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An economics-led bulletin was dominated by the Bank of England raising interest rates to 4%, an item that took 13 minutes and 40 seconds, roughly half the running order. The rest was split between European flight disruption, Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal retirement and US midterm analysis.

Running order

0:27 Bank of England raises interest rates to 4% and warns more may follow · 13m 40s
The Bank of England raised its base rate to 4%, and Governor Andrew Bailey said further rises were likely unless the Middle East conflict was resolved.
14:07 Hoax bomb threats disrupt European flights and newsrooms · 4m 21s
At least a dozen European passenger flights were disrupted by bomb threats, with no explosives found and one plane escorted by fighter jets to a French airbase, Thomas Copeland said.
18:28 Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41 · 3m 53s
Cristiano Ronaldo retired from Portugal duty at 41 after 234 caps and a record 146 goals, following a fall-out with coach Jorge Jesus.
22:21 Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms · 5m 6s
Democrats won both houses of Congress, and President Trump blamed the Iran war for the Republican defeat while saying he would do it again.

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8:55

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England
20:45

Portuguese FA
24:03

Dr H.A. Hellyer, expert in Middle East security senior associate fellow at Royal United Services Institute
25:59

Donald Trump, President

0:27
Story begins Bank of England raises interest rates to 4% and warns more may follow
2:43

Claim Bank of England raises interest rates to 4% and warns more may follow

More than or nearly two million households were reported to be renewing or rolling off fixed-rate mortgages, with about five million fixed-rate deals ending over the next couple of years.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 2:43-2:53
14:07
Story begins Hoax bomb threats disrupt European flights and newsrooms
14:07

Claim Hoax bomb threats disrupt European flights and newsrooms

No explosives were found on the affected or inspected flights, and all affected flights landed safely.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 14:07-15:30
14:07

Claim Hoax bomb threats disrupt European flights and newsrooms

A second wave of hoax bomb threats on Thursday disrupted flights across Europe, with reports of 18 to 27 flights affected, Heathrow and Birmingham airports also receiving threats, and all landed safely with no explosives found.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 14:07-15:30
16:12

Claim Hoax bomb threats disrupt European flights and newsrooms

Military aircraft escorted several flights to the ground in France, Italy and Bulgaria, with some aircraft still in the air at the time.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 16:12-16:22
16:44

Claim Hoax bomb threats disrupt European flights and newsrooms

An A320 flying from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Evreux Airbase after a bomb threat, according to the French prime minister's office.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 16:44-17:04
18:28
Story begins Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41
18:32

Claim Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

Cristiano Ronaldo announced his retirement from international football at age 41 after 23 years.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 18:32-18:43
19:32

Claim Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

Ronaldo had a falling out with national coach Jorge Jesus during the last international break.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 19:32-19:43
19:43

Claim Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

Ronaldo left the team camp midway through the international break.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 19:43-19:53
19:48

Charged quote Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

found out that he was not going to get the playing time that he wanted in their final two matches against Denmark and Norway so he did the unthinkable really he walked out on his own team midway through the break the Portuguese FA had to do something about that they gave him a backdated 30-day suspension a 215 pound fine absolutely nothing when you think

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 19:48-19:59
19:59

Claim Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

The Portuguese FA imposed a backdated 30-day suspension and a 215-pound fine on Ronaldo.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 19:59-20:06
21:20

Claim Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

Ronaldo helped Portugal win the 2016 European Championships.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 21:20-21:32
21:43

Claim Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal international football at 41

Henry Winter said Ronaldo could continue scoring in Saudi Arabia and reach 1,000 career goals.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 21:43-21:54
22:21
Story begins Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
24:50

Contested quote Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms

escalation with Iran quite soon over the next couple of weeks or even sooner than that we simply don't know it was a very poor decision strategically to go to war back in February there were many warnings about it in advance he still chose to do it and he said he would choose to do it again so we we don't know what he's going to do next foreign policy

BBC News, BBC News Now, 5 November 2026, 24:50-25:06

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