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Sky News — Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Monday 3 August 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (85%)
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Sky News understands the English FA is preparing to withdraw its support for FIFA president Gianni Infantino's re-election, following Wales becoming the first nation to drop its backing. The move comes after criticism over Infantino's attempts to sell off stakes in the World Cup. Separately, US President Donald Trump says negotiations with Iran will begin this afternoon after he called off planned strikes, but Iranian officials have denied that any talks are planned, stating their position remains unchanged while US aggression continues.
Reform UK has pledged to use the Royal Navy to stop small boat crossings in the Channel, proposing to return boats to France or Belgium, though the government and opposition have criticised the plan as unworkable. Meanwhile, heat health alerts have been issued for most of England as temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-30s, and the National Farmers Union has warned of possible food shortages due to drought conditions, with farmers already dipping into winter feed stores and reporting low yields.
A 35-year-old man has been arrested after a nine-year-old girl was found with serious injuries at an industrial estate in Arbroath and later died. Ukrainian drone strikes have killed eight people in Russia, including a child in a playground. The Foreign Office is aware of reports that a British pilot survived a helicopter crash in Greece while fighting wildfires. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli restrictions have been tightened after a surge of violence sparked by Israeli settlers; an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman was delayed at a checkpoint, leading to the death of the baby, though the Israeli military denied the incident occurred.
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
The English FA prepared to withdraw its backing for FIFA President Infantino's re-election, following Wales which was the first to drop support, amid reports that Infantino had 200 letters of support before the controversy but now faces opposition from UEFA and CONCACAF countries.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 1:24-1:34
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
The English FA prepared to withdraw its backing for FIFA President Infantino's re-election, following Wales which was the first to drop support, amid reports that Infantino had 200 letters of support before the controversy but now faces opposition from UEFA and CONCACAF countries.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 1:34-1:40
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Contested quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
really at the beginning of last week, there were 200 votes, 200 letters of support for Gianni Infantino. From the FIFA nations saying that they will support him in the next election, which is in March. So he was home and dry. He was going to be voted in unopposed. Now this has happened. The proposal behind people's backs
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 2:26-2:29
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
FIFA proposed selling a minority stake in World Cup commercial rights via a new private company called FIFA Forward Enterprise.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 2:34-2:40
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
He was going to be voted in unopposed. Now this has happened. The proposal behind people's backs to try and sell off 20% of FIFA competitions, which has caused such a furore and civil war, really, in world football. He's now looking in a very, very different and dangerous position indeed. The question is, even if the letters go in,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 2:40-2:47
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
to try and sell off 20% of FIFA competitions, which has caused such a furore and civil war, really, in world football. He's now looking in a very, very different and dangerous position indeed. The question is, even if the letters go in, even if of the 211 member nations of FIFA, if they get 20% of that 211 to oppose him
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 2:49-2:52
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Contested quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
as being the best in the business. Yeah, sometimes it looks a bit murky, doesn't it, and shady with things happening that shouldn't happen. For Gianni Infantino, he started off wanting to be very transparent. When he was elected in 2016, he said, it's not my money, it's not the FIFA president's money that we have,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 6:07-6:11
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
that you want to help. And you are literally a custodian of football if you are the president of FIFA. You don't need to be doing shady deals on the side. Quite a few things that happened at the World Cup that were questionable and there are many who think that Gianni Infantino should be answering questions about those things as well.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 7:18-7:21
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Contested quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
And so many good people at work at FIFA as well who have been tarnished by all of this that's gone on. And yes, you're right, at the top of FIFA, maybe the amount of money, the power, corrupts in the end. Even the straightest of guys seem to be swayed by the power that they hold in the end. It's a tricky time in football and it's going to continue.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 8:43-8:48
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Contested quote Iran warns Strait of Hormuz reopening conditional on US demands
They thought that the deal is imminent. This morning, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the following, we are not currently holding talks with the American side. From our perspective, the mediator is Pakistan and there is cooperation from Qatar. Well, our military analyst Sean Bell joins us
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 10:22-10:25
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Charged quote Iran warns Strait of Hormuz reopening conditional on US demands
increasing the pressure on Trump to stop all of this? Yeah, good morning, Gareth. I mean, it is interesting. President Trump has constantly claimed Armageddon and then stepped back from it. Most recently, obviously, this major threat of conflict, then he said he's backed off because the Iranians want to talk
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 10:53-10:57
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Charged quote Iran warns Strait of Hormuz reopening conditional on US demands
and the Iranians turn around and say, no, we don't. Most notably, I think it was on the 7th of April when he said, you know, whole civilization will die tonight if the Iranians don't come and talk. And of course, nothing was seen from it. I think the challenge is that it's gone from just being a war against Iran
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 11:09-11:12
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Charged quote Iran warns Strait of Hormuz reopening conditional on US demands
potentially with control of the Strait of Hormuz. What a massive prize for them. All of that thanks to what I would consider a rather ill-conceived American strategy in the region. And a regional power at their own power point rather than via proxies, which they'd been using previously to try and exert it.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 14:25-14:28
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Contested quote Four migrants die in English Channel crossing incidents
because our plans are working. And in some respects, the stats do back that up. That's right, Gareth. The Tories are saying this is a reheated policy that reform haven't thought through properly, but they're promising, reform are promising, the largest military operation in the English Channel since the Second World War.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 15:52-15:57
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Claim PM chairs emergency Cobra meeting over extreme heat and wildfires
Thames Water customers will face hosepipe restrictions from Thursday.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 3 August 2026, 21:28-21:31
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