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Saturday 3 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 10 stories · 15 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (81%)
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The broadcast led with the flydubai investigation, after the UAE's chief prosecutor said the co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash axe and described the incident as a terrorist operation. Media outlets named the co-pilot as Omani national Hamam Al Hamami, with reports that he had shown Islamic extremist leanings and had been barred from flying by Oman; Buckinghamshire New University said he had completed a distance-learning course in aviation management but no pilot training, and that its student sponsor licence had been suspended by the Home Office in a move it said was not connected to the incident. Breaking news followed of flames and smoke at a Saudi Aramco facility south of Riyadh, which appeared to have been attacked, and of explosions in Sana'a, where a local TV station blamed Saudi aggression and witnesses reported fighter planes firing missiles. Tens of thousands then protested across Spain over the housing crisis, after parliament rejected government measures to protect vulnerable tenants, extend rental contracts and restrict some rent increases; there was speculation Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez might call early elections.
In the UK, two Iranian men appeared in court charged with terror offences over an alleged plot to target Manchester's Jewish community with a homemade bomb; the court heard they arrived illegally by small boats and were accused of getting instructions to make a chlorine bomb, trying to obtain materials for an improvised explosive device and carrying out reconnaissance on potential targets, including the Jewish museum and Heaton Park synagogue. Almost 200 people in Russia's Irkutsk region were placed under medical observation after a lab technician reportedly died of pneumonic plague, though the local governor did not confirm the disease and called it a particularly dangerous infection. Russian strikes hit a second major bridge in Kiev, part of attacks on critical infrastructure, with recent drone strikes on the southern bridge; an MP described constant air alarms, damage to energy and civilian sites, and a lack of countermeasures against jet-powered drones. Reports from northern Ethiopia said rebels were abandoning Tigray's regional capital, Mekelle, after an offensive, with government forces and allies claiming the airport and residents describing troop movements and looting.
President Trump welcomed European countries' agreement to release fuel from stockpiles, after the G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil to try to bring down prices, especially diesel; he said an export ban was not going to happen, and an analyst discussed the political pressure ahead of the US midterms. The Conservatives said they would create 50,000 new prison places in England and Wales if they win the next election, funded by cuts elsewhere, while Labour called the plans not credible and the Prison Governors Association warned of overcrowding, ageing infrastructure and staffing shortages. Gaza's civil defence agency said five people, four of them women, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment block, and a report focused on swimming classes for children who lost limbs, with the UN saying Gaza has the highest concentration of child amputees relative to its population. Buckingham Palace said King Charles's upcoming Caribbean tour would not shy away from the darkest days of our past, with renewed calls expected for an apology over the UK's role in the transatlantic slave trade, though no formal apology was planned and reparations were described as a matter for the UK government.
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Charged quote Two Iranian men remanded over alleged Manchester Jewish community bomb plot
on or before the 20th of September. The two men are 34-year-old Rehman Salehi from Salford and Salam Ahmedan, 36, from Liverpool. Both Iranian, and the court heard that they arrived illegally in the UK on small boats separately a few years ago, and they're accused of getting instructions to make a chlorine bomb,
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 7:55-8:01
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Charged quote Two Iranian men remanded over alleged Manchester Jewish community bomb plot
The two men are 34-year-old Rehman Salehi from Salford and Salam Ahmedan, 36, from Liverpool. Both Iranian, and the court heard that they arrived illegally in the UK on small boats separately a few years ago, and they're accused of getting instructions to make a chlorine bomb, trying to get materials to make an improvised explosive device,
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 8:01-8:05
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Charged quote Two Iranian men remanded over alleged Manchester Jewish community bomb plot
and carrying out research and reconnaissance on potential targets in the city. Prosecution alleged that on the day they were arrested last month, that they were carrying out what they describe as hostile reconnaissance in Jewish buildings, and that's included on the city's Jewish museum and also on the Heaton Park synagogue.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 8:16-8:21
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Charged quote Two Iranian men remanded over alleged Manchester Jewish community bomb plot
and that's included on the city's Jewish museum and also on the Heaton Park synagogue. That's significant because that same synagogue was attacked last year, in which two worshippers were killed, others were injured, and the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has acknowledged that news of another potential attack
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 8:31-8:34
- 9:31 Story begins Russian strike hits second major bridge in Kyiv
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Claim Russian strike hits second major bridge in Kyiv
Russian forces struck the northern bridge over the River Dnipro in Kyiv.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 9:31-9:40
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Claim Russian strike hits second major bridge in Kyiv
Russian forces struck the northern bridge over the River Dnipro in Kyiv.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 9:36-9:44
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Claim Russian strike hits second major bridge in Kyiv
Russian forces struck the northern bridge over the River Dnipro in Kyiv.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 9:36-9:44
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Claim Russian strike hits second major bridge in Kyiv
Russian forces struck the northern bridge over the River Dnipro in Kyiv.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 9:47-9:53
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Charged quote G7 agrees 100m barrel oil and diesel release as US drops export ban threat
I think, Kasia, this is Europe getting an IOU and they're going to cash that in in the coming months the next time Trump raises things like military spending, like plans to perhaps conquer or colonise other parts of Europe. Trump is discovering he needs Europe and I think Americans have realised that we cannot be isolationist
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 17:02-17:07
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Charged quote G7 agrees 100m barrel oil and diesel release as US drops export ban threat
I mean, Trump is underwater. Republicans are underwater in places like Kansas, Iowa, Texas. I mean, we're talking about deep red states, Kasia. This is going to be a historic defeat and one that will have reverberations far beyond just who controls the House or the Senate. We're talking about shockwaves that are going to truly rattle
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 17:48-17:52
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Charged quote G7 agrees 100m barrel oil and diesel release as US drops export ban threat
and one that will have reverberations far beyond just who controls the House or the Senate. We're talking about shockwaves that are going to truly rattle the new big billion dollar ballroom that Trump is building. Brett Bruen there, former advisor to Barack Obama. Here in the UK, the Conservatives say that they would create
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 17:57-18:04
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Claim Kemi Badenoch pledges 50,000 prison places funded by foreign aid cuts
Prisons have around 89,000 places and are operating at about 98% of usable capacity.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 18:53-19:00
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Claim Kemi Badenoch pledges 50,000 prison places funded by foreign aid cuts
The previous Conservative government operated an early release scheme that freed 10,000 prisoners.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 19:40-19:47
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Claim King Charles will not apologise for slavery on Caribbean tour, Palace says
The King is expected to face renewed calls to apologise for the UK's role in the transatlantic slave trade during his Caribbean visit later this month.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 23:38-23:47
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Claim King Charles will not apologise for slavery on Caribbean tour, Palace says
Buckingham Palace stated that the King would not avoid the issue during his visits to the Bahamas, Guyana and Antigua and Barbuda.
BBC News, 3 October 2026, 25:39-25:51
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