In 1990, Jones went to London as the ABC's current affairs correspondent. He covered the collapse of the USSR in Eastern Europe, the Gulf War, the war in the former Yugoslavia, the fall of Kabul to the Mujahadin and the collapse of apartheid.
In 1990, Jones went to London as the ABC's news reporter. He documented major crises such as the USSR's collapse in Eastern Europe, the Gulf War, the Yugoslav war, the capture of Kabul by the Mujahadin, and the demise of apartheid.