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Channel 4 News
Monday 31 August 2026 · 19:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (82%)
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The broadcast leads with the Nepal disaster, reporting that the number of dead and missing has surged, with over 900 dead and 4,000 missing. Rescuers are only now reaching remote villages, such as Betrawaty, where bodies are being recovered six days after the flood. The report includes the story of a British citizen who lost his wife and family, and the efforts of a London Nepalese community offering prayers and donations, as well as a son returning to Nepal after his father's body was found.
A brief report covers flash floods in the Grand Canyon that killed at least two people and left 15 missing. Then, the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch reshuffled her shadow cabinet, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as Shadow Chancellor and Tom Tugendhat as Shadow Foreign Secretary, with other changes. The government also faced scrutiny over its early prisoner release scheme, with police chiefs welcoming the exclusion of certain offenders but domestic abuse survivors expressing fear, and critics questioning the scheme's effectiveness.
The US and Iran traded actual attacks overnight after Trump posted an AI-generated video of an attack on Kharg Island, with Iran firing missiles at US bases and the US stopping mines in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to rising oil prices. Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football after captaining Argentina to two World Cup finals. Finally, Sir Mark Rylance is returning to the London stage in a new version of Tartuffe, performing alongside actors from the Intermission Youth charity, which aims to transform young people's lives through drama.
- 0:00 Story begins Aid reaches survivors a week after Nepal floods
- 11:04
- 11:16
Claim Badenoch reshuffles shadow cabinet, replacing Stride and Patel
Tom Tugendhat replaced Priti Patel as Shadow Foreign Secretary, Andrew Griffith became Shadow Chancellor, and Mel Stride returned to the backbenches.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 11:16-11:22
- 11:34
Claim Badenoch reshuffles shadow cabinet, replacing Stride and Patel
Tom Tugendhat replaced Priti Patel as Shadow Foreign Secretary, Andrew Griffith became Shadow Chancellor, and Mel Stride returned to the backbenches.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 11:34-11:41
- 12:17
Charged quote Badenoch reshuffles shadow cabinet, replacing Stride and Patel
to point out today that Mr Griffith had a role in Liz Truss's mini budget, something they say families paid the price for. Mr Griffith himself has promised today that he would bring about an economic revolution, cutting taxes and bringing down energy costs by, quote, getting Britain drilling again. His number two will be Claire Coutinho,
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 12:17-12:20
- 12:38
Claim Badenoch reshuffles shadow cabinet, replacing Stride and Patel
Tom Tugendhat replaced Priti Patel as Shadow Foreign Secretary, Andrew Griffith became Shadow Chancellor, and Mel Stride returned to the backbenches.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 12:38-12:46
- 13:25
- 13:50
Charged quote PM expands early release exclusions to keep PC Harper killers in jail
would do nothing to put the public in danger. Victoria McDonald reports. It's the story that's come to take some of the shine off the Prime Minister's honeymoon period, the early prisoner release scheme and the varying degrees of U-turns. The two men convicted of killing PC Andrew Harper, we learned this weekend, will now stay in prison,
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 13:50-13:58
- 14:28
Charged quote PM expands early release exclusions to keep PC Harper killers in jail
and a sustainable criminal justice system functioning for all victims and to keep all of the public safe. In order to do that, we have to free up capacity in our prisons. Our mail estate is currently running at 98% capacity. That is intolerable. But not on the list are domestic abusers. And Molly Cousins, who survived serious abuse
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 14:28-14:33
- 15:11
Charged quote PM expands early release exclusions to keep PC Harper killers in jail
And she said she was not reassured by a pledge to introduce tough restrictions, including tagging and curfews. Putting a tag in place is not going to stop somebody coming for you. If they want to come and find you, they will find you. And my victim liaison officer said that himself. About four and a half thousand prisoners
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 15:11-15:16
- 16:32
Charged quote PM expands early release exclusions to keep PC Harper killers in jail
But again, critics say these prisoners are in jail for a good reason, with just over fourteen hundred of them having been recalled. Tomorrow the prime minister will face the comments for the first time since he took office, and with that will begin the scrutiny in earnest. Now the US Defence Department has insisted that American forces
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 16:32-16:40
- 16:42
- 16:57
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked US military targets in Jordan with ballistic missiles.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 16:57-17:04
- 17:17
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked US military targets in Jordan with ballistic missiles.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 17:17-17:22
- 17:17
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked US military targets in Jordan with ballistic missiles.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 17:17-17:22
- 17:22
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
Iran's Revolutionary Guard attacked US military targets in Jordan with ballistic missiles.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 17:22-17:26
- 17:53
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
US forces carried out airstrikes on Iran for the first time in a month.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 17:53-17:58
- 17:53
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
US forces carried out airstrikes on Iran for the first time in a month.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 17:53-18:04
- 18:04
Claim US strikes Iranian oil tankers, Iran threatens retaliation
Oil prices rose by more than 2% after the attacks.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 31 August 2026, 18:04-18:06
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- 24:42
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