The prime minister today announced a plan to reduce net migration as he warned the UK risks becoming an "island of strangers". 
  
Sir Keir Starmer wants to bring in tougher English language tests and tighten overseas carer recruitment as part of his policy overhaul to “tighten up” the immigration system.  
  
On this episode of the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson is joined by our deputy political editor Sam Coates to discuss whether this is a change in direction for the government after suffering losses in the local elections.  
 
Producer: Natalie Ktena 
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Pope Leo XIV is the first North American to lead the Catholic Church. But he was not considered to be in the top 10 likely candidates to succeed Pope Francis, in part due to his nationality.  

There had been an assumption that an American pope would mean too much power concentrated in the world's most dominant superpower.   

So why did the conclave pick Cardinal Robert Prevost - and what does it mean for the future direction of the Catholic Church? 

To discuss this on today's Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson are Barbara Serra, who has been covering the conclave for Sky News, and Father Thomas Massaro from New York's Fordham University. 

Producer: Natalie Ktena
Editor: Wendy Parker

President Trump has called the US-UK trade deal "full and comprehensive" while Sir Keir Starmer said "it's going to not only protect jobs, but create jobs, opening market access". 
 
The deal comes as interest rates are now at their lowest level for two years after the Bank of England cut the base rate by a quarter point to 4.25%. The Bank also raised its economic growth forecast for this year. 
 
In today’s Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson talks to business correspondent Paul Kelso about how good a deal it is for the UK and whether the reduction in interest rates will have more of an impact on the country's finances.  
 
Producer: Natalie Ktena 
Editor: Wendy Parker 

India has launched missile strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation for a terror attack last month that India accused its neighbour of backing - which Islamabad denies. But the friction between the nuclear-armed countries isn't new.    
 
On this episode of the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson dissects how the world might respond to yet more tension in the region and asks why the conflict is centred around Kashmir with our defence and security analyst Professor Michael Clarke.    

Producers: Soila Apparicio, Emily Hulme 
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Reform is flirting with traditional Labour support - workers and union members. Ten local authorities are now controlled by Reform - including Doncaster, taken from Labour - plus three mayoralties and a new MP.  
 
After Nigel Farage's almost unbelievable success in local elections last week, is this the strategy to take him all the way to Downing Street?  
 
Niall Paterson is joined by our political correspondent Liz Bates, and reporter Alexandra Rogers, to unpick what Reform's flirtations mean for Labour. 

Producer: Soila Apparicio 
Editor: Philly Beaumont 

Prince Harry has lost his legal challenge over the level of security he receives while in the UK and described the ruling as an "establishment stitch-up". He says the decision leaves him unable to safely bring his wife and children back to Britain.  

In a new interview with the BBC, the Duke of Sussex spoke about his estranged relationship with his family, revealing the King won't "speak to him". But could they reconcile?   

On today's Sky News Daily, Matt Barbet speaks to royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills about Harry's latest comments, the court ruling, and whether reconciliation with the Royal Family is still possible.  

Online videos of the rap trio Kneecap calling for the death of British MPs and shouting "Up Hamas, up Hezbollah" are now being investigated by the police. 
  
It comes after MPs condemned the group and called for arts funding to be removed and their invitation to play at Glastonbury withdrawn. 
  
Band members have apologised but have been cancelled by a number of festivals. 
  
So, who are Kneecap and why are they creating such a stir? 
  
Niall Paterson talks to Aoife Moore, journalist and author of The Long Game: Inside Sinn Fein. He also talks to Steve Cummins, former Ireland Editor for the NME. 

Producer: Natalie Ktena 
Editor: Philly Beaumont

M&S has been targeted in a cyber attack which has left it unable to process online orders or take contactless payments. Some experts predict it could be costing the company millions of pounds each day.

The notorious hacking group, Scattered Spider is believed to be behind the attack. A cyber security company has told Sky News the group is "one of the most dangerous and active groups" they are monitoring.

There've also been cyber attacks against Harrods and the Co-Op which are being investigated?

On today's Sky News Daily Niall Paterson talks to our science and technology reporter, Mickey Carroll, about Scattered Spider and what can be done to tackle cyber gangs.

Producer: Natalie Ktena 
Editor: Wendy Parker

Civil war has been raging in Sudan for two years. The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has seen famine, destruction, and millions driven from their homes.  
 
Among them, the family and friends of our Africa correspondent Yousra Elbagir. She was born in Khartoum and recently returned to her childhood home.  
 
Yousra joins Niall Paterson on the Sky News Daily to share her assessment of what returning home, after it had been ransacked during the ongoing war, was like.
 
You can listen to previous coverage of war in Sudan in our episode ‘The war nobody is talking about’ here. 
 
Producer: Soila Apparicio 
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Mark Carney's Liberals have won the Canadian election in a remarkable turnaround for the centre-left party.   
 
The Liberal Party was well behind in the polls just months ago.  That's before Carney replaced Justin Trudeau as leader and US President Donald Trump soured relations with Canada, becoming the defining issue of the campaign.  
 
So did Trump just win the election for Carney - and what does it mean for future negotiations? 
Niall Paterson speaks to Sky's economics and data editor Ed Conway and Professor Drew Fagan, from the University of Toronto, who worked in the Canadian government for more than a decade.  

Producer: Natalie Ktena 
Editor: Philly Beaumont