In which country was BBC newsreader George Alagiah born?
"and Therese, were Sri Lankan Tamil. In 1961, his parents moved to Ghana in West Africa, where he had his primary education at Christ the King International School. His secondary education took place at St John's College, an independent Roman Catholic school in Portsmouth, England, after which he read politics at Van Mildert College, Durham University. Whilst at Durham, he wrote for and became editor of the student newspaper ""Palatinate"" and was a sabbatical officer of Durham Students' Union. He worked on ""South Magazine"" from 1982 until joining the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), where he was the Developing World correspondent"
"March 2018, in an interview with ""The Sunday Times"", Alagiah noted that his cancer was terminal and could have been caught earlier if the screening programme in England, which is automatically offered from the age of 60, was the same as that in Scotland, where it is automatically offered from the age of 50. George Alagiah George Maxwell Alagiah ( born 22 November 1955) is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter. Since 3 December 2007, he has been the presenter of the ""BBC News at Six"" and has also been the main presenter of ""GMT"" on BBC World"
"Nine O'Clock News"" from 1999. Since 3 July 2006, he has presented ""World News Today"" on BBC World News and BBC Two, which was rebranded ""GMT"" on 1 February 2010. He is also a relief presenter on ""BBC News at Ten"" presenting mainly Monday to Thursday when Fiona Bruce is unavailable. A specialist on Africa and the developing world, Alagiah has interviewed, among others, Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. His other documentaries and features include reports on why affirmative action in America is a 'Lost Cause',"
"at the BBC until his retirement. Vernon Corea played a pivotal role in introducing and mentoring young, gifted and talented people into broadcasting. He trained minority ethnic broadcasters and found placements for them on the BBC Local Radio Network. His work contributed to the diversity of the BBC. Vernon Corea also lectured at the BBC Training Centre. Many of Corea's trainees are now presenters of mainstream radio programmes on BBC Radio. Among those who came to seek Vernon Corea's advice was the top BBC News Presenter, George Alagiah. Corea was also invited to Nepal, Bangladesh and the Maldives to train"
"Burma, Azerbaijan, India and Peru. Since 1999, he has presented ""The World Today"", ""Newshour"" and other World Service programmes. Hearing can also be heard on BBC Radio 4 as a relief presenter on ""The World Tonight"". He has covered such important events as the civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, the build-up to the first Gulf War, the UN intervention in Somalia, and the genocide in Rwanda. Roger Hearing Roger Hearing is a journalist and news presenter with the BBC World Service. Hearing was born in London and brought up in west Dorset. Hearing was educated at Hardye's School, a"
"George Arney (journalist) George Arney is a journalist for BBC and was until 2009 one of the hosts of ""The World Today"" and ""Outlook"" on the BBC World Service. He was educated at Clifton College and Cambridge. He has been a producer for the BBC and was a BBC correspondent in Pakistan in the 1980s. He has also hosted BBC Radio 4's ""Crossing Continents"" in the past. He has authored a seminal book on Afghanistan. He was BBC correspondent in Pakistan from 1986 to 1988, and BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka from 1994 to 1996. He has written regularly for"
"Robert A. George Robert A. George is an editorial writer for the ""New York Daily News"" (and formerly for the ""New York Post"") and a conservative/libertarian blogger and pundit. He was born in Trinidad and lived in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. A 1985 graduate of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, George worked for the Republican National Committee and, following the 1994 midterm elections, Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich. In an article for the New York Daily News, January 31, 2018, he wrote these autobiographical comments regarding his work for the GOP:"
"the state of Gujarat in western India. He was educated at the King's School, Ely, Cambridgeshire and then at St Chad's College, Durham University. He graduated in 1984, having read Law and Politics. He was married in London to Jackie, a non-Parsi, in June 1999 and they have 5 children: Milo, Louis, Mary and Mabel and Elsie After working as a chartered accountant, he joined the BBC and, in 1990, became a BBC network television correspondent. In 1997, he joined the BBC News Channel as a presenter of the channel's evening programmes and from the beginning of 2001, he has"
