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Paraic O'Brien

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Foreign Correspondent at Channel 4 News

Foreign Correspondent @Channel4News

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  • 2 weeks ago | channel4.com | Paraic O'Brien

    With the European Union facing a 20 per cent tariff on its goods going into the US from Wednesday, EU trade ministers have been gathering for an emergency meeting in Luxembourg.

  • 2 weeks ago | channel4.com | Paraic O'Brien

    French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has told a huge rally in Paris that she will fight peacefully against her five-year ban on running for office. Last Monday, a Paris court found Le Pen and two dozen members of her National Rally party guilty of embezzling EU funds and imposed a sentence that prevents her from standing in France’s 2027 presidential election.

  • 3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Paraic O'Brien

    A number of Britons who travelled to Syria – and who then had their citizenship revoked – have been left in limbo after the fall of the Assad regime. One of those is Tauqir Sharif, an aid worker from Essex who runs a network of charities in Idlib, and is now urging the UK government to give him his citizenship back. Eight years ago, he was accused by the Home Office of being associated with a group aligned with Al Qaeda, which he denies.

  • 3 weeks ago | channel4.com | Paraic O'Brien

    The far-right French firebrand who was seen as a frontrunner for the 2027 presidential election has been banned from standing for public office for five years. Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally party, was found guilty of embezzling EU funds and faces possible prison time, subject to her appeal.

  • 4 weeks ago | channel4.com | Paraic O'Brien

    The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land has been released – a day after he was attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and subsequently detained by the Israeli Defense Forces. His co-director Yuval Abraham said he had been left handcuffed and blindfolded all night in an army base.

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10 Apr 25

RT @esmewren: Anushka is truly one of the UK’s brightest political talents, performing at the top of her game to deliver agenda-setting cov…

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Paraic O'Brien @paraicobrien
2 Apr 25

There are thought to be at least 25 British families in the ISIS camps/prisons, NE #Syria. There are also around 8 Brits still in #Idlib who’ve had their citizenship revoked. We met some of them including ‘Tox’ https://t.co/BXhztDGePo

Paraic O'Brien
Paraic O'Brien @paraicobrien
1 Apr 25

RT @POLITICOEurope: Marine Le Pen’s conviction caused a political firestorm. Here’s what actually happened. https://t.co/RYyFW0sKMN