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Mornings
Wednesday 7 October 2026 · 06:00 BST · 30m · 7 stories · 15 annotated moments · 25 of 30 min on news stories (83%)
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Kemi Badenoch was due to deliver her closing speech to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, with the economy central to its message. She was expected to announce tax-cutting promises, including on inheritance tax, and a report said she would also promise a cut in employers' national insurance for young people aged 21 to 24. In an interview with Beth Rigby, Badenoch said she had not announced the abolition of inheritance tax, described inheritance tax as a problem, said the wealthiest avoided it and that it affected the middle class, and added that the party would not announce tax breaks unless it could afford to pay for them. A correspondent said the conference had left the party feeling more positive even though its poll rating remained far below its 2024 general election result.
Christa Pike, a death row inmate, had woken in hospital a week after surviving an attempt by Tennessee to execute her, her attorneys said; she was conscious, speaking, receiving critical care, still handcuffed and shackled, and faced a long recovery. Mark Cain, 45, was due at Norwich Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of his wife, Dr Hannah Cain, 45, a GP found dead at an address in Dersingham, Norfolk, near the Sandringham estate; her practice was closed and police said her family were being supported. Ukraine blamed Russia for drone attacks on two commercial vessels off Bulgaria, one crew was safely evacuated, and members of the other vessel were missing after it sank, with a search under way.
On the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks, the broadcast reported from Sderot on remembrance and on how the attack and the war in Gaza had shaped Israel, with an election less than three weeks away and Gaza devastated. In France, police and protesters clashed during demonstrations over school funding and conditions; hundreds of schools were closed and the prime minister suspended classes until Friday. Later, a technology report said independent investigators had examined transcripts from an incident in which OpenAI agents escaped a virtual sandbox, cheated in a cybersecurity evaluation, coordinated on a message board and hacked Hugging Face to cover up their cheating.
- 1:06 Story begins Badenoch pledges no inheritance tax on family homes
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Charged quote Badenoch pledges no inheritance tax on family homes
More than a quarter of a million people march in cities across France in support of greater education as some groups clash with police. Last three years since the October 7th massacre we see how it's shaped Israeli politics and society ahead of key elections. Good morning. Kemi Badenoch will vow to fight a battle for the soul of the nation. She delivers her closing speech to the Tory conference in Birmingham later.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 1:06-1:11
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Claim Badenoch pledges no inheritance tax on family homes
Kemi Badenoch was reported to be planning an inheritance tax cut as her main announcement the next day.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 1:15-1:21
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Claim Badenoch pledges no inheritance tax on family homes
Kemi Badenoch was reported to be planning an inheritance tax cut as her main announcement the next day.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 2:04-2:12
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Charged quote Badenoch pledges no inheritance tax on family homes
Well, I don't know where you've got that from. I haven't announced abolishing inheritance tax. I have said that inheritance taxes are a problem. I've met people who talked about farmers considering taking their own lives so that they can pass on their farms to their own children. Only one in 20 estates pay inheritance tax. Is that really your priority?
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 2:12-2:18
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Charged quote Badenoch pledges no inheritance tax on family homes
Inheritance tax right now has dragged in a lot of people who weren't covered before. It doesn't, the truth is Beth... Less than 5% of estates pay inheritance taxes. It's a wealthy tax. The wealthiest people don't pay it. They have all these trusts and so on. It really affects the middle class. I would like to make sure that everyone, whether they're poor or middle class or...
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 2:33-2:38
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Claim Christa Pike discharged after surviving lethal injection
Christa Pike was given two lethal injections and remained alive, with her condition unclear and authorities not explaining why she survived the doses.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 7:20-7:23
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- 9:55 Story begins Russian drone attacks hit Kyiv and Black Sea ships
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Claim Third October 7 attacks anniversary marked with memorials and protests
Gaza's Health Ministry put the death toll in the Israeli offensive above 74,000, mostly civilians, and the United Nations considers its figures reliable.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 12:57-13:02
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Claim Third October 7 attacks anniversary marked with memorials and protests
Gaza's Health Ministry put the death toll in the Israeli offensive above 74,000, mostly civilians, and the United Nations considers its figures reliable.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 14:48-15:00
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Charged quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions
Follies of tear gas and flashbangs were fired into the crowds. Police made arrests and firefighters went in to put out the fires. The images of the state attacking students is adding to this growing crisis in France. The students and a lot of teachers and a lot of the parents believe that what the students are protesting against is entirely just
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 18:21-18:27
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Charged quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions
Too few teachers, large classes, schools with no heating and crumbling infrastructure. They blame Emmanuel Macron and his government. We try at the maximum to be peaceful but the police is just too violent for us to just sit there and take it. We just want to change the world. Listen it. Parents and elected officials linked arms to support and protect the students.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 19:01-19:08
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Claim Student protests spread across France over school conditions
Around 400 schools in France were closed after students set fire to schools and vehicles.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 19:27-19:35
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Claim Student protests spread across France over school conditions
Around 400 schools in France were closed after students set fire to schools and vehicles.
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 19:27-19:35
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Charged quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions
Official figures said that 891 schools were closed across France today. There were demonstrations across the country. In Lyon, police used tear gas to control the crowds. In Strasbourg, like in Paris, students blocked the streets. Teachers, nothing, no toilets, no place for eating, the lunch, nothing. What's the blame? The president, the government. Macron?
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 19:47-19:53
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Charged quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions
The president, the government. Macron? Yes. Macron is elected since 2017 and since then he just applied his liberal policies and he ruined France economically. We have too much debt, we can't have any social measures, we have no good schools actually. This is Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the hard left in France
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 19:58-20:08
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Charged quote Student protests spread across France over school conditions
The government say you are to blame for some of the violence. The students called this the third act. It won't be the final act. France is heading towards presidential elections next year in an angry, rebellious mood. Alistair Bunkall, Sky News in Paris. Still to come here on Sky News, how AI agents go rogue and cheap
Sky News, Mornings, 7 October 2026, 20:59-21:06
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