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Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 02:00 BST · 1h · 8 stories · 15 annotated moments · 50 of 60 min on news stories (83%)
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At the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a National Centre for Information Defence and a new AI defence partnership with the United States to protect critical national infrastructure. He called for global principles and standards on AI, cited benefits such as faster cancer diagnosis, warned of disruption and risk, and said new laws would be brought forward if necessary. He met President Donald Trump in New York, where Trump said Burnham was a man he could do business with and suggested UK-US relations were better than under Keir Starmer, though Trump criticised the Chagos Islands deal. Burnham said the UK would stand firm on the Falklands and defend islanders' right to self-determination, and Trump told the UN he could annihilate Iran if there were no peace deal.
Earl Spencer apologised to Piers Morgan for an error in his book on Diana, but Morgan said he would continue legal action and called for the book to be withdrawn, disputing Spencer's account of a phone call and questioning his claims about King Charles. Sting commented on the row involving Ed Sheeran and political free speech on stage as he brought a new musical, The Last Ship, to the West End, saying there was a distinction between hate speech and legitimate political criticism. Liberal Democrat leader Davey closed his party conference promising tax cuts paid for by a better relationship with Europe, and attacked far-right politicians including Nigel Farage, arguing the far-right threat was promoted by Elon Musk. A report on AI and mathematics said AI agents had cracked a decades-old problem in 88 hours, with mathematicians expressing concern about the pace of progress and its implications for their profession.
Four people died in a house fire in Bootle near Liverpool, and the cause has not been established. A coroner found actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs including fentanyl. Prince William and Kate attended the premiere of Tom Cruise's new film Digger, with Kate wearing pearl drop earrings reported to have belonged to Princess Diana and an amethyst necklace that had belonged to the late Queen Mother. A scheme giving families the right to request an urgent second opinion on care was extended to every A&E department in England after the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills, and a prisons inspectorate review found youth custody standards in England and Wales remained poor, with violence, excessive time locked in cells and inadequate education. Jeff Conyers, president of the Dollywood Foundation, spoke about Dolly Parton after her death last month and the Imagination Library, which he described as among her most important work.
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- 9:26
Donald Trump, US President
“I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and”
- 11:21
Piers Morgan, former tabloid editor and broadcaster
“Well, we are going ahead with the legal action, despite his apology.”
- 20:01
Sir Ed Davey, Lib Dem leader
“The black shirts marching today aren't doing it in isolation.”
- 25:34
Merseyside Fire and Rescue, Merseyside Fire and Rescue
“Merseyside Fire and Rescue says a number of crews were called to a house in Bootle”
- 48:27
Jeff Conyers, president of the Dollywood Foundation
“Been an absolute pleasure of lifetime”
- 49:54
Sienna Cedric-Ugo, beneficiary of the Imagination Library
“We're joined in studio now by Harith and Sienna Cedric-Ugo,”
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- 1:20
Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 1:20-1:31
- 1:20
Claim Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
The Prime Minister asked UK security chiefs to start work on a new national centre for information defence to detect, attribute, and disrupt hostile state information attacks.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 1:20-1:31
- 4:10
Contested quote Andy Burnham makes first UN address as Prime Minister
we will do whatever is necessary to protect them, including bringing forward new laws if that is what is needed. Well, Andy Burnham will be relieved to know he appears to have passed his first big test on the world stage after meeting President Trump at the UN building in New York. Mr Trump said Mr Burnham was a man he could do business with,
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 4:10-4:18
- 9:15
- 9:20
Charged quote Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
position, and he very much understood what I was saying. And before President Trump met Andy Burnham, he addressed the United Nations General Assembly, focusing on the war with Iran and threatening to annihilate the country if there's no peace deal. I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 9:20-9:25
- 9:20
Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
President Trump said he was deciding between a deal with Iran and annihilating the Islamic Republic, and that a deal would come after the midterm elections and not be influenced by them.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 9:20-9:25
- 9:42
Charged quote Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
East or even the world. Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations? But I believe we'll make a deal right after the election, because it doesn't
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 9:42-10:10
- 10:02
Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
President Trump said he was deciding between a deal with Iran and annihilating the Islamic Republic, and that a deal would come after the midterm elections and not be influenced by them.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 10:02-10:10
- 10:39
Claim Iran sets Strait of Hormuz conditions as Trump threatens annihilation
President Trump said he was deciding between a deal with Iran and annihilating the Islamic Republic, and that a deal would come after the midterm elections and not be influenced by them.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 10:39-10:50
- 10:51
- 10:51
Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan reportedly threatened to sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer's book about Princess Diana and said the book contained factual errors about his conduct as editor of The Mirror.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 10:51-10:59
- 11:21
Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan reportedly threatened to sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer's book about Princess Diana and said the book contained factual errors about his conduct as editor of The Mirror.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 11:21-11:26
- 11:21
Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan reportedly threatened to sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer's book about Princess Diana and said the book contained factual errors about his conduct as editor of The Mirror.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 11:21-11:26
- 11:26
Contested quote Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Well, we are going ahead with the legal action, despite his apology. Apology is fine. If he wants to apologize, fine. I don't care either way. What I care about is that this book does not go on sale containing this defamatory lie. And I go a bit further, Mark, because in his apology, he has a further dig at me saying that in a phone call that he talks
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 11:26-11:36
- 11:26
Claim Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
Piers Morgan reportedly threatened to sue Earl Spencer over claims in Spencer's book about Princess Diana and said the book contained factual errors about his conduct as editor of The Mirror.
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 11:26-11:36
- 12:38
Charged quote Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
the reason that's significant is that there's a little conjecture about whether his recollection of his phone conversation with then Prince Charles, where he claims Charles was giddy with excitement like a lottery winner over Diana's death, which I think is a disgusting lie too. But he says that's what happened and he's telling the truth. I can say that from
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 12:38-12:43
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- 33:03
Charged quote Earl Spencer apologises to Piers Morgan over Diana book error
after we'd been formally invited by the Lord Chamberlain's office, he portrays me as being surly and annoyed and rude in that call to him, which is a grotesque and completely untrue misinterpretation of what happened. And the reason I can be so confident in saying that is because I published a best-selling volume of diaries in 2005 called The Insider,
Sky News, 23 September 2026, 33:03-33:08
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