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Channel 4 News
Friday 24 July 2026 · 19:00 BST · 1h · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 43 of 60 min on news stories (72%)
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The broadcast began with President Trump's announcement of new tariffs on imports from over 60 countries, ranging from 10 to 12.5%, justified by claims of insufficient action against forced labour. The UK's tariff remained at 10%, but the EU secured a better deal. Scotch whisky tariffs were removed following King Charles's state visit. The report also covered the ongoing US war with Iran and included an interview with economist Joseph Stiglitz, who called the tariffs a ruse and a tax on American consumers.
The programme then reported on severe wildfires across southern Europe, forcing mass evacuations in France, Spain, and Italy, with climate change cited as a factor. In the UK, the families of the Southport attack victims expressed concern over the perpetrator's transfer to a psychiatric hospital. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham held his first day at the new Number 10 North office in Manchester, convening mayors and ministers. An inquest into the 2017 killing of 14-year-old Corey Junior Davis ruled it an unlawful killing, with failings identified across agencies. In India, ongoing student protests over exam paper leaks and unemployment continued, with demonstrators demanding the education minister's resignation. The broadcast also featured a report on Prospera, a start-up city in Honduras backed by tech billionaires, operating under its own legal system.
- 0:12 Story begins US imposes new tariffs on 60 trading partners
- 12:19
- 13:21
Claim Wildfires sweep across France, Italy, and Spain forcing thousands to flee
The largest wildfire in Gironde, France, has burned more than 10,000 hectares.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 13:21-13:35
- 15:03
Claim Wildfires sweep across France, Italy, and Spain forcing thousands to flee
The Spanish government declared a national emergency in the Madrid region and the neighbouring province of Avila.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 15:03-15:13
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- 16:49
Claim Axel Rudakubana transferred to Broadmoor Secure Hospital
Rudakubana will be transferred back to prison when he no longer requires hospital treatment.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 16:49-16:54
- 17:27 Story begins Housing secretary rules out rent controls
- 18:02
Contested quote Housing secretary rules out rent controls
And author of England correspondent Claire Fallon witnessed everything. Day one for the new PM in his new Number 10 North. Not just a new office, he says, not some gimmick, he adamantly insisted, which some might think slightly at odds with the big fake door with a Number 10 on it. I cannot tell you what a proud moment this is.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 18:02-18:08
- 18:17
Charged quote Housing secretary rules out rent controls
which some might think slightly at odds with the big fake door with a Number 10 on it. I cannot tell you what a proud moment this is. I think this might be the best day of my life. But this is the place where Whitehall meets the rest of the country. I've called it the nerve centre for a rewired Britain.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 18:17-18:20
- 18:25
Charged quote Housing secretary rules out rent controls
I think this might be the best day of my life. But this is the place where Whitehall meets the rest of the country. I've called it the nerve centre for a rewired Britain. Or if you think about it in terms of the day to day kind of challenge around growth, it will be the situation route for growth where we all get around the table,
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 18:25-18:29
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Charged quote Housing secretary rules out rent controls
I've called it the nerve centre for a rewired Britain. Or if you think about it in terms of the day to day kind of challenge around growth, it will be the situation route for growth where we all get around the table, mayors with all of the team and the Whitehall department. So we get those decisions made more quickly.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 18:33-18:36
- 20:54
Contested quote Housing secretary rules out rent controls
pay lip service where they listen, but they don't actually do anything. The Tory mayor's party leader was less complimentary on a visit in South Wales. I think this is a very interesting gimmick that the Prime Minister has pulled today. Moving number 10 to Manchester does not make decision-making any better.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 20:54-21:01
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- 21:53
Claim India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
Prime Minister Modi pledged fast-track courts for exam leak cases.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 21:53-22:00
- 22:02
Claim India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
Protesters demand resignation of India's education minister over exam paper leaks.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 22:02-22:09
- 23:14
Charged quote India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
Protests have spread to several other Indian cities. All this at first sparked by a scandal about the leaking and selling of college exam papers. But it's now a howl of previously pent-up anger from India's young middle class about corruption, unfairness and the dire lack of jobs. This is no longer just a fight.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 23:14-23:18
- 23:28
Charged quote India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
from India's young middle class about corruption, unfairness and the dire lack of jobs. This is no longer just a fight. It's a war between the students and the government. This protest is no longer just about the minister's resignation. We now want Narendra Modi to resign. Last night, Prime Minister Modi addressed protesters directly
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 23:28-23:31
- 23:38
Contested quote India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
It's a war between the students and the government. This protest is no longer just about the minister's resignation. We now want Narendra Modi to resign. Last night, Prime Minister Modi addressed protesters directly on social media for the first time, promising that anyone involved in leaking exam papers
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 23:38-23:43
- 26:31
Charged quote India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
but this frustration among the students had started way beyond that before that with the crumbling public education sector. Along with that, the intensified competition to get into the few seats that are available. You know, students had to get into this rat race where you go to school, then you come back to tuition, you go to coaching institutes. So students were fed up.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 26:31-26:34
- 27:12
Charged quote India's education minister resigns after exam leak protests
You get very little reward for it. And then the Chief Justice describes you as cockroaches. I guess that must have been the trigger, the final insult. Yes, I think it was very Kafka-esque. You know, you can call us cockroaches, but we do have the resilience of cockroaches to be there, to assemble together and to, you know, make our presence be felt.
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 24 July 2026, 27:12-27:15
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