Matt Frei is Europe Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News.
This year he has led the Channel 4 News coverage of events in Ukraine from the crash site of Malaysia flight MH17, to the tensions in Crimea and reported live from Independence Square on Kiev’s bloodiest day. He has also secured major interviews with Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Prior to his appointment as Europe Editor for Channel 4 News, Frei was the Washington Correspondent for two years and has reported on the Americas on everything from business and culture to US foreign policy and its view of the world.
He is also part of the presenting team across Channel 4's news and current affairs portfolio, including the award-winning Dispatches programme.
Matt previously anchored the BBC World News America bulletin and was also Washington Correspondent. He presented a weekly radio show called Americana, and in two decades at the corporation reported from Bonn, Rome, Bosnia, Kosovo, North Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore.
He is the author of two books: Italy: The Unfinished Revolution published in 1996 by Random House and Mandarin books and Only In America published in 2008 by 4th Estate.
Amos Yadlin spent five years as the head of Israel’s military intelligence he joined us from central Israel.
We spoke to Iranian academic Mohammed Marandi from the University of Tehran, who is close to the Iranian leadership.
We spoke to Mustafa Barghouti, a politician in the West Bank, who’s leader of the Palestinian National Initiative party.
We spoke to Miri Eisin, a retired Israel Defense Forces colonel with a background in military intelligence.
We’re joined by Peter Loge, who was a senior advisor in the Obama administration and is now a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University.
The Doctors Without Borders charity has said thousands of Palestinians along with five of its staff members are trapped in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza – saying they are “fearing for their lives”.
The Israeli military has been carrying out a third ground offensive in northern Gaza which it says is targeting Hamas militants allegedly hiding in civilian areas.
We spoke to the Lebanese writer and analyst Ali Rizk.
We spoke to Anas Saqer, a masters student who lives with his family in Jabalia refugee camp, on the phone.
We spoke to Israeli Air Force Brigadier General Relik Shafir, who was one of the pilots who struck at Iraqi nuclear facilities in 1981.
Sarit Zehavi was a lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, and is also the founder and president of Alma, an independent research and education centre which focuses on Israel’s security challenges on its northern border
President Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu have held their first call since August, lasting 50 minutes and with Vice President Kamala Harris listening in.
We speak to Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK.
Two senior US senators from both sides of the political divide, Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, are in the Middle East trying to promote a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
We spoke to the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, who has put forward a joint plan for peace in the region, together with a former Palestinian foreign minister.