Al Jazeera: 'Business as normal' despite Gulf Crisis

During an event at London's iconic Frontline Club on Monday, the head of Al Jazeera English, Giles Trendle, said editors at the outlet were "encouraged" by statements made by Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani that the future of Al Jazeera was not up for negotiation.

When asked whether the channel was closing down, Trendle responded with a simple "No". "Since day one, our journalists all around the world have been at their desks doing their jobs and out in the field reporting," he said. "Obviously it's an unusual situation, but it's business as normal ... we're just getting on with our jobs."

Human Rights Watch has described the demand to close Al Jazeera "absurd" and the Committee to Protect Journalists deemed the call "outrageous".