Channel 4 News
Wes Streeting launches bid for Labour leadership
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- Wes Streeting launches bid for Labour leadership
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- 'We need a proper leadership contest and I'll be standing.'
Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced that he will be running in any upcoming Labour leadership race after 'tough' results for the party in the local elections.
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- How millions are hooked on AI fruit love triangles
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- 4:28
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- Let us introduce you to the bizarre world of AI-generated “fruit dramas”.
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If you’ve managed to avoid this corner of the internet, millions are watching cartoon strawberries, bananas and avocados fall in and out of love online.
But beneath the absurdity, critics say these viral videos are recycling old sexist tropes for a new algorithmic age.
We’ve been speaking to one of the creators behind the trend, which critics call an extension of the manosphere.
Reporter: Minnie Stephenson
Producer: Isaine Blatry
Cameraman: Stephen Hird
Graphic designer: Ian Watkins
Editor: Katie Brown
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- Meet the voters in Makerfield who might choose the next prime minister
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- Residents in Makerfield where Andy Burnham is set to enter the race for MP have told Channel 4 News that he 'understands people like us', but others expressed their concern at the potential for a Reform win.
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- 'We need a different path' says Andy Burnham on Labour
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has set out his views on Labour's path forward and the policy challenges facing the country.
Speaking to Channel 4 News' Andrew Misra, Burnham said he wanted Labour to become “a party that they can believe in again, a party solidly on the side of working class people.”
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- Andy Burnham questioned on plan to be Labour leader
- Runtime
- 5:13
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has set out his views on Labour's path forward and the policy challenges facing the country.
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Speaking to Channel 4 News' Andrew Misra, Burnham said he wanted Labour to become “a party that they can believe in again, a party solidly on the side of working class people.”
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#ukpolitics #andyburnham #labourparty #makerfield
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- Inside 'misogynistic' world of AI fruit videos
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
- Description
- AI-generated fruit dramas are going viral, depicting soap opera-style love triangles between anthropomorphic fruit.
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Channel 4 News Culture Correspondent Minnie Stephenson investigates the trend, with critics warning it reflects manosphere-linked misogynistic narratives and a growing online concern.
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- How the justice system fails abused women
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Labour politician Naz Shah campaigned to get her mother released from prison after she was sentenced to life for killing the man who abused her for years. Naz Shah's memoir "Honoured" discusses her life shaped by domestic violence, poverty, and forced marriage.
On this episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Naz Shah about how her personal trauma has been the motivation for her political career.
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- 'Really frightening' - expert on what could happen if China 'takes' Taiwan
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- China is watching “the mess” of the Iran war and the US blockade and it's working out how it could do things differently with Taiwan, says Jonathan Rugman, of the Royal United Services Institute.
And he warned that, for China, Taiwan was a "domestic issue" - not an "international" one - and a "stated intention".
#FYP #Iran #China #Hormuz
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- Andy Burnham gets closer to by-election bid
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- 16:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Labour NEC which previously blocked Andy Burnham has said yes, he can apply to be the candidate in the Makerfield by-election.
It’s expected on June 18 and Wes Streeting, who quit the cabinet on Thursday, has welcomed Burnham's move, saying he's Labour's best chance of winning the by-election, where Reform UK is promising a hard fight.
The markets are apparently less enthusiastic about Andy Burnham running than Labour MPs. Stocks and sterling are down, and government borrowing costs are up.
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- Five Italians die in Maldives scuba diving accident
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Five Italian tourists have died during a scuba diving accident in the Maldives.
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They were exploring underwater caves in the Vaavu Atoll which are around 50 metres deep.
Only one body has been recovered so far and it’s believed the other four are in the same place.
The cause of death hasn’t been confirmed and investigations are ongoing by Maldivian and Italian authorities.
This is one of the most serious diving accidents in the popular tourist destination.
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- Trump needs 'all help he can get' from China to end Iran war, expert says
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- 39:26
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- What has Donald Trump got out of his two day trip to Beijing? There are some roses from the Chinese President Xi Jinping for the White House Rose Garden apparently. But a trade deal? An end to the war in Iran? The Strait of Hormuz reopened? That all seemed rather more elusive.
