Krishnan Guru-Murthy
@krishgm
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Main Anchor, Channel 4 News. Unreported World. Ways to Change the World, Strictly Class of 2023, Chairman Duchenne UK [email protected]
London, England
Joined October 2008
After the US seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, lawmakers at the nation's capitol react to President Trump’s escalation against the country.
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Brilliant hire
Rachel Jupp, editorial exec on the BBC's gen AI team, has been appointed director of news documentaries & long form journalism The role was created after a review into the Gaza doc that used the son of a Hamas official as narrator
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Food for thought with @krishgm Tim Hincks at a @RTS_media “Fireside Chat” this week… animated & fun
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Channel 4 News has been named News Provider of the Year for the second consecutive year at the 2025 Press Gazette British Journalism Awards. The judges praised our fearless, public-interest reporting across a defining year: from the Church of England investigation and searing
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"Wear whatever you want. Be as colourful as you want. Live your lives just the way who you are." Sanna Marin, who became prime minister of Finland in 2019 at the age of 34, says "it's nobody's job" to question a woman's choice and it is the "societal view" on how women should
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British Journalism Awards winners 2025: C4 News and Cathy Newman on top - Press Gazette
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Channel 4 News was named News Provider of the Year for the second year running at the British Journalism Awards 2025. See full list of winners
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A full-scale US invasion would face accusations of illegality and deeper questions about whether the sovereignty of Venezuela has been restored or colonised. Read the full article from @krishgm on Substack: https://t.co/mlyVvRtJAU
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‘Israel has zero intention to relinquish control of Gaza’ - UN’s Francesca Albanese https://t.co/E8bg7iSIQx
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‘Ukraine should surrender’, says Russian Ambassador https://t.co/WVQj10C5gF via @krishgm
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We spoke to Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin, and began by asking him whether, as Donald Trump says, Russia is fine with the US peace plan.
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“It is simply stealing money.” There will be “very serious consequences” if European countries decide to seize frozen Russian assets and give them to Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin says.
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Come along to our Fireside Review of 2025 with Tim Hincks and @krishgm and you'll also be treated to mince pies 🎄 Join us next Wednesday as the Co-CEO of @ExpectationEnt1 and @Channel4News’ lead anchor reflect on a momentous year for TV and the news
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Reviewing a momentous year for British TV & NewsA year of headlines, hard questions, and unforgettable moments, join RTS Fellow Krishnan Guru-Murthy a
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Jan Ravens, who is best known for her work on Dead Ringers and whose impression of Theresa May and Liz Truss have become iconic, says her comedy portrays these politicians' "tragic flaw."
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Treasury Minister James Murray tells @krishgm that the decision in the Budget to scrap the two-child benefit cap will “lift 550,000 children out of poverty”. Read and watch: https://t.co/WexxxLCJPV
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Labour’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, James Murray, responds to criticism over tax thresholds, welfare policy and downgraded growth forecasts after the Chancellor’s Budget announcement.
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"You're part of a government that...seems every single week to move further and further towards Nigel Farage." Green Party leader Zack Polanski challenges Labour MP Rosie Wrighting on the government's domestic as well as foreign policy on the latest episode of the Fourcast.
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"The words 'never again' are a big part of growing up Jewish. When I saw the slaughter in Gaza, I came to understand that...they just meant 'never again for us'." Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, says his Jewish upbringing gave him "so much sympathy for people that are
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🗣️ Many will conclude what they knew already: the government acted too little, too late, there was chaos and toxicity, and later decisions were not backed by data. @krishgm writes in the latest edition of our weekly long read newsletter, InDepth 📩 https://t.co/WUJR3kfKqd
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"You can't please anybody else unless you entertain yourself somehow." Artist David Shrigley tells @krishgm it's healthy for artists to make art for themselves and say what they want to say.
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