On the Sky News Daily, Darren McCaffrey is joined by chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay to hear what the reaction has been on the streets of Damascus to the toppling of President Bashar al Assad's regime. They discuss if joy is already being tempered with fear about what happens next for the country, with lead rebel group HTS's intentions unclear. Plus, with Assad gone, Stuart discusses what further brutal aspects of his regime are now being uncovered, including at Sednaya prison. Producer: Alex ...
Dec 10, 2024•14 min
Bashar al Assad's 24-year dictatorship collapsed over the weekend as rebel forces took control of the Syrian capital Damascus. Assad and his family have reportedly fled to Moscow under the protection of his long-term ally President Putin, ending a 13-year civil war that’s believed to have killed over 350,000 people. Sky’s defence analyst Prof Michael Clarke joins host Niall Paterson to explain how a mild-mannered doctor became one of the world’s deadliest dictators, and how a rebel force swept h...
Dec 09, 2024•13 min
When 'Jodie' discovered images of herself had been turned into fake pornography, she felt her "whole world fall away". "I was seeing images of me that weren't real, but that looked very, very real," she told Matt Barbet on today's episode of the Sky News Daily. She's one of a growing number of women dealing with deepfake nudes, as the software to digitally transform a clothed picture into a naked one is easier to get hold of. Jodie joins Matt and Professor Clare McGlynn, who focuses on cyberflas...
Dec 06, 2024•19 min
It's Romania's turn at the polls on Sunday, and a far-right candidate has made a surprise lead in the first round of voting. Călin Georgescu is a little-known, independent, anti-NATO, pro-Russia candidate, who is in a presidential run-off against centrist leader Elena Lasconi. The social media platform TikTok is credited with helping Georgescu to make those unexpected gains -becoming an effective way for the right to spread its message, and sway voter opinion. But Romania's authorities have sugg...
Dec 05, 2024•20 min
South Korean MPs have begun impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk Yeol after his shock announcement of martial law that sparked a very short-lived political crisis. On the Sky News Daily Niall Paterson asks, what was he thinking? He speaks to Asia correspondent Cordelia Lynch who is in Seoul about the events that have unfolded since the announcement. Plus, John Nilsson-Wright, Head of the University of Cambridge’s Japan and Korea programme discusses president Yoon’s politics and the...
Dec 04, 2024•17 min
Young men are ditching the mainstream politics of Labour and the Conservatives for Nigel Farage and Reform UK, much more so than young women. Our political correspondent Serena Barker-Singh has been speaking to those voices to unpack what’s fueling this gendered political divide and why mainstream parties are struggling to connect. Niall Paterson is joined by Serena and producer Isobel Losseff, and Dr Jilly Kay, a senior lecturer in communications and media at Loughborough University, to discuss...
Dec 03, 2024•20 min
Gregg Wallace has stepped away from presenting BBC's MasterChef after accusations he made sexual comments towards staff and celebrity guests on a range of programmes over 17 years. In response to the allegations, which he denies, Mr Wallace initially dismissed his accusers as "middle-class women of a certain age". On today’s Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Dorothy Byrne, ex-head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, and Philippa Childs, head of the TV, film and theatre union Bectu, about wha...
Dec 02, 2024•20 min
Louise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after Sky News discovered she pleaded guilty to an offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013. She’s the first minister to resign from Sir Keir Starmer’s new Labour government and says she stepped down in order to prevent the story from becoming a distraction. Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s political correspondent Rob Powell, and political reporter Alex Rogers to discuss their scoop. Podcast Produc...
Nov 29, 2024•17 min
As the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah comes into effect, Niall Paterson speaks with Sky’s Jeehad Jneid who reports from southern Lebanon as millions attempt to return to their homes. The day after the 7 October attacks, Hezbollah began to launch rocket strikes into Israel in a show of support for Hamas. Israeli has carried out retaliatory strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon since then, and tensions escalated earlier this year following a strike on Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. In t...
Nov 28, 2024•14 min
Elon Musk and Donald Trump have a plan for America... to get people making babies. The tech billionaire, Donald Trump’s soon-to-be government efficiency tsar, is a proponent of pronatalism, an emerging movement in US politics that says US citizens should be having more babies and that it’s their duty to do so. Niall Paterson is joined by our US correspondent Martha Kelner to deep-dive into Musk’s views and where they come from. Martha speaks to Errol Musk, Elon’s father, and one IVF doctor in Am...