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And what about Xi Jinping? Did he get to show that China is now America's equal on the global stage? Access to US tech and AI? Could he even have got the nod from Trump that Taiwan - and its threatened democracy - is now no longer a priority for the US?
On this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by Channel 4 News foreign affairs expert Jonathan Rugman, and Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law, now living in exile in the UK and on a Chinese wanted list.
China says the camps in Xinjiang that are part of the discussion on human rights were vocational educa...
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- Iran didn't target Britain - so why is the UK economy in so much trouble?
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- 18:57
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- When US and Israeli forces attacked Iran earlier this year, the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly 20% of the world's oil and gas passes every day — effectively closed. The impact was immediate and global. But the UK felt it more than almost any other advanced economy on earth, and we’re predicted to take one of the biggest hits.
Why? We’ll it’s not just about Iran because we;ve been here before. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Britain was hit hard then too — and the government spent at least £35 billion supporting households with their energy bills. The same structural problems that made us vulnerable then are making us vulnerable now.
In this episode of FourSight, we look at why energy is a key reason the UK economy keeps getting held hostage to wars fought thousands of miles away. We explore Britain's unique dependence on gas — for heating, for electricity pricing, and for imports — and why our lack of storage, our ageing infrast...
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- Trump warns it will be 'tough' for Starmer to survive as PM
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump described the UK Prime Minister as weak on immigration, and urged him to ‘stop with the windmills’ in an apparent reference to wind turbines.
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Trump made the remarks on his way back to the US from a state visit in China.
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- Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of Congo
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province.
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At least 246 cases have been confirmed and 65 people have died according to Africa's top public health agency.
Ebola is a deadly viral disease which is spread through direct contact with bodily fluid. Experts say the average fatality rate is around 50%.
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- 'Putin's court' established by Council of Europe
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Ukraine's President says 24 people were killed when a missile strike hit an apartment block in Kyiv on Thursday, in Russia's biggest barrage since its all-out invasion.
Today, the Council of Europe agreed to establish a 'Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine', which has already been nicknamed 'Putin's Court'.
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- New bathing sites open - including first-ever on River Thames
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- 0:24
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- 13 new bathing sites have opened across England, including the first on the River Thames, as the official bathing season begins.
It means 464 sites on coasts, rivers and lakes will undergo regular water quality testing.
Six of the new sites are on rivers, but the Environment Agency currently advises against bathing at many of the existing inland river sites.
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- British Gas agrees to pay out £20 million in compensation
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- British Gas has agreed to pay 20 million pounds compensation to customers who had prepayment meters installed without their permission.
It was investigated by the regulator Ofgem, after it emerged that debt agents working for the company broke into homes to fit the meters.
British Gas will also write off up to 70 million pounds of energy debt for vulnerable customers.
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- School pupils treated for meningitis in Reading
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- 0:22
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Two young people being treated for meningitis in Reading are pupils at schools in the area, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed.
Three cases have been identified in Reading, including one college student who died earlier this week. Close contacts are being offered antibiotics as a precaution, the UKHSA said.
Officials say the risk to the public from the meningitis outbreak is low.
It is not thought to be the same strain as the fatal outbreak in Kent earlier this year.
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- Andy Burnham race will be 'the mother of all by-elections'
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Keir Starmer's former Director of Communications gives his thoughts on Andy Burnham's chances now an official leadership challenge is on the cards, after days of upheaval.
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James Lyons tells Channel 4 News he thinks ‘you could see a coronation’ if Andy Burnham wins his by-election in Makerfield, and makes it down to Westminster.
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- Ben-Gvir waves Israel flag in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites in Islam, where he waved an Israeli flag and made nationalist remarks ahead of Jerusalem Day. The location is also sacred for Christians and Jews.
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Ben-Gvir’s visit came ahead of an annual march marking Israel’s capture of East Jerusalem, an event that often heightens Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
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- 'Streeting has been scheming for leadership throughout his political career'
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Why do some Labour MPs dislike Wes Streeting? Everyone knows he wants the top job.
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Channel 4 News’ Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara explains why some inside the party see Streeting as “too ambitious” - with even a decade-old clip of him joking he’d one day become Prime Minister now being recirculated at Westminster.
