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Channel 4 News Summary
Thursday 15 October 2026 · 12:05 BST · 5m · 4 stories · 15 annotated moments · 2 of 5 min on news stories (47%)
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Jeffrey Donaldson, formerly the leader of the Democratic Unionist party and one of Northern Ireland’s most powerful politicians, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register. In June he was convicted of 18 counts of child sex abuse including rape. The DUP said he deserves every day of the lengthy prison sentence and that its thoughts were with the victims. At least 27 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan. Classes were taking place at a school in the north-western city of Peshawar when the roof gave way. Twenty more pupils were injured, and local police fear the death toll could rise. One hundred and ten children were in three classrooms at the time of the collapse, and fewer than half have been rescued from the rubble.
Romania’s president says two aerial drones hit ships which caught fire in Romanian territorial waters overnight. Rescuers are still searching for seven missing crew from the San Marino flag tanker Wine Trader, while five other crew members were rescued. The two ships were anchored in the Black Sea near a major shipping route used by Ukraine. Romania is a NATO member and has reported breaches of its airspace by Russian drones over the past four years. Ukrainian officials say they have hit a Russian oil refinery and six Russian military jets overnight. President Zelensky said the country is done with observing President Trump’s so-called energy ceasefire, telling the Financial Times that Ukraine resumed strikes after a three-day pause during which Russia continued to hit its energy infrastructure. Ukrainian authorities say three people have died in a ten-hour Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s central Kirovohrad region.
Jurors at the trial of Russell Brand have been shown a police video interview with a woman who claims she was raped by the actor and comedian in 1999. In the interview, the woman says she was raped after meeting him on the fringes of that year’s Labour conference. She decided to come forward to police in 2023 after Channel 4 Dispatches broadcast a documentary featuring other allegations of sexual misconduct against Mr Brand. He denies all the allegations and the trial continues.
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Claim Jeffrey Donaldson jailed for 15 years for child sex abuse
Jeffrey Donaldson was sentenced to 15 years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:21-0:32
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Claim Jeffrey Donaldson jailed for 15 years for child sex abuse
Donaldson was convicted in June of 18 counts of child sex abuse, including rape.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:28-0:37
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Claim Jeffrey Donaldson jailed for 15 years for child sex abuse
The DUP said Donaldson deserved every day of his lengthy prison sentence and expressed its thoughts for the victims.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:32-0:46
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
At least 27 pupils and a teacher died after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:41-0:50
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
At least 27 pupils and a teacher died after a school roof collapsed in Pakistan.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:41-0:50
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
A further 20 pupils were injured, and police warned the death toll might increase.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:53-1:01
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
A further 20 pupils were injured, and police warned the death toll might increase.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:53-1:01
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
At the time of the collapse, 110 children were in three classrooms, with fewer than half rescued from the rubble.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:57-1:09
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Claim Peshawar school roof collapse kills at least 32 children and a teacher
At the time of the collapse, 110 children were in three classrooms, with fewer than half rescued from the rubble.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 0:57-1:09
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Claim Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
Ukrainian officials said six Russian military jets were destroyed overnight.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 1:32-1:44
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Claim Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
Ukrainian officials said six Russian military jets were destroyed overnight.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 1:32-1:44
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Claim Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
Ukraine said Russia attacked power plants soon after Trump said an energy ceasefire had been agreed by both sides.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 1:49-2:00
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Claim Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
A pause in Ukrainian strikes was linked to a US-brokered energy ceasefire.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 1:49-2:00
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Claim Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
A strike on a shop in Kharkiv killed three people and injured more than 20.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 1:56-2:09
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Claim Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian oil refineries after truce
A strike on a shop in Kharkiv killed three people and injured more than 20.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News Summary, 15 October 2026, 1:56-2:09
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