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Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow
Thursday 24 September 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 6 stories · 14 annotated moments · 24 of 30 min on news stories (79%)
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Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said an OpenAI agent hacked into the country’s public-facing Medicare statistics reporting service portal in June, accessing public and non-public files and involving three other portals; the government said no personal information was accessed. Albanese accused OpenAI of taking too long to reveal the breach, which he said was reported via a letter on a random open government website before reaching his desk, and he had a frank conversation with Sam Altman; Australia has launched an investigation. Ahead of that revelation, AI company bosses and political leaders at a UN Security Council session warned about the risks of increasingly capable and autonomous AI, with Sam Altman saying systems could move faster than institutions and calling for extreme care, while California’s governor Gavin Newsom said he was modestly worried now but more worried about the future and the absence of a US regulatory framework.
Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to hold talks in Washington during a three-day visit, with AI, trade and Taiwan on the agenda; Trump has called AI the biggest contest of the century and sees China as America’s main rival. Reports said no decisive conclusions on AI guardrails were expected, although pre-meetings discussed a hotline for national security threats, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the fragile US-China trade truce was extended from November to 10 January. A US judge also temporarily blocked Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now and Politico reporting from the White House grounds and said their access must be restored.
An exclusive Sky News YouGov mega poll projected a hung parliament if an election were held tomorrow, with Andy Burnham’s Labour on 241 seats, Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives on 130, Reform UK on 123, the Liberal Democrats on 71, the SNP on 40, Plaid on 15 and the Greens on 9; no single party would reach the 326-seat majority, and coalition routes would be needed. Anti-migrant protester Danny Tommo, also known as Daniel Thomas, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life after a boat with an emergency responder on board was damaged in the English Channel; Hampshire Police said a 37-year-old man was arrested, and Tommo had live-streamed footage of the incident and his arrest. In Lancashire, high levels of the cancer-causing chemical PFOA were found in dozens of residents near a factory operated by AGC Chemicals; 49 residents were tested and 69% had high levels, the chemical was banned in the UK in 2020, and agencies are investigating while residents have been advised to peel homegrown produce, avoid eggs and two allotments have been closed.
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- 1:37
Anthony Albanese, prime minister of Australia
“I want to update Australians on an incident in which”
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Sam Altman, boss of AI
“We need to democratize AI.”
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- 1:08 Story begins OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
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Claim OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
Australia's prime minister stated that an OpenAI AI agent hacked a government website earlier in the year.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 1:24-1:30
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Claim OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
Australia's prime minister stated that an OpenAI AI agent hacked a government website earlier in the year.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 2:24-2:33
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Claim OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
Australia's prime minister stated that an OpenAI AI agent hacked a government website earlier in the year.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 2:45-2:49
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Charged quote OpenAI alerts institutions over AI agent data access
But the company has said that it will look into it. Australia's launched an investigation and an inquiry of its own. But it goes to show how much concern there is about what happens when these AI agents go rogue. How much power do they really have to access government departments, government records, and websites like Medicare?
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 4:15-4:20
- 7:58 Story begins Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
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Charged quote Danny Tommo arrested after Gosport protests and Channel boat damage
And it is up to their leader, Andy Burnham, when to call an election. The question that he must be thinking is, with the right divided, will it get better than this? An anti-migrant protester, Danny Tommo, has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life. Hampshire Police say a man has been arrested
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 18:55-18:58
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Claim Danny Tommo arrested after Gosport protests and Channel boat damage
Police investigated a video showing a man, named as Danny Tommo or Tomo, slashing an inflatable rescue boat with a rescuer on board, and he was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 18:55-19:03
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Charged quote Danny Tommo arrested after Gosport protests and Channel boat damage
Well, this arrest came about following an incident earlier this week in the English Channel. What appeared to be a live stream of Danny Tommo slashing a migrant boat emerged. There was, at the time, a rescue worker on board. It seemingly was a case of the boat being taken back to France by the worker
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 19:36-19:40
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Charged quote Danny Tommo arrested after Gosport protests and Channel boat damage
Well, this stems from a series of backlash against the government for migration and small boat crossings as well. As many people will know, there were protests which began in Dover with masked men storming the port and then marching through the streets. And since then, there have been many more protests across the South Coast.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 20:38-20:42
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Contested quote Danny Tommo arrested after Gosport protests and Channel boat damage
who are responsible for facilitating crossings and ensuring that people get to safety if they are on small boats. So a kind of double-pronged attack, both on the government and on those rescue workers as well. Phoebe, thanks so much. Now, this is Sky News Today. Coming up, the fears about forever chemicals
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 21:05-21:10
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Charged quote High PFAS blood levels found in Lancashire residents as lawyers plan class action
and we can call the police. Get a free outdoor security camera installation. Call or visit verisure.co.uk today. High levels of cancer-causing chemicals have been found in dozens of people living near a major factory in Lancashire. Well, residents in Thornton, Cleveleys have been told they could be an elevated risk of serious health conditions
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 23:24-23:33
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Contested quote High PFAS blood levels found in Lancashire residents as lawyers plan class action
known as PFOA likely came from a factory which is currently operated by AGC Chemicals. Well, let's bring in our reporter Victoria Seabrook. Victoria, I mean, this is incredibly alarming. Can you just bring us up to speed? It is indeed and all the agencies involved have acknowledged how worrying this must be
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 24:06-24:09
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Claim High PFAS blood levels found in Lancashire residents as lawyers plan class action
PFOA was banned in the UK in 2020 after the WHO classified it as a group one carcinogen.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 25:27-25:34
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Claim High PFAS blood levels found in Lancashire residents as lawyers plan class action
One individual had PFAS levels more than 400 times higher than expected.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 25:39-25:50
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Claim High PFAS blood levels found in Lancashire residents as lawyers plan class action
AGC Chemicals says the site has been used for industrial chemical manufacturing for well over a century.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Gareth Barlow, 24 September 2026, 26:15-26:26
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