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Sky News Today with Sam Washington
Friday 25 September 2026 · 10:00 BST · 30m · 2 stories · 8 annotated moments · 30 of 30 min on news stories (98%)
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Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to France, the first papal visit there in 18 years. He was greeted in Paris by President Macron and Brigitte Macron, with his motorcade travelling from Orly Airport. He was due to go to the Élysée Palace, deliver a speech about AI at UNESCO, and attend a church ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral, and would also visit Lourdes and Metz. An outdoor Mass in Paris was expected to draw 600,000 people, with 37,000 security forces deployed, and 80,000 young people were expected at the Stade de France. The Pope said he wished to be a pilgrim of peace for a world at war.
Breaking news included an inquest in Ipswich hearing that three-year-old Noah Woods was found dead in a lake following a massive search in Brantham, Suffolk, after he left a play area through a gap in the fence. Dyfed-Powys Police also said it had suffered a cyber attack that caused disruption to some non-emergency systems and could have led to staff information being accessed or compromised.
Glasgow City Council was to sack more than 20,000 staff and rehire them on new contracts after union talks broke down. The council said this was necessary to address unequal pay, and that 90% of staff would receive the same or better pay while 11% would lose out. Unions called it a shoddy deal and said staff were being bullied, which the council rejected. A source in the social care sector said some workers stood to lose 20% of their pay, around £9,000. The change affected almost the entire workforce apart from teachers.
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Ruth Gledhill, Assistant Editor of The Tablet, that is the Catholic News Weekly
“We can speak now to Ruth Gledhill,”
- 0:16 Story begins Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
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Claim Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
Pope Leo began a four-day trip to France and met President Macron in Paris.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 0:16-0:28
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Claim Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
Pope Leo was due to give a speech on AI and attend a church service at Notre Dame Cathedral.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 0:28-0:34
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Claim Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
The Vatican turned down President Macron's offer of a personal tour of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 2:53-3:02
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Contested quote Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
the restored Notre Dame, and the Vatican has declined that. There's a slight frostiness there, and some people are saying that it's because of the support in France for assisted dying legislation, which, of course, the Pope strongly opposes. Yes, of course, and he's a very different type of pontiff, isn't he, from his predecessor.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 3:02-3:14
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Charged quote Pope Leo begins four-day visit to France
And I wonder whether that has captured younger people's imagination. I think young people really like it, that he does seem to be someone who knows how to take the battle to President Trump, where so many other world leaders seem a little bit flummoxed in trying to find a strategy to deal effectively with this American president.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 5:54-6:01
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Claim Glasgow City Council to dismiss and rehire 23,000 staff in equal pay row
Glasgow City Council plans to dismiss and rehire more than 23,000 workers, which would affect almost all staff except teachers.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 27:48-28:04
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Claim Glasgow City Council to dismiss and rehire 23,000 staff in equal pay row
Glasgow City Council says the new terms would give 90% of staff the same or better pay, while 11% would lose some salary.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 28:19-28:32
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Claim Glasgow City Council to dismiss and rehire 23,000 staff in equal pay row
Unions criticised the deal as shoddy and said staff were being bullied, claims the council rejected.
Sky News, Sky News Today with Sam Washington, 25 September 2026, 28:49-28:58
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