Tuesday 3 November 2026

Key Claims

• Seven passenger flights across Europe were affected by suspected bomb threats in the last 24 hours, including two from UK airports. — BBC News, ITV
• Four flights, including two from UK airports, made unplanned landings at European airports after suspected bomb threats, and the incidents were being treated as separate. — BBC One
• An LOT Polish Airlines flight from Heathrow to Warsaw Chopin was diverted to Modlin Airport after a suspected bomb threat. — BBC One, ITV
• 181 passengers on the LOT flight disembarked safely and Modlin Airport was briefly closed before reopening. — BBC One
• A Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia landed after a bomb threat, with 121 people on board, and was inspected on arrival. — BBC One, ITV
• A Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen to Warsaw was subject to a suspected bomb threat. — BBC One, ITV
• BBC ONE West reported that the Scandinavian Airlines flight landed as scheduled and all passengers disembarked safely. — BBC One
• An email claimed there was a bomb on a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Rome; the Italian air force escorted it into landing and nothing was found on board. — ITV
• A flight from Lisbon was threatened and nothing was found on board. — ITV
• A plane flying from Israel landed at Sofia Airport after a bomb threat was received by email, according to Bulgarian local media. — BBC One
• A Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia made an emergency landing in Budapest following a similar threat, in an incident reported as happening the previous day. — BBC One, BBC News, ITV
• ITV1 reported that Bulgarian media said a fighter jet was sent to escort the Wizz Air flight into Budapest. — ITV
• No explosives were found on the affected flights, and ITV1 reported that all the affected flights landed safely. — BBC News, ITV
• BBC ONE West reported that all the incidents were being treated as separate, while BBC NEWS's aviation security expert said it was highly unlikely they were coincidence and looked like a coordinated operation. — BBC One, BBC News
• BBC NEWS's aviation security expert Paul Mason said it was difficult to tell who was behind the threats. — BBC News
• ITV1 reported an assessment that the threats were highly unlikely to be random and pointed to a deliberate attempt to cause disruption. — ITV
• ITV1 reported that a cruise ship had also been among the reported threats across Europe. — ITV

Key Claims

• Jesús de Miguel, a 30-year-old Tenerife forward, died after a collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a Spanish second-division match. — BBC One, Channel 4
• The match took place the day before the coverage, and De Miguel died the following morning. — BBC One, Channel 4
• The collision occurred in the 96th minute of the match between Tenerife and Andorra. — BBC One, Channel 4
• De Miguel was struck in the chest by the onrushing goalkeeper, collapsed, suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital. — BBC One, Channel 4
• Owono was sent off after the collision. — BBC One, Channel 4
• The match was abandoned after the incident. — BBC One
• BBC ONE West reported De Miguel was initially described as stable but serious, deteriorated overnight and died at 8am local time from head and chest injuries. — BBC One
• Channel 4 reported De Miguel's condition worsened neurologically overnight and he was pronounced dead early in the morning. — Channel 4
• BBC ONE West reported tributes from Gerard Piqué, who co-owns Andorra, Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi. — BBC One
• Tenerife's club president spoke of mourning and said players and their families would need support. — BBC One, Channel 4
• BBC ONE West reported the Spanish football federation postponed matches due that day, with one report specifying Spanish cup games, and that a moment of silence would be held at UEFA matches that week. — BBC One
• Channel 4 reported Spanish domestic matches were cancelled, Real Madrid held a minute's silence, and European Champions League fixtures that day and the next would go ahead with tributes. — Channel 4
• BBC ONE West reported local media said Spanish police opened an investigation for possible involuntary manslaughter. — BBC One
• Channel 4 reported a police investigation was automatically triggered with involuntary manslaughter as a possible charge. — Channel 4
• BBC ONE West carried a legal expert's view that the most likely outcome was no civil or criminal liability for Owono because the incident would be treated as an accepted risk in football. — BBC One
• Channel 4 reported Owono was distraught in the dressing room and deleted his social media after online abuse. — Channel 4
• A supporter interviewed by Channel 4 said the collision was not an accident, was done on purpose, and looked more like a UFC move than a tackle; BBC ONE West described the incident as a collision or challenge. — Channel 4, BBC One
• BBC ONE West reported De Miguel is survived by his one-year-old daughter Carla and his partner Maria. — BBC One
• Channel 4 reported De Miguel joined Tenerife last year, helped the club win promotion, and his daughter was born that year. — Channel 4
• Channel 4 reported previous on-pitch cardiac arrests involving Fabrice Muamba and Christian Eriksen and explained that a blow to the chest can disrupt the heart's electrical activity even in a healthy heart. — Channel 4

