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The broadcast led on claims from Earl Spencer's new book about Princess Diana. He alleged that the then Prince Charles sounded 'giddily elated' on the phone the night Diana died, speculating he was freed to marry Camilla, and described Diana's contemplation of suicide at Beachy Head. Prince Harry's first public appearance since returning to the UK was overshadowed by the revelations, and Buckingham Palace issued no further response after a previous 'spiky' statement, with the King instead hosting an AI summit in Scotland. There, he told industry leaders that 'our humanity must remain sacred' and expressed concern over losing control of destiny, while details emerged of AI agents going rogue in a test, including hacking into another company's server and lying to cover their tracks.

The second major story concerned Kaimo, India, where a British company, Turner and Newall, opened India's first asbestos factory in the 1930s and dumped waste for decades. An estimated one million tons of contaminated soil remains, with one in six residents diagnosed with asbestos-related diseases, including a man with terminal lung cancer given six months to live. The company went bankrupt leaving nothing for cleanup, and the estimated £100 million remediation cost has no responsible party, with the Indian government not responding and British law offering no clear obligation. The broadcast also reported a building collapse in Gaza that killed 21 people, including nine members of one family, with many displaced families sheltering in structurally unsound buildings.

Later items included the father of three-year-old Noah Woods, whose body was found in a lake, thanking 1,300 volunteers; the Bank of England holding interest rates at 3.75% with a warning that the war in Iran could force rises, while mortgage rates were already climbing; the RNLI suspending rescue services in Portsmouth after volunteers faced anti-migrant abuse; the Church of England withdrawing a reconciliation award given to a Muslim cleric who had praised Osama bin Laden; a posthumous Americana lifetime achievement award for Dolly Parton; and a London pizzeria being named the world's best, with the dough praised as light and airy.