s cabinet reshuffle.
