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ITV Evening News
Saturday 3 October 2026 · 19:20 BST · 15m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 10 of 15 min on news stories (68%)
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The bulletin led with new details about the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv. UAE authorities described it as an attempted terror attack and said the 29-year-old co-pilot attacked the pilot with a crash axe kept in the cockpit for emergencies. Officials said he had been removed from flight training at another airline over concerns about extremist views, and he was reported to have been banned from flying on Oman’s national airline. Passengers intervened and stabilised the plane, which landed safely after plummeting 17,000 feet over Saudi Arabia. The co-pilot was named as Hamam al-Hamami, and Indian pilot Sumit Machar opened the cockpit door and was praised by the Israeli and Indian governments. President Trump also praised an Israeli passenger who tackled the attacker. Two Iranian men were then remanded in custody over an alleged plot against Manchester’s Jewish community using a homemade bomb. Salaam Al Madyan and Rahman Salehi, from Liverpool and Salford, arrived in the UK on small boats; Salehi was granted asylum in 2023 and Al Madyan has an outstanding asylum claim. They were arrested on 20 September, the eve of Yom Kippur, and face charges including preparing a terrorist attack, acquiring materials and instructions for a homemade explosive device, and reconnaissance of targets including the Jewish Museum in Manchester and Heaton Park Synagogue. Police alleged contact with an outside third agent overseas, possibly in Iran. Bail was denied and they will appear at Crown Court on 23 October.
A five-year-old girl and a man in his 60s were in a critical condition in Australia after a car drove into a crowd of rugby fans near Sydney. Police said it was not a targeted attack but a tragic incident, and an 18-year-old was arrested. Ten people were hit, several of them children, and a 67-year-old man was also critically injured. In the UK, a 25-year-old UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in connection with events at RAF Fairford was released on bail; he had been arrested in Westminster on Thursday and was one of a number of people arrested and bailed after an incident near the Gloucestershire base at the end of last month. A six-year-old boy who died after being struck by a van outside his home in Llanfairfechan, North Wales, on Thursday was named as Harrison Glyn Jones; his family described him as a cheeky chappy loved more deeply than words could express. Alison Hammond revealed she had a panic attack while presenting This Morning earlier in the week, rushing off set while clutching her chest and assisted by co-host Dermot O’Leary; she later said on Instagram that after extensive testing she was home, safe and feeling much better.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch arrived in Birmingham for her party conference in buoyant mood, saying the party had new policies and was not the same one that lost the last election two years ago. It was her second party conference as leader, following Labour’s conference last week, where Andy Burnham set out his vision on Brexit, social care and the triple lock. Badenoch said there was optimism, new people joining and new plans, and that the Conservatives were different from Labour, Reform, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. On crime, her party promised 50,000 new prison places, costing around £2 billion funded by cuts to foreign aid and the culture department, and pledged to end the early release scheme. Last week, 700 people were freed early from prison to ease overcrowding, and critics including many in Labour said the Conservatives had left the justice system at breaking point. Questions remained over whether Badenoch could cut through and offer a robust enough narrative to other parties such as Reform UK and Labour.
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Charged quote Dubai-Tel Aviv flight makes Saudi emergency landing after pilot fight
Emirati officials say he attacked his colleague with a crash axe kept in the cockpit for emergencies. And it was an attempted terror attack. Passengers thought they were in their final moments as the plane plummeted 17,000 feet over Saudi Arabia. It had been flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Anonymous officials named the attacker as Hamam al-Hamami and said he'd been banned
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 4:07-4:12
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Charged quote Dubai-Tel Aviv flight makes Saudi emergency landing after pilot fight
UAE is one of the only Arab countries with full diplomatic relations with Israel. This arguably one of the world's most sensitive routes. So how did somebody banned from flying elsewhere manage to pass the vetting process and nearly take down the flight? Sam Holder, ITV News. Two Iranian men have been remanded in custody over an alleged plot against the Jewish community
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 5:52-6:00
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Charged quote Two Iranian men remanded over alleged Manchester Jewish community bomb plot
required to make a homemade explosive device and reconnaissance of potential targets. Now among these targets listed today in court were the Jewish Museum in Manchester and the Heaton Park Synagogue, now that's the same synagogue that was subject to a deadly terror attack this time last year. Counter-terrorism police also alleged that the pair were in contact with an outside
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 7:15-7:22
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Charged quote Two Iranian men remanded over alleged Manchester Jewish community bomb plot
third agent operating from overseas, possibly from within Iran. Now the Home Secretary said that obviously this will be very distressing for Jewish communities in the UK but particularly in Manchester where this attack happened one year ago yesterday. Today in court Salehi applied for bail but the judge then denied that request
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 7:30-7:38
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
The Conservative Party conference is due to begin in Birmingham tomorrow, with MPs and party members arriving.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 11:08-11:18
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
Kemi Badenoch said people would see a new Conservative Party, not the one rejected in 2024.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 11:12-11:23
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
Kemi Badenoch pledged 50,000 new prison places, funded by cuts to foreign aid, according to reports.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 12:22-12:40
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
Kemi Badenoch pledged 50,000 new prison places, funded by cuts to foreign aid, according to reports.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 12:22-12:40
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
Kemi Badenoch pledged 50,000 new prison places, funded by cuts to foreign aid, according to reports.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 12:22-12:40
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
The Conservatives promised to reverse or end Labour's early release scheme.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 12:35-12:40
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
The Conservatives promised to reverse or end Labour's early release scheme.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 12:35-12:40
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Claim Conservative Party conference begins in Birmingham
The Conservatives promised to reverse or end Labour's early release scheme.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 12:35-12:40
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Claim Nations League: England thrash Croatia, Ireland prepare for Israel
England faced Croatia in Rijeka in the UEFA Nations League.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 14:29-14:42
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Claim Nations League: England thrash Croatia, Ireland prepare for Israel
England faced Croatia in Rijeka in the UEFA Nations League.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 14:37-14:47
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Claim Nations League: England thrash Croatia, Ireland prepare for Israel
England faced Croatia in Rijeka in the UEFA Nations League.
ITV, ITV Evening News, 3 October 2026, 14:42-14:47
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