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Friday 7 August 2026 · 16:30 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 11 of 30 min on news stories (36%)
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The broadcast opened with Amanda Knox discussing her Edinburgh Fringe show titled "Cartwheel," which she says reclaims a word associated with her wrongful conviction and public scrutiny. Meredith Kercher's sister backed a petition arguing the show is distasteful and trivialises violence against women, while Knox insisted it is about surviving injustice and rebuilding her life. Despite calls to cancel, performances have sold out.
The programme then covered FIFA president Gianni Infantino's position after his failed World Cup stake sale plans. Mexico and Argentina's football associations supported him, while European associations pressed to oust him. A journalist explained that Infantino needs 106 votes from 211 members, and he counts on support from Africa and South America, while UEFA is against him, with no rival candidate yet publicly.
A school shooting in Thailand killed at least seven people, including the suspected gunman, a 14-year-old student who had killed his grandparents earlier that day and then opened fire at his school near Bangkok, injuring more than 20. The prime minister attributed the motive to stress and grandmother's expectations. Later, the broadcast marked the start of the Edinburgh Fringe with an interview with comedian Danny Matinee about his show "199 Jokes Before Lunchtime."
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
We only get to choose how you leave the fight game. Mexico and Argentina's football associations are the latest to have thrown their support behind embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino, despite his botched World Cup stake sale plans. Europe, on the other hand, have pressed ahead with their attempt to oust him.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 7:18-7:25
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
We only get to choose how you leave the fight game. Mexico and Argentina's football associations are the latest to have thrown their support behind embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino, despite his botched World Cup stake sale plans. Europe, on the other hand, have pressed ahead with their attempt to oust him.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 7:18-7:25
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
Mexico and Argentina's football associations are the latest to have thrown their support behind embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino, despite his botched World Cup stake sale plans. Europe, on the other hand, have pressed ahead with their attempt to oust him. With me now is sports journalist Ben Jacobs.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 7:25-7:29
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
that's the majority from the 211 members. Gianni Infantino is fighting on for two reasons. First, because he held crisis talks in Rabat, and some of the senior leadership team backed him. And second of all, because from over 200-plus endorsements before the World Cup, Infantino believes he's still got enough to get a majority.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 7:50-7:56
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Claim European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
UEFA lost confidence in FIFA leadership under Gianni Infantino.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 8:40-8:49
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
And a candidate against Infantino will also have to show that they can fund FIFA, and they can provide a strategy that matches some of the astronomical, you would say, figures that Infantino promised everybody via these failed privatisation plans. So money is a vote winner, and that's another reason why Gianni Infantino will
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 10:12-10:16
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
against him, and if the statements, however strong, are not followed through with action, and if FIFA doesn't actually get a gridlock because UEFA refuse to cooperate or even threaten to break away, then Gianni Infantino likely will continue just to call the bluff of what is a lot of noise, but it now needs to be followed up with action.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 12:20-12:25
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Charged quote European federations seek to oust FIFA president Infantino
and if FIFA doesn't actually get a gridlock because UEFA refuse to cooperate or even threaten to break away, then Gianni Infantino likely will continue just to call the bluff of what is a lot of noise, but it now needs to be followed up with action. Otherwise, Infantino will hope to get to November the 18th, which is the deadline
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 12:25-12:29
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Contested quote Teenage student opens fire at school near Bangkok, killing seven
gunman. Police responded to the shooting at a high school just outside Bangkok, in which more than 20 people have been injured. The Prime Minister of Thailand, Anu Tin Charan Virakul, said the killer's motive was connected to stress from school and his grandmother's high expectations. Correspondent Phoebe Southworth has this report, and a warning that some
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 13:11-13:27
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Charged quote Teenage student opens fire at school near Bangkok, killing seven
high expectations. Correspondent Phoebe Southworth has this report, and a warning that some of the images we're about to show you may find distressing. Horror in the classroom. A gunman opens fire on school children. They hide under desks. Teachers lock the doors. Video circulating on Thai social media appears to show a student
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 13:35-13:45
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Charged quote Teenage student opens fire at school near Bangkok, killing seven
thought to have got the gun from a relative. Then, he went to his school and fired 26 rounds of ammunition on pupils before turning the gun on himself. Chaos as children run to safety. Armed police swoop in. The authorities say teachers are among those killed. Many others are wounded. Thailand's Prime Minister says he is in shock. Relevant authorities
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 14:14-14:30
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Charged quote Teenage student opens fire at school near Bangkok, killing seven
others are wounded. Thailand's Prime Minister says he is in shock. Relevant authorities have been dispatched there. It's so bad. This shouldn't have happened. I'm obviously very saddened about what happened, not just about people who died. I'm saddened that how come this incident could happen in our country? Journalist Valeria Monghele was
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 14:39-14:53
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Charged quote Teenage student opens fire at school near Bangkok, killing seven
raises questions about gun ownership in Thailand, which is one of the highest in Southeast Asia. Pupils at this school northwest of Bangkok had barely begun lessons when terror took hold at 10am. A community ripped apart by cruelty, clinging to each other for comfort. Phoebe Southworth, Sky News. This is Sky News Today. Coming up, look at the latest
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 15:25-15:35
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Charged quote Palestinian circus troupe performs at Edinburgh Fringe
Good, I like, I, yeah. I mean, when you're doing that many jokes. Yeah. Does some people not get all of the jokes? I kind of get a little bit of joke anxiety. I have to say, I do worry that I might not get them. Yeah, no, that does happen. Sometimes, sometimes maybe just one person laughs at a joke.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 21:07-21:09
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Charged quote Palestinian circus troupe performs at Edinburgh Fringe
Yes, I mean, but equally, if you know, if you know, then maybe you can do, you know, a bit of a bit of crowd work and, you know, talk to them a bit. I live in fear of crowd work. Is there a way if you want to get out of being the target of comedians or do they sniff out the fear? Do they sniff out the weak ones?
Sky News, Sky News Today, 7 August 2026, 21:39-21:41
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