UK: Reform UK leader Farage holds press conference in Birmingham.

SHOTLIST: BIRMINGHAM, UK (SEPT. 4, 2026) 1. REFORM UK LEADER NIGEL FARAGE SPEAKING DURING PRESS CONFERENCE (English) BIRMINGHAM, UK - SEPT. 4, 2026: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage held a press conference during his party's conference in Birmingham on Friday, Sept. 4. Farage addressed reporters on a range of issues, including allegations that his party had received donations from foreign sources. Two senior Reform UK officials stepped down Friday over reports of a donation breach, according to BBC. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform's head of policy James Orr resigned, the party reportedly announced. Both officials stood down pending the outcome of an internal probe into a new funding scandal surrounding the party. "The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice," Reform UK said in a statement. It noted that no further comment will be made as the investigation continues. The resignation followed a Channel 4 News report based on undercover footage that appeared to show Jukes discussing a possible way to circumvent electoral law to facilitate a £500,000 ($676,000) foreign donation to Reform. The footage shows a lunch meeting in which a reporter posed as a UK-based son, while an actor played his American father. Farage and Jukes were also present. Farage was heard saying “it’s all above board” after the man posing as the son says he had been discussing the proposed donation with Jukes and Orr, for some time. "I'll be the registered donor," the son says. "But then dad will send the money to me, and then as soon as that's done and all those conversations are had the money is available." Farage was then heard thanking the man. Under UK electoral law, permissible donors to political parties include UK-registered voters and companies registered in the UK. In the scenario described in the footage, the man posing as the son would qualify as a permissible donor, while his purported American father would not. Farage later said that his party had "done nothing wrong" following the undercover investigation while Jukes also denied any wrongdoing in a statement. "This was entrapment over a prolonged period of nearly a year by foreign-funded climate change activists," Jukes reportedly wrote. In the meantime, the Electoral Commission announced that it is "in touch" with the Metropolitan Police following Channel 4's broadcast. "We are considering all relevant information, in line with our regulatory remit, and we are in touch with the Met Police," it said.