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New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late...
Wednesday 30 September 2026 · 23:00 BST · 1h · 4 stories · 10 annotated moments · 38 of 60 min on news stories (63%)
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The broadcast first reported that five men arrested over a suspected plot involving RAF Fairford had been released on bail. Donald Trump said more information would emerge later and questioned the decision, saying he would not have released them; Andy Burnham said the men were subject to strict bail conditions and that the investigation was under close control. The Prime Minister said there were strong indications Iran played a part in the incident at the airbase, which has been used by US forces for operations in the Middle East, while Iran rejected any allegations.
It then covered an apparent attempt to crash a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv after a pilot stabbed the captain and sent the jet plunging 17,000 feet. The wounded captain managed to release the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to rush in and overpower the co-pilot at the controls; two other pilots on board then helped land the plane in Saudi Arabia. More than 10 hours later, all 174 passengers reached the Israeli capital on a replacement flight. Later reports in the broadcast said an Israeli news analyst claimed British pilots were on the flight, and an Israeli Embassy spokesperson said authorities were seriously examining whether the attack was state-sponsored.
The broadcast also reported that Andy Burnham had opened the door to another referendum on Britain's EU membership and said Labour could fight the next election on a promise to rejoin, while the Prime Minister refused to rule out asking voters for a mandate to rejoin without another referendum and said Brexit had done more harm than good, with options to be set out at a UK-EU summit in November. It noted that Emmanuel Macron and Pedro Sánchez had said they would welcome Britain back to the EU. Finally, it reported tributes to Dame Esther Rantzen, who died at 86, highlighting her presenting work on That's Life, her founding of Childline and the Silver Line, and her campaigning on assisted dying, with her family saying her legacy of compassion and understanding would live on.
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Mark Littlewood, Director of the Popular Conservatives
“oftentimes when you get these things, people tend to default to saying it's a miracle that people survived.”
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Nina Myskow, broadcaster and journalist
“So the injured co-pilot managed to somehow get the door open.”
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Esther Rantzen, legendary broadcaster
“If they hadn't been rescued and brought over to England, these children would have been killed by the Nazis.”
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Ed Gleave, TV and showbiz journalist
“I think what really makes Esther Ranson special is that she had that thing that a good presenter has”
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Charged quote Dubai-Tel Aviv flight makes Saudi emergency landing after pilot fight
Israel's 9-11. That's one of the people anyway, still with his bloodied shirt on there, clutching on to Benjamin Netanyahu, and he was one of the heroes that stormed that cockpit and took down that terrorist. The Guardian pilot attacker tried to crash the plane, says Benjamin Netanyahu at the Metro. We got him. Again, same story about this
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 7:40-7:44
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Charged quote Dubai-Tel Aviv flight makes Saudi emergency landing after pilot fight
cockpit and took down that terrorist. The Guardian pilot attacker tried to crash the plane, says Benjamin Netanyahu at the Metro. We got him. Again, same story about this miracle in the skies. The Times passengers stormed cockpit to head off Israel's 9-11. Let's start with this story. So, look, just to bring you a news line that has come out an
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 7:51-7:55
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Charged quote Dubai-Tel Aviv flight makes Saudi emergency landing after pilot fight
But I think the big thing that will come out is I'm very interested to know, you know, to what extent was this a high-end coordinated plot or to what extent was this one lone lunatic? And that we don't yet know other than the Israeli government saying we prevented our 9-11, which is them leaning into it being a coordinated
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 12:35-12:37
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Charged quote Dubai-Tel Aviv flight makes Saudi emergency landing after pilot fight
had a spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy who actually did give us that news line, which is that they are looking at seriously whether or not this was some kind of state-sponsored attack. And, you know, there's certain things that could indicate that. You think, well, how was a pilot able to get on a plane with a knife? Presumably
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 12:53-12:56
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- 35:30 Story begins Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
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Contested quote Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
I mean, her work with Childline will go down in history as much as her broadcasting and then even in her sort of last years on earth, she made such a massive impact with her campaigning. I don't think we've ever really seen the campaign for assisted dying get to the level that it did before in my lifetime anyway
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 38:56-39:00
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Contested quote Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
a couple of times on this and, you know, I always thought that even though I might have personally disagreed with them on it, I always thought that they conducted themselves in such a dignified way and made a lot of sense and, you know, there was no ridiculous kind of overtly political arguments to it.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 39:41-39:44
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Contested quote Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86
I always thought that they conducted themselves in such a dignified way and made a lot of sense and, you know, there was no ridiculous kind of overtly political arguments to it. It was a very personal thing that many people agreed with, some people disagree with, many people disagree with, whatever,
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 39:46-39:50
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Claim Burnham pledges care service and opens door to EU referendum in conference speech
ITV1 reported that Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and France's President Macron both said the equivalent of welcome back to the UK in relation to the EU.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 50:34-50:39
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Claim Burnham pledges care service and opens door to EU referendum in conference speech
A contributor said EU re-entry would likely require committing to the euro and very substantial contributions.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 50:55-51:01
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Claim Burnham pledges care service and opens door to EU referendum in conference speech
A GB News panellist said that Burnham's proposal was intended to keep the Liberal Democrats on side for a possible future coalition.
GB News, New: Patrick Christys Tonight Late..., 30 September 2026, 53:14-53:21
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