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The broadcast led with Christa Pike, a convicted murderer in Tennessee who regained consciousness after a botched execution. Her lawyers said she had been believed brain dead and expected to have life support withdrawn, but she woke and asked where she was. She remained in critical care with a blood clot, pneumonia and swollen arms. A judge ordered Tennessee to preserve evidence, and the governor suspended further executions for the rest of the year and ordered an independent review. The family of her victim, Colleen Slemmer, said the state had failed them. The next story covered Kemi Badenoch's speech to the Conservative Party Conference, where she said the next general election would be a battle for the soul of the nation. She promised to scrap inheritance tax on family homes, allow couples to leave an additional £1 million tax free, cut welfare spending to fund defence, cut employers' national insurance for young people and build 50,000 more prison cells. She criticised Labour and Reform UK. The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the biggest beneficiaries of the inheritance tax change would be a very well-off group mainly in London and south-east England, and the Conservatives estimated it would cost about £6 billion a year.

At least 25 people were reported to have died in the latest Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, including 19 people, five of them children, in a block of flats in Pryluky. Ukrainian authorities called the strike a war crime. There were further attacks in Kyiv and Kremenchuk, while Russia's defence ministry said it struck military industrial sites. The UN said more people had already died this year than in the previous 12 months, and Ukraine struck an oil tanker said to be part of Russia's shadow fleet. An 87-year-old Spanish woman whose eviction after a rent increase sparked nationwide protests died; the prime minister called a snap general election after failing to pass housing reforms, and Pedro Sanchez paid tribute. Five former Barclays traders jailed over the LIBOR scandal had their convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal. The Serious Fraud Office did not oppose the appeals, and the Bank of England has still not released records promised in 2017. Joshua Kerry, 28, from Rotherham, appeared in court accused of killing former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe and faced a new charge of preparing terrorist acts, including against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. He was remanded in custody; prosecutors alleged online reconnaissance and an attempt to break into Farage's home in April 2025.

Ceremonies were held along Israel's border with Gaza to mark the third anniversary of the Hamas attacks on 7 October, in which around 1,200 people died. In Kibbutz Kfar Aza, residents remembered more than 80 neighbours killed or taken hostage, and questions remained about Israel's security failure. No state inquiry has been held; Benjamin Netanyahu denied responsibility and is running for re-election as the man who can keep Israel safe, with polls suggesting a close election in under three weeks. Almost two-thirds of the chinstrap penguin population on Zavodovski Island near Antarctica had disappeared since 2011, according to British Antarctic Survey aerial studies. The decline was attributed to a lack of food because climate change had pushed krill southwards, while macaroni penguins on the island had increased. Lionel Messi played his final international game for Argentina, scoring in an emotional farewell in Buenos Aires against Benin. The 39-year-old had represented his country 208 times, was voted the world's best player a record eight times and helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup.