Nigel Farage and other senior members of Reform UK have been filmed by undercover reporters celebrating secret new foreign donations. Channel 4 News and @Verbatim_Media, a group of investigative journalists, can today reveal a plot to break the law on party funding at the highest levels of Reform UK. You can watch the full investigation here: youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI Channel 4 News approached Reform UK, Mr Farage, Mr Jukes and Mr Orr for comment on the findings of this investigation. They did not comment but we understand they deny the allegations in full.

More than 150 people have been killed in a drone attack on a market in the disputed Abyei region, according to South Sudanese officials. They accuse Sudan’s military of carrying out the strikes on 20 October, which left charred vehicles and destroyed buildings.

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Aberfan disaster: remembering the tragedy that changed a nation channel4.com/news/aberfan-di…

Water boss defends multi-billion price tag for Lake Windermere sewage plan channel4.com/news/water-boss…

Plan to stop Lake Windemere sewage could cost customers billions channel4.com/news/plan-to-st…

Why the UK is struggling to electrify the nation channel4.com/news/why-the-uk…

Is the UK’s dependency on oil and gas costing the country? – Debate channel4.com/news/is-the-uks…

UK still committed to ‘climate leadership’ despite new drilling says government channel4.com/news/uk-still-c…

Does Burnham’s Jackdaw ‘pragmatism’ mean more oil and gas for the UK? channel4.com/news/does-burnh…

Jackdaw approval ends years of delays for North Sea drilling channel4.com/news/jackdaw-ap…

Why saving Windermere could come at a cost to millions A £3.6bn sewage tunnel could save Windermere from pollution, but United Utilities’ plan to pass costs on to bill payers raises questions over fairness, profits and accountability. Read the full newsletter here: channel4news.substack.com/p/…

France is grappling with growing anger and political divisions after violent protests, looting and clashes with police. What began as student protests over school funding has grown into wider unrest, fuelled by anger over the cost of living and allegations of police violence. Now, with a presidential election looming, politicians are trading blame and further demonstrations are planned. So why is the anger on France’s streets showing no signs of dying down?

UK inflation has risen to its highest rate in almost a year as surging petrol and diesel prices pushed up the cost of living. The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation was 3.5 per cent in September, up from 3.1 per cent in August. Between August and September, average petrol prices rose by 8.2p to 169.5p per litre, which was the highest price recorded in around four years.

The husband of the Australian MP hit by a car in a suspected attack has said that she has had both her legs amputated. Police said Independent MP Helen Haines was deliberately targeted outside her constituency office in Wangaratta in Victoria on Monday. A 43-year-old man was detained by bystanders and a knife was found in his car.

Rescuers have freed a shark trapped for a month in a South Korean canal. More than 1.6 million people visited the canal to see the three-metre-long female dusky shark while it was trapped.

The US special envoy Steve Wikoff has met President Putin in St Petersburg and praised the Russian leader for being a 'humanitarian'. He was commenting on the release of 74-year-old American citizen Stephen Hubbard, an English language teacher, who was captured in 2022 by Russian forces and jailed for allegedly fighting on behalf of Ukraine. Witkoff is in Russia to discuss bringing an end to the war in Ukraine amid deteriorating relations between Washington and Kyiv.

The government has given the go ahead to gas extraction from the Jackdaw field in the North Sea. Environmentalists have condemned the move, saying it will contribute to global-warming carbon emissions. Ministers have announced a new fund to funnel North Sea tax revenues into green energy schemes and said the platform could start to supply British homes within weeks. The approval ends months of speculation over whether the scheme would be given approval, while owner Adura said Jackdaw could be responsible for about 6% of UK North Sea gas production.

What a blue wave victory in the midterms could mean for Trump Would a Democrat victory in the upcoming US midterms really be the boost they hope for, or will they end up just shouldering the blame for Trump’s egregious second term, asks @AnushkaAsthana. Read the full newsletter here: channel4news.substack.com/p/…

A damning report into the impact of the Covid pandemic on care homes has criticised government failings for allowing the virus to "spread like wildfire". Aithon Cooper, a care worker during the Covid pandemic at a home for adults with complex needs. He now sits on the GMB union's National Care Committee. He tells Channel 4 News that care workers were "fed to the wolves" during the Covid pandemic.