George W Bush

New photos are released of then US President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney co-ordinating the White House’s response to the 9/11 terror attacks.

Sir John Chilcot tells MPs his long-awaited report on the Iraq war will be released as soon as possible and denies he was put under pressure to delay publication because of the election.

Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq war, provokes controversy after saying his report will not be published until after the May election – six years after he began his work.

A “brutal” CIA programme of torture was completely ineffective at yielding information that could have helped the security services stop an attack on US citizens, a long-awaited report shows.

Volunteers who fight alongside Iraq’s security forces will be given 750,000 Dinars (£375) per month, the country’s prime minister says, as battles rage for control of the country’s largest oil field.

International Editor Lindsey Hilsum charts the origins of crisis in Iraq – from the ousting of Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, through the consolidation of Shia power, and resulting in more bloodshed.

US marine commander Elliot Ackerman tells Channel 4 News there is no appetite to intervene in Iraq but former ambassador James Jeffrey says Iraq is sinking “slowly under the control of terrorism”.

Former US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates tells Channel 4 News that a number of “serious mistakes” were made in Iraq but says: “‘we accomplished our mission”.

Former senior members of the US military and political establishment accuse the country’s most senior officials of contributing to the spread of torture.

Margaret Thatcher was a controversial figure at home and abroad. So how has her death been received across the world?