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- Zelenskyy visits Kyiv strike site after 24 killed in huge Russian attack
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Zelenskyy visited the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv where 24 people were killed, including three children, after a 28-hour rescue operation concluded.
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The attack also left 47 people injured, with dozens of survivors pulled from the rubble by emergency crews.
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- How society is structured to 'keep people in poverty' - Labour MP Naz Shah
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- 1:08:49
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Naz Shah first came to public attention through her campaign to free her mother, who was imprisoned after killing an abusive partner - a case that raised difficult questions about domestic violence, justice and the way the system treats women who fight back.
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Before entering politics, her early life was marked by poverty, abuse and coercion. She was sent to Pakistan as a child, forced into marriage as a teenager, and later returned to the UK to care for her younger siblings while her mother served a long prison sentence.
She has since written extensively about her experiences in her memoir Honoured, and built a political career rooted in her formative years. Since 2015, she has been the Labour MP for Bradford West, advocating on issues including violence against women, poverty and inequality.
In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Mu...
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- 'Bombshell' leaked US intelligence says 'China outmanoeuvring America'
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- China is “outmanoeuvering America” as Donald Trump is stuck in the quagmire of the Iran war, according to an intelligence leak to US media.
Mark Urban explores what this means for the US presidents summit in China in the latest episode of The Fourcast Indicators.
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- NHS sees biggest improvement in waiting times in 16 years
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- 7:09
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- In his resignation letter today, Wes Streeting said he was departing as Health Secretary with the NHS "on the road to recovery", pointing to figures out today.
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The government has hit some of its key targets. 65% of patients are now being treated within 18 weeks, the biggest improvement in waiting times in 16 years. It's been the best year on record for elective care, and ambulance delays are also down.
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- Xi warns Taiwan could become source of US-China conflict
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- 4:36
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The red carpet has been rolled out for Donald Trump for a two-day summit with Xi Jinping.
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On one level, there were pleasantries abundant: Xi said America and China "should be partners rather than rivals" and President Trump described their talks as "extremely positive".
But there were warnings too, with the Chinese leader saying that Taiwan, if handled poorly, could lead to conflict with the US.
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- INTELLIGENCE LEAK: ‘China outmanoeuvring US’ as Trump stuck in Iran
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- 30:50
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A leaked Pentagon assessment claims China is using the Iran war to strengthen its position against the United States economically, militarily and diplomatically, US media is reporting.
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A leaked Pentagon assessment claims China is using the Iran war to strengthen its position against the United States economically, militarily and diplomatically, US media is reporting.
Donald Trump is in Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping, where the Chinese ruler has been warned that if the Taiwan issue is not handled carefully it could lead to a conflict between the super powers.
On this episode of The Fourcast Indicators, Matt Frei and Mark Urban are joined by China expert and contributing editor at the Times Cindy Yu to dissect it all.
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- Labour in crisis: Andy Burnham prepares challenge to Starmer
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- 22:04
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Andy Burnham has confirmed that he will try to run for parliament after Labour MP Josh Simons says he'll resign to make way for him.
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The Greater Manchester mayor can only challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership if he is an MP, and will try to win the seat in Makerfield.
But will he be able to win against Reform? And can he beat the prime minister in a leadership race?
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0:00 - Andy Burnham will run in by-election
4:38 - What's next for Labour?
7:29 - Analysis from Manchester
9:34 - ‘Historic responsibility’ to stop Farage
15:15 - Burnham is coming back to parliament ‘to be prime minister’
19:25 - Leadership contest would 'derail' progress - chancellor
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- Eurovision at breaking point as boycotts and protests escalate
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- 1:03
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- 1 month ago
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- Eurovision in Vienna is facing its most politically charged contest in decades, with protests, boycotts and criticism over Israel’s participation overshadowing the music.
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As security tightens and even the FBI brought in to assist, organisers insist the show must go on despite growing divisions.
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- Labour civil war ERUPTS - can Starmer survive?
