Topic Lifecycle: Dormant

This topic is currently dormant in the news cycle. It was last covered on Wednesday 14 October 2026 and has not appeared in recent broadcasts.

Coverage trend (last 30 days)

How much coverage this topic got from each channel over the past month.

On screen

Stills are sampled automatically at 60-second intervals. Where shown, the still is the nearest available frame from the relevant broadcast segment and is included to show what was on screen during that part of the broadcast. A still may not correspond to the exact second of a quoted phrase.

BBC News, 7 July 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 14 July 2026
BBC One, BBC News, 14 July 2026
Channel 4, Channel 4 News, 14 July 2026
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 October 2026
BBC News, 15 October 2026

Recent stories

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Updated Thursday 15 October 2026

Dormant

GFS Pride sinks in Strait of Hormuz after projectile; Iran says mine

The Singapore-flagged GFS Pride sank in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by an unknown projectile, all 21 crew members were evacuated, and Iran says a ship hit a naval mine.

2 channels

Updated Tuesday 18 August 2026

Dormant

US-Iran diplomatic window expires amid war stalemate and bounty offer

The 60-day diplomatic window between the US and Iran has expired with the conflict at a stalemate, and Iran has offered a bounty for captured US soldiers.

6 channels

Updated Tuesday 14 July 2026

Dormant

Trump scraps Strait of Hormuz toll, announces Iranian ship blockade

President Trump abandoned his plan to impose a 20% toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz and instead announced a blockade on Iranian ships, escalating tensions in the region.

3 channels

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What was reported

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Timeline

Where this topic appeared. Cells show coverage time and are darker when there was more coverage.

Date Channel 5 BBC News BBC One BBC Two Channel 4 GB News ITV Sky News
Wednesday 14 October 2026 ——————— 1m 7s 1.1%
Thursday 13 August 2026 — 4m 8.3% ——————
Saturday 8 August 2026 — 5m 18s 6.9% ——————
Wednesday 5 August 2026 — 6m 7s 13.2% ——————
Tuesday 14 July 2026 ——————— 5m 54s 12.7%
Tuesday 7 July 2026 — 28s 1.0% ——————