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The Wrap With Anna Botting
Thursday 24 September 2026 · 22:00 BST · 30m · 3 stories · 15 annotated moments · 28 of 30 min on news stories (93%)
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The broadcast began with the White House press access dispute overshadowing Donald Trump's summit with China's Xi Jinping. The administration restored credentials to journalists it had banned after a court order, after TV pool coverage was disrupted and cameras did not show Trump for a period. Trump spoke of a 'truly great friendship' with Xi built on mutual respect, while Xi said the two countries should coexist in peace and would both lose in confrontation. They extended a trade agreement and discussed security, technology and AI. China's state news agency said Xi told Trump he hoped the US would oppose Taiwan independence and handle the issue prudently. Xi also confirmed two giant pandas would be sent to Atlanta Zoo. Correspondents discussed how the summit was viewed in China and the balance of power.
Dozens of delegates walked out of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech, and he called any other moral cowards who had not yet left to do so now. He defended Israel's conduct and said devastating Iran's nuclear facilities was hard but one of the easiest decisions he had made as prime minister. Mahmoud Abbas was denied a US visa and addressed the assembly by a recording from Ramallah, welcoming Donald Trump's 20-point plan and Security Council Resolution 2803 but saying none of it had materialized on the ground and that Israeli killing and aggression continued in Gaza. The broadcast discussed Abbas's absence and Netanyahu's appearance in the context of his re-election campaign.
Hampshire police charged anti-migrant protester Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tomo, after he was filmed allegedly slashing a boat in the English Channel. He was charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose his smartphone security code to police, remanded in custody and due before Basingstoke Magistrates Court tomorrow. The Home Office said 781 people crossed the Channel in small boats yesterday, the highest single-day figure this year. A Sky News investigation reported that smugglers were changing tactics and routes, with fewer launches from northern France, two small boats reaching the UK undetected, and French authorities issuing about two-thirds of search and rescue alerts on land. It also found French vessels sometimes monitored and escorted boats through French waters until UK Border Force, the Coast Guard or RNLI took over, and that launch points had spread across 322 miles of coastline. The segment included debate about the numbers, new protest tactics and government response.
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- 4:04
Xi Jinping, China's President
“We should co-exist in peace.”
- 17:06
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister
“If there are any other moral cowards who haven't yet left this hall, please do so”
- 18:06
Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president
“We welcomed President Donald Trump's 20-point plan.”
- 1:39 Story begins Xi Jinping to meet Trump at White House
- 16:42
- 16:42
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Dozens of diplomats walked out during Netanyahu's speech.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 16:42-16:52
- 16:42
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Dozens of diplomats walked out during Netanyahu's speech.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 16:42-16:52
- 16:42
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Dozens of diplomats walked out during Netanyahu's speech.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 16:42-16:48
- 17:44
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
US denied Mahmoud Abbas a visa for the second consecutive year.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 17:44-17:53
- 21:16
Claim Abbas and Netanyahu set to address UN General Assembly
Netanyahu is expected to use his UN speech for election campaigning amid a tight race at home.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 21:16-21:24
- 23:14
- 23:23
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
A person named Thomas was charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose his phone security code, remanded in custody, and due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 23:23-23:37
- 23:23
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
A person named Thomas was charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose his phone security code, remanded in custody, and due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 23:23-23:35
- 23:31
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
A person named Thomas was charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose his phone security code, remanded in custody, and due to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 23:31-23:37
- 23:37
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
Provisional 2026 small boat arrivals reached 18,500 after 781 more arrivals, down 42% on the same period last year.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 23:37-23:48
- 23:37
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
Provisional 2026 small boat arrivals reached 18,500 after 781 more arrivals, down 42% on the same period last year.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 23:37-23:48
- 23:37
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
Provisional 2026 small boat arrivals reached 18,500 after 781 more arrivals, down 42% on the same period last year.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 23:37-23:48
- 24:15
Claim Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
An analysis found that two-thirds of search and rescue alerts for migrant boats are now issued by French authorities on land.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 24:15-24:25
- 28:18
Charged quote Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
The difference here is in these black-clad protesters who are suddenly launching themselves and setting up in coastal areas where they are not from there. And that, to me, is really alarming, because it's weaponizing an issue. Anyone in the world absolutely has the right. If they don't like the British legislative position on asylum or refuge or migration,
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 28:18-28:22
- 28:39
Charged quote Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
you have every right as a political person, as a voter, to establish that you don't like that in a normal way. This, to me, is alarming, because it's not normal behavior. It's thuggish, it's intimidating, it's bizarre, it's frightening, it's random. It's not constructive at all. When I read reports from people who confronted these protesters,
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 28:39-28:44
- 28:56
Charged quote Daniel Thomas court appearance over Channel boat slashing
When I read reports from people who confronted these protesters, apparently they're completely silent and they give you a piece of paper outlining them. That's menacing, isn't it? But it is menacing, it's designed, but I don't think that we should be menaced. I think that we should ridicule them. I really think, because they want to intimidate.
Sky News, The Wrap With Anna Botting, 24 September 2026, 28:56-28:59
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