"Peter Haigh Peter Varley Haigh (28 July 1925 – 18 January 2001) was an English in-vision announcer for BBC Television in the years after the Second World War. Born in North London, the son of an engineer, he was educated at Aldenham School, Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He was commissioned in 1944 into the 5th Battalion, the Welsh Guards. He served in Palestine and Egypt, and joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Jerusalem. He later helped start up the BBC Overseas News station in Mombasa, Kenya. After leaving the army he failed to get a job as a BBC Radio announcer,"
"ABC for his current ""Lateline"" role. Educated at St Gregory's College in Campbelltown, he graduated as dux, before going on to earn a bachelor's degree in Journalism at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst. Twice nominated for national awards, Lloyd covered news and events from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Between 2002 and mid-2006, he was based in Bangkok, Thailand, covering the South East Asia region for the ABC. Reporting across the ten ASEAN states, Lloyd earned praise for distinguished reporting of the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. Lloyd has"
"this was replaced in 2015 with BBC Newsroom Live GMT (TV programme) GMT is a news programme airing weekdays on BBC World News, which premiered on 1 February 2010. The programme's main presenters are George Alagiah, Lucy Hockings and Stephen Sackur, who are rotated depending on the edition (, Alagiah is currently on leave from his anchor duties on ""GMT""), with Tim Willcox serving as a primary relief presenter. Each programme begins with the presenter providing an in-depth lead story, giving the time in that part of the world; the program also features other reports of moderate length focusing on"
"Kerala. His younger brother, Pothan Joseph, became a famous journalist and editor of several newspapers. George studied at the Madras Christian College and did M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh before doing law at the Middle Temple, London in 1908. During his time in London he came into contact with many prominent Indian freedom fighters there. Having completed his studies, he returned to India in January 1909. On Joseph's return from London, he initially set up practice at Madras before shifting to Madurai. He hosted at his house in Madurai several leaders of the freedom struggle including Gandhi,"
"died in Johannesburg in 1977. Garry Allighan Ernest George Allighan (16 February 1895 – 1977) was a British journalist and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). He was born with the surname Alligan and added the 'h' because he believed that it would make it seem more Irish (even though 'Alligan' is the original Irish spelling and he himself was of Irish descent). A former writer for the ""Daily Mirror"", at the 1945 general election he was elected to Parliament for the constituency of Gravesend in Kent. In 1947 he wrote an article in the ""World's Press News"" alleging that"
"Ranajit Guha Ranajit Guha (born Siddhakati, Backergunje, 23 May 1923) is a historian of South Asia who was very greatly influential in the Subaltern Studies group, and was the editor of several of the group's early anthologies. He migrated from India to the UK in 1959, and was a reader in history at the University of Sussex. He currently lives in Vienna, Austria. Guha rose to prominence at the University of Sussex and then moved to the Australian National University where he continued the work on subaltern studies. His ""Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India"" is widely considered"
"George Ryga George Ryga (27 July 1932 – 18 November 1987) was a Canadian playwright and novelist. Ryga was born in Deep Creek (54°57'N,113°13'W) near Athabasca, Alberta to poor Ukrainian immigrant parents. Unable to continue his schooling past grade six, he worked at a variety of jobs, including radio copywriter. Ryga continued to study, taking correspondence courses, and winning a scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts. In 1955, he travelled to Europe, where he attended the World Assembly for Peace in Helsinki and worked for the BBC. The following year he returned to Canada. While living in Edmonton,"
"George Ryga George Ryga (27 July 1932 – 18 November 1987) was a Canadian playwright and novelist. Ryga was born in Deep Creek (54°57'N,113°13'W) near Athabasca, Alberta to poor Ukrainian immigrant parents. Unable to continue his schooling past grade six, he worked at a variety of jobs, including radio copywriter. Ryga continued to study, taking correspondence courses, and winning a scholarship to the Banff School of Fine Arts. In 1955, he travelled to Europe, where he attended the World Assembly for Peace in Helsinki and worked for the BBC. The following year he returned to Canada. While living in Edmonton,"
"Benjamin Zephaniah Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah (born 15 April 1958) is a British writer, dub poet and Rastafarian. He was included in ""The Times"" list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers in 2008. Zephaniah was born and raised in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, which he has called the ""Jamaican capital of Europe"". He is the son of a Barbadian postman and a Jamaican nurse. A dyslexic, he attended an approved school but left aged 13 unable to read or write. He writes that his poetry is strongly influenced by the music and poetry of Jamaica and what he calls"
