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Friday 4 September 2026 · 12:00 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 22 of 30 min on news stories (74%)
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In Nepal, two workers were pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after flash floods, with one survivor saying others remained alive inside; they were flown to hospital in Kathmandu. Meanwhile, China reported 21 deaths and 541 missing on its side of the border, moving to recovery and setting up hotlines, with belongings collected to match with missing people.
The broadcast then examined Donald Trump's foreign policy favouring rivals over allies, including his comments on the Falklands and the US shift from neutrality, leading Argentina's Javier Milei to restate the Argentine claim and announce sanctions against companies involved in the Sea Lion oil project. The UK reaffirmed its position, and the editor of the Falklands' Penguin News said islanders were not surprised and that oil development was proceeding.
Reform UK launched an investigation after undercover footage appeared to show two senior aides discussing securing a foreign donation; both stood aside. A former Electoral Commission chief executive explained that attempting to evade donation rules could be a criminal offence. The party's conference then heard from home affairs spokesperson Zia Yousif, who spoke about illegal immigration and described the country as 'broken'.
- 1:03 Story begins Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
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Claim Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
Two workers were rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Trishuli nine days after the floods.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 1:12-1:22
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Claim Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
Two workers were rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Trishuli nine days after the floods.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 1:43-1:54
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Claim Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
Two workers were rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Trishuli nine days after the floods.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 1:43-1:54
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Claim Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
Two workers were rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Trishuli nine days after the floods.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 1:54-2:07
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Claim Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
32 bridges on the river were destroyed in the deluge.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 3:34-3:50
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Claim Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
China reported 21 deaths and 541 missing in Tibet.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 4:45-4:51
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Charged quote Argentina renews Falklands claim, UK reaffirms sovereignty
a little better for those who are missing loved ones. Stephen McDonald there in Beijing. There is a pattern that is raising eyebrows across Washington and further afield. Increasingly Donald Trump's foreign policy seems to favour America's rivals over its oldest allies. We are going to be discussing his changing position on Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 7:32-7:38
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Charged quote Argentina renews Falklands claim, UK reaffirms sovereignty
Donald Trump's foreign policy seems to favour America's rivals over its oldest allies. We are going to be discussing his changing position on Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands undercutting a key NATO ally. That follows his trade war with Canada, so bruising that Ottawa is now striking deals with Beijing instead, the very rival that Washington says it's trying to
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 7:43-7:49
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Charged quote Argentina renews Falklands claim, UK reaffirms sovereignty
going to be discussing his changing position on Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands undercutting a key NATO ally. That follows his trade war with Canada, so bruising that Ottawa is now striking deals with Beijing instead, the very rival that Washington says it's trying to contain and critics would point to the consistent softness towards Vladimir Putin even as Russia's
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 7:43-7:54
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Charged quote Argentina renews Falklands claim, UK reaffirms sovereignty
undercutting a key NATO ally. That follows his trade war with Canada, so bruising that Ottawa is now striking deals with Beijing instead, the very rival that Washington says it's trying to contain and critics would point to the consistent softness towards Vladimir Putin even as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on and in spite of the news this week that the Russians are supplying
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 7:54-7:59
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Claim Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
Reform UK launched an internal investigation into Dan Jukes and James Orr.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 21:08-21:18
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Claim Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
Farage said he believed he had broken no rules and done nothing wrong.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 21:29-21:34
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Claim Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
Undercover filming showed discussions about breaking electoral laws, including a suggestion to bypass them to secure foreign money.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 22:12-22:33
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Claim Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
Former Electoral Commission chief executive Bob Posner said there should be a criminal investigation.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 22:12-22:33
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Contested quote Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
people from and of the party willing to find ways on the face of it from the clips we saw to get around those laws to evade those laws and suggesting you know how that should happen so no question of entrapment you know this was investigative journalism so we saw a number of polls that appeared to be from from the clips instigated by or for the benefit of reform
BBC News, BBC News Now, 4 September 2026, 22:33-22:39
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