Four months of negotiations appear to have paid off – for now – as Rishi Sunak's plan for post-Brexit trade rules has been signed off by the EU. The prime minister met European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen – who also met King Charles - during her visit to the UK on Monday. The Northern Ireland Protocol - negotiated during Brexit talks to allow goods to move without checks across the border with the Republic of Ireland – has been problematic for the DUP, who boycotted power sharing i...
Feb 27, 2023•18 min
One year ago, 25-year-old Douglas, who lived on his parents' farm in southwest Scotland and fixed tractors for a living, packed his bags and went to war. He joined thousands of volunteers from around the world who signed up to fight for Ukraine. Now back in Scotland, Sky’s national correspondent, Tom Parmenter, goes to see him, and his parents Sheena and Derek, to find out why he went, and the impact his decision had on him, and his family. Producer: Emily Upton Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott S...
Feb 27, 2023•19 min
In an extended episode to mark one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ilyas, Oksana and Seva come together for the first time as a group, to share just some of what impacted them most in the last 12 months and to consider what the future holds? OUR DIARISTS Oksana, 35, works in overseas education. She lives with her husband, Seva, in an apartment complex in central Kyiv. Many of Oksana’s closest friends have left the country to begin new lives in Europe. Some may never return. She’s con...
Feb 25, 2023•23 min
Stories of sexual violence against Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas have been slowly emerging since the start of the full-scale invasion last February. At least 154 cases of conflict-related sexual violence - classified as a war crime and a crime against humanity - have been officially identified, although experts believe the real figure is significantly higher. On the Sky News Daily, Anna Jones is joined by Alisa Kovalenko, a documentary filmmaker and survivor of sexual assault at the hands...
Feb 24, 2023•16 min
Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who left London when she was 15 to travel to Syria and join Islamic State, has lost an appeal to return to the UK. The former ISIS bride, now 23 years old, remains in a refugee camp in northern Syria as the Home Office's decision to deprive her of British citizenship was upheld. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by Richard Barrett, the former director of global terrorism operations at MI6, who contributed to the appeal report to discuss the adv...
Feb 23, 2023•19 min
Manchester United is known around the world but the club has faced tough times in recent years with fans deeply unhappy with its owners. But could that be about to change? Earlier this month, we found out the British billionaire entrepreneur Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani had officially submitted bids for the Premier League club. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood takes a closer look at the two men vying to get their hands on Man Utd with our sports corresponden...
Feb 22, 2023•20 min
On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, sparking Europe's biggest movement of refugees since World War Two. The Russian president declared his goal was to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine and not occupy it by force. With Ukraine forming closer ties to the West and an estimated 180,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded, we look back at the changes of the last 12 months and what may come next. On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood talks to Sky's security a...
Feb 21, 2023•16 min
Teenagers and young adults are increasingly turning to TikTok and Instagram to self-diagnose autism and ADHD. That's according to the British Psychological Society. It's thought that frustration with waiting times for children and adolescent mental health services is making teenagers turn to social media. But psychologists are warning that it takes years of experience to determine different mental health conditions and labelling is not necessarily helpful. On the Sky News Daily Liz Bates talks t...
Feb 20, 2023•24 min
Ilyas praises Ukraine’s leader after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s UK visit and is grateful his wife and children, in Poland, don’t have to experience life in the middle of a warzone. Oksana is happy to have electricity this week and is looking forward to Spring and a trip to Europe, where she’ll be reunited with her best friend after many months apart And her husband Seva, a military volunteer, has returned from eastern Ukraine and reflects on how he has gotten used to the Russian missile bombardment, ...
Feb 18, 2023•12 min
A tranquiliser used by vets is infiltrating street drugs and deepening addiction across cities in the US. The drug called xylazine is causing wounds so severe that without treatment results in amputation. The problem is particularly bad in Philadelphia – which has long been ground zero for the opioid crisis. On this edition of the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson talks to US Correspondent, Mark Stone who has been to the city and to Professor Paul Cristo from John Hopkins University about the on goi...