Key Claims

• The UK's cyber security chief warned it is highly likely that UK critical infrastructure will face a hacking attack within the next two years. — ITV, Sky News
• The cyber security chief said systems such as electricity switching, water facility sluice gates, dam operations, manufacturing lines, heating and refrigeration controls lacked the strong foundations they required. — ITV
• The cyber security chief warned that threats from Russia, Iran and China were ongoing and supercharged by AI. — ITV
• The cyber security chief said military networks were subjected to sustained and persistent attempts to penetrate them. — ITV
• The NCSC chief executive warned that businesses could face empty shelves unless urgent action was taken to ensure hackers could not target major infrastructure. — Sky News
• The government said it had full preparedness for cyber threats, citing a volatile world and state agencies and others seeking daily to undermine UK resilience and security. — ITV
• The Conservatives accused the government of lagging behind on cyber security. — ITV
• The UK cybersecurity bill was in its final stages in Parliament, with fears that adequate protection might come too late. — ITV
• A suspected cyber attack affected supermarket fridges and freezers in several European countries. — ITV, Sky News
• ITV1 reported it was the second time in less than a month that fridges and freezers across the continent had been hacked. — ITV
• The freezer attack changed temperatures to around 50 degrees Celsius and led to food being thrown out in bulk. — ITV
• France, Belgium, Estonia and Sweden were among the countries hit, and up to 300 British meat suppliers were also affected. — ITV
• It was still unclear who was behind the freezer attacks. — Sky News
• An expert told Sky News the freezer attack was simple and straightforward enough to have been carried out by kids having fun or the teenage bedroom hacker stereotype, but that a state-sponsored attack was possible. — Sky News
• An expert told Sky News that many industrial control systems were outdated and sometimes had publicly reachable web servers with admin as the username and the device's date as the password. — Sky News
• An expert told Sky News that people in cyber security had described the last two or three weeks as the busiest time of their careers, and that the period had been called Black October for cybersecurity. — Sky News
• An expert told Sky News responsibility for cyber resilience should lie with organisations and institutions rather than end users. — Sky News
• ITV1 reported that recent warnings to stockpile certain essentials had been heeded by the public. — ITV
• ITV1 reported that last year Jaguar Land Rover had its operations and supply chains crippled by a cyber attack linked to Russia. — ITV

Key Claims

• At least seven flights from four airlines had been subject to bomb threats on the day of the BBC ONE West bulletin, including two that departed Heathrow and Manchester. — BBC One
• Four flights diverted and made unplanned landings. — BBC One
• A Wizz Air flight from Luton to Sofia made an emergency landing in Budapest a day before the BBC ONE West bulletin after a similar threat. — BBC One
• A LOT flight from Heathrow to Warsaw was diverted away from the main Warsaw airport after a threat; BBC ONE West said 181 passengers were on board. — BBC One
• A Danish SAS flight from Copenhagen landed in Warsaw as planned but had received a bomb threat, and a Wizz Air flight from Bergamo to Sofia landed as planned after a threat. — BBC One
• A Ryanair flight from Manchester to Murcia was searched in southern Spain and cleared; 5 reported that 121 people including crew were on board and no explosives were found. — BBC One, Channel 5
• Two other Ryanair flights, one from Lisbon and one from Dublin, were searched when they reached Rome. — BBC One
• A Wizz Air service bound for Sofia was escorted into Budapest by a Hungarian fighter jet a day before the BBC ONE West bulletin. — BBC One
• All airports involved were open and there had been minimum disruption to flights. — BBC One
• The incidents were officially treated as separate, but authorities across Europe were working together to establish who was behind the hoaxes. — BBC One
• UK flights were among several searched on landing because of bomb threats, and the UK government described the two threats involving flights that left the UK as malicious bomb hoax threats. — Channel 5
• All the bomb threats across Europe turned out to be hoaxes; no one was injured, but there was major disruption. — Channel 5
• A Ryanair flight from Lisbon to Rome landed after an email warning of a bomb, and a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Rome had a hoax threat and was escorted by the Italian Air Force. — Channel 5
• Two more bomb threats were made against planes heading to Sofia, and a Scandinavian Airlines flight from Copenhagen had to be searched. — Channel 5
• Aviation experts described the events as unusual but said threats must be considered genuine until ruled out as hoaxes; airlines were on high alert, and officials were investigating whether there was a coordinated attempt to disrupt European airspace. — Channel 5
• Simon Calder said more hoax calls were likely before the situation calmed, and that passengers would not receive compensation because it was not the airline's responsibility. — Channel 5

