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BBC News
Sunday 11 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 9 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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Manchester City arrived at Liverpool for their first match since being found guilty of 115 financial rule breaches, with Liverpool fans expected to give a hostile reception and reports of cheats and guilty flags, flares, and City taking an alternative route to avoid crowds. The BBC sports editor said the Premier League independent commission found City guilty of all alleged financial rule breaches and most non-cooperation counts; City have appealed and deny wrongdoing, while a sanctions hearing and any appeal outcome remain pending, with possible points deduction, relegation or expulsion and wider league credibility at stake. President Zelensky told US media it was news to him that Ukraine and Russia had agreed an energy ceasefire as claimed by President Trump, who said on Truth Social that attacks on each other's energy facilities would halt immediately; a similar promise in September had failed. Zelensky also said he would organise elections in Ukraine if Putin agreed to a 60-day ceasefire, responding to Trump's call for Ukraine to get a new president, and condemned Trump's decision to buy diesel from Russia. The UK defence secretary backed Zelensky, while Zelensky said Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stopped striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. An analyst said elections in Ukraine would be very hard soon because of martial law, Ukrainians abroad and past Russian ceasefire violations, but Trump's remarks could boost Zelensky's domestic popularity.
In the Middle East, another projectile hit Riyadh's main airport, a day after a Houthi missile attack killed 12 people and wounded more than 300, which Saudi Arabia called a war crime and promised to answer fully. The airport closed, hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted, schools in Riyadh moved to remote learning, and Western missions including the US and UK warned nationals to stay away. The Saudi-led coalition said the projectile fell on Terminal 4 and caused a fire, while the Houthis warned airlines and passengers not to use Saudi airports. A BBC correspondent said the Houthis have repeatedly attacked Riyadh airport and energy infrastructure, disrupting daily life and increasing pressure on Saudi leadership, with the escalation linked to Yemen's war and the wider US-Iran conflict. BBC Monitoring later reported Saudi airstrikes on Houthi-controlled Sana'a airport. In India, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijit Dipke was released from detention after being held with other leaders on arriving in Delhi to lead protests for electoral reform before state elections. Protests continued for a second day in central Delhi, with roads barricaded, businesses shut, internet curtailed, many detentions witnessed, and the CJP and opposition parties calling for the election commissioner to be sacked over electoral roll revisions, which authorities deny. At least 139 people, including 15 children, died after a boat carrying about 350 people from Djibouti to Yemen capsized north of Obok overnight on October 8, according to the International Organisation for Migration; 82 Ethiopian nationals were rescued.
In Nepal, flash floods in central Nepal left at least five people missing, damaged more than 140 houses, and swept away bridges and hydropower infrastructure; officials suspect a dry landslide blocked the Budi Gandaki River before it burst. More than 90 people, including nine foreigners, were rescued, downstream residents were told to leave, and SMS alerts were credited with averting major loss of life; the country remains on high alert after devastating floods seven weeks ago triggered by a glacier collapse along the Tibet border. Anbarasan Ethirajan described torrents of water, mud and rocks in Gorkha district, with around 40 houses and four bridges swept away, transport cut between districts, and four hydroelectric projects damaged. Pope Leo, 71, announced he will undergo surgery after doctors detected a very early stage nodule in his lung during a routine check-up, which appeared well contained; he thanked people for prayers and recovery is expected to take around a week. Hurricane Simon, a category four storm with sustained winds up to 240 kilometres per hour, was bearing down on Mexico's Pacific coast and expected to make landfall near Manzanillo, with warnings of eight-metre waves, storm surges and coastal flooding. Eight orangutans rescued from Borneo wildfires were released into protected forest at the Batu Niyambu reserve in West Kalimantan, chosen for food, water and connectivity to other forests; orangutans are critically endangered with just over 100,000 remaining in Borneo and Sumatra.