Feb 17, 2023•22 min
Nicola Sturgeon has resigned as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years in the role. The leader of the Scottish National Party told a news conference that it is right "for me, for my party and the country" and insisted it was not a reaction to "short term pressures". She said she will remain in office until a successor is found. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies who was at the news conference. Plus, commentators Shona Craven, ...
Feb 15, 2023•19 min
The first UN convoy passed through a newly opened crossing into rebel-held Syria from Turkey on Tuesday, over a week after two earthquakes hit both countries. On the Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson, our special correspondent Alex Crawford describes the situation in Syria from where she's been reporting. Also on the Daily is Hani Habbal of the Syria Relief charity, who reflects on the impact of 12 years of the Syrian civil war on the country, and former foreign secretary David Miliband...
Feb 15, 2023•22 min
Four flying objects have been shot down over North America in the space of a week as the US military fails to rule out extra-terrestrial involvement. On the Sky News Daily podcast, Niall Paterson speaks to US correspondent James Matthews about the political motivation behind President Biden’s new trigger-happy approach to protecting US airspace and Nick Pope, who ran the UK governments' UFO programme, explains why these UFOs are far more likely to be from China than Mars. Producer: Rosie Gillott...
Feb 14, 2023•18 min
Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Bulley have issued a dispersal order around St Michael's on Wyre after reports of amateur investigators travelling to the Lancashire village. Her family has said the influx of people trying to help the investigation is hindering police efforts. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky correspondent Katerina Vittozzi who has spoken to armchair sleuths who've descended on the village. Niall also talks to Martyn Underhill, one of the de...
Feb 13, 2023•26 min
Military volunteer Seva learns about comrades who suffered horrific deaths when he returns to Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. In Kyiv, answering a displaced mother’s call for help leads to an inspiring phone conversation for Oksana. And Ilyas undertakes an anxious journey hundreds of kilometres across Ukraine to buy a car for his family. WARNING: Seva’s diary contains graphic references detailing death and torture. OUR DIARISTS Seva, 41, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he tra...
Feb 11, 2023•14 min
Microsoft is taking on Google by relaunching its search engine Bing, powered by artificial intelligence and using tech company OpenAI's ChatGPT, a system that learns and generates human-like responses to search requests. On the Sky News Daily podcast, host Niall Paterson is joined by our technology correspondent Rowland Manthorpe to explore what the AI chatbot can do, and computer scientist Dr Jeff Dalton to find out if it really can change how we use and search online. Producers: Soila Apparici...
Feb 10, 2023•20 min
Thousands of people have died after two devastating earthquakes caused widespread destruction in Turkey and Syria. As the World Health Organization warns casualties could exceed 20,000, aftershocks, freezing temperatures and damaged roads are hampering efforts to reach and rescue those affected. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson joins Sky News correspondent Yousra Elbagir, who is in Gaziantep, a city in southern Turkey near the epicentre of the first earthquake, and speaks to Islamic Relief ...
Feb 08, 2023•22 min
Rishi Sunak has completed his first cabinet reshuffle - a little over 100 days after he became prime minister. After sacking Nadhim Zahawi, he's given Greg Hands the job of Conservative Party chair - and some key government departments have had their briefs changed. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson asks our deputy political editor Sam Coates about what the prime minister is trying to achieve with the changes and what it tells us about his priorities and why changing government departments c...
Feb 08, 2023•19 min
The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed anger and said the balloon was "an unmanned civilian airship" launched to collect weather data and blew off course accidentally. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson explores why there was an escalation over the balloon with our Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith. Plus, Charley Cooper, a former US government military advisor discusses the renewed tensions between the US and China over the incident, and if there's a concern retaliation could follow in ...
Feb 07, 2023•20 min
From The Wire to Line of Duty, how police go about catching bad guys has always made compelling TV, but does it matter if the drama reflects reality. As the final episode of the hit TV show Happy Valley airs, how realistic is the show’s portrayal of small-town policing, and crime, in the UK? On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to a serving police inspector, Liz Cokayne-Delves, who thinks the show is the most accurate on TV, and barrister and former police officer Jeanette Ashmole, who a...