Key Claims

• The King addressed Commonwealth heads of government in Antigua during a Commonwealth summit. — Sky News, Channel 5
• Sky News reported the address took place on the last day of the King's Caribbean engagements. — Sky News
• The King described slavery as shameful, said it filled his heart with horror, and expressed sorrow. — Sky News, Channel 5
• Sky News reported the King called the transatlantic slave trade a shameful chapter and said it filled his soul with profound sorrow. — Sky News
• The King did not issue a formal apology for slavery. — Sky News, Channel 5
• The King said evil need not have the last word. — Sky News, Channel 5
• 5 reported the King said he was committed to finding ways to work in modern partnership to address the wrongs of the past with action for the future. — Channel 5
• Sky News reported the King said he had been listening, looking and learning to find ways to address the wrongs of the past. — Sky News
• Sky News reported the King said, 'we cannot command the winds, but we can choose how we set our sails.' — Sky News
• 5 reported the King did not mention reparations in the speech but pointed towards practical help, including climate resilience, education and trade programmes, and noted the Royal Navy helped end the slave trade. — Channel 5
• 5 reported the summit host said the time for talking was over and called for structured inclusive dialogue on the enduring consequences of slavery and colonialism. — Channel 5
• Sky News reported Andy Burnham was open to dialogue on a formal apology but said Britain would not be paying reparations, while 5 reported he said simple reparation payments were not the answer. — Sky News, Channel 5
• 5 reported the Prime Minister had dropped heavy hints he might apologise next year at a big summit, and that only the government, not the King, could make an apology. — Channel 5
• 5 reported the government did not think reparations should be a single lump sum and did not think British taxpayers should make payments for historic acts, and was considering a more flexible approach such as wiping off debts. — Channel 5
• Sky News reported the Prime Minister of the Bahamas said the King's family profited from the slave trade and that the King's work could be seen as a form of reparations. — Sky News
• Sky News reported Andy Burnham announced large investment in the Caribbean. — Sky News
• Sky News reported CARICOM's plan includes a formal apology and other steps, with campaigners ultimately seeking financial compensation. — Sky News
• 5 reported the Commonwealth is a voluntary club that is growing, and that Barbados, which recently abolished the monarchy, wants to stay in it. — Channel 5
• 5 reported there had been deadlock on how to account for colonialism for many years. — Channel 5

