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Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 13:00 BST · 1h · 15 stories · 15 annotated moments · 42 of 60 min on news stories (70%)
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The government is reviewing its deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after President Trump called it terrible in his first meeting with the Prime Minister. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said more work was needed with the US to get the deal to a place Trump could support, while Henry Zeffman noted a change of emphasis from seeking to persuade the US to changing the deal. At the United Nations, the Prime Minister announced a new national centre for information defence to tackle Russian disinformation and said Russian agencies had spread lies and tried to interfere in British elections. The IMF warned advanced economies including the UK to cut borrowing and reduce debt amid spiralling interest costs, and Scotland’s drug deaths rose to 1,133 last year, up 11 per cent, with deprivation, cocaine and nitazenes highlighted. Investigators were trying to establish the cause of a house fire in Bootle in which a woman and three children died, a second employment tribunal began into nurse Sandie Peggie’s complaint about sharing a changing room, and the online regulator investigated Pornhub’s owner over age checks.
More than 50 migrants arrived in Dover after the RNLI picked them up following more than 30 hours at sea, after about 200 anti-migrant protesters gathered in Gosport and police said they were investigating a campaigner shown slashing an inflatable boat. The Home Secretary ordered an urgent review after uncontrolled beach landings earlier in the week, and more than 200 people arrived that morning. Earl Spencer said he stood by his book about Princess Diana and accused Buckingham Palace of gaslighting amid a legal row with Piers Morgan, at least 11 people including a pregnant woman were killed in a mass shooting near Durban, and Kenneth Law, who admitted aiding suicides in Canada and has been linked to 79 British deaths, was due in an Ontario court. In Falmouth, more than 2,000 people were evacuated from 300 homes after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found, and a report examined complications from cheap eyelid surgery abroad.
In the West, Somerset cricketer Tom Kohler-Cadmore was fundraising for a £2 million centre for children with cleft lip and palate, inspired by his son Dougie; police appealed for information about missing 18-year-old George in Portishead; a gas leak closed the railway between Didcot and Reading; the West of England mayor discussed plans for mass transit within a year; and Bath’s Cleveland Pools remained closed after flooding, with repair work hoped for early 2028. Later, the broadcast reported that President Xi Jinping would visit Washington with AI, trade and Taiwan on the agenda, and warned students about spiking with everyday medications and vapes.
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- 3:07
Donald Trump, US President
“I don't support it. I think it's terrible. It was a terrible deal.”
- 3:46
Wes Streeting, Defence Secretary
“What President Trump said yesterday wasn't new, but I think it does provide absolute clarity that his position on this Chagos deal, as currently drafted, is not changing.”
- 6:50
Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
“In recent years we have seen industrial scale assault by hostile actors on the information environment in the UK and that of many of our allies.”
- 8:25
“Our message to everybody is you cannot control exogenous factors, but you have control over your domestic policies.”
- 20:00
Earl Spencer, Earl Spencer
“Well, I stand by the book.”
- 22:24
“She loved music.”
- 27:24
Andre Agassi, eight-time Grand Slam champion
“Well, I mean, if you looked at my story closely,”
- 38:10
Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Somerset cricketer
“I'm in an extremely fortunate position myself”
- 50:27
“I think it's really important that people are aware that those substances can be used in this way”
- 1:46
- 1:46
Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
The Times front page said Donald Trump had won a review of the Chagos deal.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 1:46-1:54
- 1:46
Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
The Times front page said Donald Trump had won a review of the Chagos deal.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 1:46-1:54
- 2:47
Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
Under the May 2025 agreement, the UK would hand sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius while retaining authority over the Diego Garcia military base, with the UK and US able to access, maintain and invest in the base for an initial 99 years, extendable by 40 years.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 2:47-2:56
- 3:46
Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
The Chagos deal was paused or postponed after Donald Trump withdrew his support and described it as terrible, and it was reported as dead without US sign-off.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 3:46-3:59
- 4:31
Claim Trump criticises UK Chagos deal and Diego Garcia control
The Chagos deal was paused or postponed after Donald Trump withdrew his support and described it as terrible, and it was reported as dead without US sign-off.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 4:31-4:39
- 6:07
- 6:14
Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 6:14-6:27
- 6:14
Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Russian agencies ran a disinformation operation using bots, fake websites, falsified articles, and forged branding from 28 British organisations, including universities and the BBC.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 6:14-6:27
- 7:36
Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
Russian agencies ran a disinformation operation using bots, fake websites, falsified articles, and forged branding from 28 British organisations, including universities and the BBC.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 7:36-7:43
- 7:43
Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 7:43-8:01
- 8:11
- 10:23
- 10:31
Claim Scotland drug deaths rise 11% to 1,133, still highest rate in Europe
Scotland recorded more than 1,000 drug deaths last year, an 11% rise and the highest rate in Europe.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 10:31-10:43
- 14:01
- 14:01
Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
A migrant dinghy left the Normandy coast and was being monitored by a French coast guard vessel near the Channel boundary.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 14:01-14:08
- 14:23
Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
A migrant dinghy left the Normandy coast and was being monitored by a French coast guard vessel near the Channel boundary.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 14:23-14:33
- 14:45
Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
Police are investigating video footage of damage to a boat in the English Channel.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 14:45-15:00
- 14:45
Claim Gosport protests and arrests after migrant boat rescue
Police are investigating video footage of damage to a boat in the English Channel.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 14:45-15:00
- 18:12
- 20:55
- 22:00
- 24:52
- 24:52
Claim Cornwall homes evacuated after suspected WWII bomb found
More than 300 homes in Cornwall were being evacuated after a suspected unexploded World War II device was found in Water near Falmouth, and police urged residents to leave.
BBC One, BBC News at One including..., 23 September 2026, 24:52-25:01
- 27:02
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- 46:12 Story begins Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
- 49:23
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