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BBC News
Saturday 24 October 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 7 stories · 9 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (88%)
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Police in the Philippines opened an investigation after suspected child sexual abuse and exploitation materials were found at the former home of Thomas Markle, the Duchess of Sussex's father; he denies possessing such images. Scotland Yard said it received a 2019 letter making claims about Mr Markle and passed information about allegations outside the UK to the Duke and Duchess's office but not to other law enforcement agencies, and it was considering whether to refer its earlier actions to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. In Albania, student-led anti-government protests continued in Tirana, with demonstrators clashing with police over alleged corruption and education conditions; in France, police used tear gas in Lyon and other cities during nationwide protests over the cost of living and school conditions, with 135 arrests and 70,000 officers deployed.
The mayor of Hebron said around 1,200 Palestinians had been forced from their homes as Israel continued a military operation in the occupied West Bank; Israel announced a full lockdown after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers. FIFA President Gianni Infantino dismissed suggestions he had considered resigning after controversy over an abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors, saying he had backing from the vast majority of member associations. The Met Office issued amber warnings for Storm Bulow, a second named storm, with severe winds expected across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and conservative challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro held their final televised debate before the presidential runoff. Lula, seeking a fourth term, came second in the first round to Bolsonaro, who has promised to free his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro. Reporting noted Lula's support among poorer voters and Bolsonaro's gains in a former industrial town.
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Dai Davies, former head of Royal Protection and a former divisional commander at the Metropolitan Police
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Gianni Infantino, FIFA president
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Lula da Silva, Brazil's President
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- 7:17 Story begins Student protests in Tirana enter third day
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Claim Student protests in Tirana enter third day
About 11 days after the protests began, more students joined wider anti-government demonstrations in Tirana.
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 7:20-7:30
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- 13:42 Story begins Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
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Claim Two Israeli soldiers killed in Hebron shooting
The mayor of Hebron said around 1,200 Palestinians had been forced out of their homes.
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 13:42-13:47
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Charged quote Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
and Israel's general election taking place next week. The FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has laughed off suggestions that he'd considered resigning after the controversy surrounding his now abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. He was speaking to our sports news correspondent, Laura Scott, who's in Baku,
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 14:25-14:28
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Claim Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
Infantino said he had been elected by 211 member associations and that the views of the vast majority should be respected.
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 14:46-14:52
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Claim Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
Infantino cited full endorsement from the Asian Football Confederation and CAF countries; AFC president Sheikh Salman backed him despite earlier co-signing a letter accusing Infantino of deception.
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 15:20-15:28
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Charged quote Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
It is very rare to hear from Infantino, especially over the last few months, when he has been facing such pressure over his position as president of FIFA because of that highly controversial FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal. But I think he feels emboldened now because he's just got back from this trip to Japan,
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 16:25-16:29
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Claim Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
Infantino was set to stand for a fourth term unopposed, with no rival candidate emerging before the mid-November deadline, and BBC News analysis said the rebellion against him had not toppled him.
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 17:25-17:29
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Charged quote Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
But they have at the moment failed to do just that. And I think it speaks to the level of support that Infantino has in places like Africa and indeed in lots of Asia. And the rebellion against him just hasn't managed to topple him. They, I think, wanted him to resign. And then if it was a vacant position,
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 17:41-17:44
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Charged quote Defiant Infantino rejects resignation calls over World Cup shares plan
But I think people just do not want to go against Infantino, given the level of support that he actually does have around the world, despite what came to pass around FFE, which has clearly angered so many in world football. Laura Scott in Baku. Here in the UK, millions of people are braced for another day of extreme weather.
BBC News, 24 October 2026, 18:07-18:11
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