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Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 20, 2026Country: United Kingdom

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The BBC News homepage lists several headlines published on 20 October 2026. One report from the Covid inquiry says government failings, including a lack of personal protective equipment and the discharge of patients from hospitals into care homes, allowed the virus to spread rapidly in those homes. The page also reports a Google Cloud outage, planned changes to BBC channels, and other international news.

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