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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‘Longer we stay on lockdown, the more companies will go bankrupt’ – former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith
We spoke to the former Conservative leader and ex work and pensions secretary Sir Iain Duncan Smith and began by asking him what sort of shaped recession he thinks we are looking at.
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“Please make sure they’re safe and please make sure they work” – Dr David Nabarro on the coronavirus vaccine
Earlier we were joined from eastern France by Dr David Nabarro, who’s special envoy for the director general of the World Health organisation working on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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“The government needs to show the support that the public has been showing to nurses” – Dame Donna Kinnair
The Royal College of Nursing says more than one in three nurses and health care assistants who are looking after Covid patients still don’t have adequate PPE.
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Coronavirus risk to young people “like a weeks’ worth of driving” – Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter
Earlier we spoke to Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter – who chairs the Winton centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge.
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‘This is opportunity to create more just and better world’ – writer Rutger Bregman on coronavirus aftermath
Bregman’s latest work – Humankind – offers a roadmap for how we might organise society differently, based on the idea that deep down most people are actually decent human beings.
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‘Rapid ability to identify contacts and stringent quarantine’ are lessons UK can learn from Asian countries – epidemiologist
Channel 4 News spoke to Adam Kucharski, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he works on analysis of infectious disease outbreaks.
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Countries experiencing coronavirus flare-ups after loosening lockdown
A number of countries are now experiencing flare-ups of coronavirus, after loosening restrictions.
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‘We want to see regular, routine testing’ – care homes boss Dr David Behan
We speak to Sir David Behan, who’s the Chief Executive of the UK’s largest care home chain, HC1.
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‘I think we could look down line at real crisis’ – Tory MP Julian Knight on charities
The Conservative MP Julian Knight chairs the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and has heard from more than 70 charities about the impact of Covid-19.
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Labour’s Liz Kendall says questions will be asked about ‘why the government has been so slow in focusing on this absolutely crucial issue of care homes’
From Leicestershire, the Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care, Liz Kendall spoke to Channel 4 News.
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‘Care homes are doing the best but they need support from the government’ – daughter of care home resident
Channel 4 News spoke to Helen French, whose mother Veronica is in a care home in Liverpool, and we started by asking her how she was.
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‘Too early to say we’ve got one of highest death rates in Europe’ – Jeremy Hunt
We speak to the Chairman of the Health and Social Care Select Committee, Jeremy Hunt.
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‘Early on we were facing perfect storm, and there’s a lot of anger about that’ – Mandy Thorn, National Care Assn
We’re joined by Mandy Thorn, who’s Vice Chair of the National Care Association
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‘I do think North Korea will increase their provocations’ – Sue Mi Terry
Joining us is Sue Mi Terry, who is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former intelligence analyst specialising in East Asia.
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‘Coronavirus doesn’t respond to Republicans’ spin and political agenda’ – Sarah Churchwell
The pandemic – the havoc wrought on society and the economy – and President Trump’s combative style – have both brought America’s partisan divisions to the fore.
