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The Wrap With Anna Botting
Monday 21 September 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 4 stories · 12 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (93%)
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The broadcast began with breaking news that Prime Minister Andy Burnham had confirmed the UK would provide military assistance to Saudi Arabia as it battles Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Sky News reported the role would be limited and defensive: one Voyager aircraft for a time-limited period of weeks to refuel Saudi planes flying defensive missions. Saudi Arabia had requested defensive support from France, Egypt and the UK, and the UK was said to be the first to agree. Burnham linked the decision to cost-of-living and British interests, including keeping oil pathways open, fuel prices, inflation and the budget. He was also travelling to New York for the UN General Assembly and his first meeting with President Trump; ministers said the pair would get on famously, while Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham lacked foreign policy experience.
The next major story concerned President Trump's escalating battle with the US media. CNN, MS Now and Politico said they would begin legal action over his decision on Friday to ban their reporters from the White House, and other US news organizations said they would not cover the president's White House event in solidarity. Sky News's US correspondent reported that a White House event had no pool coverage or major networks, and that a White House in-house TV crew was present. At a later event in New York with the city's mayor, Trump discussed a proposed Sunnyside Yards housing development, involving 12,000 homes and 30,000 jobs, and defended the media ban, calling the outlets fake news and saying they were bad for national security. The three banned organizations had gone to court, with a hearing due on Wednesday.
The broadcast then reported that Leanne Lucas, a dance teacher stabbed in the Southport attack, had told Sky News she believed NHS managers kept a data breach secret from her for two years because they hoped the snooping would not be discovered. She was among victims whose data was read by dozens of NHS staff without a proper reason, and Sky News had revealed that victims' details were also snooped on by court staff. NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group apologised and said that after its investigation it obtained clinical advice and decided not to inform the patients involved because of the potential psychological impact. Lucas called for real regulations, policies and potentially legislation, and for other victims to come forward.
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Claim UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia requested defensive support from several countries and the UK was reportedly first to agree, with the Prime Minister ordering the RAF to provide one Voyager aircraft for limited defensive air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets rather than offensive operations in Yemen.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 2:39-2:57
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Claim UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia requested defensive support from several countries and the UK was reportedly first to agree, with the Prime Minister ordering the RAF to provide one Voyager aircraft for limited defensive air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets rather than offensive operations in Yemen.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 2:39-2:57
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Claim UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia requested defensive support from several countries and the UK was reportedly first to agree, with the Prime Minister ordering the RAF to provide one Voyager aircraft for limited defensive air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets rather than offensive operations in Yemen.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 3:14-3:31
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Claim UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia requested defensive support from several countries and the UK was reportedly first to agree, with the Prime Minister ordering the RAF to provide one Voyager aircraft for limited defensive air-to-air refuelling of Saudi jets rather than offensive operations in Yemen.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 3:14-3:31
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Claim UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
The Prime Minister justified the UK refuelling support by citing the cost of living and the need to keep oil and shipping routes open to prevent energy price rises.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 3:31-3:37
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Claim UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
The Prime Minister justified the UK refuelling support by citing the cost of living and the need to keep oil and shipping routes open to prevent energy price rises.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 3:37-3:46
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Charged quote UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
oil facilities in Russia but it shows you how far Labour has come because Jeremy Corbyn was leader, Saudi Arabia was widely accused of war crimes against Houthis, bombing markets and so on with British warplanes and he was advocating an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia. Now you have Labour in power several leaders on and it's backing Saudi Arabia which
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 6:37-6:51
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Contested quote UK provides defensive military support to Saudi Arabia
bombing markets and so on with British warplanes and he was advocating an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia. Now you have Labour in power several leaders on and it's backing Saudi Arabia which is quite a dictatorship quite a vicious dictatorship on the cost of living grounds. Robert it's going to be an issue isn't it how Iran reacts to this and clearly it would
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 6:51-7:04
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Charged quote US news organizations sue over Trump White House reporter ban
need professionalism and the appropriate professional gear to get close enough to the president to know how close you need to get and essentially to do the job properly but it's getting it's becoming a dirty fight it's in the courts the three banned organizations have gone to court saying our rights under the freedom of the press the US constitution are being violated that
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 16:34-16:38
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Claim Southport survivor says NHS failed to disclose data breach as MoJ staff also snooped
Leanne Lucas said she believed hospital bosses did not inform her that her data had been accessed and had hoped it would not be disclosed.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 24:07-24:18
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Claim Southport survivor says NHS failed to disclose data breach as MoJ staff also snooped
NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group said it decided not to inform affected patients after taking clinical advice, citing the potential psychological impact at the time.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 26:45-27:02
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Claim Southport survivor says NHS failed to disclose data breach as MoJ staff also snooped
Thousands of ordinary people, not just high-profile victims, had their records viewed by strangers, including from morbid curiosity or for blackmail.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 21 September 2026, 27:09-27:26
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