Key Claims

• The King opened a Commonwealth summit in Antigua. — BBC One
• The King delivered a speech on the transatlantic slave trade at a Commonwealth gathering. — BBC News, BBC One
• The King said the transatlantic slave trade was a shameful chapter of history that filled his heart with horror and his soul with profound personal sorrow. — BBC News, BBC One
• The King did not issue a formal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade in the speech. — BBC News, BBC One
• Several Commonwealth countries called for an apology for Britain's role in the slave trade. — BBC One
• Some attendees wanted the King to say sorry. — BBC News, BBC One
• Buckingham Palace has said an apology is a decision for the UK government, not the monarch. — BBC News
• The UK government is open to a formal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham was expected to hold talks about it. — BBC News, BBC One
• The UK government has rejected reparations for the slave trade. — BBC News, BBC One
• Possible alternatives to reparations discussed included education programmes, debt management for smaller nations, and support on climate change, nature and biodiversity. — BBC News
• The King said history cannot be changed but can be learned from. — BBC News, BBC One
• The King spoke of addressing the wrongs of the past with action for the future. — BBC News
• Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the argument about slavery reparations a distraction and said she would not give money or talk about reparations. — BBC One
• Some attendees wanted the King removed as head of state. — BBC One
• British officials hoped the Commonwealth could find a way to move on from the conversation about slavery. — BBC One

Key Claims

• The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting was taking place in Antigua, with the King due to formally open it. — BBC One, Channel 5
• The Prime Minister was attending the meeting and would begin talks with Commonwealth leaders about the UK issuing a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade. — BBC One, Channel 5
• The UK formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade could come within the next year. — BBC One, Channel 5
• The Prime Minister had ruled out offering reparations for the slave trade. — BBC One
• The Prime Minister would set out plans for a debt reset at the summit. — BBC One, Channel 5
• The debt reset was described as intended to help countries deal with rising interest rates. — Channel 5
• The King was expected to speak about the slave trade with sincere sorrow. — BBC One
• Buckingham Palace said the King's role as Commonwealth leader was to inspire and bring people together, not to make policy. — BBC One
• Some Commonwealth leaders wanted the King to apologise for slavery, offer reparations, or be removed as head of state. — BBC One
• The King's speech was described as a chance to set out his vision for the future of the Commonwealth. — BBC One

Key Claims

• A trial at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester involves nine men accused of sexual offences against a woman whose husband has admitted drugging her. — BBC One, ITV
• The husband cannot be named in order to protect the woman's anonymity. — BBC One, ITV
• The husband has admitted 62 offences against his wife. — BBC One
• The husband has admitted drugging and raping his wife for more than two decades. — ITV
• BBC ONE West reported the husband drugged and raped his wife for 20 years. — BBC One
• The nine men on trial deny the offences against them. — BBC One, ITV
• The husband allegedly tried to obtain drugs from another man to use on his wife. — BBC One
• The husband stored a library of more than a million images and shared photographs of his wife online. — BBC One
• Robert Stewart and David Graves were among the nine defendants. — BBC One, ITV
• Robert Stewart was 70 and from the Stockport area, and David Graves was 59 and from Ilkeston in Derbyshire. — BBC One
• Stewart and Graves offered to supply drugs to the husband in exchange for imagery. — BBC One
• Prosecutors said the husband began inviting men into the family home to sexually abuse his wife as far back as 2015, with Robert Stewart first. — ITV
• Stewart and the husband met online and allegedly discussed drugging the wife and spiking her drinks; Stewart asked whether she was out of it and left when she stirred. — ITV
• The husband continued the abuse during the 2020 Covid lockdown, filming it and adding to his collection of abuse images. — ITV
• David Graves allegedly supplied drugs to render the wife unconscious and advised how to disguise the bitter taste, including putting them in food or gravy; prosecutors said he knew the wife had not consented and that others were involved. — ITV
• The case was expected to continue until at least the end of the year. — BBC One

Key Claims

• Russell Brand, 51, denies all seven charges he faces. — BBC One, Sky News
• The charges are three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault. — BBC One
• The allegations relate to six female complainants over a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009. — BBC One
• The judge began summing up the evidence and agreed facts before the jury was sent away to deliberate. — BBC One
• The case was in its fourth week. — BBC One, Sky News
• The jury began deliberations within the past half hour. — Sky News
• Evidence in the trial started on 14 October. — Sky News
• The jury was expected to deliver a unanimous verdict. — Sky News
• The judge told jurors they could reach the same verdict or different verdicts on each charge. — Sky News
• The judge gave the jury a route to verdict with step-by-step questions for each count. — Sky News
• The defence barrister Ian Winter KC said Brand had lived a promiscuous life at the time of the alleged offences but that it was entirely lawful, and blamed journalists for a one-sided Channel 4 documentary that he said had prejudiced the proceedings. — BBC One
• The prosecuting barrister Riel Karmy-Jones KC said the women had been affected by the alleged offences and had nothing to gain. — BBC One
• Brand arrived at Southwark Crown Court with his wife Laura and members of his entourage. — BBC One
• Brand sat upright, listened intently and watched the jury as it left court. — Sky News
• The number of attempted indecent assault counts was described differently: BBC ONE West reported one count, while Sky News said there were three attempted indecent assault counts alongside three rape and three sexual assault counts, while also referring to seven charges overall. — BBC One, Sky News