Nov 27, 2024•20 min
"Prison isn't working" for women, according to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood. She told the Labour Party conference that after serving a short custodial sentence, women are more likely to reoffend than those given a non-custodial sentence. Women are also less likely to get a job after leaving jail than men. As the government launches an inquiry into reoffending rates, Niall is joined by Sky’s home editor Jason Farrell who has visited a women's jail to see what conditions are like, and hears f...
Nov 26, 2024•18 min
As MPs prepare to vote on assisted dying legislation, Sky News has been to Canada where wider rules were legalised eight years ago. Some 4% of deaths in the country in 2022 were with the help of a doctor, under the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) law. In this episode, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky’s health correspondent Ashish Joshi, and hears from Canadians about MAID. Niall also talks Dr Ellen Wiebe, a doctor who has assisted in more than 400 deaths. If you want to learn more about the pr...
Nov 25, 2024•27 min
Warning: This story contains references to sexual assault and rape. A woman’s decision to waive her anonymity and have a public trial after her husband drugged her and invited dozens of men to rape her over a decade has reignited the MeToo movement in France. Gisele Pelicot has become a feminist hero after insisting that the trial be held in public to raise awareness, saying: "It’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them." Niall is joined by our Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins to explore ho...
Nov 22, 2024•20 min
What happens when the care you trust isn’t care at all? When Sarah Whitaker hired a live-in carer for her 89-year-old father, she thought she was securing a lifeline. What she got was a stranger who could not cook, drive, and care – because she wasn’t the carer Sarah had booked. This bizarre and troubling story takes us deep into the cracks of Britain’s care industry, where an unregulated system leaves families vulnerable to shocking deceptions. Sky’s Nick Martin investigates how one family was ...
Nov 21, 2024•22 min
Rising energy prices pushed up inflation in October, meaning prices elsewhere will also rise. As businesses warn Labour's first budget could lead to further price rises and even job cuts, where does this leave Chancellor Rachel Reeves's plan for the UK to be the fastest growing economy in the G7? Niall Paterson is joined by Sky's economics and data editor Ed Conway, who explains what's behind last month's inflation rise and why he thinks there could be some good news on the horizon. Producer: Ro...
Nov 20, 2024•13 min
Farmers have left their fields for the streets of London to protest changes to the inheritance tax announced in the budget. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson heads to the protest outside Downing Street to speak to the farmers who are threatening to withhold food supplies if their demands aren’t met. He also asks new farmer Jeremy Clarkson about why he thinks farmers should have inheritance tax relief. Plus, business correspondent Paul Kelso breaks down the figures to show exactly how many fa...
Nov 19, 2024•21 min
As the conflict in Ukraine nears its 1,000th day, the war could be about to shift. President Joe Biden's approval for Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia with long-range US missiles has sparked fears of escalation, with fury in Moscow. Vladimir Putin has previously called the move "an unacceptable red line", as Western leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the G20, weigh their next steps. Host Niall Paterson explores whether this moment marks a turning point for Ukraine, or the ...
Nov 18, 2024•13 min
Donald Trump has started to nominate who he wants in his top team. As well as billionaire Elon Musk, controversial Trump loyalist Matt Gaetz and nephew of former president JFK, Robert Kennedy Jr, are among the picks. Matt Gaetz is a Florida congressman and the attorney general pick for Trump. In February 2023, the Justice Department declined to bring charges of sex trafficking a 17-year-old against Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing since the allegations first came to light. And as health secretar...
Nov 15, 2024•21 min
A top ambulance boss has apologised after a year-long Sky News investigation revealed a culture of sexual abuse and harassment within the ambulance service. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Sky correspondent Rachael Venables who has been leading the investigation into abuse patients and staff in the service have faced and what is being done to restore trust in those who care for us. A spokesperson for NHS England said: “Any abuse or violence directed at NHS staff is totally unacce...
Nov 14, 2024•19 min
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed it would take him "no longer than one day" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine with Russia. Some in Ukraine worry this could mean having to give up land in the east, as well as Crimea. Mr Trump's announcement that Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host Pete Hegseth will become the US secretary of defence has also caused a stir given that, despite serving in the US National Guard, he lacks senior military or national security experience. Ni...
