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Sky News Today with Sam Washington
Saturday 12 September 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 13 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (86%)
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Reform UK received a record £36 million donation from crypto billionaire Ben Delo, the largest single donation to a British political party. Deputy leader Richard Tice said the money would help the party compete on a level playing field, while addressing Delo's past conviction and pardon. He also mentioned plans to spend the funds on campaign managers and constituency preparations ahead of the next election.
President Trump arrived in Dublin for a two-day visit, meeting the Irish premier after a ceremonial meeting with the president. His son Eric told Sky News that Trump's war in Iran was not to blame for rising oil prices, citing European drilling bans. Separately, Saudi Arabia closed a key oil pipeline after a drone strike, and Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the Bab el-Mandeb strait, threatening global shipping routes.
Leaders gathered in New Delhi for the BRICS summit, with Putin, Pezeshkian, and Xi among attendees; issues included the Iran war, US-China tensions, and a potential digital payment system. Sky News also investigated unregulated peptides sold online, finding that products advertised for research purposes were often injected and tested only 10% pure at a university lab.
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Contested quote Reform UK receives record 72 million from two billionaires
it's important to remember both Labour and the Tories in a general election year, they'll spend between 30 and 40 million pounds and Ben Delo quite rightly says it's important that reform can fight on a level playing field, put our policies and our propositions and ideas forward and so this will help ensure that we have the ability to attract the very best people,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 2:18-2:30
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Contested quote Reform UK receives record 72 million from two billionaires
10 million pounds. It is and I mean you either end up asking individuals to contribute or you end up with taxpayers funding political parties and I don't think there's any appetite for the latter so um you know these are we're playing by the rules and Mr Delo feels that it's really important to give that sense of confidence and then other donors will will come alongside that.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 3:27-3:33
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Charged quote Reform UK receives record 72 million from two billionaires
important to give that sense of confidence and then other donors will will come alongside that. We need to build a big war chest in order to to take on the main parties and to ensure that we we give ourselves the very best shot of winning the election and frankly saving a broken Britain. And Richard Tice this individual though did plead guilty in the United States to a bank
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 3:45-3:50
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Charged quote Reform UK receives record 72 million from two billionaires
going to be dispersed is it going to come monthly that's some of the reporting one million pounds every single month and how do you intend on spending the cash? So it's it's up front so that the labour party can't legislate against it in their usual jealous vindictive way and it'll be spent across a range of things including vitally campaign managers really good
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 5:59-6:05
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Claim Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
Saudi energy operations were halted following Houthi drone and missile attacks.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 14:54-15:00
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Claim Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
Saudi energy operations were halted following Houthi drone and missile attacks.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 14:54-15:06
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Claim Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
Saudi energy operations were halted following Houthi drone and missile attacks.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 14:54-15:00
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Claim Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
Yemeni government forces withdrew from an island at the Bab al-Mandeb strait and Houthi fighters moved onto it.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 15:28-15:35
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Contested quote Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
Adam Parsons the Iranian-backed Houthis have captured a key strategic island in the red sea after a lightning advance in Yemen and maybe on the verge of shutting down another of the world's key shipping routes so could this be a point where the war in Yemen starts having a real global impact the Houthis were once just known as rebels but now they are the effective government for
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 15:35-15:49
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Contested quote Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
key shipping routes so could this be a point where the war in Yemen starts having a real global impact the Houthis were once just known as rebels but now they are the effective government for much of Yemen and their control is expanding in recent months tensions between Saudi-backed forces and the Houthis have flared up due to the wider conflict between Iran and the United States
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 15:49-16:05
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Contested quote Houthi rebels capture new strategic islands in Red Sea
impact the Houthis were once just known as rebels but now they are the effective government for much of Yemen and their control is expanding in recent months tensions between Saudi-backed forces and the Houthis have flared up due to the wider conflict between Iran and the United States and at the forefront of both conflicts have been vital waterways that not only impact the
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 15:57-16:12
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Charged quote BRICS summit adopts joint statement on Middle East war
themselves to have a lot louder voice and for reforms in international multilateral organizations and institutions and now it is sort of being pulled into different directions you have China Russia and Iran making this kind of counterweight against American hegemony and also against the American dollar while India and other nations South Africa Brazil
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 18:04-18:11
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Charged quote BRICS summit adopts joint statement on Middle East war
for a digital payment of of trade and commerce between them some sort of national currencies being used out of the purview of the US dollar which will definitely you know have have a problem with the American president who has said they will slap a hundred percent tariffs on countries who dare to move away from the US dollar they will be watching this very close
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 12 September 2026, 20:16-20:21
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