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Channel 4
6 days ago
- Politics
- Channel 4
Ukraine war: will Trump's threats really scare Putin?
Donald Trump says he's 'disappointed' that Vladimir Putin keeps knocking down buildings in Kyiv despite all the great conversations they are having about ending the war in Ukraine, as the First Lady Melania Trump keeps pointing out to him. So the president is ramping up the threats, offering 'top-of-the-line' weaponry to Ukraine and promising severe tariffs on Russia if there's no ceasefire within 50 days. Is that enough to get Putin to the negotiating table? Or just escalating an intractable conflict? And is Trump even serious about bumping his bestie in Moscow? On the latest episode of The Fourcast, Matt Frei is joined by Channel 4 News' International Editor Lindsey Hilsum and historian and author Anne Applebaum.
Channel 4
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Channel 4
Inside the vote that shook Starmer's grip on power
Sir Keir Starmer pulled Labour's flagship welfare reform plans at the last minute – a humiliating U-turn after days of rebellion, confusion and rising anger across his own party. The government narrowly avoided defeat in the vote last night, but the cost may be far greater than any lost vote. Dozens of MPs defied the whip, disability campaigners condemned the reforms, and what was once a central policy platform now lies in ruins. Critics say Starmer has looked weak, indecisive – even irrelevant – in the face of pressure from within. In this episode of The Fourcast, Matt Frei speaks to our social affairs editor Jackie Long and Channel 4 News' Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara about the significance of what has just happened and what comes next. Has this bruising vote done lasting damage to Starmer's premiership? and what will Rachel Reeves do now as another last minute U-turn has blown an even bigger black hole into the government's finances?
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Another Top Comedian Rules Out Working In Trump's America Over ‘Locked Up' Fears
Don't expect to see top British stand-up comedian Stewart Lee performing in the United States anytime soon, because of his fear that his past gags could be used against him amid the Trump White House's targeting of dissenters. 'I wouldn't work in the States at the moment,' Lee told Channel 4 News' Krishnan Guru-Murthy in a lengthy interview released this week. 'I'd worry about them going them through my jokes and ending up spending two days locked up without my heart medication,' he said, adding: 'I just worry about it.' The admission came after Lee revealed he'd recently turned down an offer to perform his new show, titled 'Stewart Lee Vs. The Man-Wulf,' for a week at a venue in Chicago. 'It's not something I'd normally do anyway,' he acknowledged, before lightheartedly quipping: 'At the moment, I'd have to take a huge set of American cityscape and two full-sized werewolf costumes. I'd have to get those through American customs at the moment…' Guru-Murthy had earlier asked Lee if he really believed his recent characterization of what's happening in America right now under Trump as fascism. 'Oh yeah, I call it what is it. Absolutely,' Lee replied. 'People are pussy-footing around this idea. People are being deported wrongly from the States to an El Salvador jail without due process. What's that?' 'Trump is doing deals for resources with dictators,' he added. 'It absolutely is that, and we have to call it that, and we have to act in the way that we should have done more quickly in the '30s.' Watch the full interview here: Last month, award-winning Australian comedian Alice Fraser told HuffPost she'd canceled an upcoming trip to New York, during which she'd hoped to boost her new book, partly because she feared she may be targeted by officials over her jokes about Trump. Wall Street Journal Flames Trump Over His 'Worst Idea Since Tariffs' Economics Professor Utterly Shreds Trump's Trade Chaos In 5 Seconds Flat New Report Reveals Just How Little Time Melania Trump Spends At White House
