ITV News at Ten

The broadcast led with Russia's assault on Ukraine, focusing on missile attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv. In Kharkiv, ten missiles were reported overnight, damaging residential blocks and killing at least four people in one building; Emma reported from the city and later travelled to Kyiv, where another ballistic attack occurred. President Zelensky said Ukraine's partners had given no early warning of incoming missiles over Kyiv, while President Trump insisted the US was still sharing intelligence. The head of MI5, Sir Ken McCallum, then warned that AI is supercharging terrorists and hostile state threats, saying AI could help terrorists access or create biological weapons; he also said Russia was the number one threat to national security and that threats from Iran and Russia were growing, amid a counter-terrorism investigation into a suspected Iran-coordinated plot at RAF Fairford.

The Vatican announced the Pope had been diagnosed with lung cancer after a pre-planned operation to remove tissue; the surgery was successful and he was recovering in Rome's Gemelli hospital, expected to stay up to a week. ITV News then reported on children receiving corridor care in NHS A&E departments, including two-year-old Finney Roberts, who spent nine hours in A&E, mostly in a chair in a corridor, and died from a twisted bowel after being discharged. Data from 165 A&E departments indicated 7% of children in paediatric A&E and 15% of children admitted were treated in spaces such as corridors, waiting rooms or ambulances, despite NHS guidance that corridor care is never acceptable for children. In Middlesbrough, an MP cited an earlier ITV News report as he called for fairer funding for Cleveland police, following antisocial behaviour and the recent deaths of two serving Cleveland police officers; the policing minister said she stood with Cleveland in its desire to make communities safe, but extra funding was still awaited.

The bulletin also reported that a man in his 20s, William Chapman, was mauled to death in a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park after apparently filming himself walking in and posting images on social media; he had earlier been a child actor. On the economy, the IMF forecast the UK would grow faster than expected in the short term but inflation would keep rising into next year due to high energy costs; it said the world economy had held up better than feared but resilience was reaching its limits, and the Chancellor was expected to promise fiscal discipline. Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as US ambassador to Greece less than a year into the job after a report she asked a Trump donor to pay off a $100,000 American Express bill; the White House confirmed she had been asked to resign. A sports regulator warned that 94% of football clubs were loss-making, nearly two-thirds of Football League and National League clubs were technically insolvent, and a quarter would go bust within 30 days without owner funding. Finally, Cynthia Erivo discussed her new film Prima Facie, an adaptation of the play, in which she plays a barrister specialising in sexual assault cases who becomes a victim herself.