Apr 15 British Prime Minister Hopefuls Debate for First Time on TV By Larisa Epatko Britain's three main candidates for prime minister are meeting in their first televised debate Thursday, ahead of what has turned into a highly contested national election on May 6. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch News Wrap: Zero U.S. Combat Deaths in Iraq in December In other news, December was the first month in the nearly seven-year long Iraq war without a U.S. combat death, and the U.K. launched a review of airport security in the wake of the failed plane bombing over Detroit on… Continue watching
Nov 26 Reporter’s Podcast: Britain Launches Iraq War Inquiry By Anna Shoup A British inquiry opened this week looking into the country's participation in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Paul Davies of Independent Television News describes testimony that the Bush Administration mentioned Iraq on the day of the 9/11 attacks. Continue reading
Oct 23 Controversy Erupts Over Politician’s Appearance on BBC Talk Show The debut of far-right British National Party leader Nick Griffin on BBC's political-debate show "Question Time" launched protests, along with a debate over media freedoms. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Other News: Iran Vows ‘Crushing Response’ to Bombing In other news, Iraq's Revolutionary Guard promised a "crushing response" after a suicide bomb killed five commanders, and nuclear talks with Iran convened in Vienna. Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch NATO to Probe Strike that Killed Dozens of Civilians NATO plans to launch an investigation into an airstrike aimed at Taliban militants on Friday that inadvertently struck and killed scores of civilians. Meanwhile, in Britain, Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to reassure skeptics about the rising number of British… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Miliband Presses Political Strategy for Afghans, Insurgency British Foreign Secretary David Miliband tells Gwen Ifill that the Afghan war requires more of a political solution to win, in addition to a military one. Continue watching