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Sky News Today
Saturday 12 September 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 5 annotated moments · 20 of 30 min on news stories (67%)
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Reform UK received two record political donations of £36 million each from crypto-billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, giving the party a £72 million war chest, with leader Nigel Farage saying it could now fight the next general election on a level playing field. The report also noted a standards investigation into a previous £5 million gift from Harborne to Farage. During a visit to Dublin, President Trump said he would love to see a unified Ireland and that it would happen eventually, while also commenting on the Falklands; Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticised his remarks as deeply unhelpful.
Anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters gathered in Portsmouth, where police had banned face coverings during demonstrations; the protest was peaceful, and similar measures were applied elsewhere. The broadcast also covered the BRICS summit in New Delhi, with leaders including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Masoud Pezeshkian; the grouping issued a joint declaration on West Asia and Gaza but avoided mentioning the US-Iran war.
A special report from Kabul detailed the crisis in Afghanistan's largest pediatric hospital, with high numbers of baby deaths and shortages of medicines, and highlighted the restrictions on women and girls under Taliban rule, including the ban on girls over 12 attending school and limits on women's employment and public access.
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Charged quote BRICS summit adopts joint statement on Middle East war
also have not mentioned Iran's attacks on their neighbours and the countries in that region. They have talked about Gaza, saying that Gaza needs to be humanitarian, unhinged humanitarian aid going into Gaza, also a two-state solution for Palestine. Now, this is also a contradiction in this group because you have Iran on one side
Sky News, Sky News Today, 12 September 2026, 21:20-21:25
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Charged quote BRICS summit adopts joint statement on Middle East war
but nevertheless, they have managed to come out with a joint declaration in which Prime Minister Modi has said that we need to move away from a pyramid of privilege to a partnership of people where a few countries make decisions for the rest of the world, and they do want reforms in multilateral organisations
Sky News, Sky News Today, 12 September 2026, 22:02-22:08
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Claim Sky News report shows Afghan women and girls hit hard under Taliban rule
Girls over the age of 12 have been barred from school for nearly five years.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 12 September 2026, 27:37-27:42
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Claim Sky News report shows Afghan women and girls hit hard under Taliban rule
Women are prohibited from most jobs and public spaces.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 12 September 2026, 27:42-27:45
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Claim Sky News report shows Afghan women and girls hit hard under Taliban rule
High numbers of babies are dying in hospitals, sometimes half a dozen per day.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 12 September 2026, 28:31-28:37
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