BBC Breakfast presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt brought the Saturday morning programme to a standstill for a live Keir Starmer update.
The Labour leader is currently in Samoa attending a Commonwealth meeting and fielding questions from the press.
As a breaking news banner appeared on screen, Lyse Doucet, the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, spoke to Naga and Charlie via video link from Samoa.
Charlie interjected: “We’re going to pause with you just a moment, as we’re hearing from Keir Starmer, who is in Samoa, and we can go straight to a press conference now.”
However, after a brief cutaway to Starmer discussing Commonwealth affairs, viewers were hastily returned to the studio, indicating an accidental switch, reports the Express.
With a quick recovery, Charlie clarified: “You’re hearing from Keir Starmer there. He’s just moving onto other issues in the Commonwealth, as it’s the end of the conference leaders discussion there,” before bringing back Lyse into the conversation.
Wrapping up, Naga chimed in: “We’ll return to the Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who is speaking in Samoa.”
On Wednesday, BBC Breakfast interrupted the show once again for another breaking news announcement from Samoa.
Sally Nugent and Jon Kay halted the programme to share live footage of King Charles and Queen Camilla stepping foot off the plane.
Jon told viewers: “It’s coming up to quarter past seven, Wednesday morning and Wednesday evening in the Pacific. King Charles and Queen Camilla have just arrived on the island nation of Samoa, where they are attending a Summit for the 56-nation Commonwealth; there we go.”
Continuing the coverage, his co-presenter Sally said: “Of course, you will know they have been on a six-day tour of Australia, which we have been covering here on the programme, and they touched down just a few minutes ago.
“We were expecting them within the last half hour or so, and as we can see, that is their plane.”
As viewers watched footage of King Charles and Queen Camilla disembarking, a “breaking news” caption underscored the significance of the moment.
BBC Breakfast airs daily at 6am on BBC One.