Channel 4 News – Page 55

23 Jul 2026

Burnham cuts business rates for music venues, clubs and pubs

Pubs “need to know that the cavalry is coming” Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Thursday after announcing plans to cut business rates by 20 per cent for clubs, live music venues and pubs across England from next April.

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Police admit missed chance to stop Manchester synagogue attack

The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has apologised for a missed opportunity to prevent last October’s attack on the Heaton Park Synagogue in which two people were killed.

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Saudi deal ‘utterly incoherent policy-making’ – former US ambassador

We were joined by the former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Michael Ratney.

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US Senators react to Trump’s potential Saudi nuclear deal

How has Washington responded to the news of this on-off nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia?

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Trump gives Saudis nuclear deal as Iran war threatens to spread

President Donald Trump has threatened to inflict “major military punishment” not only on Iran, but now their Houthi allies, after the Yemeni group fired on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, sending the price of oil soaring.

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‘I feel tormented’ – Abuse survivor on potential early release of perpetrator

We were joined by Sarah Wilson, who was groomed and sexually abused as a child by a group of men in Rotherham.

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‘Cannot risk’ prison system collapsing, says justice minister

We spoke to Jake Richards, who was reconfirmed in his job as a Justice Minister Thursday afternoon.

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Burnham pauses early prisoner release plan

On Wednesday, Andy Burnham said he would review plans to release prisoners in England and Wales early, but didn’t publicly promise to actually halt the releases which were due to begin in September.

22 Jul 2026

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India: Protests continue as ‘cockroach’ party presents challenge for Modi government

It began as an online joke, but now young Indians calling themselves ‘cockroaches’ are presenting a serious challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

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Calls to end postcode lottery of care for people with limb loss

Tens of thousands of people in the UK are living with missing limbs. Some have been born without them – others have them amputated because of injury or illness.

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UK National Cyber Security Centre founder on OpenAI rogue hacking attack

Ciaran Martin founded the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and is a leading authority on cyber security.

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How OpenAI agent went rogue attacking start-up company Hugging Face

OpenAI – the company behind ChatGPT – has revealed that its advanced AI models recently went rogue.

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Ukraine: Zelenskyy replaces top military general after major protests

Ukrainian protesters have already secured one of their demands – the firing of the country’s divisive Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.

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Trump realises now that war with Iran was ‘a mistake’ – Think-tank fellow

The Revolutionary Guards’ Aerospace commander has warned that Iran will cut off electricity to US regional allies if its bridges or power plants are attacked.