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• 6m Belfast: Victim’s family say ‘unrest is not welcome’
  Stephen Ogilvie remains in a serious condition in hospital after Monday night’s horrific knife attack in north Belfast. He has lost an eye and has injuries to his back and neck. His family said today “unrest is not welcome,” urging people not to use the attack to fuel hostility against migrants. That hostility was on…
• 10 Jun 2026
  4m Belfast: ‘Scared and traumatised’ care workers describe being trapped as houses set alight
  We spoke to people in Belfast affected by the violence on Tuesday night, including two Ugandan care workers.
• 2m Prime Minister condemns Belfast violence as ‘shocking and unacceptable’
  Politicians from across the spectrum have condemned the violence in Belfast overnight, with the Prime Minister calling it ‘shocking and unacceptable’. Reform Leader Nigel Farage criticised what he termed ‘bad actors’, but went on to insist that the vast majority of those on the streets were neither far right, nor extremists.
• 12m ‘Belfast residents targeted because of the colour of their skin’ – Northern Ireland justice minister
  We spoke to the Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long, who is also the leader of the Alliance Party. We asked her for her reaction to the violent events of last night.
• 8m Belfast unrest ‘horrifying for our communities’ – former Derry City Mayor
  We spoke to Lilian Seenoi-Barr, the Mayor of Derry City and Strabane between 2024-2025, and still serving as an SDLP councillor on Derry City council – and from Belfast we were joined by Ben Lowry, editor of the Belfast News Letter
• 4m Iran will ‘pay the price’ – Trump vows heavy strikes
  In a bid to assist peace talks between Iran and the US, Qatar has sent a negotiating team to Tehran. They are there reportedly in consultation with the US. It comes as President Trump on Wednesday threatened to ‘hit’ Iran ‘very hard’ if a peace deal is not secured. The fragile status of the ceasefire…
• 8m UK politics: local issues meet national power struggle in Makerfield
  The candidates in the Makerfield by-election may have been campaigning relentlessly on local issues like flooding, policing and housing, but has there ever been a by-election with more national significance? Labour candidate Andy Burnham has made it clear that if he wins, he wants to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. And polls now…
• 3m Southampton’s Sikh community in aftermath of Henry Nowak’s death
  To return to our top story, politicians have condemned the overnight violence in Belfast which followed a brutal stabbing in the city on Monday night. Well, that incident also triggered other incidents around the UK. Three men have been arrested and charged following disorder and racist assaults in Glasgow. We’ve been to Southampton, where the…

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  7m Inside Iran: ‘We need to fight this fight’
  We’re in Iran under strict conditions. We need permission to go to any area to film, but the authorities do not see anything before transmission. Iran is often portrayed internationally as a country of two clear sides – a minority devoted to the Islamic revolution and its leadership – and the majority opposed to different degrees.
• 5m AI in crown courts: ‘It can go wrong’, says Justice Secretary
  The roll-out of AI at the Ministry of Justice will reduce the record backlog of cases at crown courts in England and Wales and speed up justice for victims, according to the Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy.
• 4m Kemi Badenoch: institutions are too worried about being called racist
  The Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says she wants equalities rules to be scrapped and has called for a major overhaul of the Equalities Act, saying institutions are too worried about being called racist.
• 4m ‘Under attack’ Gulf nations are ‘being held hostage’ in this war
  Since the U.S. and Israel began the war in February, Gulf states have been caught in the middle, with civilian infrastructure and US military bases on their soil struck by Iran.
• 7m Trump threatens retaliation after U.S. chopper downed
  The U.S. President has said that the U.S. must respond after Iran allegedly shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.
• 10m Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon’s Tyre killing eight
  Israeli strikes on the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon killed eight people, and dozens were injured as Israel ordered an evacuation.
• 8m ‘Worst possible elements of hate are trying to exploit’ Belfast stabbing incident – leader of opposition
  Matthew O’Toole, Leader of the Opposition in the Northern Ireland Assembly and an MLA for Belfast and Allison Morris, a Belfast-based journalist with over two decades of experience reporting on crime, security and justice, join us now live from the scene.
• 4m Belfast stabbing: attacker in custody as political leaders call for calm
  Detectives investigating a knife attack in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast have charged a 30-year-old man with attempted murder and possession of an article with a blade and threats to kill.
• 8 Jun 2026
  2m [DUBBED] Inside Iran: What do Iranians think of latest attacks?
  Channel 4 News is in Tehran on strict visa conditions and need government permission to visit anywhere to film. However, nobody gets to view our material before it is broadcast.
• 2m Inside Iran: What do Iranians think of latest attacks?
  Channel 4 News is in Tehran on strict visa conditions and need government permission to visit anywhere to film. However, nobody gets to view our material before it is broadcast. It’s clear there was already a war weariness here, as the standoff between the US and Iran is having dire consequences on the economy. Food…
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• 5m Starmer gives big tech an ultimatum over explicit image sharing
  Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given companies like Apple and Google an ultimatum to introduce device controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images.
• 4m Trump ‘not willing to pay the price’ to end war with Iran says American diplomat
  We were joined by Ambassador Wendy Sherman, who was deputy US secretary of state under President Biden and led negotiation for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.