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Sky News Today
Sunday 13 September 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 6 annotated moments · 22 of 30 min on news stories (74%)
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The broadcast opened with a warning from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, backed by tech leaders including Elon Musk and Sam Altman, calling for a slowdown in AI development. The report noted competitive pressure from China's open-weight models as a barrier to pausing, and discussed risks like recursive self-improvement. Then, the programme covered the record £72 million donation to Reform UK from two crypto-billionaires, with Labour's Angela Rayner saying overseas donors cannot buy their way into UK democracy, while Reform's Robert Jenrick defended the donations as legal and unconditional.
The TUC's annual conference in Brighton saw the head of the TUC and Unite's general secretary Sharon Graham attack the donations, with Graham arguing they could affect Reform's crypto policy and calling for a cap on individual donations. President Trump, during a visit to Ireland for the Irish Open, repeated his support for Irish reunification, saying it would happen eventually and that many people agreed. Finally, it was reported that a US diplomat was flown out of the UK amid allegations of possessing indecent images of children; the US Embassy said it informed UK law enforcement and took swift action, while the Metropolitan Police confirmed they were aware of the investigation.
Other stories included an Indonesian passenger ferry overturning with at least six dead and around 130 missing, a fifth fire at a historic textile mill in West Yorkshire, an airport in Nashville being renamed after Dolly Parton, and a robotic parking system launched at Gatwick Airport.
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- 3:30
Contested quote AI executives warn UN Security Council over control risks
And how do you pause without the Chinese models catching up? This is the core of the challenge when it comes to trying to pace the frontier. And I think it's why that Amodei, who truly believes that AI could be an existential risk, is not calling for a pause. He's calling for a... He's not even necessarily exactly calling for a slowdown.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 13 September 2026, 3:30-3:38
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Contested quote US embassy staff member flown out of UK over indecent images allegations
Russia has attacked the UK. We must have a retaliation. Minister, what is your decision? US officials are being accused today of whisking a diplomat out of the UK, ahead of allegations he was in possession of indecent images of children. Our correspondent, Graham Stoddard, has more details. Reported in The Sun that this diplomat was accused of being in possession
Sky News, Sky News Today, 13 September 2026, 20:00-20:07
- 20:32
Claim US embassy staff member flown out of UK over indecent images allegations
The individual was returned to the US in August before British police could interview him.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 13 September 2026, 20:32-20:39
- 20:55
Claim US embassy staff member flown out of UK over indecent images allegations
The Metropolitan Police were made aware of the investigation on 25 August.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 13 September 2026, 20:55-21:06
- 21:52
Claim US embassy staff member flown out of UK over indecent images allegations
The individual was returned to the US in August before British police could interview him.
Sky News, Sky News Today, 13 September 2026, 21:52-21:58
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Charged quote US embassy staff member flown out of UK over indecent images allegations
And most countries abide by international law and allow their diplomats to be subject to local investigative processes. The one country that tends not to do that when one of their assets gets into trouble abroad is the United States. Just a clarification regarding that case, actually that was the Harry Dunn case which occurred
Sky News, Sky News Today, 13 September 2026, 23:08-23:14
- 25:15 Story begins Gatwick Airport launches robotic parking service
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