Never believe things can't get worse in the Middle East. The story of 2013 is that in the world's most dangerous region, they usually do.

Profound shifting in the sands in the Middle East

Nelson Mandela was a towering figure of utter integrity who will be remembered as the greatest African.

Nelson Mandela's journey from prisoner to president

Democratic freedoms are being clipped and police vans are waiting for those who might disagree what the Sri Lankan government is doing.


Sri Lanka opens democratic summit in undemocratic way

This week's Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka will be overshadowed by the mass killing of 40,000 people in a so-called "safe zone" in 2009.

Sri Lanka's ghosts haunt the summit it's about to host

Spying on your friends and allies is a serious charge.

Spying on your friends: The Germans seek British answers

British surgeon David Knott describes the cruel war games played by snipers inside Syria's seemingly unending conflict.  

Brutal sniper 'games' in Syria's deadlocked war

Post-Gaddafi, competing factions of armed militias make a joke of the idea of Libya as a united or stable country. It is anything but. 

Libya's leader may be free, but the country is not

The Syrian Information Minister gives ITV News the first official government response to the US-Russia chemical weapons deal. 

Syria breaks silence on Russia-US chemical weapons deal

The Syrian village of Maaloula has been a safe haven for Christians for two thousand years, but now it has been dragged into civil war.

Christians flee Syria's latest front-line fight

There has been more diplomatic progress on Syria in the last week, than in the previous one hundred weeks.

Syria today: A momentum unseen, a moment to be seized

As President Barack Obama confirms the US will not launch strikes in Syria it is a case of everybody wins ... except for the victims.

Strikes are off and everybody wins - except the victims

A 911 emergency call has revealed more about the circumstances under which a woman was fatally shot on set after actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun.

'We have two people accidentally shot on a movie set by a prop gun'

The auction of Christmas poultry including geese, turkeys, chickens, ducks and pheasants all produced on local farms taking place at the York Auction Centre, Murton, York. Anna Gowthorpe/PA  22-Dec-2013

Applications for temporary visas have 'clearly soared' despite the government suggesting there wouldn't be enough demand, Business Editor Joel Hill explains.

Christmas saved? Thousands of HGV drivers and poultry workers take visas

Transport spending across the north of England has remained broadly flat for the past five years, impacting people like Samantha Loughrey and her son.

One mum's two hour train journey to take son to hospital 38 miles away

ITV Tonight investigates the impact of staff shortages and low stock on small British businesses disrupted by the supply chain crisis.

'It’s a perfect storm': Livelihoods at stake as supply crisis hits businesses

The musician, who was involved in the new James Bond film, No Time To Die's soundtrack, warned “it's literally taking the work away from British musicians".

The Smiths' Johnny Marr says Brexit has been a ‘catastrophe’ for musicians

Rishi Sunak is set to unveil his latest Budget next week - and ITV News understands childcare support will be at the heart of it.

How Rishi Sunak plans to help struggling families with childcare support

ITV News have been reporting for months on an unprecedented staffing crisis sweeping through the sector.

Thank yous and applause not enough to prop up care industry in crisis

The Italian government says CO2 emissions from home heating fell sharply in the first eight months of this year- our Europe Editor James Mates explores why.

Bill Neely

Former International Editor