Ciaran Jenkins
@c4ciaran.bsky.social
Presenter and Correspondent @Channel4News.bsky.social
"I hope this is one piece of the mosaic of evidence to change policies and exert pressure on Israel." International Association of Genocide Scholars' Tim Williams speaks to @c4ciaran.bsky.social about the resolution that genocide is happening in Gaza. Read and watch:
‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’, say world’s leading experts
The world's leading genocide scholars association has passed a resolution saying the legal criteria has now been met to establish that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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"If they stay in an area that is in an intense war zone, of course they're endangering themselves." @c4ciaran.bsky.social asks retired Israeli brigadier general Amir Avivi what Israel will do if Gazans refuse to move. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/picture...
Pictures of starving Gaza children are ‘fake’, claims former Israeli general
We spoke to retired Israeli brigadier general Amir Avivi.
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Explained: How Israel is enacting a decades-long plan that would ‘bury’ the idea of a Palestinian state. We went to the West Bank to see it for ourselves. www.channel4.com/news/israeli...
Israeli plan that could end the two state solution explained
Israel's government also gave approval to a major settlement plan in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the Palestinian territory in two.
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"The only honourable option is for Europeans to stand fully with Ukraine, to support Ukrainian territorial integrity." Former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis talks to @c4ciaran.bsky.social about the Trump-Putin summit. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/europea...
‘Europeans must stand fully with Ukraine’ – former Lithuanian foreign minister
We spoke to the former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
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"It's Ukrainians who are fighting and dying every day." Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko tells @c4ciaran.bsky.social the Trump-Putin summit has to "satisfy Ukraine". Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/zelensk...
‘Zelenskyy should keep publicly silent’ – Ukrainian opposition MP on Trump-Putin meeting
We spoke to the Ukrainian opposition MP Oleksiy Goncharenko and asked him what he felt about the prospect of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meeting to decide on the future of Ukraine.
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"Trump wants a deal in Ukraine at any price." Anthony Gardner, former US ambassador to the EU, and Russia expert, Professor Mark Galeotti, talk to @c4ciaran.bsky.social about the Trump-Putin summit. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/can-the...
Can there be a Ukraine peace deal from Trump-Putin summit?
We spoke to Anthony Gardner, who served as US ambassador to the European Union, and Professor Mark Galeotti, who's an expert on Russian security affairs, and heads the Mayak Intelligence consultancy f...
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Reporting from Washington DC, @c4ciaran.bsky.social has more on the Epstein scandal that won’t go away for President Trump, who tries to maintain a focus on the economy through it all. channel4news.substack.com/p/on-the-gro...
On The Ground: Epstein scandal looms over Washington DC
No time for silly season at the Trump White House
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New from me on the Channel 4 News substack — Epstein saga lingers but Trump has plenty else to worry about. channel4news.substack.com/p/on-the-gro...
On The Ground: Epstein scandal looms over Washington DC
No time for silly season at the Trump White House
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Analysis: care worker visas were ALREADY under 10,000 last year. Meanwhile there are 131,000 vacancies for jobs paying on average £11 per hour. www.channel4.com/news/how-rel...
How reliant is UK on migrant care workers?
One of the government’s big announcements was that decision to end visas for people coming to the UK to work in the adult social care sector.
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Donald Trump has the worst approval rating of any president at this stage since WWII with the exception of himself during his first term. www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
Trump presidential approval ratings among lowest since WWII
Mr Trump has dismissed a slew of opinion polls suggesting his popularity has plummeted as "rigged".
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Tina McKenzie from the Federation of Small Businesses and Emily Kilcrease from the Center for New American Security discuss with @c4ciaran.bsky.social whether they see "light at the end of the tunnel" amid ongoing negotiations with the US over tariffs that could impact the UK. Read and watch here:
Trump Tariffs debate: economic disaster or stroke of genius?
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.
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Adolescence is fiction. Here are some facts. We’ve spent months investigating knife crimes and stabbings at schools..🧵
"Republicans have been very skilful about baiting traps for Democrats." Democratic strategist Matt Bennett tells @c4ciaran.bsky.social the opposition needs to adjust its strategy to counter Donald Trump. Read and watch here:
‘Signal controversy first time Trump lost control’ – Democrat strategist
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.
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I spoke to one of the young women arrested during the Metropolitan Police raid on a Quaker Meeting House.. www.channel4.com/news/youth-d...
Youth Demand reacts to arrest for plans to ‘shut down London’
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 Ga...
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"We can show that we can have an impact when we are allowed to do our job." Antoine Renard from the World Food Programme tells @c4ciaran.bsky.social there are enough supplies to feed the people of Gaza, but a blockade is preventing them from getting through. Read and watch here:
‘Gaza is running short of food’ – UN plea for ceasefire revival
We spoke to Antoine Renard, Palestine director for the World Food Programme, who joined me from Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.
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👀We’ve obtained secret NHS files that reveal 1 in 3 English hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned nurses across their wards. Find out how many nurses are missing from your local hospital using our new tool —NurseCheck: channel4.com/nursecheck
FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses
These are the secret NHS files you weren’t supposed to see.
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Lushest melody EVER 🏴 Happy St David’s Day—Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus ❤️
Steve Rosenberg@bbcstever.bsky.social · last yr.For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
Grooming gang response has ‘improved’ says former police chief www.channel4.com/news/groomin...
Grooming gang response has ‘improved’ says former police chief
We’re joined by former Norfolk Chief Constable, Simon Bailey, who was also the national lead for child protection at the National Police Chiefs' Council.
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This was 2015. Just remarkable to hear the excuses and denials even after so many details of the child grooming scandal were exposed.
Such a joy to make music with the wonderful @bbcstever.bsky.social and to share it with all of you — Merry Christmas! 🎄
Steve Rosenberg@bbcstever.bsky.social · 2y agoPresenting our 2024 BBC News/Channel 4 News musical Christmas collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins and I perform In The Bleak Midwinter. Wherever you are in the world, whatever you may be celebrating, our very best wishes. @c4ciaran.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @petroc.bsky.social
This is a story about the grooming, rape and abuse of children in Barrow, Cumbria. Of girls sometimes still in their school uniform. A month ago, three brothers were convicted of a raft of serious sexual offences against children across Barrow, and in Leeds. (1/4)
Pupils are hungry, homeless. One child has been sleeping in a van. What’s happening in schools should shock us but it’s worryingly routine.
Assad regime falling ‘would be a dream’, - White Helmets volunteer responding to fast-moving developments in Syria and Damascus on @channel4news.bsky.social tonight:
"Hello, we exist, we have existed for millennia." Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, tells Matt Frei what he would say to Trump's new Israel envoy, Mike Huckabee, who believes "there is no such thing as a Palestinian". Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/palesti...
Palestinians will take control of Gaza after war says ambassador
Palestinian officials say Hamas and Fatah are getting close to an agreement to appoint a committee of technocrats to run Gaza after the war.
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The government has been warned it needs to alleviate child poverty to get poor children back into school. Official figures show those from deprived families are far more likely to be persistently missing lessons. Read and watch @c4ciaran.bsky.social's analysis here www.channel4.com/news/how-sch...
How schools are tackling pupil absences
Last month the Education Secretary in England pledged to tackle what she called the school ‘absence epidemic’ seen in the wake of the pandemic.
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