"Recently, George Fultan has made a personal channel on YouTube named Desi George. He's been making fun videos along with Shaniera Akram (Wasim Akram's Wife) about Pakistan and its culture. George Fulton George Fulton (born 10 November 1977 in Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom) is a British-Pakistani television journalist and producer. He lived in Pakistan for nine years before acquiring Pakistani citizenship, while retaining his British citizenship. On 1 March 2011 Fulton announced that he was leaving Pakistan. Fulton was working for the BBC when he travelled to Karachi, Pakistan, to launch a BBC produced political talk show on Pakistani politics"
"Ed Vulliamy Edward Sebastian Vulliamy (born 1 August 1954), is a British journalist and writer. Vulliamy was born and grew up in Notting Hill, London. His mother is the children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes, his father was the architect John Sebastian Vulliamy, of the Vulliamy family, and his grandfathers were the Liverpool store owner Thomas Hughes and the author C. E. Vulliamy. He was educated at the independent University College School and at Hertford College, Oxford, where he wrote a thesis on the Northern Ireland ""Troubles"". In 1979, he joined Granada Television's flagship documentary programme ""World In Action"", and"
"presenters are called upon to present on location when major stories break. For example, Huw Edwards presented live from the BBC's Washington Studio for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 US Presidential Elections and has presented live from Basra from the withdrawal ceremony: the studio host in these cases is usually Gavin Esler. He has also regularly presented from Westminster. George Alagiah presented from L'Aquila in April 2009 and Haiti in January 2010 when earthquakes struck the countries. Both Edwards and Esler have presented from Edinburgh and Glasgow (at times when the referendum for Scottish independence was being developed). During the"
"location when major stories break. For example, Huw Edwards reported live from Washington for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 US Presidential Elections and has presented live from Basra at the withdrawal ceremony. He also regularly presented from Westminster, as well as from Edinburgh (at times when the referendum for Scottish independence was being developed). During the 2012 Summer Olympics, presenters also made use of BBC's makeshift studios overlooking the Olympic Park at Stratford. George Alagiah presented from L'Aquila in April 2009, Haiti in 2010, Egypt in 2011, and Tacloban in 2013. Paul Royall has been the editor of ""BBC News"
"BBC News at Six The BBC News at Six is the evening news programme bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel on weekdays at 6:00pm. For a long period the ""News at Six"" was the most watched news programme in the UK but since 2006 it has been over taken by the ""BBC News at Ten"". On average it is watched by four million viewers. George Alagiah is the programme's main presenter, presenting Mondays to Thursdays, with Fiona Bruce presenting on Fridays. Other BBC News presenters including"
"BBC News at Six The BBC News at Six is the evening news programme bulletin from the BBC. Produced by BBC News, the programme is broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel on weekdays at 6:00pm. For a long period the ""News at Six"" was the most watched news programme in the UK but since 2006 it has been over taken by the ""BBC News at Ten"". On average it is watched by four million viewers. George Alagiah is the programme's main presenter, presenting Mondays to Thursdays, with Fiona Bruce presenting on Fridays. Other BBC News presenters including"
"Garry Allighan Ernest George Allighan (16 February 1895 – 1977) was a British journalist and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP). He was born with the surname Alligan and added the 'h' because he believed that it would make it seem more Irish (even though 'Alligan' is the original Irish spelling and he himself was of Irish descent). A former writer for the ""Daily Mirror"", at the 1945 general election he was elected to Parliament for the constituency of Gravesend in Kent. In 1947 he wrote an article in the ""World's Press News"" alleging that members of parliament gave information"
"George Farah George Farah (born 1978) is an American author, attorney, pro-democracy activist and political commentator. Farah was born in Beirut, Lebanon on 1978 and moved to the United States. In 2000, Farah graduated from Princeton University with a B.A. in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 2005, he graduated from Harvard Law School with a J.D. He was the recipient of a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Farah lives in New York City with his wife. U.S. News & World Report described Farah as a ""political debate expert and election watch dog."""
