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Channel 4 News
Saturday 5 September 2026 · 18:00 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 23 of 30 min on news stories (76%)
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Reform UK's annual conference concluded with Nigel Farage again insisting the party had broken no laws over illicit donations, following an investigation that led to two senior aides stepping down. The party announced a flagship policy to raise the income tax threshold to £15,000, but the funding allegations overshadowed the event. A legal expert explained that if impermissible donations were accepted and not returned, an offence would be committed, and that knowingly facilitating such a donation could be criminal even if the money never arrived.
Hundreds of balaclava-clad demonstrators blocked the Port of Dover in a coordinated anti-immigration protest, which the local MP described as a possible intelligence failure. In Moscow, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met President Putin for talks on ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with a ceasefire on capital strikes agreed for their visit, and they were due in Kyiv the next day. American forces struck three Iranian tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in response to an attack on US warships, and in Nepal rescuers found two people alive ten days after floods that killed 1,300.
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Charged quote Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
They're coming for us, the explanation to the party faithful. But the revelations, broadcast by this programme, that Farage and senior party aides appeared eager to secure unlawful foreign donations, continue to dog the leadership. Tax breaks, cutting benefits and promises to turn back small boats are Reform's policy headlines this weekend.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 0:51-0:58
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Contested quote Sky News investigation reveals infighting in Durham Reform council
We're going to make sure that lessons are learnt within the party. But let's be clear, the party has taken legal advice. I've read that legal opinion from a KC and it shows that no rules or laws have been broken by the party. But the individuals, they're gone, that's finished, we're moving forwards. One of those two individuals now suspended,
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 4:02-4:06
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Charged quote Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
Dover earlier today, shouting, stop the boats, what the Port of Dover described as a public order incident. The protest intimidated residents and seemed to take the police by surprise. The demonstrators were eventually escorted to the railway station. An anti-immigration group with links to the far right said they organised the event.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 15:55-15:59
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Contested quote Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
Here's Francis Reid. Early this morning, hundreds of men wearing balaclavas descend on the Port of Dover. It's highly coordinated and appears to be an anti-immigration demonstration. A far right group calling themselves patriots have claimed responsibility for the disruption. That's not yet been verified.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 16:15-16:20
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Charged quote Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
And the mass protesters succeeded in blocking the entire Port of Dover this morning, the UK's biggest and busiest, more than nine million people passing through here every year. There appears to be a complete intelligence failure here by the police and others, presumably. Intelligence isn't always perfect, as we know.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 16:51-16:56
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Claim Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
The protest was described as an intelligence failure.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 16:51-16:56
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Charged quote Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
They're at opposite ends of the political spectrum, but both agree about what happened in Dover today. They were just standing in a kind of threatening way, and they were stunning like they were military militia types, with masks on and just glaring at everybody, like intimidation. It's very scary, very scary. I think we're totally intimidated.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 17:49-18:04
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Claim Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
No arrests were made.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 18:57-19:03
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Charged quote Anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth and Dover over small boat crossings
We as a society need to really kind of think, is this the type of world that we want to live in? Is this the type of society? Whatever our views on immigration, the last thing we need is gangs of thugs wandering around the streets in balaclavas. Crossings have continued as normal in Dover, with passengers told they could sail on later ferries
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 19:14-19:21
- 19:58 Story begins US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
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Claim US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
Trump confirmed that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow on Saturday and Kyiv on Sunday for talks on ending the war.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 20:12-20:17
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Claim US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 20:12-20:21
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Claim US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
Trump confirmed that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow on Saturday and Kyiv on Sunday for talks on ending the war.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 20:17-20:21
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Claim US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
Putin ordered a three-day halt to attacks on Ukraine.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 20:30-20:33
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Claim US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
Trump confirmed that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow on Saturday and Kyiv on Sunday for talks on ending the war.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 22:01-22:10
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Charged quote US envoys arrive in Kyiv for peace talks
Welcome, though their first trip to Kyiv tomorrow will doubtless be, Ukraine's president could be forgiven for looking on in some trepidation, wondering just what might be agreed to behind the forbidding walls of the Kremlin. Now, American forces say they've struck three Iranian tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 5 September 2026, 22:54-23:02
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