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Sky News — Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Tuesday 14 July 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (86%)
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The US launched strikes on Iran for a third consecutive night, with Iran responding by hitting two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and targeting US facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan. Two UAE supertankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles, killing one crew member and injuring eight. President Trump pledged to reinstate a blockade of Iranian ports and proposed charging a 20% fee to guard the Strait. Oil prices rose to $85 a barrel, their highest in four weeks, and UK 10-year borrowing costs climbed back above 5%.
Counter-terror police are leading the investigation into the murder of former minister Ann Widdecombe, with a 28-year-old man re-arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. The Home Secretary said she will review security for former MPs and members of parties without MPs, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby said safety concerns made her think twice about becoming an MP. In Paris, world leaders including Sir Keir Starmer attended the Bastille Day parade, which featured troops from the Coalition of the Willing in a show of support for Ukraine. The so-called Hillsborough Law, which would make it an offence for public officials to block or mislead inquiries, is expected to be approved soon. An inquiry into alleged war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan heard allegations that prisoners were dropped from forklifts, with witnesses describing a culture of being shut down when raising concerns.
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Contested quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
Her inquest opens into the death of the train driver who was killed in a collision in Bedfordshire last month. Very good morning. The US has launched strikes on Iran for a third consecutive night. Iran responded, hitting two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and targeting a number of US facilities in the wider region. It comes after President Trump pledged to reinstate a blockade of Iranian shipping
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 1:12-1:18
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Contested quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
US Central Command confirming that it began shortly after midnight local time here and lasted around five hours. They say that their attacks were limited to military capabilities that were presenting a threat to civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. And once again, Iran has responded.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 2:00-2:07
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Charged quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
The UAE MOD has confirmed that one crew member, an Indian national, was killed and another eight were injured in those attacks. And the MOD has come out here and said in a statement, in a very strongly worded statement, that they reserve the right to respond. Now, the Revolutionary Guard say that they carried out those attacks
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 2:50-2:55
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Charged quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
which is a heavily fortified nuclear site buried underground in central Iran that has so far not been targeted since this war kicked off on the 28th of February. So that threat alone presents significant escalation. But on top of that, Donald Trump has said he's going to reimpose the US military blockade on Iranian ports.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 4:14-4:18
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Charged quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
And he's essentially said the US is now going to take control of the Strait of Hormuz and is going to charge 20% tolls, these fees, for vessels, for commercial shipping to pass the Strait of Hormuz because they are essentially going to become the guardian angel, as Donald Trump put it, of the Strait. He said, I want to be reimbursed because we are protecting
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 4:41-4:44
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Charged quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
But he's talking about a portion of the world, Gulf states, who didn't want this war and who haven't necessarily played an active role in it, yet they've had their economies significantly damaged, their security completely shaken. So on the one hand, it's very unclear how this is going to be enforced
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 5:03-5:07
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Charged quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
who didn't want this war and who haven't necessarily played an active role in it, yet they've had their economies significantly damaged, their security completely shaken. So on the one hand, it's very unclear how this is going to be enforced by Donald Trump and the Americans, these tolls that he's suggesting,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 5:07-5:09
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Charged quote US and Iran trade strikes for third day as Khamenei buried
that this ceasefire was over, and that does seem to be very much the case. No one is saying at the moment that this is a return to full military operations, but certainly it looks like it's all heading in a very escalatory direction. Sally Lockwood joining us live in Dubai. Good to see you. Appreciate the update. Thank you so much.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 5:36-5:42
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Charged quote Inquest into Ann Widdecombe death opens; Kerry in court
One of the big drivers, one of the things which is legitimising and amplifying violence is the sort of Wild West culture that we have online. I get death threats on a regular basis online. Members of the Parliament get them all of the time. And until we do something about that information environment,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 12:55-12:58
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Charged quote Inquest into Ann Widdecombe death opens; Kerry in court
I get death threats on a regular basis online. Members of the Parliament get them all of the time. And until we do something about that information environment, which is legitimising violence as a political tool, I think we'll keep coming back to this situation. My frustration, I think, is not with the public.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 13:06-13:10
- 17:16 Story begins Keir Starmer announces resignation as Prime Minister
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Charged quote MPs approve Hillsborough law imposing duty of candour on public officials
at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Writing in today's Mirror newspaper, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said the following, with this Hillsborough Law, we can make sure that such a shameful episode and the many others like it can never happen again. That is the thing that really flaws you about the Hillsborough families.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 21:02-21:04
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Charged quote MPs approve Hillsborough law imposing duty of candour on public officials
and has been campaigning for the law, spoke to Wilfred Frost this morning. I don't really remember much about what happened in and around the day, but, you know, it's because of the relentless campaigning of bereaved family members and survivors that I was able to discover that, unfortunately, my dad had been put into a body bag
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 21:31-21:34
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Charged quote MPs approve Hillsborough law imposing duty of candour on public officials
but, you know, it's because of the relentless campaigning of bereaved family members and survivors that I was able to discover that, unfortunately, my dad had been put into a body bag whilst unconscious, and ultimately, it was that negligence that caused his death. And then, following the fresh inquests in 2014-2016,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 21:41-21:45
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Charged quote MPs approve Hillsborough law imposing duty of candour on public officials
that I was able to discover that, unfortunately, my dad had been put into a body bag whilst unconscious, and ultimately, it was that negligence that caused his death. And then, following the fresh inquests in 2014-2016, the two police officers that held that information about his state, that they had suspicions
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 21:45-21:48
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Charged quote MPs approve Hillsborough law imposing duty of candour on public officials
And then, following the fresh inquests in 2014-2016, the two police officers that held that information about his state, that they had suspicions that something was off and that, you know, that there was potential that my dad was still alive but they didn't tell anyone, and then they were allowed to opt out of giving evidence at his inquest.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 14 July 2026, 22:02-22:05
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