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BBC News Now
Friday 16 October 2026 · 12:00 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (94%)
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The broadcast led with the war in Ukraine, reporting round-the-clock Russian attacks as President Zelensky attended an EU summit in Brussels to seek more support for energy and air defences. It reported at least two killed in Kharkiv and others injured in a drone attack on a shopping centre in Sumy, after a supermarket was hit in Odesa, while Lutsk lost all power overnight and Lviv also came under attack. Reports said Ukraine had run out of Patriot interceptors and that the Starshield satellite link had been running slow on Thursday. President Trump again blamed President Zelensky for civilian deaths and criticised Ukrainian strikes on refineries, and a correspondent noted Trump had said it was easier to deal with President Putin than with Zelensky. At the summit, Zelensky thanked EU leaders as real leaders and said Ukraine wanted to end the war as quickly as possible but saw no signals from Russia that it was ready. US and Western officials told Reuters that a political decision in Washington had slowed Ukraine's military satellite network, though the administration denied any such presidential request, and European leaders discussed support and frozen Russian assets amid reported US proposals.
Separately, around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, setting fire to olive trees at the start of the annual harvest. Settlers carried gas canisters and used slings to throw rocks; at least two people were injured, including a Washington Post photographer, gunfire was heard and an armed settler was seen firing. The UN said nearly 200 settler attacks linked to this year's harvest had already occurred, more than in the whole of last season. A correspondent described a standoff, stones and slingshots, an American journalist saying she was jumped on and kicked, and Israeli forces firing tear gas. The director of the Palestinian Farmers Union said the olive harvest was the largest agricultural sector and the last source of income for hundreds of thousands of families, with about 140,000 families relying on it and 178 villages identified as hot areas for settler violence.
Later, Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered a speech in Motherwell, Scotland, saying he wanted to do politics differently, put place before party and seek common ground. He said people in Scotland deserved better from politicians and promised good growth in every postcode, arguing for pushing power out of Westminster and Whitehall to local people. He recalled his time as Greater Manchester mayor, a visit to Easterhouse that informed the live well model, and the closure of Ravenscraig, saying it had removed the pillars beneath a whole community; he also compared it with his former constituency of Leigh, where miners struggled for compensation and no one asked the community what would come next.
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Claim EU leaders rally behind Zelensky as Macron vows Europe will not abandon Ukraine
A strike on a shop in Kharkiv killed three people and injured more than 20.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 1:32-1:44
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Claim EU leaders rally behind Zelensky as Macron vows Europe will not abandon Ukraine
A strike on a shop in Kharkiv killed three people and injured more than 20.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 1:44-1:55
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Charged quote EU leaders rally behind Zelensky as Macron vows Europe will not abandon Ukraine
This morning at least two people were killed in Kharkiv and several others injured in a drone attack on a shopping centre in Sumy. Yesterday it was a supermarket in Odesa. The attacks are indiscriminate and they cross the country. Lutsk, a city in the northwest, lost all power overnight. Lviv has also come under attack.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 1:55-2:00
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Claim EU leaders rally behind Zelensky as Macron vows Europe will not abandon Ukraine
Ukraine reported that an unexpected reduction in Starlink service disrupted its combat drone missions.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 4:32-4:48
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- 14:59
Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 14:59-15:09
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 14:59-15:11
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 15:11-15:19
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 15:19-15:23
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 15:19-15:27
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 15:23-15:27
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
The UN reported nearly 200 settler attacks linked to this year's harvest, more than during the whole of last year's season.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 15:27-15:34
- 15:27
Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
The UN reported nearly 200 settler attacks linked to this year's harvest, more than during the whole of last year's season.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 15:27-15:34
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Around 80 masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and set fire to olive trees near Abu Fala, north of Ramallah, injuring at least two people including a Washington Post photographer.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 16:09-16:21
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Claim Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and burn olive trees in West Bank
Israeli forces fired tear gas into Palestinian fields to end the confrontation.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 16:40-16:54
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Claim Andy Burnham offers Scottish regions more powers in first visit as PM
Burnham said he wanted to move power from Downing Street to local people.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 16 October 2026, 26:10-26:15
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