Épisodes

  • What’s the truth of The Salt Path?

    What’s the truth of The Salt Path?
    Jul 11 2025
    It's the bestselling book that's in the middle of its own seismic plot twist. Raynor Winn's The Salt Path spent 85 weeks in The Sunday Times Bestsellers List and has just become a film.

    But the author's life-affirming account of how her husband's illness and losing their money and home put them on a 630-mile coastal walk has been called into question.

    The Observer has claimed that not all of the couple's story stacks up - something strenuously denied by the author.Niall goes through the claims with Sky News arts and entertainment producer Jayson Mansaray and hears from a journalist who has interviewed Winn, Charlotte Lytton.

    Producers: Emily Hulme and Soila Apparicio
    Editor: Paul Stanworth
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    18 min
  • Destroyed, dismantled or dangerous: Is Iran still a global threat?

    Destroyed, dismantled or dangerous: Is Iran still a global threat?
    Jul 10 2025
    A government report has warned that the threat of physical attacks by Iran on people living in the UK has increased "significantly" since 2022. Iran rejects what they call, hostile allegations.

    Has the recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran changed the hierarchy in the Middle East and its attitude towards the West?

    On today’s episode, Niall Paterson speaks to home editor Jason Farrell, who attended the briefing for the report. He then discusses Iran’s current global ambitions with Professor Michael Clarke.

    Producer: Emily Hulme
    Editor: Mike Bovill
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    16 min
  • The fly-tippers turning trash into cash

    The fly-tippers turning trash into cash
    Jul 9 2025
    If you've paid to have rubbish taken away from your home - where do you expect it to end up?

    A Sky News investigation has tracked down some of those behind the dumping of people's waste illegally and discovered how they are making thousands of pounds from it.

    On this episode, Niall hears the back story to how we went from digging through dumped waster to confront a suspected flytipper - and how TikTok played a part.

    He's joined by correspondent Rachael Venables and our Open Source Investigations (OSINT) editor, Adam Parker.
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    13 min
  • Anorexia, bankruptcy, suicide – how the Horizon IT system ruined lives

    Anorexia, bankruptcy, suicide – how the Horizon IT system ruined lives
    Jul 8 2025
    The public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has published its first report into what went wrong and how the victims should be properly compensated.

    The inquiry's chair, Sir Wyn Williams, has found that at least 13 postmasters may have taken their own lives after being accused of wrongdoing based on evidence from the Horizon IT system which both the Post Office and its maker, Fujitsu, knew could be false.

    In today's episode Niall Paterson speaks to our business correspondent Paul Kelso about just how damning these findings are and also to former postmistress Janet Skinner who was sent to prison after wrongly being accused of stealing £59,000.

    Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK.

    Producer: Soila Apparicio
    Editor: Wendy Parker
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    15 min
  • How I reported the 7/7 bombings

    How I reported the 7/7 bombings
    Jul 7 2025
    On the morning of 7 July 2005, four suicide bombers targeted London's transport network.

    We now know that three bombs were detonated on the underground and an hour later a fourth exploded on a bus, killing 52 people and injuring hundreds of others.

    But on the day itself, there was confusion for hours about the details of the scale and nature of the attacks.

    On today's Sky News Daily, Gareth Barlow speaks to our crime correspondent Martin Brunt, who recalls his experience of reporting for Sky News on that day and considers its lasting impact.

    Producer: Soila Apparicio
    Editor: Wendy Parker
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    21 min
  • Why does China care who the next Dalai Lama is?

    Why does China care who the next Dalai Lama is?
    Jul 4 2025
    The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is turning 90 and has confirmed - after years of uncertainty - that he will have a successor after his death and will not chose to end the line.

    In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Dalai Lama is reincarnated after they die. Monks search, select, and school a successor – usually a child. The current Dalai Lama was recognised at the age of two. He and an estimated 150,000 Tibetans now live in exile in India, and other countries, after China annexed Tibet decades ago.

    And that makes who the next Dalai Lama is, a concern of China's.

    Joining Matt Barbett is Professor Robert Barnett, who founded the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University and is now at University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He has also met the Dalai Lama several times.

    Producers: Soila Apparicio and Emma Rae Woodhouse
    Editor: Wendy Parker
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    19 min
  • Kush – the deadly drug wreaking havoc in West Africa

    Kush – the deadly drug wreaking havoc in West Africa
    Jul 3 2025
    The synthetic drug kush, first seen in Sierra Leone in 2022, has now spread into much of West Africa while also evolving into an even more dangerous drug. Tests have found it contains nitazenes which are 25 times stronger than fentanyl.

    Sky News has found that ingredients used to make kush are being shipped into Sierra Leone from the UK.

    In today's Sky News Daily, Gareth Barlow is joined by our Africa correspondent, Yousra Elbagir who has spoken to addicts and those trying to tackle the problem.

    Producer: Emily Hulme
    Editor: Wendy Parker
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    13 min
  • All eyes on Gaza but what about Ukraine?

    All eyes on Gaza but what about Ukraine?
    Jul 2 2025
    While the world’s gaze turned to the Middle East, Russia has pushed on with its summer offensive against Ukraine, ramping up attacks.

    Meanwhile, the US has ordered a pause in sending weapons shipments to Ukraine due to concern about a low stockpile in America – but to what cost?

    In today's Sky News Daily, Gareth Barlow is joined by defence analyst Michael Clarke, who explains what’s going on in Ukraine and why attention has faded.

    Producers: Natalie Ktena and Emily Hulme
    Editor: Philly Beaumont
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    18 min