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Channel 4 News
Monday 12 October 2026 · 19:00 BST · 55m · 9 stories · 15 annotated moments · 42 of 55 min on news stories (77%)
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After deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport, Saudi Arabia closed King Khalid airport until at least Saturday; the attacks killed 14 people and injured at least 320. Saudi forces launched more airstrikes on Sana'a, where at least one person was killed, and fighting intensified in Taiz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it struck a third supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz and offered to mediate in Yemen. Bernard Haykel said a Saudi military response was likely but limited, that the US was helping with logistics, intelligence and weapons but was unlikely to join militarily, that Russia was helping the Houthis and benefiting from Gulf chaos, and that a solution was hard because the Houthis wanted to take over all Yemen. Ukraine said Russia had hit at least six energy-related targets since President Trump declared an energy ceasefire, with strikes in Kharkiv killing three people including a teenage boy and injuring 22. Zelensky said Russia must stop attacks on energy and critical infrastructure and stop killing people; Ukraine was ready to guarantee the ceasefire while the Kremlin remained non-committal. The EU announced nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia's military-industrial complex. Oleksandra Matviichuk said Trump had helped Putin and that lifting sanctions on Russian diesel financed the war, while a 60-day election plan was difficult because millions were abroad or under occupation and energy infrastructure had been destroyed.
In Westminster, Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke in the Commons after podcast remarks about Russian interference in the 2016 Brexit referendum, saying it was a matter of record that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election and inconceivable that this was the first time. Kemi Badenoch accused him of delegitimising the referendum, while Burnham said he implied no such thing and set out a desire for new EU-UK deals, with no return to freedom of movement. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a public inquiry into the deaths of Melvin Kravis and Adrian Dalby during an attack at Manchester's Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur last year, and a review of security for politicians and royals after the death of former government minister Ann Widdecombe. Oil rose to $106, up 70% since last year, despite Trump's energy ceasefire, and the IFS warned of an estimated £35 billion gap by the end of the decade, adding pressure on Chancellor John Healey over the budget and winter energy bills, including a push to double the warm homes discount from £150 to £300. In the US, federal immigration agents raided the Washington DC home of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal inquiry less than a month before her re-election; Omar called it political intimidation, while Vice President J.D. Vance had previously signalled an immigration fraud investigation, and her Minneapolis district had been a flashpoint for anti-ICE protests after the killing of Renee Goode.
Russell Brand appeared at Southwark Crown Court for the start of his criminal trial on seven charges including rape and sexual assault relating to six women, with alleged offences between 1999 and 2009; he denies all charges and the trial is expected to last up to ten weeks. The government set out plans for regulating artificial intelligence, with AI minister Kanishka Narayan warning against tech giants' self-policing, proposing mandatory safety reporting and tighter controls on advanced models, saying an attack on the UK was likely after the OpenAI breach in Australia, and pledging to use AI to strengthen cyber defences; Nigel Inkster said AI heightened the risk, cited loss-of-containment incidents and a US-China prisoner's dilemma, and said an emergency brake would be difficult. The government also announced plans to protect an extra 200,000 homes from flooding across England with £4.2 billion of spending, amid figures that 11.3 million people in England live in areas at risk and projections of a vast increase by 2050; questions remained over insurance, the Flood Re scheme and new homes, with a flood and drought resilience task force due to meet later in the week. At the London Film Festival, Being Heumann premiered, with Bolton actress Ruth Madeley playing American disability rights activist Judith Heumann; she discussed her research and said the film was a timely reminder of the laws won, including the Disability Discrimination Act.
- 1:59 Story begins Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
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Claim Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
Casualty reports from the Riyadh airport attack varied, with Saudi Arabia reporting three deaths including a pilot named Hamoud Ali al-Qathami, and unconfirmed reports of at least two killed and dozens injured.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 2:07-2:23
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Claim Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
Saudi Arabia reported that a Houthi attack on Riyadh International Airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300, called it a war crime, and said the dead included four Saudi citizens and nationals of several other countries.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 2:15-2:23
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Contested quote Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
distressing images. Passengers, many of them dressed for pilgrimage, queue at Riyadh's main airport on Saturday. New images show the scale of the Houthi strike that killed 13 people and injured hundreds more. A demonstration of their capacity and will to escalate and the limits of Saudi Arabia's ability to defend its key sites. The response from Riyadh
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 2:51-2:59
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Claim Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
Iran was attempting to mediate and consolidate Houthi gains.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 4:53-4:57
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Charged quote Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
the interests of the Zionist regime in the region. Houthi forces have released more footage today showing purported strikes on Yemeni government forces, what the fighters can be heard calling Saudi mercenaries. Over recent years they've withstood Israeli, American and British attacks, all the while developing and manufacturing their own missiles
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 5:23-5:27
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Charged quote Houthi missile attack on Riyadh airport kills 12
So when Iran offers to be a sort of an honest broker, how credible is that? I mean that's a joke. I mean it's like the arsonist coming in and saying you know I have a fire engine to put out the fire. I don't think that's a serious proposition. The Chinese however have a very different role to play and so they could be brokers.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 8:40-8:54
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Charged quote Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
children among them. I was asleep. It wasn't even nine o'clock in the morning. We ran out in whatever we were wearing. They attacked civilians, not soldiers. And if they attack civilians, what sort of ceasefire can there be? At the Warsaw Security Forum today it is the same question being asked. In his address, President Zelensky
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 12:22-12:30
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Charged quote Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
and immediately after this announcement, Ukrainian residential buildings, schools, hospitals and energy stations were deliberately hit by Russian rockets. I think that Trump has helped Putin to achieve his goal in Ukraine. This is what we see from his action because first President Trump promised that he will end this war in 24 hours
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 15:39-15:45
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Charged quote Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
their families will receive money that this concrete person would never earn even if he would work till the end of his life. So it's not economy, it's necronomy and we must break the ability of this necronomy to feed this bloody war. President Zelensky has said that he is happy to hold an election if he can get a 60-day ceasefire.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 17:50-17:58
- 19:18 Story begins PM announces National Centre for Information Defence
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Claim PM announces National Centre for Information Defence
Andy Burnham was expected to argue that a closer relationship with the EU could help control immigration and boost growth.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 19:35-19:40
- 19:35
Claim PM announces National Centre for Information Defence
Andy Burnham was expected to argue that a closer relationship with the EU could help control immigration and boost growth.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 19:35-19:40
- 19:35
Claim PM announces National Centre for Information Defence
Andy Burnham was expected to argue that a closer relationship with the EU could help control immigration and boost growth.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 19:35-19:40
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- 29:39 Story begins Russell Brand rape and sexual assault trial begins
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Claim UK AI minister warns cyber breach likely and sets out mandatory safety reporting
The government plans to use frontier AI to find weaknesses in government systems before attackers exploit them.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 31:51-32:03
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Claim UK AI minister warns cyber breach likely and sets out mandatory safety reporting
The government plans to use frontier AI to find weaknesses in government systems before attackers exploit them.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 32:03-32:14
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Claim UK AI minister warns cyber breach likely and sets out mandatory safety reporting
The government plans to use frontier AI to find weaknesses in government systems before attackers exploit them.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 12 October 2026, 32:08-32:16
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