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BBC News and Weather
Friday 18 September 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 9 stories · 13 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (90%)
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The broadcast opened with Earl Spencer insisting to the BBC that his account of a phone call with the then Prince Charles after Princess Diana's death was true, repeating that Charles had said "We'll forget her soon enough" and describing being stunned and hanging up. Buckingham Palace reiterated its earlier statement that the pain of fraternal grief could cloud reason. President Trump then announced he was banning three US media outlets - CNN, MSNBC, and Politico - from the White House, citing constant reporting of fake news, with a correspondent noting CNN had said it would stand by its reporting. The air traffic control failure that disrupted flights was blamed on a software defect that lasted a millisecond, according to a preliminary report from NATS, which said it was not human error.
The NHS trust covering County Durham and Darlington revealed that 20 women had undergone unnecessary mastectomies while being treated for breast cancer, with some treatment outsourced to private clinics run by the trust's clinical lead, Amir Bhatti, whose companies received nearly £6 million over six years. MI5 accepted it had given evidence based on lies to three courts and that senior officers were repeatedly dishonest, an unprecedented admission stemming from a case involving a violent neo-Nazi spy, with the organization acknowledging systemic failings. Police in South Africa investigated a series of murders of young women, confirming a ninth body found in two months east of Johannesburg, with similarities in the killings causing concern though links not yet established.
A teenager who drove a "mega dinghy" carrying 165 people across the English Channel was jailed for risking lives at sea, sentenced to over two years for the crossing that set a record for the largest number of people on a small boat. The sisters of Nicholas Brandram, the man suspected of being the "Putney pusher" who was found dead while under police investigation, told the BBC their brother was innocent and accused the Metropolitan Police of negligence, while the Met referred itself to the watchdog. A committee of MPs launched an inquiry into why the UK performs so badly at Eurovision, despite having a world-class music industry, with the report noting recent last-place finishes and the case of Sam Ryder as an exception.
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
CNN said it stood by its reporting and argued the ban would be an illegal assault on its constitutional right to report.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 8:18-8:29
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
CNN said it stood by its reporting and argued the ban would be an illegal assault on its constitutional right to report.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 8:29-8:32
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Analysts linked the timing of the ban to the approaching US midterm elections, suggesting it might distract from poor poll numbers, Republican losses, and the war in Iran.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 9:24-9:34
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Claim US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
Analysts linked the timing of the ban to the approaching US midterm elections, suggesting it might distract from poor poll numbers, Republican losses, and the war in Iran.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 9:24-9:34
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Charged quote MI5 accepts it gave dishonest evidence to three courts
Correspondent Daniel de Simone is with me because Daniel it was your reporting that led to all of this how damaging is this reputationally? Well, this is enormously damaging and this case has had a major impact MI5 has had to change how it gives evidence to the courts its credibility as organization has been undermined
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 17:49-17:54
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Charged quote South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
South Africa has one of the highest levels of gender-based violence in the world Our correspondent Pumza Fihlani sent us this report. It contains some distressing details Disturbing and deadly crime in the outskirts of Johannesburg Our body has been discovered. She's the latest of at least nine women who've been killed here since July
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 19:41-19:45
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Claim South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
Several victims were found with hands tied, badly bruised, or in a state of decomposition.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 19:52-20:04
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Charged quote South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
Our body has been discovered. She's the latest of at least nine women who've been killed here since July Many of them have been found badly bruised hands tied others in a state of decomposition and her face was beaten literally beyond recognition 38 year old Dineo Mutabane went missing last Sunday. Her body was dumped days later on the roadside
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 19:59-20:04
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Charged quote South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
and her face was beaten literally beyond recognition 38 year old Dineo Mutabane went missing last Sunday. Her body was dumped days later on the roadside Stripped of all dignity and burnt a sight of horror for her loved ones It's something that you can never reconcile yourself with She has a two-year-old
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 20:11-20:16
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Charged quote South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
literally beyond recognition 38 year old Dineo Mutabane went missing last Sunday. Her body was dumped days later on the roadside Stripped of all dignity and burnt a sight of horror for her loved ones It's something that you can never reconcile yourself with She has a two-year-old That we were at some point in her life
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 20:17-20:22
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Claim South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
Police are investigating whether the deaths are linked but cautioned against assuming a serial killer is responsible.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 20:46-20:51
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Charged quote South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
Her body was found at this very spot. The murders are causing anxiety and fear in local communities I'm worried. I'm still happy many Children, especially girls. We don't know who to trust first of all It's just gruesome South Africa has one of the highest rates globally for violence against women last year officials declared it a national disaster but critics say very little is changing and
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 21:32-21:34
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Claim South African police investigate possible serial killer after ninth body found
South Africa declared gender-based violence a national disaster last year.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 18 September 2026, 21:34-21:46
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- 25:49 Story begins MPs launch inquiry into UK's poor Eurovision record
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