Lindsey Hilsum , International Editor
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News International Editor, and has covered many of the conflicts of recent years including in Syria, Ukraine and the Arab Spring.
She was in Baghdad for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and in Belgrade for the 1999 NATO bombing. In 1994, she was the only English-speaking correspondent in Rwanda when the genocide began.
She has won awards from the Royal Television Society and BAFTA amongst others, and received the 2017 Patron’s Medal from the Royal Geographical Society.
She has just published a biography: “In Extremis - the Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin”.
Her last book, “Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution”, was described by the Observer as “an account with historical depth to match dramatic reportage.”
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Sudan: 19 killed and more than 100 injured after shelling in Khartoum
Nineteen people have been killed and 106 injured after a market in Khartoum was shelled using heavy artillery, according to the Sudanese Doctors Trade Union.
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Kosovo violence: NATO deploying additional forces amid Serb protests
NATO has said it will deploy additional forces to Kosovo, following clashes between peacekeeping troops and ethnic Serb protesters which left dozens injured.
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Wagner chief tells Russian leaders to send their kids to war and says country ripe for revolution
The head of the private Russian mercenary group, Wagner, has said his troops are handing over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regular Russian forces.
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Sudan: Week-long ceasefire to come into force to allow aid to millions
A week-long ceasefire is due to come into force in Sudan to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered to millions of people trapped with limited supplies of food, electricity and medicines.
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Sudan: reports of civilians atrocities as fighting rages
Fighting continues to rage between government troops and rebel militia forces in Sudan, despite efforts to impose a ceasefire.
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Ukraine-Russia war: UK pledges long-range attack drones and missiles
Britain has pledged hundreds of long range attack drones and missiles for Ukraine, as Rishi Sunak hosted President Zelenskyy for talks at Chequers.
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Zelenskyy calls for Putin to face justice in speech in Hague
The sound of gunfire is resounding over Kyiv tonight as troops try to shoot down Russian armoured drones attacking the city. Earlier in the day, Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an unexpected appearance at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. The Ukrainian president said that his Russian counterpart “deserves to be sentenced” and called for a…
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Ukraine denies assassination attempt on Vladimir Putin
Ukraine has denied Russian claims that it tried to kill Putin with a drone strike on the Kremlin. But already there are calls in the Russian parliament to target Ukraine’s President.
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Sudan’s warring generals agree new ceasefire – but civil war fears grow
Sudan’s warring generals have agreed – in principle at least – to a seven day ceasefire starting on Thursday, as fighting continues in the capital Khartoum.
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Sudan: Gunfire and explosions reported in capital despite ceasefire
While international attention has been focussed on foreigners, it’s Sudanese civilians who are most at risk. Hundreds have been killed in the fighting, with thousands injured. Despite the ceasefire, there’s been gunfire and explosions in parts of the capital Khartoum – while armed fighters have also rampaged through a city in the western Darfur region,…
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Sudan: will the situation in Khartoum get worse?
The relief of British families as their relatives return is being matched by the anxiety of the Sudanese people, who fear that once the foreigners have gone, the situation in Khartoum will deteriorate.
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Who are the RSF paramilitary group fighting Sudan’s armed forces?
The history of Sudan’s rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has less to do with support and more with bloodshed and terror. The paramilitary group sprang from one of Africa’s most widely feared militias, the Janjaweed – the armed force, which was created by the Sudanese government to suppress a rebellion in Darfur twenty years ago.
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Yemen: At least 78 people killed in stampede
At least 78 people have been killed in a crush in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa.
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Vladimir Putin visits troops in Russian-controlled Ukraine
For the second consecutive day, someone on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin has been paraded in front of cameras in a Russian courtroom cage.
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Sudan: Almost 100 civilians killed as two armies fight for control of the capital
Almost 100 civilians have been killed in the fierce fighting between army troops and paramilitary forces which has rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum for a third day.
