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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Only a functioning government can stop energy bills hitting £3,300, MoneySavingExpert’s Martin Lewis says
There’s been some shocking predictions about household energy bills and we were joined by the founder of MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis.
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Boris Johnson is putting together a new government but is it able to govern?
As Boris Johnson steps down – what now for the country and who will actually get on with the business of governing?
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28m
‘Rishi Sunak was not a successful chancellor,’ says Jacob-Rees Mogg
We spoke to Jacob Rees Mogg in his only television interview since the Prime Minister resigned.
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Boris Johnson ‘appalling PM says SNP MP
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted a letter from Boris Johnson saying it was not the time to consider another independence vote.
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Boris Johnson could not ignore a no confidence vote, says Whitehall expert
The keen Whitehall watcher Dr Catherine Haddon from the Institute for Government is with us.
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‘Dishonest PM is leading shambolic government’, Labour’s Yvette Cooper says
We’re joined by Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
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Boris Johnson could be out within days, says former private secretary
Joining Krishnan is Caroline Slocock, who was a senior civil servant at Number 10 and is now director of the Civil Exchange think tank.
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Labour MP Chris Byrant says it’s ‘perfectly possible’ to change PM as he calls for general election
Joining Krishnan is Chris Bryant, who is chair of the Parliamentary Standards committee.
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Conservative MP Andrew Murrison resigns as Trade Envoy after “mulling over it for some time.”
The Conservative MP Andrew Murrison has announced he is resigning as a Trade Envoy, he tells Krishnan why.
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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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48m
‘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”.
