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BBC News and Weather
Thursday 22 October 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 10 stories · 9 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (90%)
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The bulletin began with a global cyber security alert over serious flaws in the PHP programming language, with governments and businesses urged to install patches or take sites offline. One estimate suggested 70% of the internet could be affected, dozens of UK government services went dark as a precaution, and some companies reported millions of hacking attempts. The flaws had been found earlier, and researchers using AI identified an exploitable pathway; a patch was planned, but news reached cybercrime circles and a cybersecurity firm accidentally posted a video showing how the hack worked. The defence secretary, Wes Streeting, warned that the public and businesses need to think more about resilience to large-scale emergencies, including cyber attacks and disruption to essential supply chains, while a correspondent described advice to prepare for several days without utilities or electronic payments.
The programme then reported another ferocious overnight Russian bombardment of Ukraine, including ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, despite Donald Trump claiming an end to the war was closer than ever. Downing Street said it did not recognise a US envoy's description of Vladimir Putin as a humanitarian, adding that the Russian leader had killed thousands of people. A US court ruled that Donald Trump must give evidence under oath by 11 December in his 10 billion dollar defamation case against the BBC, with a provisional two-week trial date in February. Reports from Yemen described a deepening humanitarian crisis amid fighting between Saudi-backed government forces and Houthi rebels, with more than two million malnourished children and more than 800,000 people unable to get aid, many in Taiz.
The first named storm of the season, Austin, was forecast to hit southwest England overnight with amber wind warnings for Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and part of Devon, and a second named storm, Bulow, was expected at the weekend. A 27-year-old woman was charged with firearms offences after a police officer was shot in the foot in Nottingham on Sunday and was due to appear at magistrates' court. A new Alzheimer's trial was reported to be testing existing type 2 diabetes and ADHD drugs in 1,200 people across the UK to see whether they can slow the disease. Dame Judi Dench said age-related macular degeneration had left her unable to perform on stage or in film or to read, and Raye won the Mercury Music Prize for her second album.
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Claim Yemen crisis deepens as 800,000 unable to get aid in Taiz
The UN reported that more than two million children in Yemen are already malnourished.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 13:01-13:09
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Claim Yemen crisis deepens as 800,000 unable to get aid in Taiz
More than 800,000 people cannot access aid, most of them in Taiz, which is under Houthi siege.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 13:09-13:17
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Claim Yemen crisis deepens as 800,000 unable to get aid in Taiz
Houthi forces continued attacks on Saudi infrastructure, including airports and oil fields.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 17:33-17:44
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Claim Raye wins Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope
Raye won the 2026 Mercury Music Prize for her second album, This Music May Contain Hope.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 28:55-29:01
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Claim Raye wins Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope
The judges described Raye's album as hugely ambitious, citing its 17 tracks, genre shifts, four orchestras and hundreds of musicians named on the final track.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 29:13-29:19
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Charged quote Raye wins Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope
Hundreds of musicians That I named all of them in the final track I know You know so much heart I really pushed myself I poured everything I had into this body of work And down to the wire too We even developed some of it on stage You know what this for me is just I made this album not focusing on commercial
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 29:43-29:46
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Charged quote Raye wins Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope
I poured everything I had into this body of work And down to the wire too We even developed some of it on stage You know what this for me is just I made this album not focusing on commercial Not focusing on making things cookie cutter Or three minutes Or what they needed to be When I was in my label days You had boxes, songs needed to tick
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 29:59-30:02
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Claim Raye wins Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope
Raye said she made the album without focusing on commercial expectations or cookie-cutter songs, with some tracks seven minutes long, indulgent and maximalist.
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 30:11-30:14
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Charged quote Raye wins Mercury Prize for This Music May Contain Hope
When I was in my label days You had boxes, songs needed to tick And for me I wanted to make a record That wasn't about that Some of these songs are seven minutes They're indulgent They're maximalist And that's what the Mercury Prize should be about It's about ambition And pushing the envelope And doing new things
BBC One, BBC News and Weather, 22 October 2026, 30:12-30:13
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