Nov 13, 2024•18 min
After 25 years, Gary Lineker is leaving the BBC's Match Of The Day. He'll stay on for the corporation's coverage of the FA Cup and the next World Cup - but he'll get his Saturday nights back from the end of this season. The change will likely help the BBC's presenter wage bill and might save some run-ins about Lineker's use of social media - but what about the programme he leaves behind? Sixty years after MOTD's launch, do TV viewers really still "look away now" to avoid the scores before 10.30p...
Nov 12, 2024•16 min
When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, attendees of that year’s COP in Marrakech said an “orange cloud” had descended on the talks. Eight years later, Trump has once again punctured the mood of this year’s climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. On this episode of Sky News Daily we explore what the next Trump administration could mean for climate progress with Alden Meyer, senior associate at E3G working on US and international climate policy and politics, who has been to every COP bar one, sinc...
Nov 11, 2024•14 min
As Donald Trump begins to prepare for his return to The White House, our US correspondents James Matthews, Martha Kelner, and Mark Stone reflect on his historic election victory. From criminal convictions to a defiant fist pump after his near assassination, it has been an extraordinary campaign for the president-elect. Having spent the year crisscrossing the country, the team share their most enlightening encounters with voters in the run up to election. They discuss how Trump was able to broade...
Nov 08, 2024•33 min
It's back to the White House for Donald Trump in January after a decisive election victory. Less clear, however, are the global implications of Trump's return to office. Sky's US correspondent James Matthews presents this episode of the Sky News Daily from Palm Beach in Florida to explore what Trump's historic victory could mean for the rest of the world. With conflicts ongoing in the Middle East and Ukraine, Trump's agenda for US foreign policy is perhaps more significant than ever. Internation...
Nov 07, 2024•24 min
Donald Trump has done it again and won the US election. Eight years after beating Hillary Clinton and four years after Joe Biden evicted him from the White House, the former president is now the future president. It's a remarkable comeback for the man whose reputation was severely damaged after the violence of the January 6 Capitol riots back in 2021. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson talks to Chris Jackson, senior vice president at Ipsos Public Affairs, about why the polls failed to predict...
Nov 06, 2024•16 min
Donald Trump has won the 2024 election and has become only the second president in history to win on non-consecutive terms. US correspondent James Matthews presents this edition of the podcast from West Palm Beach in Florida where the Republican candidate addressed thousands of his supporters. James is joined by his US colleague Martha Kelner, who has followed Kamala Harris’s campaign all night in Washington. With Trump staging one of the biggest political comebacks ever, James and Martha look a...
Nov 06, 2024•17 min
On the final day of campaigning, our US correspondents James Matthews and Martha Kelner are with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on their final stops, both in Pennsylvania, and Mark Stone prepares for election night in Washington, DC. With last-minute pitches in battleground states and a whirlwind of rallies, the candidates push their final messages - Harris leaning on unity and star power, while Trump doubles down on his base, painting the opposition as a threat to America's future. James, Marth...
Nov 05, 2024•30 min
America goes to the polls tomorrow, and from Arizona's deserts to Michigan's college campuses, our team of correspondents in the US James Matthews, Yousra Elbagir, and Shingi Mararike speak to different voter groups just days from the big decision. In Arizona, Shingi meets Latino voters split on Trump and Harris, where a booming economy clashes with tough border stances Meanwhile, Yousra explores Michigan's youth vote, where students wrestle with issues from Gaza to economic woes. Producer: Rosi...
Nov 04, 2024•28 min
With just two days until election day, join our US correspondents on the road. Mark Stone and James Matthews discuss how the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, could influence the result. Stone attends one of Musk’s million-dollar-a-day giveaways which have become embroiled in a court case. They’re also joined by former US correspondent Cordelia Lynch in Georgia, to ask whether this has become a gender election – with Kamala Harris leading significantly among female voters and Donald Trump hol...
Nov 03, 2024•36 min
With three days until election day, both sides are throwing everything behind winning over those last few undecided voters in swing states. Pennsylvania is one of the bigger prizes - Kamala Harris is scheduled to do five events in that state on Monday alone. Sky News international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn is also there, speaking to one Republican couple with opposite views on Donald Trump. And US correspondents James Matthews and Mark Stone discuss how important the economy will be when it...
Nov 02, 2024•27 min