Key Claims

• Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel died after an on-field collision with an opposing goalkeeper in a Spanish second division match. — Channel 4, ITV
• The match took place the previous day. — Channel 4, ITV
• De Miguel was 30 years old. — ITV
• De Miguel suffered a cardiac arrest after the collision. — ITV
• De Miguel later suffered a suspected cardiac arrest. — Channel 4
• De Miguel was taken to hospital. — Channel 4
• De Miguel's condition was initially described as stable but serious and deteriorated that morning. — ITV
• Tenerife announced his death that morning. — Channel 4
• The collision occurred in the closing stages of the match. — ITV
• The opposing goalkeeper was Andy's Jesus Arrondo. — Channel 4
• The goalkeeper came out of his goal and made contact with de Miguel's chest. — Channel 4
• The goalkeeper was shown an instant red card. — Channel 4
• The goalkeeper turned back to check on the player as he left the pitch. — Channel 4

Key Claims

• A High Court judge in London refused an injunction sought by an unnamed famous man against two media organisations that wanted to publish allegations about him. — BBC One, Sky News
• The judge was Mr Justice Nicklin. — BBC One, Sky News
• The judge gave the man permission to take his case to the Court of Appeal, and the man could not be named while that process continued. — BBC One, Sky News
• The two media organisations were the Guardian or Guardian Media Group and ITN. — BBC One, Sky News
• ITN produces news for ITV and other channels. — Sky News
• The man denied allegations that he abused his power and position as a celebrity to contact and forge relationships with young women and teenagers to try to have sex with them. — BBC One
• The allegations concerned attempts to engage in inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities with a large number of young women. — Sky News
• The media organisations said their investigation heard 30 first-hand accounts and spoke to more than 100 individuals. — Sky News
• The man's case was that publication could or would lead him to take his own life. — BBC One, Sky News
• The court heard that the man had made two previous suicide attempts, had serious mental health problems, had at times been detained under the Mental Health Act, and was in hospital. — Sky News
• The judge accepted that anticipation of publication and publication itself would materially and very substantially increase the man's suicide risk, but found that this was not enough to grant the injunction. — BBC One
• The judge said hospital treatment could provide significant protection and materially reduce the likelihood of suicide, and that the court did not assume responsibility for the man's psychiatric treatment or safety. — BBC One
• The judge said there was no proper legal basis for the injunction and that granting it would have been an exceptionally serious restriction upon freedom of expression. — Sky News
• The judge agreed with ITN and the Guardian that publication would be in the public interest because the allegations concerned serious conduct by a prominent person and the use of status, influence and access in dealings with women and girls. — BBC One
• Sky News's legal commentator described the claim as unusual and said the court found that a free-standing Article 2 obligation on the court to protect the man's life would be a step too far. — Sky News
• The purpose of the trial was not to assess the accuracy of the allegations but to determine whether they could be published. — Sky News
• The claimant's legal team had until 4.30pm on Monday to lodge an appeal and said it was working in exceptional circumstances because the man was in hospital. — Sky News
• The media organisations said urgency was important because of their sources' anxiety that the information be published. — Sky News
• BBC News placed the two-day trial last week, while Sky News placed it at the end of last month. — BBC One, Sky News

