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Channel 4 News
Monday 2 November 2026 · 19:00 GMT · 1h · 3 stories · 14 annotated moments · 56 of 60 min on news stories (94%)
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A heavily US-weighted bulletin in which the final day of the midterm campaign took nearly 29 minutes, more than half of the running time. It was led by Shabana Mahmood's migration climbdown at 18 and a half minutes. Brief reports on a deadly Ukrainian school strike and cyber attacks on supermarket fridges sat alongside a three-and-a-half-minute Manchester rape trial.
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- 15:04
Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary
- 28:36
Abdul El-Sayed, Democrat candidate
- 32:32
Brad Lander, New York congressional candidate
- 37:55
Andy Levin, Democratic Jewish Congressman for Michigan
- 46:07
Laura McGee, fourth generation rancher
- 56:59
Pippa Malmgren, former economic advisor to Republican president George W. Bush
- 0:00
- 3:26
Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years
Chris Philp said the policy U-turn would cost taxpayers £10bn.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 3:26-3:40
- 5:14
Claim Mahmood cuts care worker settlement wait to five years
Criticism within Labour focused on the effect on care workers and on the fairness of changing the rules after people had arrived.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 5:14-5:29
- 19:53
- 21:15
Claim Trial begins for nine men in husband-arranged rape case
Philip Young has admitted raping and drugging his former wife.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 21:15-21:27
- 21:27
Claim Trial begins for nine men in husband-arranged rape case
Nine defendants are aged 28 to 70 and include a paramedic, a taxi driver and a youth football coach.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 21:27-21:34
- 22:29
Claim Trial begins for nine men in husband-arranged rape case
Seven defendants were identified from images on the husband's phone as alleged contact offenders.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 22:29-22:38
- 22:47
Claim Trial begins for nine men in husband-arranged rape case
Nine defendants are on trial and deny allegations including rape and conspiracy to rape.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 22:47-22:52
- 24:19 Story begins Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
- 24:30
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
More than 50 million people had already voted ahead of the midterms, with the remaining voters due to vote the next day.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 24:30-24:34
- 24:48
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
The midterm elections would decide control of Congress, not Donald Trump's presidency.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 24:48-24:53
- 25:46
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
Polling suggested Democrats could make substantial gains against Trump's Republican Party, including control of the House and possibly the Senate, though the outcome was uncertain.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 25:46-25:52
- 26:07
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
Democrats need to flip four Republican-held Senate seats to win control of the Senate.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 26:07-26:12
- 26:53
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 26:53-26:59
- 28:04
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
Haley Stevens accused Abdul El-Sayed of trafficking in antisemitism.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 28:04-28:11
- 29:18
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
Haley Stevens endorsed Mike Rogers in the US Senate race.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 29:18-29:22
- 32:14
Claim Voters head to polls in US midterm elections
Between 20,000 and 30,000 Jewish voters in Michigan remained undecided.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 2 November 2026, 32:14-32:17
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