Feb 06, 2023•22 min
Now more than half-way through the winter, and more than 11 months since his family fled the country, Ilyas makes peace with the realisation that his eldest son is successfully assimilating into life in Poland, a re-location forced upon his family by the Russian invasion. In Kyiv, conversations with his comrades on the front line forces Seva to yet again match the odds of mounting Russian pressure against the Ukrainian need for ever greater Western firepower. Meanwhile, amid growing fears over a...
Feb 04, 2023•12 min
A US congressman has found himself at the centre of a web of revelations and accusations. But what do we know about the real George Santos? On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's US correspondent James Matthews to unpick a series of alleged lies by Mr Santos including about his heritage and jobs he never held. Plus, he asks Republican strategist, Rina Shah, what could happen next to the controversial politician. Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse Interviews producer: Alex Edden Edito...
Feb 03, 2023•19 min
Childcare in the UK is among the most expensive in the world, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Underfunded and understaffed, it’s becoming a key political battleground issue, one that parties are hoping to capitalise on in the run-up to the next election. On the Sky News Daily, Leah Boleto is joined by MP Stella Creasy and Pregnant then Screwed founder Joeli Brearley to explore the issues parents face when accessing childcare. Plus, Peter Moss, emer...
Feb 02, 2023•14 min
The first of February will go down as the biggest day of industrial action in a decade, as half-a-million workers strike in bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. Teachers, train drivers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards are all involved in the disputes. The government's is continuing to push through its controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by business correspondent...
Feb 01, 2023•18 min
Tyre Nichols was brutally assaulted by five police officers during a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. He died from his injuries three days later on 10 January, with the beating having striking similarities with the 1991 Rodney King assault in Los Angeles. The family of Tyre Nichols have been invited to meet US president Joe Biden. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson talks to history professor Brenda Stevenson about the systematic problems with police and the wider justice system in Ame...
Jan 31, 2023•25 min
After facing weeks of scrutiny, Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi was sacked on Sunday, following an ethics inquiry into the handling of his tax affairs that found he made a "serious breach" of the ministerial code. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson and our deputy political editor Sam Coates analyse the fallout of Zahawi’s exit from the cabinet, and what it means for prime minister Rishi Sunak. Producer: Soila Apparicio Editor: Paul Stanworth
Jan 30, 2023•16 min
Returning from assignment, Seva speaks with comrades in the eastern city of Bakhmut who are in desperate need of more advanced weaponry but happy to be alive. In Kyiv, Ilyas turns his birthday into a military fundraising exercise. And as Ukraine pleads to the West for more heavy weapons, the story of displacement continues as Oksana supports the arrival of more refugees into Kyiv. OUR DIARISTS Seva, 41, is a company CEO and husband to Oksana. Before the war, he travelled across Europe for busine...
Jan 28, 2023•12 min
Charging for GP appointments and A&E visits is "crucial" to the survival of the NHS, according to former health secretary Sajid Javid. But is asking patients to pay for GP appointments the answer to long waiting lists. On the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson hears from GPs at one surgery in Cheshire about their thoughts on paid-for appointments, and Sky’s health correspondent discusses the future of the NHS, 75 years after it was founded. Podcast producer: Rosie Gillott & Annie Joyce ...
Jan 27, 2023•19 min
The NHS is in crisis. Ambulance response times are the worst on record and most departments are struggling to cope with a surge in demand this winter. That includes most people's first port of call when they're feeling unwell, the GP surgery. On this episode of the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson spends the day on the frontline at a GP practice in Cheshire. There he meets staff and patients to uncover the pressures the practice faces during a time when the healthcare system is on its knees. Podca...
Jan 26, 2023•35 min
A Sky News team has spent 12 days inside Myanmar travelling around the country to see how life has changed for ordinary citizens since the junta came to power two years ago. On the Daily podcast, Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch tells Leah Boleto about what the regime wanted her to see – the military parade to celebrate Independence Day - and the people they’d rather she didn’t - those who are terrified to admit that lives have been destroyed since the coup. Annie Joyce – senior podcast produce...
Jan 25, 2023•17 min
