BBC News: Top stories on 16 October 2026

Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 16, 2026Country: United Kingdom

World / InternationalCrime & Law

BBC News: Top stories on 16 October 2026

BBC News leads with a shooting at a primary school in Bend, Oregon, where three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed after a 16-year-old opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School, police say. Other headlines include a bus colliding with a stationary train on the French side of the Channel Tunnel, leaving 19 people injured, and former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson being sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse. The page also features UK stories about banks, the NHS and an award-winning London housing project.

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