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Channel 4 News
Sunday 30 August 2026 · 18:35 BST · 25m · 3 stories · 5 annotated moments · 11 of 25 min on news stories (42%)
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that anyone convicted of unlawful killing, including manslaughter, indecent assault, and death by dangerous driving, will no longer be eligible for early release from prison in England and Wales. The change follows months of campaigning by the family of PC Andrew Harper, who was dragged to death responding to a vehicle theft. Burnham also proposed easing prison overcrowding by deporting foreign criminals and releasing some prisoners serving indefinite sentences, though Labour said it inherited a prison system on the brink of collapse and that thousands of prisoners are still due for early release from October.
More than 800 people are confirmed dead and over 3,000 are missing after flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, with rescue efforts hampered by destroyed bridges. Hundreds of workers are thought to be trapped inside hydropower tunnels at the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites, and specialist climbers have managed to get about 100 metres inside but were stopped by sludge. Families of the missing wait at an army camp, while some bodies are being buried before identification. A Nepali man in the UK described losing his entire village, and the threat of further flooding remains.
A passenger ferry carrying 267 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of Northern Cyprus while heading from Karenia to Tashucu, killing at least eight people and leaving 17 missing. The captain and seven crew have been detained, and the ferry has completely sunk. Officials have launched an investigation into the incident, which occurred about four miles offshore.
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- 6:04 Story begins Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
- 11:46 Story begins Ferry fire in Philippines kills at least five
- 11:55
Claim Ferry fire in Philippines kills at least five
The captain and seven crew members were arrested.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 30 August 2026, 11:55-11:58
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Charged quote Ferry fire in Philippines kills at least five
Passengers are standing on top, waiting to be rescued and blowing their emergency whistles. We hear a woman shout, he's dead. Another passenger panics. We're going to drown here. If something like this was going to happen, why did they even set off? We're drowning. Emergency search teams arrived at the scene
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 30 August 2026, 12:28-12:30
- 12:30
Charged quote Ferry fire in Philippines kills at least five
and blowing their emergency whistles. We hear a woman shout, he's dead. Another passenger panics. We're going to drown here. If something like this was going to happen, why did they even set off? We're drowning. Emergency search teams arrived at the scene to help those they can. Helicopters were rescuing passengers one at a time.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 30 August 2026, 12:30-12:33
- 12:49
Claim Ferry fire in Philippines kills at least five
At least eight people died and 17 were missing.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 30 August 2026, 12:49-12:53
- 12:55
Claim Ferry fire in Philippines kills at least five
A ferry left the North Cyprus port of Kyrenia around midday.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 30 August 2026, 12:55-12:59
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