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Sky News Today with Jayne Secker
Wednesday 23 September 2026 · 16:00 BST · 30m · 5 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly that Tehran would not surrender in the war with the US but believed in diplomacy, and US delegates walked out while he spoke. He said Iran had been a victim of terrorism and showed images of children he said were killed in Minab by weapons used by the United States and Israel, describing Iran as a beleaguered nation that would not bend a knee. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Trump remained open to a deal that allowed Iran to be great and prosperous, but warned of big problems if Iran continued to seek a nuclear weapon or support proxies and terrorism, citing severe economic costs and unspecified military options. Adam Parsons said the speech was aimed at the world and at hardliners in Iran, and noted reported negotiations involving Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff with the Iranians through intermediaries including the UAE and Qatar. Later at the UN, Argentina's president Javier Milei renewed his country's claim over the Falkland Islands, criticised the UN's failure to enforce its resolutions, and said British-licensed oil extraction in the disputed area was illegal, adding that Argentina had imposed sanctions and submitted a sovereignty defence bill.
Two RAF pilots were treated for minor injuries after ejecting from a training aircraft that crashed in North Wales. Video showed the pilots parachuting down before the Hawk T2 aircraft hit the ground near RAF Valley Station in Anglesey, producing a fireball. North Wales Police said the pilots were believed to have minor injuries and there were no further reports of wider damage or injuries, while police, the RAF, ambulance, air ambulance, coastguard and fire services responded. The aircraft is used to train RAF and Royal Navy pilots, and the Defence Secretary said an investigation was underway and his thoughts were first with the pilots.
The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, warned in his first major UN General Assembly speech that threats to international relations would multiply under the increasing influence of AI. He said the Kremlin spends about £1.3 billion a year on manipulating information and that AI would multiply the threat, and announced a new AI defence partnership with the United States to protect critical national infrastructure. He also said AI would be the centrepiece of the UK's G20 presidency next year in Manchester, while Donald Trump has said he would resist and reject any global scheme to control AI. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said it was crucial to help the public separate fact from fiction online. The UK government has maintained that the Chagos Islands deal is essential for the Diego Garcia military base; under a deal hatched by Starmer, sovereignty would go to Mauritius and the base would be leased back for 99 years. After Donald Trump repeated his opposition and called the deal terrible in front of Andy Burnham, Burnham said he would look at it again, and Wes Streeting said that without US support the deal was not good enough.
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Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's president
“Masoud Pezeshkian has made a rare appearance”
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Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State
“the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio”
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Javier Milei, Argentina's president
“OK, we'll leave Javier Milei there,”
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Andy Burnham, Prime Minister
“Andy Burnham called on leaders to rise to the moment”
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Wes Streeting, Defense Secretary
“the Defense Secretary, Wes Streeting,”
- 1:23 Story begins Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
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Claim Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
Iran's president and foreign minister planned to travel to New York for the UN General Assembly.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 1:24-1:30
- 1:24
Claim Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
Iran's president and foreign minister planned to travel to New York for the UN General Assembly.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 1:24-1:30
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Contested quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
Let's take a listen. I had prepared a speech to present to you yesterday when the United States president described us as terrorists. We have been the victims of terrorism. I come from an Iran in which our esteemed supreme leader was assassinated without any legal framework or reason. I come from an Iran where, in truth, they bombed a school.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 1:53-1:55
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Claim Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
The US delegation walked out during Pezeshkian's UN General Assembly speech.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 2:48-2:59
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Claim Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
The US delegation walked out during Pezeshkian's UN General Assembly speech.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 2:50-2:59
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Charged quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
But if they continue to insist on the desire for a nuclear weapon, their support for proxies in the region, their support of terrorism, they're the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, then we're gonna have big problems with them. And the president has a number of options available to him, including the ones he's already taken,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 3:23-3:25
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Charged quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
and B, look at who is he really talking to. So the context is that yesterday, Donald Trump stood at the same lectern and raised the specter once again that America could annihilate Iran. So very belligerent rhetoric. We've heard this so many times over the past few months. Now the Iranian president comes up to the same place.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 4:13-4:16
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Contested quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
the first time that a head of state has turned up in America to address the UN while his country is at war with America. And President Pezeshkian's speech was really one about victimhood. It started with him showing the photos of children who had been killed in Minab, an attack that America still hasn't admitted doing,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 4:42-4:45
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Charged quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
which as he said at the end, refuses to bend a knee. In other words, that we have been attacked, that we didn't start this war, but that we will not give up in the face of what he considered to be American terrorism. This wasn't a speech for the assembly itself. This was a speech for two audiences. One was the world to try and get support,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 5:27-5:32
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Charged quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
the hardliners in Iran who do not believe that Iran should be talking to the United States. So this was a speech which was also trying to mollify those people by saying, in no way are we relenting to the great Satan. In other aspects, this was a speech that you could have predicted. It was Pezeshkian being very furious with Israel,
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 6:46-6:51
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Contested quote Iranian president attacks US and Israel in UN speech
as has every other Middle Eastern leader who's addressed the General Assembly so far. This was him doubling down on his denials that the nuclear program has any malign intention, saying, why is it that nuclear inspectors are in Tehran when they're not in Israel? And the fact is that Israel has never confirmed
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 7:09-7:14
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Claim RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
Two RAF pilots sustained minor injuries after ejecting from a training aircraft that crashed in Wales.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 17:45-17:53
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Claim RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
The aircraft involved in the crash was a Hawk T2 developed by BAE.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 19:34-19:41
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Claim RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
An investigation into the incident was under way, according to the Defence Secretary.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 21:05-21:13
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Charged quote RAF training aircraft crashes in Anglesey after pilots eject
first and foremost, are with the pilots and that we will provide further updates in due course. All in all, based on the information that we've got at the moment, it looks like a lucky escape, not only for those two pilots but for people on the ground with that jet not causing any significant damage as far as we can see.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Jayne Secker, 23 September 2026, 21:25-21:28
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