Jonathan Rugman has been Foreign Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News for more than a decade.
He reported from the revolutions and uprisings in Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Bahrain and has covered stories as diverse as Somalia's famine, the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, corruption in world football and the Haiti earthquake. In 2016 he won a BAFTA for his reporting on the terrorist attacks in Paris.
He was previously the programme's Washington Correspondent and Business Correspondent and his reporting has won more than 10 awards. He is the author of "Ataturk's Children: Turkey and the Kurds" and previously worked on BBC Radio 4 documentaries and in Turkey for the BBC and The Guardian.
Now former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial, accused of getting suitcases full of cash from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to illegally fund his successful 2007 presidential run.
King Charles has sent his condolences to the family of Edward Pettifor, whose stepmother, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, was William and Harry’s former nanny.
More details have emerged about the driver who murdered 14 people in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day.
A former college football player, an 18 year old about to start her nursing training, a young mother, a high school graduate, many of the 14 New Orleans victims were celebrating the new year and a new chapter of their lives.
Georgia has a new president after former Manchester City striker Mikhail Kavelashvili was sworn into office.
Tens of thousands of Georgians have formed human chains today in support of European Union membership, marking a month of major pro-European rallies across the country.
Donald Trump’s threats to seize back control of the Panama Canal have been overshadowed by a damning report into the man he wanted to be his Attorney General.
German officials say they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in the ramming attack on Magdeburg’s Christmas market.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House loomed large – as Ukraine’s President met EU leaders in Brussels today.
The UN has urged Israel to stop its airstrikes on Syria, saying it could impede the country’s transition to peace and stability.
Syrian and Russian jets bombed Aleppo after the city was captured by rebels.
Armed Syrian rebels are making rapid advances across the country.
President Biden says his administration will immediately try to secure a truce in Gaza, declaring he will make a push with regional powers to agree a deal which includes the release of all the hostages and the removal of Hamas from power.
Explosions were heard across Ukraine overnight in a nationwide Russian missile and drone attack, targeting energy infrastructure throughout the country.
Ukraine must do everything possible to end the war with Russia next year, through diplomacy, President Zelensky has declared.