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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 7h

‘Chilling’ rise in UK prison drone incursions – bringing in contraband

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‘Chilling’ rise in UK prison drone incursions – bringing in contraband

Data examined by this programme shows reported incidents involving drones have risen by more than 1,000% in the last five years.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

‘We need infrastructure, people and peace in Gaza’ says returned trauma surgeon

In his role at one of the busiest trauma centres in Europe, Professor Martin Griffiths has spent years operating on the victims of gun and knife injuries in London. But nothing prepared him for what h...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Why Macron’s political legacy hangs in the balance

France's outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, just hours after naming his new cabinet. He has spent much of the day locked in talks with opposition parties.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

River Wye: Thousands join UK’s biggest environmental lawsuit

It's believed to be the UK's biggest ever environmental pollution lawsuit - nearly 4,000 people have joined a claim at the High Court against companies they blame for causing "extensive and widespread...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Court hears of ‘terror attack’ plans by two men in Manchester

A court in Preston has heard that two men prepared to carry out a terror attack on Jews in Manchester.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Badenoch vows to abolish Stamp Duty in final conference speech

The Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch has ended her party conference in Manchester with a promise to abolish Stamp Duty on primary house purchases.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Starmer blames Tories for collapse of China spy case

Starmer blames tories for collapse of China spy case

Sir Keir Starmer has blamed the previous Conservative government for the collapse of a case against two men accused of spying for China.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Starmer visits Mumbai to talk up UK-India free trade agreement

The prime minister has embarked on a two-day trip to Mumbai to build on the UK’s recent trade agreement with India.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Trump wants to be peacemaker in Gaza – but what about at home?

It's being reported that White House officials believe good progress has been made in the talks in Egypt.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Gaza ceasefire agreement ‘possible’ – Palestinian Deputy FM

One of the parties with a stake in the future of Gaza after these talks is the Palestinian Authority, which has exercised some control over the West Bank since the Oslo Accords.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8h

Cautious optimism for breakthrough on Gaza ceasefire deal

Israeli sources are reported to be cautiously optimistic that a deal with Hamas to cease fire in Gaza and free the hostages is within reach.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 9h

🤝 Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘special relationship’ explained

Read the latest newsletter from Channel 4 News’ Anushka Asthana in Washington 👇📩

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Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘special relationship’ explained

If agreement is reached on stage one of a peace deal - including the release of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners - it would be unquestionably historic, writes Anushka Asthana

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 12h

Will Trump make peace in Gaza?

Watch the latest episode of TrumpWorld here, or on all podcast platforms:
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 17h

"We're only scratching the surface in terms of the effects of October 7th."

Middle East expert Omar Rahman speaks to @krishgm.bsky.social about regional security, in a debate with Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas.

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Debate: How October 7 attack reshaped the Middle East

The impact of the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October has been profound. The diplomatic and military realities of this entire region have been redrawn in ways that could hardly have been imagined bac...

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 17h

"If enough of us move towards peace, it will happen."

Sharone Lifschitz talks to Jackie Long two years after her parents were abducted by Hamas terrorists. Her father was killed, but her mother was freed as part of a prisoner swap.

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‘We need more understanding of each other’s pain’ – daughter of Israeli hostage

Two years ago, Sharone Lifschitz learned that her mother and father had been abducted by Hamas terrorists.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 17h

“If you support Palestinian independence, but you don't support my right to live, you’ve completely missed the point.”

Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi’s remains are still being held by Hamas in Gaza, spoke to @krishgm.bsky.social .

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Two-state solution is ‘dust in the wind’ – cousin of Israeli hostage

We spoke to Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi's remains are still being held by Hamas in Gaza.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 18h

“I wish our government was as obligated to the hostages' return as the Americans are right now.”

Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, speaks to @krishgm.bsky.social on his hopes for the proposed peace plan to end the war in Gaza.

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‘Right now, more reasons to be hopeful for deal’ – Israeli opposition leader

We spoke to Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid as he was leaving Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

Read the latest newsletter from Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy, reporting from Tel Aviv in Israel, on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre 👇📩
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October 7: ‘Profound impact’ of massacre in Israel

After two years of horrific suffering, mass killing, bitter argument across the world and war in the Middle East, there is a sense here that a moment of change is coming, writes Krishnan Guru-Murthy.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

"It's not only about the rights of the Palestinian people, it's part and parcel of Egyptian national security."

Former Egyptian minister Hussein Haridi speaks to @krishgm.bsky.social about the indirect Gaza peace plan talks being held in Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Trump’s Gaza peace plan can only be completed in stages, says Egyptian ex-diplomat

We spoke to the Egyptian Former Assistant Foreign Minister Hussein Haridi.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

"I would never be in a party with Nigel Farage."

Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly speaks to @cathynewman about the rise of Reform and any possible merger with the Conservative Party in the future.

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Reform’s economic policies are ‘left of Corbyn’, says senior Tory

We spoke to the Shadow Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government James Cleverly who is also a former foreign secretary.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

"Netanyahu will be withdrawn to the sidelines of history for his failures, for his arrogance, for his lack of human sensitivity."

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells @krishgm.bsky.social his thoughts on what will be the current leader's legacy.

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Palestinian state is in Israel’s interest, says Israeli ex-PM

We spoke to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and asked him if Benjamin Netanyahu could be trusted to stick to the plan for Gaza.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 1d

"Everybody is talking as if peace is already here."

Palestinian politician and activist Aida Touma Suleiman, who lives in Israel, tells @krishgm.bsky.social we musn't forget "genocide is still going on" in Gaza.

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