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BBC News and Weather
Tuesday 22 September 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 9 stories · 11 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (88%)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first face-to-face meeting with President Trump in New York during the UN General Assembly led the broadcast. Trump criticised the UK plan to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as terrible, but said Burnham was a man he could do business with. Burnham said he had inherited the situation and would work to find a resolution safeguarding the joint UK-US military base. Trump addressed the UN General Assembly, defending his actions against Iran and claiming an end to Russia's war with Ukraine was near. He also signed a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland, met Ukraine's President Zelensky, and was due to hold talks with China's president later in the week on trade, AI and Russian oil.
The broadcast reported that Piers Morgan says Earl Spencer's new book about Princess Diana contains defamatory lies and is demanding publisher Penguin remove it from bookshops. Earl Spencer apologised after wrongly claiming Morgan was in charge when covert photographs of Diana at a gym were published in 1993; the publisher said future editions would be amended, but Morgan is taking legal action. Police arrested two men in their 30s over a suspected terrorist plot targeting Manchester's Jewish community, with searches in Salford and Liverpool and no public threat believed. A mother and three children died in a fire in Bootle, Merseyside, and an investigation into the cause is underway. Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood was charged with two further sexual offences, including indecent assault in 1991 and sexual assault in 2004, and is due to stand trial on 15 other charges including rape, all of which he denies.
Scientists said the developing El Nino was the strongest on record, with sea surface temperatures more than three degrees above average and impacts including wildfires in Indonesia, low water levels in the Panama Canal, and expected droughts and flooding elsewhere. Official figures showed an unexpected surge in government borrowing in August, running about £8bn ahead of estimates so far this financial year. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey unveiled plans to raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000 and the higher-rate threshold to £56,000, costing £17bn and funded by growth through closer EU ties. The UK Health Security Agency said a meningitis B outbreak in Kent in March was more dangerous because the bacteria borrowed genetic traits; two people died and nine needed intensive care. New rules to bring down vet costs began rolling out, including capped prescription fees and price transparency, though critics said they would hit independent vets hardest and do little to curb the power of large corporate groups. Conservationists began a new initiative to restore the Scottish wildcat population.
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Claim Trump threatens Iran and rebrands AI as superintelligence at UN
Trump said the war between Ukraine and Russia would end sooner than people understand.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 7:42-7:48
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Claim Trump threatens Iran and rebrands AI as superintelligence at UN
After Trump's speech, the US, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement, ending Trump's demand to own the Arctic territory.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 9:57-10:03
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Claim Trump threatens Iran and rebrands AI as superintelligence at UN
China's president was due in Washington later in the week for talks covering trade, AI, Russian oil and Iran.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 11:07-11:13
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Claim Two men arrested over suspected Manchester Jewish community terror plot
Two men in their 30s were arrested on Sunday in Manchester's Northern Quarter over a suspected plot to target the Jewish community, with searches in Liverpool and Salford.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 14:44-14:55
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Claim Two men arrested over suspected Manchester Jewish community terror plot
Two men in their 30s were arrested on Sunday in Manchester's Northern Quarter over a suspected plot to target the Jewish community, with searches in Liverpool and Salford.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 14:44-14:55
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Claim Two men arrested over suspected Manchester Jewish community terror plot
Police said they did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the public and were still pursuing lines of inquiry.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 15:33-15:45
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Claim Two men arrested over suspected Manchester Jewish community terror plot
The arrested men were held in a London police station.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 15:39-15:45
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Charged quote Two men arrested over suspected Manchester Jewish community terror plot
Police say that they are still pursuing lines of inquiry, but they believe there is no public threat from this Suspected plot the men are being held in a London police station and the police say they Understand that there will be acute concern amongst the Jewish community after this news today Thank you very much Lucy a
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 15:46-15:51
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Claim El Nino strongest on record, Met Office warns impacts already felt
Scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures reported the developing El Nino is the strongest on record, with sea surface temperatures more than three degrees above average and no peak expected until later in the year.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 16:34-16:48
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Claim El Nino strongest on record, Met Office warns impacts already felt
Scientists monitoring Pacific Ocean temperatures reported the developing El Nino is the strongest on record, with sea surface temperatures more than three degrees above average and no peak expected until later in the year.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 17:17-17:29
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Claim El Nino strongest on record, Met Office warns impacts already felt
The El Nino is expected to cause droughts and wildfires in parts of South America, southern Africa and Australia, and torrential rain and possible flooding in coastal Ecuador, Peru and parts of the southern United States.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 September 2026, 18:55-19:07
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- 21:07 Story begins Ed Davey sets out Lib Dem conference ambitions
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