Edward Lawrence

Extraordinary

Xi renews warning against Taiwan independence in National Day address Xi Jinping pledges to ‘practice true multilateralism’ and urges protection of national sovereignty.

In National Day address, Xi Jinping warns against Taiwan independence and ‘external interference’ – SCMP: ‘While he used similar language about Taiwan in his National Day speech last year, Xi did not single out external forces then.’

The man who can't stop opening disastrous London cinemas Preston Benson received millions of pounds in public funds to help revive London's high streets with a chain of cinemas stretching from Ealing to Catford, and Sidcup to Sutton. What keeps going wrong?

One man opened a series of cinemas in abandoned London buildings (from Catford to Ealing, from Sidcup to Sutton) as part of a plan to revive the capital’s high streets. Politicians love the idea and provided millions to help. So why do they keep going bust? www.londoncentric.media/p/preston-be...

YouTube video by Channel 4 News 'Go to Gaza!' - harsh Israeli crack down on anti-war protest

We witnessed Israeli police aggressively break up a small and peaceful protest against the war in Gaza with one man being dragged out of his car, strangled and arrested for simply beeping his horn in support. From 1.37 @channel4news.bsky.social #Israel #Gaza
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B1p...

Peaceful demonstration in Arab town northern Israel broken up violently by police, who even drag a man out of a car for honking support and assault him.
'As soon as you start saying anything, the police come in very hard.' Secunder Kermani who is himself subject to aggression #c4news

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Israel ramps up Gaza offensive - as France set to recognise Palestinian state

As the UK and other nations recognise a Palestinian state, we’ve again travelled across the occupied West Bank to explore what recognition might mean to the Palestinians living there as settlements expand at an unprecedented rate. #Israel #Palestine

From 8mins 30.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjt1...

Just finished a very intense three week stint in Israel and the occupied West Bank with the brilliant Channel 4 News team. Now back to London… #c4news

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Israeli settlers encroach on West Bank village again one month after killing

Our @channel4news.bsky.social piece tonight on the killing of Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and filmmaker who was shot dead by an extremist Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5C7... #Israel #WestBank

Thanks mate. C4 has been solid on the complexities of this story and it’s great to work with them!

Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland | CNN The US envoy to Denmark was summoned by the Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday, after the country’s public broadcaster reported that a number of American men have attempted to conduct “influence ope...

I was hoping that the Greenland madness had abated. A key unanswered question in this piece is who is behind these operations. Are they seld-initiated? Did Trump recruit amateurs to do this a la FDR? Is this a CIA endeavor?

Annnd more of our work from last week on the day that Israel announced the approval of a controversial new settlement that would cut right through the middle of the West Bank. Activists and far-right ministers have both said it will mean the end of a Palestinian state… #israel #westbank

Also few seconds before @c4ciaran.bsky.social was due to begin presenting, an air-raid alarm and an alarm of an incoming strike from Houthis in Yemen, according to the IDF. Iron dome launch and thuds in the background handled brilliantly by Ciaran.

From us last week.
Been a bit busy so a bit late to post…

Thousands protest across Israel demanding ceasefire and hostage deal Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets in Israel - blocking highways and marching on the Prime Minister's Office to demand a ceasefire deal in Gaza and the release of all the remaining host...

Thousands protest across Israel demanding ceasefire and hostage deal
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Presenting channel 4 news from Tel Aviv last night.

Our piece from yesterday after Israel approved a plan that both far-right ministers and activists say could end the two state solution. t.co/sBDksyL5At

Who were the five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza? Correspondent Anas Al-Sharif was part of a news team working for Al Jazeera who all died in a strike on a tent near al Shifa Hospital in Gaza on Sunday. Here is all you need to know.

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Last night’s #C4News live shot from Tel Aviv. A tight balcony and a high wall to deal with. A dark backdrop too, so hair light was essential.

This is such a funny paragraph of a BlueSky-style "well actually" in real life.

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Covering the Palestine Action protest in Westminster today. Everyone with the words ‘Palestine Action’ on their placard is being arrested. #palestineaction #protest #london

Taiwan’s Democracy Is in Trouble How polarization undermines security.

Solid analysis on #Taiwan www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...

Judges Keep Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Arrests, in Setback for Trump Agenda

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s finding that the raids appeared to exclusively rely on a person’s race and other factors, like speaking Spanish. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...

Media literacy - Committees - UK Parliament This inquiry will seek to establish a clear vision for what good media literacy would look like in the UK, and examine the barriers to achieving this vision. The committee will consider the roles and ...

The House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. Its core message is that the UK is falling behind, and it’s putting democracy at risk.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...

Latest piece I’ve been working on with @abcnewsbot.bsky.social We joined a NATO mission in the Baltic Sea aimed at countering sabotage of critical infrastructure by Russia’s so-called shadow fleet.

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China is winning the media war Thanks to censorship, a new media direction, and Western self-sabotage, today the stories you hear from China.. are mostly just those the Party wants you to hear.

Most of this is, in my opinion, absolutely bang on. - China is winning the media war open.substack.com/pub/toosimpl...

On Tuesday 3rd June I'll be moderating a talk about 'Reporting on China'. Come along to hear from a diverse group of four great journalists about the realities of reporting on China.

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

Will be speaking on this panel at the Frontline Club on June 3. Do join if you can #China www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Inside Israel's devastating army operation in the West Bank

A bit late to post, but here’s our Channel 4 News feature from the end of March. We travelled across the Occupied West Bank, where Israel has been carrying out its largest military operation there in decades - with hundreds of Palestinians displaced. #israel #westbank youtu.be/REu_08p-iMs

Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

The EU is rather slow on the uptake. 12 years ago: "According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its computer network. Cyber attacks were also perpetrated against Brussels in New York and Washington." www.spiegel.de/internationa...