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Friday 6 November 2026 · 12:00 GMT · 30m · 4 stories · 9 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (91%)
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An internationally weighted bulletin was dominated by two long segments, on the global tech sell-off after the US midterms and on Democratic plans to challenge the Iran war. The tech fall led at ten minutes and forty-four seconds, while the Iran war segment was the longest at ten minutes and fifty-three seconds. The remaining airtime went to Paul Mackenzie's sentencing and a fatal school bus crash in eastern France.
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- 2:23
Bob Parker, senior advisor at the ICMA
- 5:21
Donald Trump, President
- 17:15
Edouard Gefre, France's Education Minister
- 1:19
- 1:39
Claim US tech shares steady after global sell-off over AI and data centres
The Nasdaq fell 5.5% on Thursday but remained higher than a year earlier.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 1:39-1:42
- 1:56
Claim US tech shares steady after global sell-off over AI and data centres
Nvidia shares dropped nearly 10% in US trading.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 1:56-1:58
- 5:32
Contested quote US tech shares steady after global sell-off over AI and data centres
of super intelligence as he calls it. And we'll work with the many states in the United States who want to become rich by having them. They are gold. Only foolish leadership will say no to the riches they bring. When you look around the world, if for instance, the big two states, Ohio and Texas, were to say no to data centres,
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 5:32-5:36
- 12:03
- 12:10
Claim Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years for murdering 191 people in Kenyan cult
Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 12:10-12:18
- 13:29
Charged quote Paul Mackenzie sentenced to 200 years for murdering 191 people in Kenyan cult
The sentences in sub paragraphs A and B shall run consecutively, making an aggregate sentence of 200 years imprisonment for convict Mackenzie. Sit. Shorthand, he ain't coming out. Let's cross to BBC Africa correspondent, Thomas Mokwana. For viewers around the world who have perhaps not followed this closely, Thomas, remind us
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 13:29-13:30
- 16:44
- 16:44
Claim School bus crash in eastern France kills one child and one young adult
A child and a young adult were killed in the bus crash.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 16:44-16:50
- 17:05
Claim School bus crash in eastern France kills one child and one young adult
The bus was carrying 43 passengers, 15 of them children.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 17:05-17:08
- 17:08
Claim School bus crash in eastern France kills one child and one young adult
Three people were critically injured and 13 others suffered minor injuries in the bus crash.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 17:08-17:15
- 19:09
- 19:09
Claim Democrats plan to use power of the purse to end Iran war
The US maintained its largest Gulf carrier force since the Iraq invasion eight months into the war.
BBC News, BBC News Now, 6 November 2026, 19:09-19:16
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