Paraic O'Brien , Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Paraic O'Brien is a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Paraic's investigations include the multi-award winning "Bruce Lee, King of Romania's Sewers", a searing film about the subterranean life of Bucharest's drug addicts. His expose of how the global online game Habbo Hotel was putting children at risk, resulted in a mass exodus of investors. His investigation into the death of Alois Dvorzac in a British detention centre exposed serious flaws in the immigration system.
He was the first TV reporter on the ground in Brixton and Croydon as the riots broke out in 2011. He also once had a minor altercation with Russell Brand.
Before joining Channel 4 News he worked at the BBC as an investigations reporter for BBC London News and Newsnight on occasion. Prior to that he was a community worker in Ireland and south London.
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US Secretary of State urges Netanyahu to resuscitate Gaza ceasefire deal
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told Israel’s prime minister to seize the opportunity to agree a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, saying the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could create an opening for peace.
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Hardline Israeli settlers gather to plan future homes in Gaza strip (dubbed)
Strikes in Northern Gaza were watched by a group of hardline Israeli settlers, gathered for a two-day event where they drew up plans for their future homes in the Gaza strip.
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Hardline Israeli settlers gather to plan future homes in Gaza strip
Strikes in Northern Gaza were watched by a group of hardline Israeli settlers, gathered for a two-day event where they drew up plans for their future homes in the Gaza strip.
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Settler families celebrate Jewish holiday on the border of Gaza
Our foreign affairs correspondent is in southern Israel near the Gaza border.
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Israel continues to block aid agencies from Gaza
Reports from Gaza claim at least 33 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes – and claim the Israeli military has tightened its siege around a refugee camp in the north.
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No sign of ceasefire after Israel kills Hamas leader
Hopes that the death of Yahya Sinwar would be a turning point for the war in Gaza have already faded.
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Israel kills Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza
Benjamin Netanyahu has now announced the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, telling the people of Gaza that he ruined their lives.
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US tells Israel to increase Gaza aid or risk cut to military aid
A trickle of aid deliveries across the border into Gaza has resumed – after the United States gave Israel 30 days to improve access or face a cut in military aid.
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US tells Israel to up Gaza aid or face arms embargo
The Biden administration has warned the Israelis that weapons supplies could be held back unless more humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza within 30 days.
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Israel: Four soldiers killed and dozens injured in Hezbollah drone attack
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now in a security meeting with his cabinet in Tel Aviv – amid continued speculation over a potential strike against Iran.
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Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeepers base, says UN
The UN says Israeli tanks burst through the gates of bases used by its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, early this morning.
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48 hours with Ukraine’s frontline medics
We bring you the story of the medical corp of the DaVinci Wolves battalion – and be warned this report contains some highly graphic scenes of injured soldiers and their treatment.
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On the frontline in eastern Ukraine, Pokrovsk stands ready against the advancing Russian troops
Russian forces have been making slow and steady progress along the frontline in eastern Ukraine for weeks now. The logistics and transport hub of Pokrovsk is the real prize though.
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On the frontline in eastern Ukraine as Russians move closer
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged leaders at the UN General Assembly to seek a “real, just peace” for Ukraine, not “an out”.
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Ukraine-Russia war: what is Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’?
As leaders gathered, a Russian guided bomb hit an apartment block in the city of Kharkiv, killing three and injuring 31.
