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

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The BBC News homepage lists headlines from 20 October 2026. One report says the Covid inquiry found that government failings, a lack of PPE and the discharge of patients from hospitals allowed the virus to spread rapidly through care homes. Other headlines include a Google cloud outage affecting UK banks and websites, and stories involving the UK, Ukraine, Australia and other countries.

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