John Ray
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Why Sally robbed a bank
Sally took a fake handgun and headed to her local bank branch, threatening to burn the place down unless they gave her thousands of her own dollars. | ITV National News → Read More
Ukraine surveys damage after missile strikes, but Russia still losing on frontline
The attack in the capital, Kyiv, brought back into focus the grim reality of war after months of easing tensions there. → Read More
Ukrainians have 'no words, just horror' after 25 killed in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia
A mobile rings next to the body of a man - an anxious relative calling perhaps? ITV News team witnessed the aftermath of the horror strike on Zaporizhzhia. → Read More
'A dangerous moment': Russia prepares to formalise Ukraine annexations as war rages on
Officials in Moscow have decked out Russia's capital ahead of a ceremony, on Friday, which Vladimir Putin will speak at to officially recognise the referenda. → Read More
Grieving Ukrainian widow hunts for answers amid mounting Russian 'war crimes'
Nina is slowly piecing together details about the death of her husband, who was killed during Russia's bloody occupation of Bucha. | ITV National News → Read More
Russia to cut back operations outside Kyiv
Russia has claimed it will "fundamentally cut back" operations outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to “increase mutual trust”. → Read More
Post Office scandal: Manager wrongly convicted of stealing died before court cleared his name
Peter Holmes was one of hundreds of victims of what is deemed Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice. His wife spoke out after he died with his name ruined. → Read More
'This is a matter of survival': Malawi president issues warning on deadly impact of climate crisis
In an exclusive interview, Malawi president, Lazarus Chakwera, accuses rich nations of putting poor countries in jeopardy by not acting on climate change. → Read More
How one of the world's poorest countries is bearing the brunt of climate change
Each person in Malawi emits a fiftieth of the greenhouse gases of people in the UK, yet the country is struggling to survive the devastation of climate change. → Read More
'Brexit deal backfired on us': How post-deal life has soured for many in Northern Ireland
Unless the Northern Ireland protocol is unpicked, garden centre owner Robin Mercer worries how his business will survive into a fifth generation. → Read More
How Barnsley's families are coping in one of UK's worst-hit Covid regions
Barnsley has one of the highest death rates in the UK - we heard from people there about how they've suffered and how they've coped. → Read More
Special efforts to help jobseekers in the 'Ghost Town' of the Midlands
We’re in Coventry where 50,000 workers - one in three workers - were furloughed at the height of lock down. → Read More
Hunger is a greater fear than coronavirus in South Africa's townships
South Africa’s townships – in the Cape and across much of the country - have become fertile territory for coronavirus. → Read More
Future of the UK in the Brexit era is new and worrying, John Ray writes
I’m an ex ex-pat; and it’s all a bit strange. I’m back to find my country ill at ease with itself. I’ve come home after more than a decade working overseas, reporting from the troubled world around us. Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, Africa, there’s rarely been a dull moment. Dull - or at least predictable - is what the world thought of us. The Queen, the Union Flag. Good old reliable Britain; a… → Read More
War within war: Ebola works hand in deadly hand with the Democratic Republic of Congo's violence
Read War within war: Ebola works hand in deadly hand with the Democratic Republic of Congo's violence latest on ITV News. All the World, Health news → Read More
How long can Robert Mugabe resist the military's plans for transition?
Read How long can Robert Mugabe resist the military's plans for transition? latest on ITV News. All the World news → Read More
Mugabe sacked as leader of ruling party but clings on as President
Read Mugabe sacked as leader of ruling party but clings on as President latest on ITV News. All the World news → Read More
Zimbabwe: 'Robert Mugabe knows his time is up'
The people of Zimbabwe, in their tens of thousands, have never witnessed anything like it. Vast demonstrations against the rule of President Robert Mugabe. To cap it all, it was broadcast live on state television, for so long his official propaganda channel. Perhaps the Old Man was watching. He would have got the message. → Read More
Darted, winched, crated and driven: The remarkable uplifting effort to help protect 500 African elephants
Read Darted, winched, crated and driven: The remarkable uplifting effort to help protect 500 African elephants latest on ITV News. All the World news → Read More
Could a secret vote of no confidence finally unseat Zuma?
In South Africa’s parliament, the President gave the kind of performance that so riles his enemies. A chuckle here, a wink there, and everywhere a blanket denial of any culpability in the face of mounting evidence of cronyism and corruption at the heart of government. It might not be such a laughing matter when the national assembly next meets to consider Jacob Zuma’s future. Today, the… → Read More