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5 News Weekend
Saturday 17 October 2026 · 18:05 BST · 5m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 2 of 5 min on news stories (43%)
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More than 270 people were arrested across France as tens of thousands protested over school conditions, budget cuts and the cost of living. In Paris, police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent groups, with the protests in their fourth week after starting with student school blockades and growing larger. President Emmanuel Macron appealed for calm. At the SNP conference, John Swinney said Scotland was ready to be independent; on closing the event, the first minister pledged to bring buses back under public control, to make harassment and abuse based on misogyny a specific criminal offence before the summer recess, and repeated pledges to end child poverty and rejoin the EU. He said Westminster parties at Holyrood were weaker than ever and that first ministers in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast supported the nation's right to self-determination.
Donald Trump blocked a package of sanctions on Russia two days before they were due to take effect, saying suspension was in the US national interest, which prompted backlash from US lawmakers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the decision unfortunate, and it followed a row over a US deal to import Russian diesel. A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man were killed in a light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond; the crash happened yesterday afternoon northeast of Drymen and both were pronounced dead at the scene, with temporary airspace restrictions around the village.
A man who plotted arson attacks on properties connected to Keir Starmer was deported, according to the Home Office. Stanislav Karpiuc, a 28-year-old Ukrainian-born Romanian national, had been jailed for two years in June over attacks on a car and two houses. Pope Leo was back on his feet and heading home; the 71-year-old walked out of Rome's Gemelli Hospital unaided just four days after an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, stopped to speak to well-wishers, and his doctors said tests showed steady improvement.
- 1:53
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Protests began in September in high schools in less affluent northern Paris suburbs over teacher absences and poor facilities, then spread nationwide.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 1:53-2:20
- 1:53
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Thousands of demonstrators gathered across France in a day of action.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 1:53-2:20
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- 2:15
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
French police fired tear gas at protesters in Paris.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 2:15-2:25
- 2:15
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
French police fired tear gas at protesters in Paris.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 2:15-2:25
- 2:20
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Protests began in September in high schools in less affluent northern Paris suburbs over teacher absences and poor facilities, then spread nationwide.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 2:20-2:29
- 2:25
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Protests began in September in high schools in less affluent northern Paris suburbs over teacher absences and poor facilities, then spread nationwide.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 2:25-2:29
- 2:25
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Protests began in September in high schools in less affluent northern Paris suburbs over teacher absences and poor facilities, then spread nationwide.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 2:25-2:29
- 2:25
Claim Macron calls for calm amid nationwide French protests
Macron called for calm and respect during protests, saying the right to demonstrate must be accompanied by respect for people and property.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 2:25-2:36
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- 3:03
Claim Trump blocks new US sanctions on Russia amid Zelensky warning
Trump paused or blocked new sanctions on Russia, citing national interest; the measures targeted energy and defence sectors, Putin and other senior officials and were due to take effect after being signed into law to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:03-3:16
- 3:03
Claim Trump blocks new US sanctions on Russia amid Zelensky warning
Trump paused or blocked new sanctions on Russia, citing national interest; the measures targeted energy and defence sectors, Putin and other senior officials and were due to take effect after being signed into law to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:03-3:16
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- 3:16
Claim Trump blocks new US sanctions on Russia amid Zelensky warning
Zelensky said the decision to disregard the sanctions would encourage Putin to keep attacking Ukraine.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:16-3:25
- 3:25
Claim Light aircraft crash near Drem kills two
A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man were killed in a light aircraft crash in central Scotland.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:25-3:35
- 3:25
Claim Light aircraft crash near Drem kills two
The crash happened yesterday afternoon near Drem.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:25-3:35
- 3:30 Story begins Light aircraft crash near Drem kills two
- 3:35
Claim Light aircraft crash near Drem kills two
A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man were killed in a light aircraft crash in central Scotland.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:35-3:42
- 3:35
Claim Light aircraft crash near Drem kills two
The crash happened yesterday afternoon near Drem.
Channel 5, 5 News Weekend, 17 October 2026, 3:35-3:42
- 3:45
- 3:59 Story begins Pope Leo discharged after lung cancer surgery
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