Ciaran Jenkins

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Ciaran Jenkins

The growing fears of a global trade war as President Trump prepares to unveil another raft of US tariffs. We were joined by Tina McKenzie from the Federation of Small Businesses and Emily Kilcrease from the Washington-based think-tank, the Center for a New American Security.

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Ciaran Jenkins

We spoke to Antoine Renard, Palestine director for the World Food Programme, who joined me from Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza. We asked him what the situation was like after Israel began bombing the enclave again.

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Ciaran Jenkins

We spoke to the Democratic strategist Matt Bennett, and asked him if Donald Trump’s more adversarial approach to Putin is a sign of cracks beginning to show in his administration.

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Ciaran Jenkins

Six members of a direct action group called Youth Demand have been arrested during a meeting to discuss plans to ‘shut down London’ next month, accusing the Government of ‘facilitating genocide’ in Gaza. Officers raided the gathering at a Quaker Meeting House on Thursday, in what’s believed to be the first time their meeting spaces have been raided in living memory, though the group are not affiliated with the Quakers.

3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Ciaran Jenkins

The devastation left by the Myanmar earthquake is the worst seen in Asia for a hundred years, the Red Cross has warned, with at least 1,700 people confirmed to have died and thousands more injured. Foreign aid is arriving, but rescue teams are still struggling to access some of the worst hit areas. That’s left some local people digging through rubble by hand, while government forces have continued to attack rebel held areas – even after the quake.