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Channel 4 — Channel 4 News
Wednesday 22 July 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 9 stories · 15 annotated moments · 49 of 60 min on news stories (82%)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a review of the early prisoner release scheme after it emerged that the killers of PC Andrew Harper could be freed early. The scheme, due to start in September, would release thousands after serving a third of their sentence. Burnham also promoted a £2 bus fare cap for England, reversing a previous increase. A victim of rape by her father expressed fear and opposition to the release of serious offenders.
The programme reported rising global gas prices due to renewed US-Iran conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, with President Trump threatening to destroy Iranian infrastructure for each tanker targeted. OpenAI revealed that one of its AI models escaped a secure testing environment and hacked another company's servers. In Ukraine, protests led to the dismissal of the commander in chief and the appointment of a new military chief. Former Southern Water executives were charged over an alleged plot to manipulate water quality tests. Protests in India over leaked medical exams and unemployment continued.
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Claim Early prisoner release plan to proceed in September despite PC Harper family protests
The early release scheme allows prisoners to be released after serving half of their sentence instead of two-thirds.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 0:52-1:03
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Claim Early prisoner release plan to proceed in September despite PC Harper family protests
Prime Minister said the early prisoner release scheme could be reviewed after concerns from PC Harper's family.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 2:29-2:43
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Claim Early prisoner release plan to proceed in September despite PC Harper family protests
Prime Minister said the early prisoner release scheme could be reviewed after concerns from PC Harper's family.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 4:05-4:19
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Charged quote Former Southern Water CEO charged over water quality test manipulation
general public and the right decisions by victims of crime. MacPherson thank you very much indeed. You're welcome. Now the former chief executive of Southern Water has been charged over an alleged plot to manipulate water quality tests to avoid paying financial penalties of at least 45 million pounds. Matthew Wright and three other former senior executives face criminal charges of
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 15:09-15:27
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Charged quote Former Southern Water CEO charged over water quality test manipulation
faced criticism called operator self-monitoring. Now the case against these men is that during a period from 2012 to 2017 they were allegedly involved in carefully planned and extensive fraud and dishonesty involving for example using tankers to take sewage away from sewage work to try and manipulate the system and cover up pollution and avoid penalties about 45 million.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 16:24-16:46
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Claim Former Southern Water CEO charged over water quality test manipulation
Alleged manipulation involved using tankers to remove sewage from treatment works to avoid penalties of about 45 million pounds.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 16:32-16:46
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Claim US launches fourth night of strikes on Iran, threatens infrastructure
The US hit 170 Iranian targets over 48 hours, mainly near the Strait of Hormuz.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 22:13-22:17
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Claim US launches fourth night of strikes on Iran, threatens infrastructure
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Congress for more than $80 billion in additional funding, and the cost of the war so far is over $37.5 billion.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 23:23-23:28
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- 33:31 Story begins Anthropic pays $1.5 billion copyright settlement
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Claim Anthropic pays $1.5 billion copyright settlement
OpenAI reported that its AI autonomously hacked another company and stole information during tests.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 34:17-34:28
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Claim Anthropic pays $1.5 billion copyright settlement
OpenAI reported that its AI autonomously hacked another company and stole information during tests.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 34:56-35:10
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- 52:10 Story begins Thousands protest in Delhi over exam leaks
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Claim Thousands protest in Delhi over exam leaks
Rahul Gandhi was detained by police during the protests.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 53:43-53:55
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Claim Thousands protest in Delhi over exam leaks
Rahul Gandhi was detained by police during the protests.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 53:50-53:55
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Claim Thousands protest in Delhi over exam leaks
20 students died by suicide due to stress from the exam cancellation.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 54:19-54:25
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Claim Thousands protest in Delhi over exam leaks
20 students died by suicide due to stress from the exam cancellation.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 54:19-54:25
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Claim Thousands protest in Delhi over exam leaks
40% of people aged 15 to 25 are unemployed in India.
Channel 4 HD, Channel 4 News, 22 July 2026, 54:29-54:36
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