Key Claims

• BBC TWO reported that the Home Secretary had previously announced changes to indefinite leave to remain that doubled the standard wait from five to ten years and had now introduced exemptions, particularly for social care workers. — BBC Two
• Sky News reported that the original reforms meant lower-paid care workers would wait 15 years for permanent settlement rather than five, and that this element was changed to a five-year wait. — Sky News
• Sky News reported that other elements remained, including a ten-year wait for many migrants earning below £50,000 and retrospective application. — Sky News
• BBC TWO reported that care workers who had worked in the care sector for five years and earned at least £25,000 a year would earn the right to stay after five years. — BBC Two
• BBC TWO reported that people who arrived on earlier routes and were not working in the care sector would get a second chance to start a five-year period leading to settlement if they met the earnings threshold. — BBC Two
• The Home Secretary declined to give a specific figure for the cost of the changes and said a full impact assessment would be published. — BBC Two
• BBC TWO reported that the Home Secretary had originally said the changes would save £10 billion. — BBC Two
• Labour MP Rachel Taylor defended the changes as fair and said they would save the country billions of pounds. — BBC Two
• Rachel Millward criticised the changes as cruel, unjust and discriminatory against lower-paid and part-time workers, and said they affected about 3 million people including 300,000 care workers. — BBC Two
• Sky News reported that the Home Secretary was accused of watering down plans to make foreign carers wait 15 years for permanent settlement, and that she had spoken to its deputy political editor the previous day. — Sky News
• In an interview clip, the Home Secretary said immigration had been brought down by over 82% and was about 171,000 compared with nearly a million at the peak under Boris Johnson. — Sky News
• The channels described the original change differently: BBC TWO referred to doubling the standard wait from five to ten years, while Sky News referred to lower-paid care workers originally facing a 15-year wait. — BBC Two, Sky News

Key Claims

• A draft UK-EU agreement was being discussed to reduce post-Brexit border checks and administrative requirements on food and agricultural exports. — BBC Two, Sky News
• BBC TWO reported that a technical official-level draft agreement had been completed and a 200-page document circulated, with an EU 27 meeting the following day to try to agree it and further negotiation expected before a summit on 20 November. — BBC Two
• BBC TWO reported the proposed veterinary agreement was one of three deals, alongside an emissions trading deal and a youth experience scheme; it said the youth scheme was not done and had unresolved numbers in square brackets. — BBC Two
• BBC TWO reported the arrangement could cover pet passports and remove some labelling issues linked to the Northern Ireland settlement. — BBC Two
• BBC TWO's coverage included the claim that the UK would have to follow EU rules without a say and would lose some regulatory freedom, with a possible transition period of about a year to a year and a half for some rules. — BBC Two
• BBC TWO's coverage included the claim that the government would need to pass the EU partnerships bill mentioned in the King's speech to implement the arrangement. — BBC Two
• On BBC TWO, a guest argued the UK would become a rule taker and cited CropLife research estimating a cost to farmers of about £810 million, warning of a disadvantage because the UK imports more from the EU than it exports and of possible inflationary effects. — BBC Two
• On BBC TWO, another guest argued that following EU rules was acceptable given UK food standards, that post-Brexit arrangements had been a bad deal for smaller exporters, and that the draft deal would help exporters, consumers and pet travel. — BBC Two
• Sky News reported that under the draft plan British exporters would be able to send fresh sausages, burgers and shellfish from UK waters to the EU without the checks. — Sky News
• Sky News reported that ministers and Andy Burnham had called for an honest conversation about the UK's EU relationship; its correspondent said they did not directly answer questions about restoring freedom of movement or returning to the single market and described the UK as getting closer to the EU. — Sky News

