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ITV News
Saturday 17 October 2026 · 12:30 BST · 15m · 3 stories · 10 annotated moments · 5 of 15 min on news stories (32%)
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US President Donald Trump has used his presidential authority to suspend a new package of sanctions and restrictions due to be imposed on Russia tomorrow, saying it was in the US national interest. Ukraine's President Zelensky criticised the decision, saying it would encourage President Putin to keep attacking Ukraine. The report noted the approaching midterm elections, high diesel prices and low approval ratings, and that Trump had last week announced a deal with Putin for Russia to provide the US with millions of barrels of diesel, and had now U-turned on sanctions passed by Congress and signed into law last month. The UK is preparing to join a military exercise in Poland next month as a peacekeeping force if a ceasefire is reached.
In Scotland, First Minister John Swinney is delivering his keynote speech to the SNP party conference. It follows Andy Burnham's first major speech in Scotland as Prime Minister, in which he asked the SNP to work with him on giving more power to local communities. Swinney's first conference speech as SNP leader with a mandate after May's Holyrood election is expected to say the stars are aligning for independence, following that victory and elections across the UK that left Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland with nationalist leaders. Polling showed slim majority support for independence. Elsewhere in Scotland, a 16-year-old boy and an 8-year-old man died in a plane crash near Drymen, near Loch Lomond, with temporary airspace restrictions in place while investigators work out what happened.
The Environment Agency is reviewing the results of a new Earthwatch Europe study that found potentially harmful levels of toxic metals in rivers and soil across Corby in Northamptonshire, which Earthwatch said could pose a risk to the environment and human health. Police are assessing online comments made by the wife of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisor after she was accused of backing the banned protest group Palestine Action; journalist and author Sarah Helm is married to Jonathan Powell. The Vatican said Pope Leo will leave hospital this afternoon after surgery for lung cancer, and the 71-year-old is expected to appear in public tomorrow for the first time since the operation.
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Claim Trump suspends new Russia sanctions after diesel deal
The US Treasury's OFAC issued a six-month waiver on sanctions on Russian diesel.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 0:10-0:36
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Claim Trump suspends new Russia sanctions after diesel deal
Trump paused or blocked new sanctions on Russia, citing national interest; the measures targeted energy and defence sectors, Putin and other senior officials and were due to take effect after being signed into law to pressure Moscow over the Ukraine war.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 0:10-0:36
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Claim Trump suspends new Russia sanctions after diesel deal
Zelensky said the decision to disregard the sanctions would encourage Putin to keep attacking Ukraine.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 0:36-0:53
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Claim Trump suspends new Russia sanctions after diesel deal
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting announced a major exercise in Poland next month involving British, German, French and Polish troops, possibly 1,500 or more, to practise moving troops and supplies and to ensure allies are ready to support military training and post-war rebuilding.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 2:00-2:12
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Claim Swinney says independence is 'very close' as SNP conference closes
Andy Burnham made his first major speech in Scotland as Prime Minister a day earlier and made the positive case for the Union.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 2:23-2:33
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Claim Swinney says independence is 'very close' as SNP conference closes
Swinney was expected to say that momentum was building for Scottish independence.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 2:45-2:54
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Claim Swinney says independence is 'very close' as SNP conference closes
Polling showed majority support for Scottish independence by a slim margin.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 3:07-3:12
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Claim Canada end England women's 41-match unbeaten run with 24-21 win in Toronto
Canada beat England 24-21 in Toronto with a late try by Shoshana Seumanutafa, ending England's 40-match unbeaten streak in women's rugby in front of nearly 19,000 fans.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 4:37-4:42
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Claim Canada end England women's 41-match unbeaten run with 24-21 win in Toronto
Canada beat England 24-21 in Toronto with a late try by Shoshana Seumanutafa, ending England's 40-match unbeaten streak in women's rugby in front of nearly 19,000 fans.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 4:37-4:53
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Claim Canada end England women's 41-match unbeaten run with 24-21 win in Toronto
Canada beat England 24-21 in Toronto with a late try by Shoshana Seumanutafa, ending England's 40-match unbeaten streak in women's rugby in front of nearly 19,000 fans.
ITV, ITV News, 17 October 2026, 5:35-5:48
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