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Channel 4 News
Monday 26 October 2026 · 19:00 GMT · 1h · 6 stories · 12 annotated moments · 50 of 60 min on news stories (83%)
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The broadcast reported that Lula had won an unprecedented fourth term in Brazil’s second round, reversing first-round results and defeating Flavio Bolsonaro, who had not conceded and promised a legal challenge. It said Lula’s campaign used his humble roots, TikTok and his opponent’s links to Donald Trump, while the result prompted the Real to fall and the stock market to suffer its biggest fall in three decades. In Serbia, longtime leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat to a student-led list after snap elections that followed two years of protests against corruption and authoritarian rule. The student list was reported to have won between 135 and 140 seats to Vučić’s 105, with celebrations in Belgrade and some limited disturbances.
On the eve of Israel’s election, the broadcast reported polls were too close to call before a vote shaped by October 7 and Benjamin Netanyahu’s record, with the opposition coalition led by former general Gadi Eisenkot. It described Netanyahu using Trump’s endorsement, Eisenkot’s policies including an October 7 inquiry and drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews, and his ruling out a government relying on Arab support; a report also examined radical Israeli settlers hoping to settle in Gaza. After the election segment, the programme reported on Gaza, saying more than 1,400 Gazans had been killed since the ceasefire last October and Israeli control had expanded to 64% of the strip. It followed civil defence workers retrieving bodies from rubble, with shortages of machinery, fuel and personnel, and a mass funeral for 110 recovered bodies.
In the UK, the broadcast reported that billions of pounds in new defence spending would be a key budget commitment, with Chancellor John Healey expected to set out a path to NATO’s 3.5% of GDP by 2035 and 3% by 2030; Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said his allocation would rise, and a report examined drone manufacturer Tekever and arguments over whether defence spending would create jobs. It also reported that senior doctors in England planned strikes on November 25 and 26 unless pay and working-condition talks resumed, and that the Home Secretary had announced an independent review into the murder of Henry Nowak. The programme ended with an interview with Fauda co-creator Avi Issacharoff about Season 5, its focus on October 7 and Israeli trauma, and criticism that it ignored Gaza.
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- 4:28
Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro
- 6:52
Oliver Stuenkel, professor of Brazilian and Latin American politics from the FGV School of International Relations in São Paulo
- 12:05
Aleksandar Vučić, Serbia's longtime authoritarian leader
- 23:55
Barak Seener, associate research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society
- 24:26
Yariv Oppenheimer, distinguished human rights campaigner and member of the centre-left Democrats
- 40:29
Wes Streeting, Defence Secretary
- 43:41
John Healey, Chancellor
- 44:49
Praful Nagand, an advocate for Healey's defence drive
- 52:23
Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the hit Israeli show Fauda
- 2:23
- 10:49 Story begins Serbia holds snap election as Vucic seeks return
- 14:30
- 14:42
Claim Israel holds national election as first-time voters shift right
Israel's election was characterised as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 14:42-14:46
- 19:59
Claim Israel holds national election as first-time voters shift right
Eisenkot's alliance was projected to win the most seats but not a majority unless he accepted Arab support, which he ruled out.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 19:59-20:12
- 21:48
Claim Israel holds national election as first-time voters shift right
Radical Israelis backed by figures in Netanyahu's coalition hoped to settle in Gaza.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 21:48-21:59
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- 29:09
Claim Gaza civil defence recovers bodies as Israeli control reaches 64%
Channel 4 News reported that more than 1,400 Gazans had been killed since the ceasefire last October, including five on the day of the report.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 29:09-29:20
- 29:26
Claim Gaza civil defence recovers bodies as Israeli control reaches 64%
Channel 4 News reported that Israeli control of Gaza had expanded to 64%, forcing more than two million Palestinians into a smaller area.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 29:26-29:39
- 38:49
Claim Gaza civil defence recovers bodies as Israeli control reaches 64%
Channel 4 News reported that a mass funeral was held in Gaza City for 110 bodies recovered by the civil defence.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 38:49-39:01
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- 39:35
Claim Budget to commit billions to defence and set NATO spending path
The Budget is expected to set out a path for UK defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 39:35-39:49
- 40:57
Claim Budget to commit billions to defence and set NATO spending path
UK defence spending is due to rise from 2.3% to 2.7% of GDP.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 40:57-41:05
- 44:25
Claim Budget to commit billions to defence and set NATO spending path
Reaching defence spending of 3% of GDP would require an additional £11 billion.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 44:25-44:37
- 46:25 ~5 min without annotations
- 51:35 Story begins Fauda creator defends ignoring Gaza in Season 5
- 51:59
Claim Fauda creator defends ignoring Gaza in Season 5
Season 5 of the show centres on the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, which killed a member of its crew.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 51:59-52:11
- 53:15
Claim Fauda creator defends ignoring Gaza in Season 5
The show's creator said Gaza was deliberately not addressed because he could not write about it while the war was ongoing.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 53:15-53:27
- 54:47
Claim Fauda creator defends ignoring Gaza in Season 5
Issacharoff said accusations of genocide in the conflict were false.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 26 October 2026, 54:47-54:51
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