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The Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson brings a deeper look at the big stories - with Sky News correspondents and expert guests.

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05.16.2024
Two and a bit world leaders: Putin, Xi and Starmer
China's Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have met in Beijing – promoting their alliance and their new ‘world order’ away from the West. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s Asia correspondent Nicole Johnston in Beijing...
05.15.2024
Out of Africa – and those worried about a return
Hundreds of young men have died trying to use boats to get from Senegal to the Canary Islands. On this episode of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson hears about what's been called the "deadliest and busiest migrant passage in...
05.14.2024
Could Ozempic save you from a heart attack?
Anti-obesity jabs like Ozempic could reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes or heart failure in obese people regardless of the amount of weight they lose while on the drug. Researchers found after three years of treatment participants had a 20% lower risk...
05.13.2024
‘Shockingly poor’: What needs to change in maternity care?
A landmark parliamentary inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity services after finding poor care is "all-too-frequently tolerated as normal". The report calls for a new maternity commissioner who will report to the prime minister, better...
05.10.2024
Faultlines: Can British farming survive?
Across the UK anger is brewing among farmers. Protests have already been held in London, Dover and Wales, with more on the way - mirroring similar tensions seen across Europe in the last six months. Their anger is focused on cheap foreign...
05.09.2024
The toddler born deaf whose hearing’s been restored | Labour’s newest MP apologises
On this episode, Niall speaks to one of the doctors who worked to restore the hearing of an 18-month-old girl – who was born deaf. Medics at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge have used gene therapy to help a rare condition,...
05.08.2024
Can social media ever be a safe place for kids?
The UK media regulator has set out new rules for social media companies designed to keep children safe online. The new Ofcom rules include age verification and reformulating algorithms to keep children away from "toxic" content. But parents whose children have died...
05.07.2024
Israel Hamas latest: Why the ceasefire never happened
The Israeli Defense Force says it has taken 'operational control' of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, the main entry point for aid into the region. It comes less than 24 hours after Hamas said they would accept a...
05.03.2024
Elections fallout: What does it mean for the general election?
Labour are celebrating big wins in the Blackpool South by-election, in the local elections and in most of the mayoral races that have declared so far. The Conservatives could lose up to 500 councillors, though their candidate Ben Houchen did...
05.02.2024
Fourth time lucky? When will Manchester’s Co-Op Live actually open?
Thousands of fans have been left frustrated after Manchester’s newest venue delayed its launch again after a string of technical problems.The Co-op Live arena will be the UK’s largest indoor arena accommodating 23,500 people at a cost of £365m -...
05.01.2024
US protests: Campus crackdowns, Gaza protests and the free speech debate
Violent protests over the Israel-Hamas war have reached boiling point across university campuses in the United States.Pro-Palestinian protesters are demanding their universities cut ties with Israel or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza.On the Sky News Daily,...
04.30.2024
The Return of the King
The King has returned to official public duties for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer. Alongside the Queen, he visited a cancer treatment centre to meet staff and patients as part of his new role as patron of...
04.29.2024
Humza Yousaf quits - does this spell the end for Scottish independence?
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned – days after he cut the SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens. It followed a bitter row over the SNP's climbdown on climate targets as he said the agreement between the parties had...
04.26.2024
Local elections: What’s at stake - for voters and parties?
The 2 May local elections will have more than 2,600 seats are at stake across 107 English councils. Labour’s Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham are among the 10 city mayors up for re-election. Those in Blackpool South will also be voting for...
04.25.2024
Would nationalisation get the railways back on track?
Labour have promised to renationalise nearly all passenger railways within their first term if they win the next election. But will it leave the railways better off? On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Sky's political correspondent Sam Coates to discuss...
04.24.2024
TikTok and its possible US ban - here’s what happens next…
Only two months ago Joe Biden joined the social media platform TikTok with a video captioned "lol hey guys". Now, the US president is poised to sign a bill that could ban the popular app - unless its parent company...
04.23.2024
Sunak's Rwanda bill passes – what impact will it have on immigration?
After months of parliamentary ping-pong between the House of Commons and the Lords, Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill has passed. The prime minister called it a "landmark" law, saying that "nothing will stand in our way" of getting flights off the...
04.22.2024
Trump on trial: Porn stars, hush money and a presidential election
As the first of Donald Trump's four criminal trials begins this week, will it have any effect on his chances of re-election in November? The former president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to $130,000 paid to porn...
04.19.2024
Israel strikes Iran: What's the state of play?
An Israeli missile has struck Iran, in response to the unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend by the Iranians. It seems an airfield outside of the city of Isfahan was targeted, but Tehran has played down the incident...
04.18.2024
Tory MP suspended | What's going on with climate targets?
Conservative MP Mark Menzies has been suspended from the parliamentary party in light of allegations he abused local Tory party funds to pay off "bad people". Mark Menzies strongly disputes the claims which also allege he used campaign funds to pay his personal medical...
04.17.2024
Inflation falls - but what might it mean for interest rates?
The price of everyday things - mainly food - is now rising at the lowest level since 2021. Official data shows inflation eased last month to 3.2% - down from 3.4% - but the fall was slightly less than economists expected. On...
04.16.2024
Is banning smoking "unconservative"?
'Absolutely nuts' was how former Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Rishi Sunak’s plan to gradually phase out smoking – banning anyone born since the start of 2009 from ever being able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products like vapes. Liz Truss,...
04.15.2024
Why Iran hates Israel (and America)
Military experts have called Iran's ariel attack on Israel on Saturday night 'ambitious' and warn it could push an already fragile region into a dangerous new phase. On the Sky News Daily, host Matt Barbet examines how Iran and Israel's 'shadow war' has...
04.14.2024
WEEKEND DAILY: Iran attacks Israel, but what happens next?
On Saturday night Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack against Israel, which Tehran has claimed is in retaliation for an attack on the consular section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus by Israel on 1 April. Some 170 explosive drones,...
04.12.2024
Should the UK send troops to Ukraine?
Ex-armed forces minister James Heappey has told Sky's defence and security editor Deborah Haynes the UK should consider sending its forces to Ukraine to train troops. On the Sky News Daily, host Tom Cheshire talks to her and Sky's military analyst Professor Michael...