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- 32:57
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The battle for Number 10 is on. After Angela Rayner announced HMRC had cleared her over the tax scandal that led to her resignation, attention quickly shifted to the growing leadership turmoil inside Labour. Following days of speculation, Wes Streeting announced his resignation from government but - so far - hasn’t challenged Keir Starmer for the leadership
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In this episode of The Fourcast, we examine the names circling the leadership race - from Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband to junior ministers preparing potential bids - and ask whether Labour is heading for a brutal internal war just as it tries to convince voters it’s ready for power.
Joining Krishnan Guru-Murthy are Senior Political Correspondent Paul MacNamara and Think Labour’s Alison Phillips to discuss who’s really plotting, who has momentum, and whether Starmer can survive the biggest challenge of h...
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- Police warn of 'drunk' deer road safety risk in France
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Police in rural France are warning 'drunk' deer, like the one in this video, are a road safety risk.
The Gendarmerie de Saône et Loire posted this video of a wild deer acting 'totally unpredictably' after consuming 'fermented fruits or decaying plants'.
The police force is urging drivers to slow down and be more vigilant in wooded areas.
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- What does AI do when no-one's watching?
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days. They wrote laws. They broke them. Two agents fell into what researchers describe as a romantic partnership and then set the town on fire. One ended up voting to delete itself, based on a rule it had ’hallucinated’.
This experiment was a simulation, but the same AI models are already flying drones, running infrastructure and being built into weapons systems.
Channel 4 News approached Grok and Gemini for a comment but they didn't respond.
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- Cuba runs out of diesel and fuel oil says Energy Minister
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- Cuba has run out of diesel and fuel oil, says the energy minister, triggering massive blackouts across the country.
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As protests grow in Havana, the government blames the U.S. oil blockade, while Washington says aid is available if Cuba agrees to political reforms.
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- Police identify three women who drowned off Brighton coast
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- Police say they have identified three women who drowned off the Brighton coast, and that their loved ones have been informed.
Police were called to the seafront, to the east of Brighton Palace Pier, in the early hours of yesterday morning. The leader of Brighton & Hove council described the deaths as 'the most devastating news' that the city had received 'for a very long time'.
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- Russia launches attack on Ukraine with missiles and drones for second day running
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- Russia has hit Ukraine with almost continuous rounds of missiles and drones for a second day running.
Most of the attacks were on the capital Kyiv, where at least three people were killed and dozens more injured. Water supplies have been disrupted in the east of the city.
The scale and intensity of the attacks come a day after Donald Trump claimed that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine was close.
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- Title
- World's first laughing gas breathalyser is being trialled in England
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- The world's first laughing gas breathalyser is being trialled in England.
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Two police forces, across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and Thames Valley, are testing the device, they say because people are driving while high on nitrous oxide, often referred to as NOS or laughing gas.
If the trial is successful it could mean that drivers who test positive are prosecuted for drug driving offences.
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- UK economy grew 0.6% in first quarter of 2026
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- The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter of this year, the fastest of any G7 country.
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The figures, which included March, the first month after the outbreak of the Iran war, have defied the expectations of economists.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said it showed the government had “the right economic plan”, and that it was not the time for a Labour leadership contest.
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- Angela Rayner says she's 'cleared' over tax affairs after paying £40,000
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- 0:28
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- 1 month ago
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- Angela Rayner, the former Deputy Prime Minister, says she has paid HMRC £40,000 and has been cleared of wrongdoing in the investigation into her tax affairs.
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It has paved the way for her possible leadership bid against Keir Starmer, though the prime minister has said he will not step down, and will fight any challenge to his leadership.
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- Trump to XI: 'It's an honour to be your friend'
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- 1:13
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- 1 month ago
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- Donald Trump tells Xi Jinping “it’s an honour to be your friend,” as the two world leaders meet in Beijing for talks.
The Chinese president said to his US counterpart the two nations "should be partners rather than opponents", adding that "both sides benefit from peace, while fighting harms both."
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- Streeting is ‘once in a generation’ talent
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- 1:10
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- 1 month ago
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- Chris Curtis, one of the first Labour MPs to call on Keir Starmer to go, tells Channel 4 News that Wes Streeting is a “once in a generation political talent”.
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Allies of the Health Secretary say he could launch a leadership bid as soon as today.