Key Claims

• Peace talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine are due to take place in Abu Dhabi next week in an effort to reach a breakthrough on a deal to end the war. — BBC One
• The Kremlin said Russia will hold three-way peace talks with Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi in a week's time. — Channel 4
• Ukraine's President said Russia launched an overnight attack and that strikes injured more than 70 people at a hospital in Kharkiv. — BBC One
• A wave of Russian attacks targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine overnight. — Channel 4
• At least 15 people were injured in a strike on a residential building in Dnipro. — Channel 4
• The confirmed death toll from a strike on a humanitarian centre in the Zaporizhzhia region was 29. — BBC One, Channel 4
• People remained under the rubble at the Zaporizhzhia site. — BBC One
• 48 people were reported missing in the rubble at the Zaporizhzhia site. — Channel 4
• President Zelensky was in Berlin meeting Chancellor Merz as part of efforts to ensure continued European support. — BBC One
• Alexander Kara, a former adviser to Ukraine's Ministry of Defence, said European partners had a pivotal role after the US withdrew support for Ukraine under the Trump administration. — BBC One
• Kara said Ukraine needed more weaponry and joint drone production, as well as energy assistance such as electricity generators. — BBC One
• Kara said Kyiv had about eight hours of electricity per day for a couple of weeks. — BBC One
• Kara cited Ukrainian authorities' assessment that up to 80% of Ukraine's energy and heat generation facilities were damaged or destroyed. — BBC One
• Kara said he was sceptical that the Abu Dhabi talks would produce a result. — BBC One

Key Claims

• The US carried out strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz. — BBC One, Sky News, Channel 4
• US officials described the strikes as limited and defensive or in self-defence. — BBC One, Sky News
• US officials said the action was a response to Iranian forces firing at or shooting at a US aircraft. — BBC One, Channel 4
• The Pentagon or US Defence Department had not officially confirmed or commented on the strikes. — BBC One
• Iranian state media reported explosions. — BBC One
• The strikes came amid indirect negotiations between the US and Iran. — BBC One
• Major combat operations had not resumed. — Sky News
• The strikes occurred hours before polls opened for the US midterm elections. — Sky News
• The war in Iran was a key issue for voters and was linked to inflation and higher oil and gas prices. — BBC One, Sky News
• President Trump authorised more raids on Qeshm Island. — Channel 4
• Within the administration, Vice President JD Vance advocated diplomacy and negotiations while Pete Hegseth called for more strikes. — Sky News
• President Trump said in an eve-of-election Fox News interview that the US might have to do something about Pickaxe Mountain, a site crucial to Iran's nuclear programme, and said it could be dealt with in an hour. — BBC One
• Qeshm Island is near the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and is a site of an Iranian naval base and missile sites. — BBC One
• The midterms were seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency. — Channel 4

Key Claims

• US midterm elections were being held to decide control of Congress in the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency; all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats were up. — BBC News, Sky News
• The US military carried out overnight strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz hours before polls opened; officials described them as limited and in self-defence and said major combat operations had not resumed. — Sky News
• The war in Iran and inflation were discussed as major issues in the election. — BBC News, Sky News
• National polling showed Democrats about nine percentage points ahead of Republicans. — BBC News
• Competitive Senate races included Texas, Kansas and Iowa, states where Trump won by 10, 12 and 15 points two years earlier. — BBC News
• Republicans' wafer-thin House majority would almost certainly be lost, and their three-seat Senate majority was in play. — Sky News
• Trump's approval ratings were around 35-36%, which was described as historically low for a president going into midterms, with the last comparable level in 1946. — BBC News
• If Democrats won the House and Senate they could pass legislation and launch investigations, providing a check on Trump, while Trump had often bypassed Congress through executive orders. — BBC News
• 60% of Americans said they were extremely concerned about corruption, according to a Fox poll, with a similar CNBC finding. — BBC News
• In Ohio, Republican Senate and governor candidates were behind in the polls, and Democrats were seeking swing voters who had backed Trump. — Sky News
• Voters in Ohio cited high petrol prices, the cost of living and the war in Iran, and some Trump voters expressed disappointment. — Sky News
• There was a split within the administration over Iran policy, with Vice President JD Vance favouring diplomacy and Pete Hegseth favouring more strikes. — Sky News
• Trump was not formally on the ballot, but his record and presidency were central to the contest. — BBC News, Sky News
• BBC News described the House race as uncertain and the Senate as not certain for Democrats, while Sky News said Democrats appeared likely to take the House and were close to taking the Senate. — BBC News, Sky News