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New: The Saturday Five Extra
Saturday 26 September 2026 · 20:00 BST · 1h · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 22 of 60 min on news stories (36%)
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The news bulletin led with Andy Burnham introducing a new Your First Home scheme for first-time buyers in England with a 2.5% deposit, offering a loan worth 20% of a new-build property's value; the Prime Minister said it would aim to help people without support from the bank of mum and dad, and said the UK had seen too much drift and division since Brexit and wanted to draw a line. It also reported that President Trump had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Straits of Hormuz to commercial shipping within a week, saying Tehran wanted to open the straits immediately because they were losing badly, while Iran's foreign minister said agreement could be reached if conditions in a June memorandum were met; the waterway, which usually carries about a fifth of the world's gas and oil supply, has been effectively closed since war broke out in February.
The same bulletin reported that Manchester City's chairman was confident of proving the club's innocence after it was found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules, with 114 of 115 counts upheld; the club has denied wrongdoing and could appeal, and possible sanctions include a points deduction, fines or expulsion, while former FA and Manchester City chairman David Bernstein said money was not a sufficient punishment. It also said the Football Association of Ireland had confirmed that the Nations League game against Israel would go ahead after a player vote, following delays to a news conference and training session and protests and calls for a boycott over the war in Gaza.
In a later segment, the programme discussed whether the BBC should lose its licence fee, after reporting the deaths of 53 journalists in Gaza who had been claimed as terrorists by Hamas and other groups, with the BBC reviewing the inclusion of militants in its coverage following a Telegraph report, and noted that the BBC had floated AI presenters and cutting off panels. Another discussion covered Chinese President Xi Jinping's three-day state visit to the US, including the rare greeting at Joint Base Andrews and a B-1B flyover, Xi's remarks on AI and Taiwan, and an analyst's assessment that protocol was unprecedented but substantive outcomes were limited, with only a 100,000 student exchange confirmed and differences remaining over AI and Iran; the leaders agreed to meet at least two more times in the year.
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Chung Ching-Kwong, senior analyst of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance for China
“I'd say in terms of diplomatic protocol, this is unprecedented.”
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Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:31-2:42
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Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:36-2:47
- 2:36
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:36-2:47
- 2:36
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:36-2:47
- 2:42
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:42-2:52
- 2:42
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:42-2:52
- 2:42
Claim Andy Burnham gives first Labour conference speech as PM
Andy Burnham is to introduce a new scheme to help young people get onto the property ladder.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 2:42-2:52
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Contested quote Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
an Iranian proposal to reopen the Straits of Hormuz to commercial shipping within a week. He told reporters at the White House that Tehran want to make a deal where they open the straits immediately because they're losing so badly. On Friday, Iran's foreign minister told reporters at the UN in New York that agreement, that agreement, could be reached
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 3:41-3:49
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Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The Athletic reported that Manchester City was found guilty of almost all 115 charges, with sanctions still undecided.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 4:19-4:26
- 4:19
Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
The Athletic reported that Manchester City was found guilty of almost all 115 charges, with sanctions still undecided.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 4:19-4:26
- 4:32
Claim Manchester City 115 financial breach charges inquiry ongoing
Manchester City, currently top of the Premier League, could face sanctions including relegation, expulsion, retrospective point deductions, or removal of titles.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 4:32-4:42
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Claim Ireland Nations League matches against Israel proceed amid boycott calls
Ireland are playing Israel in the Nations League amid calls for a boycott of the games.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 4:48-5:00
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Contested quote Xi leaves Washington after summit with trade truce extension and no major breakthroughs
or stealing other people's technology. There is no conclusion to that as well. So I think we can judge the diplomatic protocol as one thing, but the actual outcome of this meeting is not as fruitful as people want it to be. So in that case, you've outlined to us how on the major issues they're still poles apart,
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 38:19-38:23
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Charged quote Xi leaves Washington after summit with trade truce extension and no major breakthroughs
want to project different images to their own country, like the midterms in the US coming up. And in China, China is very desperate to show that they're being seen as equal by the United States. As you can see from the press release of a statement handed out by Xinhua Agency, which is the official mouthpiece
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 38:48-38:53
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Charged quote Xi leaves Washington after summit with trade truce extension and no major breakthroughs
that they're being seen as equal by the United States. As you can see from the press release of a statement handed out by Xinhua Agency, which is the official mouthpiece of the Beijing regime. And they're trying to say that, oh, this is very successful. Xi Jinping has enough clout to say, oh, we are being so welcomed by the US.
GB News, New: The Saturday Five Extra, 26 September 2026, 38:58-39:01
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