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Charged quote Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire as Zelensky sets election terms
comments made by President Trump yesterday that Ukraine should get a new president. Earlier, the Ukrainian leader condemned President Trump's decision to buy diesel from Russia. Night after night, Ukraine faces bombardment from above. This time, a warehouse on the outskirts of Kyiv. But the attacks over the last 24 hours have not only been
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 7:08-7:12
- 10:52 Story begins Second Houthi missile strike hits Riyadh airport
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Claim Second Houthi missile strike hits Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia reported that a Houthi attack on Riyadh International Airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300, called it a war crime, and said the dead included four Saudi citizens and nationals of several other countries.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 10:52-11:06
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Claim Second Houthi missile strike hits Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia reported that a Houthi attack on Riyadh International Airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300, called it a war crime, and said the dead included four Saudi citizens and nationals of several other countries.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 12:07-12:15
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Charged quote Second Houthi missile strike hits Riyadh airport
missile and drone attacks targeting not only this airport in Riyadh, but also critical energy infrastructure across the country. And this has disrupted daily life in Saudi Arabia and left an entire nation in shock and has put a lot of pressure on the Saudi leadership as well. And I think, again, what is happening here is linked to
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 13:01-13:06
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Contested quote Second Houthi missile strike hits Riyadh airport
So we're seeing very, very balanced messaging coming out from the US so far. The Saudi coalition yesterday after the attacks described the targeting of the airport as a full fledged war crime and a terrorist attack. And the Saudis have said that they'll be responding decisively and firmly to the to the attacks. It wasn't the first
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 15:10-15:13
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Charged quote Second Houthi missile strike hits Riyadh airport
Houthis that airlines and passengers should avoid Saudi airports? We haven't seen much reaction by Saudi media yet. But this warning does seem to be an upping the ante by the Houthis. It's a psychological way to kind of really increase tensions in the region. It shows that the Houthis are not just signaling that they're not just going to be
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 15:47-15:53
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Charged quote Central Nepal flash floods leave five missing, more than 90 rescued
glacier collapse along the border with Tibet. Our Global Affairs correspondent, Anbarasan Ethirajan, told us about what we're seeing from the affected areas. The pictures are really scary. You see that torrent of water, mud and rocks, this ledge sweeping through some of these villages in central part of Nepal in Gorkha district. And according to
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 20:16-20:20
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Charged quote Central Nepal flash floods leave five missing, more than 90 rescued
This time, they had some response time so that they can warn people. But it also shows the danger, the climate change and also how the Himalayan region is sitting on this volcano of landslides or glacial icefall happening. So now this is happening frequently. It's not only in this particular area, even bigger cities and other parts of
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 22:01-22:05
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Charged quote Central Nepal flash floods leave five missing, more than 90 rescued
now and without giving enough warning. So they need to find a way to resettle people or move people away from the riverbanks. And that's a huge undertaking that's going to take years. The country is already reeling under what happened in the end of August when this flash floods and the glacial ice fall on the border with Tibet killed more than 1,500 people
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 22:49-22:52
- 23:29 Story begins Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
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Claim Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
Pope Leo announced he will have surgery after a routine check-up found an early-stage, well-contained lung nodule, with recovery expected to take about a week.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 23:29-23:45
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Claim Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
Pope Leo announced he will have surgery after a routine check-up found an early-stage, well-contained lung nodule, with recovery expected to take about a week.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 23:29-23:42
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Claim Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
Pope Leo announced he will have surgery after a routine check-up found an early-stage, well-contained lung nodule, with recovery expected to take about a week.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 23:29-23:42
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Claim Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
Pope Leo announced he will have surgery after a routine check-up found an early-stage, well-contained lung nodule, with recovery expected to take about a week.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 23:37-23:48
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Claim Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
Pope Leo announced he will have surgery after a routine check-up found an early-stage, well-contained lung nodule, with recovery expected to take about a week.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 23:48-23:52
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Claim Pope Leo to undergo surgery after lung nodule found
Pope Leo announced he will have surgery after a routine check-up found an early-stage, well-contained lung nodule, with recovery expected to take about a week.
BBC News, 11 October 2026, 23:48-23:52
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