30 Jun 09 3 Comments

Napolitano's fears over Somali and other terrorists

Perhaps the most interesting line in the US homeland security secretary’s interview with me this morning concerns her fears over Somali Americans carrying out terrorist attacks inside the

Jackson highlights the contrast between LA and DC

Running round LA for the last few days covering Michael Jackson’s death, I’ve been amazed about how polite, pleasant and accommodating the LAPD have been. They might not have told us

29 Jun 09 18 Comments

Are we over-doing Jackson's death?

Was he as famous as the Duke of Wellington? There has been some debate about how much time a show like Channel 4 News should devote to a story like the death of Michael Jackson. Both in the

28 Jun 09 2 Comments

Changing faces of Pakistani group linked to Mumbai attacks

Pakistan is in the grip of a bloody, intense fight against the militants in its midst – those who have threatened its capital, its economy and its broad existence as a state – that has

26 Jun 09 8 Comments

Covering the bizarre trial of Michael Jackson

I dropped my son off at school this morning and all the eight-year-olds were talking about in the playground was the death of the 50-year-old King of Pop. Last night I stayed up late to watch the

24 Jun 09 1 Comment

After Granai, why should Afghans believe the US?

Sometimes it happens this way at Channel 4 News – a cameraman or photographer calls us up and tells us he has been somewhere we have not, and asks if we want to see his footage. So it was

18 Jun 09 37 Comments

After the rout, fears for Sri Lanka's Tamils

Eyewitnesses interviewed during a week-long undercover investigation for Channel 4 News told of thousands of civilian deaths as government forces advanced on the Tigers’ final stronghold. The

In turbulent times, a hidden message for Iran

In times of stress I always like to read poetry, so I’ve been turning to the Poem of the Day in the Tehran Times, the English language daily here. This is a paper which carefully toes the

17 Jun 09 105 Comments

The price of Sri Lanka's victory

Sinhalese Sri Lankans are so relieved their war is over that most appear blinded by patriotism, drunk on victory and deaf to the clamour from outside their island for investigations into possible

'A burst of sunlight in a darkened room'

So did they rig it and if so, how? So far the evidence seems circumstantial and no-one I’ve spoken to has managed to provide hard proof.