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Sky News — Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Wednesday 15 July 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 15 annotated moments · 27 of 30 min on news stories (89%)
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Keir Starmer chaired his final cabinet meeting as Labour leader before facing his last Prime Minister's Questions, with attention turning to Andy Burnham's upcoming move into Downing Street next week. Ministers were questioned about whether they would retain their jobs, and the meeting was described as a farewell rather than a substantive policy session. Separately, government plans for an overnight social media curfew for 16 and 17 year olds, using default settings to block access between midnight and 6am, have been criticised because teenagers can easily turn off the defaults; the Conservatives called the policy a 'dog's dinner', while the Minister for online safety argued it was about trusting young people and cited evidence that most maintain such defaults.
England prepared to face Argentina in a World Cup semi-final, with Spain already securing a place in the final after defeating France. Donald Trump warned the US would expand strikes on Iran following a fourth night of attacks, with the US focusing on military targets around the Strait of Hormuz and Iran retaliating against US facilities in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan; a previous memorandum of understanding to reopen the strait has collapsed, and Trump has threatened to target civilian infrastructure. Thames Water's chief executive said uncertainty over Andy Burnham's plans for the water industry increased the risk that a bailout deal could collapse, as the company faces nearly £19 billion in debt and a funding gap. The family of British couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman, detained in Iran since 2025, reported that Craig has been given an additional two-year prison sentence without fair legal process; his son described the situation as alarming and called for urgent welfare and medical access.
- 0:12 Story begins Keir Starmer announces resignation as Prime Minister
- 5:47
- 6:04
Claim Government proposes voluntary overnight social media curfew for teenagers
A voluntary policy for 16 and 17 year olds introduces default settings that block access between midnight and 6am and disable autoplay and infinite scroll.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 6:04-6:10
- 7:51
Charged quote Government proposes voluntary overnight social media curfew for teenagers
For example, some platforms introduced these defaults of this sort 90% plus teenagers said to us that they've maintained those defaults as well And so the evidence base is clear The motivation is very clear and I wouldn't do the disservice to teenagers of saying they're all gonna switch it off Now the Children's Commissioner has welcomed the proposals and so has the NSPCC
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 7:51-7:56
- 8:37 Story begins England lose World Cup semi-final to Argentina
- 12:41
- 17:18
- 24:08
- 24:44
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
His son Joe Bennett good to see you. Appreciate you joining us here on Sky News Talk to us about what you've heard regarding the situation for Craig. Yeah, I mean that situation is getting Alarming to say the least. There's a lot of stuff going on at the moment, but one report that we've got It's quite a big piece and it's a serious escalation. We've received ports that Craig
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 24:44-24:48
- 24:48
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
Talk to us about what you've heard regarding the situation for Craig. Yeah, I mean that situation is getting Alarming to say the least. There's a lot of stuff going on at the moment, but one report that we've got It's quite a big piece and it's a serious escalation. We've received ports that Craig Has been given an additional two years in prison
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 24:48-24:53
- 24:48
Claim British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
Craig Foreman received an additional two-year prison sentence for speaking to the media.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 24:48-25:02
- 24:56
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
It's quite a big piece and it's a serious escalation. We've received ports that Craig Has been given an additional two years in prison No fair legal process. He was denied access to his lawyer denied a translator And I believe denied the opportunity to even defend himself and that is So concerning for us and the people involved in the campaign
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 24:56-25:02
- 24:56
Claim British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
Craig Foreman received an additional two-year prison sentence for speaking to the media.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 24:56-25:07
- 25:03
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
Has been given an additional two years in prison No fair legal process. He was denied access to his lawyer denied a translator And I believe denied the opportunity to even defend himself and that is So concerning for us and the people involved in the campaign Because there's just no justice in it at all
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 25:03-25:07
- 25:13
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
And I believe denied the opportunity to even defend himself and that is So concerning for us and the people involved in the campaign Because there's just no justice in it at all How did you find out about this? So we've got trusty sources From inside Iran now that might be friends or family of people that are also detained
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 25:13-25:16
- 25:47
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
Everything's pointing to this being done about a week ago And there was a chilling element to this that That there was a sense almost that Craig was duped into going to this appointment that he was kind of sold a lie As to what was going to happen to him. Well, what have you heard regarding that? Yeah, and I think that's a trend
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 25:47-25:53
- 26:01
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
As to what was going to happen to him. Well, what have you heard regarding that? Yeah, and I think that's a trend Not just for Craig but for other inmates as well But that they lie to people about the reasons that they're being called to the office Sometimes it may be to see family and then they end up getting interrogated
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 26:01-26:05
- 26:31
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
questioned Or more more so allocated and then and then left with two years extra on his sentence and It's unbelievable really we don't understand where this come from or what due process there's been and there hasn't been any You know, we were shocked as anybody to Start to hear these reports coming from inside of him
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 26:31-26:37
- 29:04
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
I mean impacts us as a family we care deeply for them and I think they're already Enduring an experience that not many, you know have to face or would want to go through but They're health deteriorating every day at the moment matters we don't know whether they're receiving proper medical care and We're at such an alarming rate of days now that you know
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 29:04-29:07
- 29:17
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
They're health deteriorating every day at the moment matters we don't know whether they're receiving proper medical care and We're at such an alarming rate of days now that you know We can't wait another week or another month for them to be seen this has to happen immediately We have to you know, that is priority number one for us at the moment is immediate
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 29:17-29:22
- 29:46
Charged quote British man Craig Foreman's Iran prison sentence extended
How they're doing and how they're coping, you know on the face of it they can tell people they're okay But that I don't think that's the true feeling of them both It's a it's alarming, you know, we are all worried sick Because of how long it's been, you know, I didn't know the body could endure like it has it still fights they still fight we still fight but
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 15 July 2026, 29:46-29:48
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