04.11.2024
OJ Simpson dies – the story of his complex legacy
The death of arguably one of America’s most talked about names in the 1990s has re-ignited conversations about who OJ Simpson was and how he will be remembered. The former NFL star was tried and acquitted of the murders of...
04.11.2024
Israel v Iran - Is escalation inevitable?
President Biden has stated US support for Israel is 'ironclad' after reports an Iranian attack is imminent. Iran had promised to retaliate after Israel killed a top Iranian commander in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month. It has led to fears the Israel-Gaza war could escalate to...
04.10.2024
Why are thousands of people refused asylum still in the UK?
More than 55,000 asylum seekers whose applications have been refused since 2011 may not have left the UK.The analysis of Home Office data does not include partners or children - so could be even higher.On the Daily, Niall Paterson speaks...
04.09.2024
How Gaza conflict could be worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis
Yemen is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster after nearly a decade of civil war between the Saudi and Western-backed government, and the Iranian-backed Houthi militia. As Sky's special correspondent Alex Crawford has found, war in Gaza is making the situation even worse...
04.08.2024
Angela Rayner tax claims: Smear, story or both?
Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner is facing questions about whether she paid enough tax on a house sale, almost a decade ago. She denies any wrongdoing and has been backed by the party's leader Sir Keir Starmer, with some colleagues claiming...
04.05.2024
'Cosmic coincidence': What we can learn from the solar eclipse
Next week, millions of people across North America will be able to see a total solar eclipse, a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many. A total solar eclipse - where the moon moves in front of the sun - happens about every 18...
04.04.2024
Should the UK stop selling arms to Israel?
Three former Supreme Court justices have warned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the UK is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel. They are among over 600 lawyers and academics who are signatories of a 17-page letter, which also urges...
04.03.2024
Is the UK prepared for a war?
The UK spends more than £50bn a year - 2.2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - on defence, but government documents shared with Sky News show the country has no preparations for a nuclear war. In January, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps...
04.02.2024
Israel-Hamas war: Will volunteers leave Gaza after aid deaths?
Aid group World Central Kitchen says seven members of its team have been killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza. The charity said the volunteers had just unloaded more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza by sea. The...
03.28.2024
Unreliable Witness: Who is Ellie Williams?
It’s the height of lockdown, 19-year-old Ellie Williams claims on social media she's been raped and exploited by an Asian grooming gang across the north of England. Photos of her alleged injuries add to the outrage and the post goes...
03.27.2024
Water woes: Could sewage in the sea lead to higher bills?
The amount of raw sewage being spilled into England’s waterways has hit a record high – more than doubling since last year. Water companies are allowed to do this, but only in exceptional circumstances to prevent sewage washing back up into our homes. But, there’s growing evidence sewage...
03.26.2024
Baltimore bridge collapse: Expert view on what happened
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, a cargo ship leaving the US city of Baltimore catastrophically struck a major bridge. The entire middle section of the 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River. The ship lost power...
03.25.2024
How will Putin react to the Moscow concert attack?
Four men have been charged with carrying out an attack at a concert in Moscow on Friday that killed more than 130 people. They all appeared in court on Monday heavily bruised with swollen faces and black eyes – with one attending in a wheelchair wearing a hospital...
03.23.2024
US Gaza ceasefire vote - why did it fail?
The US has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the first time as secretary of state Antony Blinken lands in Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. An American-sponsored resolution demanding a truce was rejected by...
03.22.2024
Kate’s cancer diagnosis – what we know
The Princess of Wales has issued a personal message revealing that she has been diagnosed with cancerfollowing her abdominal surgery earlier this year and that she is undergoing preventative chemotherapy.The news comes after many weeks of speculation about the health...
03.21.2024
Will the government "do the right thing" for the Waspi campaigners?
Thousands of women should get payouts because of the way changes to the state pension affected them, according to a watchdog.The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said the women who were born in the 1950s didn't get their pension...
03.20.2024
What’s behind Leo Varadkar's shock resignation?
The resignation of Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has come as a shock. He suffered defeats in two referendums earlier this month, where the public voted against the government's plans to remove "sexist" language from the constitution.On the Sky News...
03.19.2024
The Kate photos: When conspiracy theories meet the royals
More than half of people in the UK have seen online conspiracy theories about why the Princess of Wales has been absent from public life, but it hasn't dented trust in the Royal Family, according to Sky News polling. ...
03.18.2024
Faultlines: Why isn’t housing a bigger election issue?
A new Sky News series 'Faultlines' covers in-depth and immersive reports exploring contemporary social challenges across the UK. This episode asks 'is our housing market in crisis?', with not enough homes and expensive rentals forcing an increasing number of people...
03.15.2024
Putin's power – why Russia's election matters
As Russians go to the polls, the outcome is certainly already written as Vladimir Putin runs pretty much uncontested in his bid for a fifth term in office. Opposition candidates were banned from standing, fled the country or are dead -...
03.14.2024
British troops speak out about exposure to toxic chemicals | Redefining 'extremism' with Sam Coates
In the early months of the Iraq war in 2003, around 88 British troops were deployed to the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant to provide round-the-clock security. What the soldiers didn't know was that while on duty, they were being exposed to...
03.13.2024
Diane Abbott: Why the Tories won't return the race row money
The prime minister has resisted calls to hand back £10m donated to the Conservative Party by businessman Frank Hester. Speaking in the Commons, Rishi Sunak condemned Mr Hester's reported remarks about MP Diane Abbott as "racist" and "wrong" but insisted he had shown...
03.12.2024
How UK-made cars are getting into Russia despite sanctions
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the imposition of sanctions on the country meant direct exports of British-made luxury vehicles fell to zero.However, Sky News analysis shows that hundreds of millions of pounds worth of luxury cars are being sold to...
03.11.2024
Kate, the photo and trying to solve the conspiracy theory crisis
The Princess of Wales has apologised "for any confusion" after she admitted "editing" a Mother's Day image of her and her children. Major international picture agencies told media outlets to "kill" the photo from their systems 12 hours after the...
03.11.2024
Everything that happened at the Oscars
The biggest night in Hollywood promised glitz and glamour, but there were no surprises when it came to the big Academy Award winners.Oppenheimer took home seven awards, including best picture, best actor and best director for Britain’s Christopher Nolan, with...

