Channel 4 News - War on Terror

Spymaster comes in from the cold

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

New MI5 chief Jonathan Evans gives an upbeat message about the terrorist threat. Simon Israel reports.

Detainees could head for Britain

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:49:00 +0000

The Conservatives have asked whether Guantanamo Bay inmates could be admitted to Britain.

Bilal Abdulla gets 32 years

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:15:00 +0000

Bilal Abdulla, who plotted to cause explosions in Glasgow and London, is jailed for a minimum of 32 years.

Brown calls for 'action not words'

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:00:00 +0000

Three-quarters of the most serious terror plots investigated by UK authorities are linked to Pakistan, claims Gordon Brown.

Snowmail: pact targets terror link

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:29:00 +0000

On tonight's show...

Iraq: The Legacy

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:55:00 +0000

Political commentator Peter Oborne returns to Iraq in a follow-up to his Dispatches film, Iraq The Betrayal, broadcast earlier this year, to find out whether - as President-elect Obama hopes - it is now 'safe' for Western forces to leave.

Judge refuses 9/11 guilty plea

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Guantanamo's military tribunal judge says he won't accept guilty pleas from the men accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks.

Uncertain future for camp detainees

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Simon Israel reports on the 250 people who are detained in Guantanamo and the conundrum now facing incoming President Obama.

A brief history of Guantanamo Bay

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:19:00 +0000

The self-styled architect of the September 11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tells the military judge at Guantanamo Bay detention camp he wants to confess and plead guilty.

Thailand: Lessons in Terror

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:46:00 +0000

This week's Unreported World reveals how just several hours drive away from the tourist hotspot of Phuket, Islamic extremists are waging a murderous campaign against Buddhist teachers in a largely hidden conflict which has turned hundreds of primary schools into bloody battlegrounds.

De Menezes mother 'reborn'

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:54:00 +0000

The mother of Jean Charles de Menezes said she felt "reborn" after today's open verdict. The dead man's family expected a verdict of an unlawful killing and vowed to "carry on the struggle."

The events of 9/11

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:58:00 +0100

How the events of 9/11 unfolded with the four hijacked planes.

9/11: five years on

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:35:00 +0100

Sixty months later, as America remembers, the grief is as powerful as ever.

Obama, McCain agree 9/11 truce

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +0100

Presidential hopefuls in New York to mark seventh anniversary of Twin Towers attack, reports Sarah Smith.

Darling postpones fuel tax rise

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:30:00 +0100

After heavy hints from Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling postpones the proposed 2p rise in fuel duty, reports Emily Reuben

Israel pulls troops out of Gaza

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

After five days of hostilities in Gaza in which more than 100 people died, Hamas and Israel are both claiming victory.

'Inquest not cover-up'

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0100

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes demand justice as the inquiry into his death opens, reports John Sparks.

Government's war on ideas

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Darshna Soni reports on how a government campaign is trying to reach out to young Muslim men with plays, cartoons and 'I Love Islam' t-shirts.

Undercover Mosque: The Return

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:38:00 +0100

A year-and-a-half after the critically acclaimed film Undercover Mosque was first screened, Dispatches goes undercover again to see whether extremist beliefs continue to be promoted in certain key British Muslim institutions.

Bin Laden's driver guilty

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:54:00 +0100

In the first full war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay, Osama bin Laden's former driver is found guilty of supporting terrorism.

'Wrong place at the wrong time'

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:00:00 +0100

A German-born former Guantanamo detainee says he was wrongly identified as a Taliban accomplice. Andy Davies reports.

Six charged over 9/11 attacks

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Six Guantanamo detainees, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are charged with 169 offences in connection with 9/11.

Guantanamo man arrested in UK

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:11:00 +0000

One of three British residents flown here from Guantanamo Bay last night is now in court fighting extradition to Spain, instead of being reunited with his family.

Bush: CIA detention not 'torture'

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:30:00 +0100

Is President Bush's assurance at odds with secret documents giving CIA agents permission to use extreme interrogation techniques?