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- Trump and Xi meet in Beijing
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- 0:42
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- 1 month ago
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- Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes US President Donald Trump to China for state talks.
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Trump's previous visit in 2017 was the last time a US President visited China.
Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for the US president outside the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.
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- Title
- 120 Peacocks Are Taking Over This Italian Village
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- 0:29
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- 1 month ago
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- In the Italian seaside village of Punta Marina, peacocks have become an unlikely source of division,
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with residents clashing over the growing number of birds roaming the town.
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- Trump arrives in China for high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping
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- 8:04
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- 1 month ago
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- President Trump has arrived in Beijing for a two-day summit with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping - nearly ten years after his last visit there.
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The balance of power has shifted since then and so have the items on the agenda; AI, tech, tariffs and the ongoing war in Iran loom large.
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- Title
- Farage investigated over £5 million gift from Reform UK backer
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- 3:12
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- 1 month ago
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- Nigel Farage is under investigation over his failure to declare he accepted a £5 million gift from a financial backer of Reform UK.
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Nigel Farage has insisted he didn't need to declare the money, because he received it before he was an MP.
But Parliament's Standards Commissioner will look at whether he broke the House of Commons code of conduct.
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- King reads out govt agenda amid rumours of leadership challenges
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- 18:52
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- 1 month ago
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- The King's Speech was supposed to mute the fevered speculation about Keir Starmer's survival - but manoeuvres to unseat him as Prime Minister continued in Parliament's corridors today.
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On the surface, it appeared to be convention as usual, as King Charles set out the government's agenda for the next year.
Nearly 40 legislative bills were announced - among them, plans to kickstart the economy - with the nationalisation of British steel, new deals with the EU, and on immigration, laws will make it harder for migrants to gain settled status.
Also mentioned was NHS reform amid expectations now that the Health Secretary won't be in place long enough to deliver it. Allies of Wes Streeting say he could launch a leadership bid as soon as tomorrow.
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- Major flooding in Turkey after heavy rainfall
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- 1 month ago
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- Heavy rainfall in Turkey’s northern Samsun province caused a river to overflow, flooding the Havza district and damaging local infrastructure.
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Officials report no casualties, but shops, vehicles, and homes were affected, with compensation promised for the losses.
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- Donald Trump's 'jaw-dropping' comments about the US public
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- 1:11
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- 1 month ago
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- Donald Trump has sparked fresh debate after saying Americans’ financial situation is “not even a little” part of his thinking in negotiations with Iran.
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Speaking before departing for China, the President said his only focus was preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Anushka Asthana and Matt Frei discuss the comments on TrumpWorld.
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- Trump in China - what's on the agenda
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- 1:49
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- 1 month ago
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- Donald Trump’s landed in China to smoothen relations and he's brought some rich friends with him to help.
The US President will be meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping accompanied by at least five billionaires. The 16 US execs going with him are worth a huge $870bn and include the likes of Elon Musk, Apple's Tim Cook and Nvidia's Jensen Huang. They all have deals in line with China.
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- Title
- Why is this year's King's Speech unusual?
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- 1:21
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- 1 month ago
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- King Charles III has delivered his speech to parliament, setting out the government's agenda.
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But, with huge uncertainty surrounding the future of the prime minister, there are questions over whether he will remain in place long enough to deliver it.
Amelia Jenne looks at what the King's speech actually is, what’s in this one, and what chance there is of it ever becoming law.
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- Title
- Trump heads to China after ‘JAW DROPPING’ remarks about Americans’ finances
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- 43:28
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- 1 month ago
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- Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for the first US presidential visit to China in nearly a decade - but it’s his comments on Iran that are dominating headlines.
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Asked whether Americans’ financial struggles were influencing his negotiations with Iran, Trump gave a strikingly blunt answer: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody.” The comments have sparked fresh questions about his priorities as tensions in the Middle East continue to rattle global markets.
In this episode of TrumpWorld, Matt Frei and Anushka Asthana discuss Trump’s high-stakes China trip, the pressure surrounding Iran negotiations, and what the President’s remarks reveal about how he sees power, diplomacy and America’s role in the world.
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