👤 Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

12 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
12
2026-08-27 – 2026-10-14
Claims per article
31
373 extracted in total
Hedged claims
10%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,341
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
83%
Economy/Business
8%
World
8%
Most-tagged topics
BritishHouthiSaudiYemenHouthisIndiaIranIsraeli

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
7 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.29 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-10 · The Guardian · Politics
Dozens reported injured in Yemeni Houthi attack at Riyadh airport
27 outlets covered this event
2026-09-15 · The Guardian · Economy/Business
Houthis threaten more Saudi strikes as UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
23 outlets covered this event · leans right
2026-10-05 · The Guardian · Politics
UK threatens to expel Israeli diplomats after closing of East Jerusalem consulate
13 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-16 · The Guardian · Politics
US officials decide against backing Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders
12 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-18 · The Guardian · World
Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces launch inquest into sudden military collapse
6 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · The Guardian · Politics
Iran’s oil minister resigns as country’s economic crisis worsens
3 outlets covered this event · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-27 · The Guardian
UK urged to help free British-Egyptian ‘arrested in Cairo over sister’s activism’
🔮 Her two brothers have already spent three years in jail and, in May, were rearrested. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Guardian
Houthis threaten more Saudi strikes as UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
🔮 The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, spoke with Oman’s foreign minister, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, on Tuesday amid US concern that Oman will cede excessive control of the waterway to Iran. assertive
2026-09-16 · The Guardian
US officials decide against backing Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders
🔮 Khoury added: “The Houthis are promising the American administration that American and international navigation will not be affected in the Red Sea, but the only danger is to Saudi ships or those carrying Saudi oil.” assertive
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
British Sikh man granted bail in India nine years after arrest
🔮 I had a long, sleepless night knowing that the decision would be made this morning. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Guardian
Yemen’s anti-Houthi forces launch inquest into sudden military collapse
🔮 It was claimed that a limited force from the Giants Brigades, a group once linked with the UAE-backed southern separatists, managed to repel the Houthi advance and recapture positions in the days before the fall of Mocha, which could have served as a springboard for regaining the initiative. assertive
2026-09-21 · The Guardian
Whiplashed middle powers seek new alliances as Trump rages on world stage
🔮 In the event of a midterms election battering, it is possible that a deflated Donald Trump, constrained by a Democrat-controlled Congress, will gradually have to face up to the indignity of irrelevance. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Guardian
British Sikh activist released from Delhi jail after nine-year detention
🔮 The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been released from a Delhi prison after the Indian high court warned the government it would be found in contempt of court if it continued to attempt to keep him in jail despite an 18 September court order releasing him on bail. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Guardian
Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants
🔮 Salovaara, aged 58, sees his role over the coming years as a “facilitator”, testing both sides like a good diplomat on what might fly and what will not work. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Guardian
Iran’s oil minister resigns as country’s economic crisis worsens
🔮 Despite concerns that continued sanctions may lead to protests, Iranian diplomats are not planning any new concessions after a proposal to speed the process of nuclear negotiations was rejected by Donald Trump a week ago. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Guardian
UK threatens to expel Israeli diplomats after closing of East Jerusalem consulate
🔮 This could means as many as 27 Israeli diplomats being expelled from the UK, a step that would arguably mark the lowest point in British-Israeli diplomatic relations since the formation of the state of Israel. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Guardian
Dozens reported injured in Yemeni Houthi attack at Riyadh airport
🔮 The report came as the United Nations’ special envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, admitted to the UN security council in New York that Yemen – the poorest country in the world – had lapsed back into full-scale war and said the first victims would be women and children. assertive
2026-10-14 · The Guardian
New UK sanctions powers will enable action against supporters of illegal Israeli settlements
🔮 Unlawful settlement activity will be captured through a breach of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva convention on occupation. assertive
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