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Sky News - Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Thursday 2 July 2026 · 09:00 UTC · 30m · 4 stories · 10 annotated moments
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Contested quote PM to issue formal apology for historical forced adoptions
were often shamed and coerced into having their children put up for adoption and called for an apology. But the then-conservative government said it didn't think a formal apology was appropriate, saying it believed the state didn't actively support these practices. Last month, the Church of England apologised for its involvements
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 5:13-5:21
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Charged quote PM to issue formal apology for historical forced adoptions
from morning to evening every day. And when she went into childbirth, she was told she wouldn't be given any pain relief because you will remember the pain because you've been a bad girl. So describing some of the stigma there that was attached to some of these unmarried women. Also from an adult adoptee
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 6:34-6:37
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Charged quote PM to issue formal apology for historical forced adoptions
that was attached to some of these unmarried women. Also from an adult adoptee who described a feeling of alienation growing up. They said forced adoption stripped me of my identity. I had my name changed. I had no family or medical information. And I grew up with people who did not mirror me physically or otherwise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 6:50-6:53
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Charged quote Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 27 in Ukraine
The city's mayor says the strike targeted residential buildings where families were living. It says some were set on fire with people trapped inside. What emotions I can have, it is horrible. I simply want to die and not see anyone. Windows of that room, this room, are broken. Curtains are ripped off in the kitchen too.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 8:37-8:42
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Charged quote Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 27 in Ukraine
The city's mayor says the strike targeted residential buildings where families were living. It says some were set on fire with people trapped inside. What emotions I can have, it is horrible. I simply want to die and not see anyone. Windows of that room, this room, are broken. Curtains are ripped off in the kitchen too. Everything, do you understand?
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 8:42-8:45
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Charged quote Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 27 in Ukraine
It says some were set on fire with people trapped inside. What emotions I can have, it is horrible. I simply want to die and not see anyone. Windows of that room, this room, are broken. Curtains are ripped off in the kitchen too. Everything, do you understand? Let's take a few moments to show you these live images of the scene in Kyiv.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 8:45-8:53
- 8:45
Charged quote Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 27 in Ukraine
It says some were set on fire with people trapped inside. What emotions I can have, it is horrible. I simply want to die and not see anyone. Windows of that room, this room, are broken. Curtains are ripped off in the kitchen too. Everything, do you understand? Let's take a few moments to show you these live images of the scene in Kyiv.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 8:45-8:53
- 9:02
Charged quote Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 27 in Ukraine
Let's take a few moments to show you these live images of the scene in Kyiv. It's just gone midday there, local time, and you can see the rampant destruction on this building, the masonry, the exterior walls, interior walls completely torn down. You can see their fabric draped across the front, the trees just swaying in the breeze in the background.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 9:02-9:06
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Charged quote Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 27 in Ukraine
You can see their fabric draped across the front, the trees just swaying in the breeze in the background. A blue sunny day on a Thursday lunchtime in Kyiv, but very few bright moments considering the huge amount of devastation that has been wrought as a result of these strikes on Ukraine by Russia, and multiple missiles used in those attacks.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 9:21-9:26
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Charged quote PM to issue formal apology for historical forced adoptions
they were treated so badly during labour. This was a common practice. Everybody had a hand in it, knew exactly what they were doing and it was designed to break us down, to make us less than human, to make us be accountable for our sins, because there was a healthy trade in newborn babies ready for adoption.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 2 July 2026, 17:18-17:22
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