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Sky News Daily episodes:

Two and a bit world leaders: Putin, Xi and Starmer

Out of Africa – and those worried about a return

Could Ozempic save you from a heart attack?

‘Shockingly poor’: What needs to change in maternity care?

Faultlines: Can British farming survive?

The toddler born deaf whose hearing’s been restored | Labour’s newest MP apologises

Can social media ever be a safe place for kids?

Israel Hamas latest: Why the ceasefire never happened

Elections fallout: What does it mean for the general election?

Fourth time lucky? When will Manchester’s Co-Op Live actually open?

US protests: Campus crackdowns, Gaza protests and the free speech debate

The Return of the King

Humza Yousaf quits - does this spell the end for Scottish independence?

Local elections: What’s at stake - for voters and parties?

Would nationalisation get the railways back on track?

TikTok and its possible US ban - here’s what happens next…

Sunak's Rwanda bill passes – what impact will it have on immigration?

Trump on trial: Porn stars, hush money and a presidential election

Israel strikes Iran: What's the state of play?

Tory MP suspended | What's going on with climate targets?

Inflation falls - but what might it mean for interest rates?

Is banning smoking "unconservative"?

Why Iran hates Israel (and America)

WEEKEND DAILY: Iran attacks Israel, but what happens next?

Should the UK send troops to Ukraine?

OJ Simpson dies – the story of his complex legacy

Israel v Iran - Is escalation inevitable?

Why are thousands of people refused asylum still in the UK?

How Gaza conflict could be worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis

Angela Rayner tax claims: Smear, story or both?

'Cosmic coincidence': What we can learn from the solar eclipse

Should the UK stop selling arms to Israel?

Is the UK prepared for a war?

Israel-Hamas war: Will volunteers leave Gaza after aid deaths?

Unreliable Witness: Who is Ellie Williams?

Water woes: Could sewage in the sea lead to higher bills?

Baltimore bridge collapse: Expert view on what happened

How will Putin react to the Moscow concert attack?

US Gaza ceasefire vote - why did it fail?

Kate’s cancer diagnosis – what we know

Will the government "do the right thing" for the Waspi campaigners?

What’s behind Leo Varadkar's shock resignation?

The Kate photos: When conspiracy theories meet the royals

Faultlines: Why isn’t housing a bigger election issue?

Putin's power – why Russia's election matters

British troops speak out about exposure to toxic chemicals | Redefining 'extremism' with Sam Coates

Diane Abbott: Why the Tories won't return the race row money

How UK-made cars are getting into Russia despite sanctions

Kate, the photo and trying to solve the conspiracy theory crisis

Everything that happened at the Oscars

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