Matt Frei , Europe Editor and Presenter
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.
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Professor Kathy Burk: ‘Only weak countries claim special relationships’
We’re joined Professor Kathy Burk who specialises in the history of the Anglo-American relationship and Ben Judah, an author who’s written about the current state of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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Tory MP Michael Fallon: Boris Johnson ‘not going to be any kind of lapdog’ to Trump
We spoke to Boris Johnson supporter and former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, and asked asked him how big a national humiliation he thought this whole business has been for us.
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4m
Salvini’s League party denies seeking funding from Russian investors
A leaked audio recording published by a news website allegedly reveals that Matteo Salvini’s Italian right-wing Lega Party sought to funnel millions of euros in Russian oil money into its campaign coffers.
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German historian Helene von Bismarck on Brexit, Boris Johnson and the EU
We’re joined by Helene von Bismarck – a German who specialises in the history of the UK’s relationship with Europe.
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Priti Patel MP: ‘We will leave come what may…delay is not an option’
We speak to the Conservative MP Priti Patel who’s a former Secretary of State for International Development and a supporter of Boris Johnson.
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5m
Chief Inspector of Constabulary: Justice system ‘dysfunctional and defective’
Boris Johnson is promising to recruit another twenty thousand police officers if he becomes Prime Minister.
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8m
China and Hong Kong leader condemn ‘violent’ protesters
The Chinese government has strongly condemned pro-democracy protesters who stormed the Hong Kong legislature last night, accusing them of “trampling on the rule of law” after several hundred demonstrators vandalised parts of the building and sprayed slogans inside the chamber.
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12m
Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters after parliament chamber is stormed
What started last month in Hong Kong as protests against a proposed extradition law has tonight reached a crescendo.
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5m
Alejandro Cao de Benós: Trump-Kim meeting “good for the US, good for the whole world’
Interview with Alejandro Cao de Benós, a confidante of the North Korea regime.
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4m
Trump makes history with a step inside North Korea
Donald Trump has become the first sitting US President to enter North Korea.
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8m
Stormzy at Glastonbury: ‘leaving a legacy for black people beyond just his industry’
Grime artist Stormzy became the first black British solo artist to headline Glastonbury music festival in its 49-year history.
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Author Yascha Mounk on Putin’s ‘obsolete’ liberalism claim: ‘Putin may be speaking more from fear than confidence’
Liberalism, even democratic socialism, might be flourishing in parts of the United States, with the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waving the banner of progressive politics.
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4m
Labour MP Louise Ellman: ‘A party that does not deal with hatred and prejudices towards Jewish people is not fit to govern’
We’re joined by the Liverpool MP Louise Ellman, one of the signatories of the letter to Jeremy Corbyn.
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5m
Helen Lewis on political journalism: ‘We have ended up with a system that’s almost designed to produce group think’
The outgoing deputy editor of the New Statesman, Helen Lewis, has broken ranks with her colleagues, saying that they, by and large, get it wrong.
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5m
General Jack Keane: ‘Trump displayed a level of restraint’
Retired four-star General Jack Keane is the former vice-chief of staff of the US Army, and currently serves as the chairman of the Institute for the Study of War.
