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Sky News — Sky News Today With Matt Barbet
Sunday 26 July 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (80%)
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Large forest fires are burning out of control across Europe, with some of the worst affected areas in southwestern France and central Spain. In Spain, around 60,000 people have been evacuated from the province of Avila and from Madrid, where two fires have now merged. In France, flames have swept through tourist towns on the Atlantic coast and are heading towards the southwestern city of Bordeaux, where residents of three more suburbs have been told to evacuate.
Three months after the White House Correspondents' Dinner was canceled after the venue was stormed by a gunman, Donald Trump held a rescheduled event. The US President used his speech to take jabs at the press and joked about running for a third term, including wearing a cap that said Trump 2028. In an interview, Republican commentator Greg Swenson said the dinner going ahead was the most important fact, that the third-term joke was clearly a joke and not to be taken seriously, and that the president was having fun with the press.
The Premier League is racing to agree a landmark financial deal with the English Football League that could provide around one and a half billion pounds of additional funding to the EFL over a ten-year period. A vote of Premier League clubs is planned for next Thursday, and if approved, the deal would also include a new £20 million lifeboat fund for clubs in financial distress and a gradual reduction in parachute payments. Separately, following the recent deaths of a woman and her 15-year-old daughter on the Essex coast, a water safety expert from the Royal Life Saving Society UK advised people to follow the Water Safety Code, including stopping to think, staying together, floating if in trouble, and calling 999 rather than entering the water to help others.
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Charged quote Wildfires in France and Spain displace over 200,000, states of emergency declared
It will be a tough competition. Voices of the Valleys on Sky Arts. You're watching Sky News. Let's remind you of our top story. Large forest fires are burning out of control across Europe, with some of the worst affected areas in southwestern France and central Spain. In Spain, around 60,000 people have been evacuated
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 3:24-3:29
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Claim Wildfires in France and Spain displace over 200,000, states of emergency declared
Two major wildfires near Madrid and Avila merged into one.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 3:34-3:44
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Claim Wildfires in France and Spain displace over 200,000, states of emergency declared
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from wildfires in France and Spain.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 3:51-4:03
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Claim Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
A dinner was rescheduled after an assassination attempt on President Trump, moved to a former Trump property, with about 700 guests.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 4:03-4:11
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Claim Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Trump joked about running for a third term and wore a cap reading 'Trump 2028'.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 5:09-5:18
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Charged quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
And then at the end, he had the cap with Trump 2028. Of course. And then sort of said it again like it was a scoop. But your reaction to that specifically? Well, it's classic taunting from the President, but obviously, it was the Correspondents' Dinner, and therefore, it was quite obviously a joke. And so, you know, I think it went over
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 5:23-5:26
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Charged quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
with the hats being prepared before. And so, you know, that's just, you know, him trying to poke fun of the fact that the press often, you know, claims that he's some sort of threat to democracy, and he's just having fun with it. That's the nature of the dinner. Other presidents have had fun with it.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 6:53-6:56
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Contested quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
And so, you know, that's just, you know, him trying to poke fun of the fact that the press often, you know, claims that he's some sort of threat to democracy, and he's just having fun with it. That's the nature of the dinner. Other presidents have had fun with it. It's really his first time. And so for him, I thought it was, again,
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 6:56-6:57
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Contested quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
And so for him, I thought it was, again, just the fact that the show did go on was the most important thing. As far as the speech, it was probably less hostile than it would have been back in April. And I think he, you know, he dialed it down, or his speechwriters dialed it down a bit. But I think, you know, generally speaking, it went over well.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 7:09-7:15
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Claim Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
A Republican commentator said the speech was less hostile than it would have been in April.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 7:09-7:17
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Contested quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
was the most important thing. As far as the speech, it was probably less hostile than it would have been back in April. And I think he, you know, he dialed it down, or his speechwriters dialed it down a bit. But I think, you know, generally speaking, it went over well. And in fact, it was a rather long speech.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 7:16-7:17
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Charged quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
following the president and, you know, doing some great journalism. I think the president, you know, had some fun with it because, but he's been doing this since 2015. He's the first president to really punch back when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. So, you know, that's not new. That's the way he's been, you know,
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 9:16-9:20
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Charged quote Trump attends rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner
So, you know, that's not new. That's the way he's been, you know, since the first campaign. And so if you punch the president, he'll punch you back. I think he's been very unfiltered at calling out some of the dishonesty or some of the unfair criticism from the press. That's okay. I mean, I think most people do that typically.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 9:31-9:38
- 13:41 Story begins Premier League clubs to vote on EFL funding deal
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Claim Andy Burnham's first week focuses on cost of living and social care plans
During his first week, his government made policy announcements aimed at tackling the cost of living.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 24:58-25:02
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Claim Andy Burnham's first week focuses on cost of living and social care plans
Questions remain over how policies on bus fares and energy will be funded.
Sky News, Sky News Today With Matt Barbet, 26 July 2026, 25:08-25:16
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