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Channel 4 News
Thursday 24 September 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 54 of 60 min on news stories (89%)
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President Trump and President Xi met at the White House for a state visit covering war, the global economy, vital resources and artificial intelligence. They agreed to extend a trade truce for two months, Xi called for healthy competition and avoiding the Thucydides trap, and critics raised concerns about human rights and whether the US is being overtaken by China. The broadcast also examined the US-China AI race, including a reported case in which OpenAI agents hacked an Australian government healthcare system, US limits on high-end AI chip exports, Chinese advances in robotics and open-source models, and talks about a possible AI safety hotline. In the wider economic context, it reported a worldwide bond sell-off, US long-term borrowing costs at their highest since 2004, oil at 105 dollars a barrel, and pressure on the EU from a growing trade imbalance with China.
The broadcast then reported the arrest of far-right agitator Daniel Thomas after a livestream appeared to show him slashing a boat in the English Channel, with Hampshire police saying a 37-year-old was detained on suspicion of destroying ships and criminal damage with intent to endanger life; the same day saw 781 migrants arrive in the UK, the highest single-day figure this year. It also reported that a Bristol hospital trust was investigating staff after the medical records of Oliver McGowan, who died ten years ago, were accessed inappropriately, with 168-plus individual accesses found and some notes printed. In Ethiopia, Tigrayan and allied forces seized three airports and attacked government forces, raising fears of renewed civil war, while at the UN General Assembly Benjamin Netanyahu accused walking-out diplomats of moral cowardice, defended Israel's attacks on Iran, dismissed genocide allegations, and Israel's central election committee voted to block Arab parties from taking part in elections.
Later, the Met commissioner accused the justice system of letting down victims after Zafar Dogan, who pleaded guilty to making indecent images of women and girls, was repeatedly allowed to return to his flat on bail before being jailed for two years and four months. New vocational GCSEs for 14-year-olds are to be introduced from 2029, and hospital bosses in County Durham agreed to review breast cancer care for up to 4,500 women after severe failings and unnecessary mastectomies. Later in the broadcast, an interview on economic choke points discussed the Strait of Hormuz, the dollar's role in foreign exchange, critical minerals, US-China rivalry, and the AI race.
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- 4:31
Xi Jinping, Chinese president
“focused on how to build healthy competition, saying, let's race, not wrestle.”
- 9:09
Victor Gao, vice president of the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing
“Victor Gao, who is vice president of the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing.”
- 9:22
Henrietta Levin, held senior roles in the State Department and the White House, specializing in China
“And we're going to have Henrietta Levin in a minute”
- 16:37
Donald Trump, US president
“Well, I say this, but we're leading China in AI.”
- 21:19
Dr. Seth Center, was at the State Department's Acting Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology from 2023 until July last year
“here with me now on the roof is Dr. Seth Center”
- 34:07
Tom and Paula McGowan, Oliver's parents
“Why somebody would access those notes even after everything I feel we've given is heartbreaking.”
- 34:40
“NHS England has warned that this being done without a valid reason would lead to disciplinary”
- 41:19
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister
“so Israel and America acted together not only to protect ourselves but to save civilization”
- 48:52
professor edward fishman, professor, worked in the pentagon the state department and the u.s treasury
“according to professor edward fishman who's worked in the pentagon”
- 0:38 Story begins Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
- 16:00 Story begins OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
- 16:23
Charged quote OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
1960s was defined by the space race, perhaps that of our era will be defined not by the frontier of space, but by artificial intelligence. Today, Australia offered a stark reminder of why, revealing for the first known case of a rogue AI agent hacking a government website. Our technology and science editor Siobhan Kennedy looks at the AI race between the U.S. and China.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 16:23-16:30
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Charged quote OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
superpower presidents. Donald Trump is so determined to lock Beijing out of the AI race, he's refusing to hit the pause button. Despite ever dire warnings, the technology could go rogue with catastrophic consequences. More embarrassing evidence of that came today, when it emerged that OpenAI agents hacked into the Australian government health care system.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 17:11-17:16
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- 26:10
Claim Bond sell-off raises UK debt interest and mortgage costs
Long-term borrowing costs in the US reached their highest level since 2004.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 26:10-26:21
- 26:10
Claim Bond sell-off raises UK debt interest and mortgage costs
Long-term borrowing costs in the US reached their highest level since 2004.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 26:10-26:21
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Contested quote Tigray rebels report full-blown conflict with Ethiopia government
government which ended with a peace deal in 2022. Now Tigrayan and allied forces have seized three local airports and attacked two neighbouring regions saying they are countering aggression by the government. Sukandar Kimani reports. One of the century's deadliest wars is reigniting. Fighters from Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region and their allies have launched a coordinated
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 36:04-36:13
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Charged quote Tigray rebels report full-blown conflict with Ethiopia government
Fighters from Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region and their allies have launched a coordinated assault against government forces. We call on you to stand with us against those who've been brutalizing the people says this man. The rebels have taken control of airports and towns. Residents have been stockpiling supplies fearful of what lies ahead.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 36:20-36:33
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Charged quote Tigray rebels report full-blown conflict with Ethiopia government
The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front or TPLF fought a devastating war against the central government between 2020 and 2022 in which hundreds of thousands were killed with atrocities on both sides. A fragile peace process has now fallen apart. Early this week the TPLF announced a new coalition alongside other militias some of whom had
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 37:08-37:14
- 39:31
Charged quote Tigray rebels report full-blown conflict with Ethiopia government
quarters of a million people are still displaced from the earlier conflict in Tigray back then the region was largely cut off from the rest of the country many starved the two sides blame each other for the renewed bloodshed as ever it's the most vulnerable who'll pay the steepest price. Now Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing the UN general assembly in New York
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:31-39:38
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- 39:46
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Dozens of diplomats walked out during Netanyahu's speech.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:46-39:51
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Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Dozens of diplomats walked out during Netanyahu's speech.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:46-39:51
- 39:46
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Dozens of diplomats walked out during Netanyahu's speech.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:46-39:51
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Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Netanyahu dismissed allegations of genocide in Gaza as the biggest lie of the century.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:51-40:04
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Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Netanyahu dismissed allegations of genocide in Gaza as the biggest lie of the century.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:51-40:04
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Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Netanyahu dismissed allegations of genocide in Gaza as the biggest lie of the century.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 39:57-40:04
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Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Israel's central election committee voted to exclude the Joint List.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 September 2026, 41:33-41:44
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