"He was raised in Sapiranga, a small town in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, where his Palestinian grandfather immigrated to in the late 1950s. Fluent in English, Arabic and Spanish, he graduated with a BA in journalism at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), a university in southern Brazil. Between 1992 and 1993, he lived in the United Kingdom, returning to Brazil to finish his studies. In 2006 he moved to the Middle East to cover the region. Passion for journalism started at the age of 14 years but he studied civil engineering"
"LankaWeb and Sri Lanka Guardian. D. Shelton A. Gunaratne Dhavalasri Shelton Abeywickreme Gunaratne (Sinhala: ධවලෂ්‍රි ෂෙල්ටන් අබේවික්‍රම ගුණරත්න) is a professor of mass communications emeritus affiliated with Minnesota State University Moorhead. Gunaratne (1940-), a journalist turned mass communication scholar, was born in the village of Pathegama [1] in Weligama, Sri Lanka [2]. He is now a citizen of the United States. After completing his high school education at Carey College and Ananda College, he gained admission to the University of Ceylon in 1958. His teachers included H. A. de S. Gunasekera, A. D. V. de S. Indraratne, F. R. Jayasuriya,"
"represents a local reality but with its eyes on the rest of the world. Nantali Indongo (who also goes by Tali, IamBlackgirl, IBG or Taliwah) is a Caribbean singer, songwriter and MC. Indongo studied literature at the University of Ottawa, and received a graduate certificate in journalism from Humber College. She is also the daughter of activist Kennedy Frederick, who was one of the six original plaintiffs and a leader in the infamous Sir George Williams Affair, a series of protests held at Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) in the 1960s, after the administration failed to address students’"
"in the town of Sevenoaks in Kent, followed by the University of York, where he studied English. After two years spent teaching English in Yemen, Adams began his journalism career freelancing for local papers in the United States, while road-tripping across the country. In 1989, he joined the BBC's Arabic service, based in London. Later that year, Adams moved to Jerusalem as the BBC's world service correspondent. He reported on a wide variety of events in the Middle East, including the Gulf War. In 1993, he moved to Belgrade to cover the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia before returning to"
"of Jalandhar District, Punjab, India. His father hailed from Rajasthan. In 1946, he received his B.A. degree from Punjab University and subsequently, his M.A. from University of Karachi in 1953. He was associated with various governmental services including Radio Pakistan, the Ministry of Culture and the National Book Centre of Pakistan. He also served the UN for some time and this enabled him to visit many places, all of which served to inspire the travelogues he would then pen. Some of the places he visited include Japan, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, France, UK"
"GMT (TV programme) GMT is a news programme airing weekdays on BBC World News, which premiered on 1 February 2010. The programme's main presenters are George Alagiah, Lucy Hockings and Stephen Sackur, who are rotated depending on the edition (, Alagiah is currently on leave from his anchor duties on ""GMT""), with Tim Willcox serving as a primary relief presenter. Each programme begins with the presenter providing an in-depth lead story, giving the time in that part of the world; the program also features other reports of moderate length focusing on political, social, health and human rights issues, business and"
"two daughters. Ed Vulliamy Edward Sebastian Vulliamy (born 1 August 1954), is a British journalist and writer. Vulliamy was born and grew up in Notting Hill, London. His mother is the children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes, his father was the architect John Sebastian Vulliamy, of the Vulliamy family, and his grandfathers were the Liverpool store owner Thomas Hughes and the author C. E. Vulliamy. He was educated at the independent University College School and at Hertford College, Oxford, where he wrote a thesis on the Northern Ireland ""Troubles"". In 1979, he joined Granada Television's flagship documentary programme ""World In"
"to Jamaica. Myrie was educated at Hayward Grammar School in his home-town of Bolton, and at the University of Sussex, graduating in 1985 with a law degree. Myrie joined the BBC on the corporation's graduate journalism programme. His first assignment was as a reporter for Radio Bristol in 1988, returning to the BBC after a year with Independent Radio News. He then reported for ""Points West"", and latterly BBC Television and Radio News. In 1996, he became a BBC foreign correspondent, and has since reported from more than 80 countries. He initially became the BBC's Tokyo correspondent, and was then"