Clive Myrie

Clive Myrie is a multi-award-winning journalist and one of the BBC's most experienced foreign correspondents. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, he studied law at the University of Sussex and joined the BBC's journalism trainee scheme in 1988. He became a full-time foreign correspondent in 1996, initially posted to Japan, and has since held major roles including Washington, Europe, Asia and Africa Correspondent. He has covered significant global events including wars in Croatia, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, the rise and fall of the Taliban, and US presidential administrations from Clinton to Obama.